Texas-Lehigh Cement Plant & Quarry — Accidents

Total: 182 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/04/2026 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was reinstalling the bonnet on the 307-A motor. During this process EE felt a strain in the lower left side of EE's back. EE reported it to EE's supervisor and continued working until 10:30 p...
11/03/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was climbing the ladder to the 901 Dust Collector, at the top, hand grip slipped causing the employee to fall forward causing a laceration to arm pit on the metal latch for the safety chain....
10/09/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was cleaning near the Pan Conveyor at 731-B East side. While removing material from the walkway, the employee slipped on uneven ground, and the left hand contacted the moving conveyor, which...
10/09/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Contractor employee was cleaning the east walkway of the 731-B conveyor. While EE was moving material EE slipped on the uneven material EE was cleaning up. As EE fell EE reached out with EE's left han...
08/14/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A Production employee was carrying a ladder across level ground when they stumbled and fell. They dropped the ladder and put their hands out to try and catch themselves. The impact with the ground cau...
07/24/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reached in to grab a porta power that they saw starting to slip. They put their hands in the line of fire and when the shoring spun it impacted their right thumb. Employee was taken to the lo...
05/17/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working in the preheater tower; EE was wearing a face shield and safety glasses. When EE lifted up the face shield the dust that accumulated on the rim of the shield fell into EE's face g...
08/06/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to reinstall a inspection port on a air slide, some cement flushed, and some sprayed up and impacted EE's face. EE rinsed EE's eyes out to flush any foreign material. After EE's sh...
07/29/2024 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted An employee was going to retrieve the manufacturer part number off the blower pulley sheave. After looking at the sheave, EE decided to remove the bolt that was holding the sheave. EE grabbed the bolt...
08/02/2023 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee reached down to adjust a pallet on the palletizer without deenergizing the system. Once the employee moved the pallet a few inches the sensor started the conveyor because it thought there was...
05/17/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee looked up and dust from the rim of EE's face shield fell into EE's left eye. EE was wearing safety glasses under the face shield. flushed eye and finished shift. Went to doctor next morning a...
01/07/2023 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None While working on the tower in a hot suit, the employee's arms and legs started to cramp: And employee became dehydrated.
10/27/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost EE was having trouble with coal shaker hoist cables making limit switches. EE attempted to manipulate cables to contact switches. EE had hold of a cable to guide it and told EE on ground to jog hoist....
10/02/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was cutting bolts to separate flanges / boom sections on material reclaimer in order to remove sprocket/shaft assembly. Although boom was supported when cutting last bolt, boom section shifte...
08/25/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 61d restricted Shipping employee placed hands in harm's way while closing silo elevator doors. Employee attempted to use nylon strap which was broken and too short to pull doors together. In the process, employee's...
08/03/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee working with another to remove large guard from head of elevator to replace chain. In process, employee's hand (finger) got caught between edge of guard and elevator housing causing middle fi...
07/27/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Clinker dust fell from overhead pipe while employee was working to connect and run air hose along pipe.
12/20/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was removing hydraulic fitting under pressure. Hydraulic fluid under pressure struck employee in right side of head causing laceration approx. 4"" long requiring emergency room treatment.
11/04/2021 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Man traveling in service elevator to top of ""old silos"" became trapped when elevator stopped between levels NOTE: was originally reported to Safety 11/4 and relayed incorrectly to MSHA One Call occu...
10/19/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 63d restricted Employee part of maintenance crew removing analyzer probe housing from back of kiln. While working to guide probe and rigging around obstacles, rigging slipped causing weight to shift and end of probe...
08/19/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Pump running hot and cavitating. Employee and Supervisor working to correct operational condition.
07/02/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted The employee's right thumb was smashed between a pallet and the trailer deck that the employee was offloading.
06/02/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Using jackhammer to chip concrete on several occasions over past 2 weeks. Fill buckets with concrete and carry to debris chute to dump. Strain/sprain to right wrist causing pain, numbness, and decre...
06/01/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Air lance broke through the packed material, the air lance lunged downward further, and the employee's left pinky finger was pinched between the lance and the hopper wall.
05/11/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted On 5/11/21, the employee wasn't sure what EE had done. After a 12 hour shift, EE's right knee began to hurt. EE didn't think much about it until 5/18/21 when EE's knee was still hurting, and EE wanted...
02/10/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted While air lancing the valve and coupling of an air lance impacted the employee's left hand and wrist.
12/18/2020 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 76d restricted Employee knelt down and felt a pop in left knee.
10/08/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 113d restricted Employee was moving filing cabinet and other miscellaneous items and felt a pull in right shoulder.
08/24/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A piece of metal broke off a bull pin (Metal striking tool) and embedded in employees left bicep. (1/4"" x 1/4"")
06/18/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employees left index finger came into contact with an a/c fan blade.
03/04/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 206d restricted Employee stepped backward, tripped on the angle iron frame of the kiln cooling fan base. While the employee was falling, they extended right arm trying to brace the fall. The employee landed on the co...
12/26/2019 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 11d lost Employee's right index, middle and ring finger were caught in a rotary feeder.
08/14/2019 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 5d lost Rigger was tasked with assisting in stowing the jib on a crane. While walking the hoist line, EE felt EE's muscles cramp. EE told EE's operator about the cramps, and EE's operator told EE to go sit in...
07/03/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted As employee was climbing down a ladder, EE missed the last step and sprained right ankle.
06/04/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee was working in close proximity to a moving forklift, and forklift bumped into employee's right ankle.
03/25/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Rolled fingers into shive
02/21/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was using a five-foot long pry bar on a support tab to help move the finish mill feed chute. The chute was wedged between two 6 inch I-beams. While applying pressure on the bar the chute shif...
02/08/2019 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted While air lancing a plugged material chute, material blew back towards employee and went up under EE's safety glasses and material got into both eyes.
12/27/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Loader impacted the man lift in the rear tire and body shroud. The impact caused the boom and basket to swing violently creating an impact between employee and the hand rail of the basket.
02/08/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Repetitive motion while using a material handling vibrator, walking up and down stairs, to get to silo that employee was working on
01/10/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted While placing liners in the finish mill, mill liner fell from mill and struck employee
07/20/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Hot material fell onto jacket, then material fell down on top of employees right hand. (Submitting now, due to information obtained on 3/12/2018)
07/18/2017 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hit in the nose by a hydraulic ram hose (Being submitted now, due to information obtained on 3/12/2018)
02/13/2017 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was pushing on the cables of a hoist, the left ring finger and pinky finger were pulled into the pulley of the hoist.
01/21/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using an air lance to clear a plugged hopper, hot material flushed out and hit employee in the chest, material then traveled upward going under face shield and safety glasses landing on e...
01/18/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 1/18/2017 employee was walking and slipped in the mud and jarred shoulder after couple of weeks of shoulder not getting any better. An MRI was performed, results were given on 2/24/2017 and diagnos...
10/13/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee suffered a non-occupational, non-reportable stroke. EE was taken to the hospital for treatment where EE received stitches for a slight wound sustained when EE collapsed from the stroke. The...
09/08/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 155d restricted Employee was rolling a steel plate on a steel rolling machine when EE's left hand was pinned in between the plate and top roll of the machine.
04/30/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee #1 was inside the lab rest room, reaching to pull the door open to exit with left hand, with right hand ee tossed a paper towel in the trashcan. Employee #2 was on the outside and pushed the...
03/01/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing calibration weight from a weigh feeder belt, the calibration weight fell, striking employee on the right hand, causing a small fracture to the tip of the right index finger.