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While opening a silo gate the ee felt a strain in ee's lower back.
Employee was lifting a heavy metal plate and experienced pain in the right side of lower back and down right leg.
Supv. was showing contractor details of work to be done later in the day. When Supv. looked up & to the right, crews removing dust collector bags knocked material down, getting cement dust in Supv. eyes. Eyes were flushed at nearby eyewash station & employee was taken to medical professional for evaluation. Placed on restricted duty (non-dusty environment) for 7 days
Employee reported at 11:30, ee bent over to pick up a 14" pipe wrench. When ee straightened up, ee had some back pain. Employee stated that ee had a pre-existing back pain issue (that was NOT work related) and this may have aggravated it. Employee was taken to medical provider, examined, and placed on restricted duty (no lift, push, pull>10 lbs) until re-evaluation (4 days)
Employee was working to put mill rods into the raw mill when ee felt a sudden pain in left shoulder. The next morning the pain had increased and went to the doctor to be evaluated.
EE was helping lift a box of floor sweeping compound when EE felt a strain in the right shoulder.
Lab tech was taking out trash at the end of the shift. When EE threw a 2 gallon bucket of clinker(<20 lbs.) in the side door of an eight yard dumpster, EE felt a pull in the left side of EE's stomach. EE was taken to the ER for medical evaluation, placed off work until a follow up with regular physician, when EE was placed on restricted duty. 1 day LT, 10 day RD
Employee locked out disconnect, removed guard and was removing belts from a dust collector fan by rolling them off the sheave. As was rolling a belt from the sheave EE caught glove. When EE jerked their hand back by reflex, found the belt had sheared the tip of left index finger off. EE was taken to physician, had the tip sewn up, and placed on restricted duty.
Employee was working in the #1 kiln dust collector re-bagging. EE noticed arms becoming irritated so put on a long sleeve shirt to keep dust off. The following morning reported arms at the bend of the elbow were showing signs of irritation.
Employee was unchoking silo 27 and got cement dust in eye. Flushed eyes thoroughly at the plant and was taken to physician where employee was given a anti-biotic ointment as a precautionary measure. Employee returned to work with no restrictions. Medical treatment only.
A choke occurred in a kiln discharge chute. The injured employee was seen walking unexpectedly into the area housing the discharge end of the pipe. The employee later observed the injured employee was covered in dust material. Further evaluation revealed the injured employee had burns on hands, feet, torso and legs. The injured employee was transported to the hospital.
Employee was working on a pickup truck in the maintenance shop, helping another mechanic to lift the bed off of a 1/2 ton pickup truck. Employee stated that ee "felt a "pop" in lower back but felt like it would go away". The next morning the employee reported the incident to supervisor and that back felt stiff.
Employee was clearing lumps from a rotary feeder. In order to have manual control of the feeder the linkage was disconnected, when the employee reconnected the linkage ee caught left thumb in the clevis, causing a laceration. EE received stitches to close the wound, and was placed on restricted duty
Electrician was checking grounding and rotation on a submersible pump. When employee jogged the pump, the reaction caused the pump to start to fall. When employee reached to stabilize pump, pinched hand between the pump and the discharge pipe. Employee received a hairline fracture to a bone in hand, and was placed on restricted duty
Employee was using a chain fall to rotate a plate on a ball mill. EE had put the hook on bolt & used left hand to hold the hook in place. As ee put a strain on the chain fall, the hook slid up bolt, pinching palm between the bolt head and the hook. Employee was taken to a phys. who cleaned and dressed wound, and placed employee on restricted duty
Employee was passing refractory brick to the bricklayers for approximately 4 hours when EE started to experience pain in right forearm. EE reported the incident to their supervisor, and was taken to OMP for medical evaluation. Employee was placed on restricted duty (no lift/ push/ pull with right hand until recheck) Returned to regular duty 4/6/2016
Employee was removing a bearing from a tire in a raw mill when bearing slipped and smashed left index and middle fingers.
Injured was shoveling wet material at Zero tower when he felt something pull in his left groin area. EE sent to clinic.
Injured was shoveling wet material at Zero tower when he felt something pull in his left groin area
While pulling rods out of the Raw Mill an employee got their fingers pinched. The crew was using a cable sling to bundle mill rods together and hoist them out of the mill. As the sling came up the rods rolled and one of them slid on top of the employee's hand pinching the two middle fingers on the left hand.
Employee was troubleshooting palletizer unit feeder forks. He locked out unit and when he released the brake on the mechanism, the feeder fork frame struck the side of his head. Employee received a cut to the scalp requiring stitches, was placed on restricted duty 6/23 returned to regular duty 7/2.
Employee had just reported to work. As she pushed open the door, she felt a pain in her R middle finger. Reported incident to supervisor. Wound was cleaned, employee sent to dr. who removed a small metal sliver and gave her 2 stitches. Employee placed on restricted duty (left handed)6/22 Door was inspected and no sharp edges found. Employee released to reg duty 7/1
Employee was removing a fitting from the vacuum truck hose. The fitting was stuck and as the employee tried to spin it to free it up his thumb slid across a lip inside the fitting, cutting through his glove into his thumb. The employee was taken to urgent care for medical evaluation and received 5 stitches
Employee was packing cement on the grayline packer when a problem downstream stopped the Ashworth belt. This created a pile-up of cement bags. In the process of straightening the bags out, the back of the employee's hand struck a saddle, causing a small laceration on the edge of his hand. Employee was sent to Dr- he received 2 stitches and returned to work with no restrictions.
Employee was attempting to take apart a quick-release fitting on a 3/8" airline. Employee depressed lock collar and pulled on tubing. Tubing released unexpectedly and employee struck bag saddle creating a small laceration to right little finger. Employee taken to Dr, received 3 stitches & placed on restricted duty(limit use of right hand) Released to full duty 4/29.
Employee experienced sharp pain in stomach while handling 50# bags mixing pigment. pain was short term and faded quickly. employee was taken to Dr. who placed employee on restricted duty (no lifting >10#,bending,twisting, squatting) as a precautionary measure until recheck 4/6 - Employee was released to full duty 4/6
Employee was hanging up a 3/4" diameter wire rope choker on to hooks in the truck shop. As he was extending his arms to place the loops over the pegs, he felt a tearing sensation in his RT shoulder.
Employee was tapping cement and a lump got stuck in the valve at the bottom of the silo. The lump went through the valve in to the rotary screw causing the screw to jump violently. As the screw jumped, it cause a small piece of pipe that was resting on top of the screw cover to bound down on the employees LT foot.
Employee was lifting 55# buckets of refractory into a cement mixer. While lifting a bucket up to dump in the mixer, he felt a pain on his left side between his mid side and back. Employee was sent to Dr and placed on restricted duty (no lift, push, pull > 10#) until recheck on 3/17. Released to reg duty 3/17.
Employee was watching for frozen chunks of clay to prevent them from getting into the clay crusher. He tried to lift a large chunk and felt a pull in his abdomen. Was taken to Dr.& diagnosed with a umbilical hernia. Returned to work on light duty until surgery could be scheduled. Date of injury 2/26,Restricted duty2/27-3/2, (3dys RD)First lost time day 3/2
Employee was removing the front panel on a heating register in an office. when he removed the cover, he felt a "pop" in his right arm. He reported it the next day, was sent to physician, who placed him on restricted duty (No lifting w/ R arm, may do light work w hand) until follow-up appt. Employee was released to full duty at follow-up appt.
Employee was pumping lime and pipe got choked up. He shut blower off and noticed one ear was loose on a cam lock fitting. When he tried to secure ear that was loose the other ear came loose and hose came off covering employee and area in lime dust. Employee got lime dust in eye, immediately flushed eyes for 15 min and went to opthomologist for further treatment.
Employee was setting up job at primary crusher apron feeder. While throwing a welding lead down into the apron feeder, the employee felt a sharp pain in his shoulder and lower left arm.
Employee was working in the undergrate compartment of #2 cooler. Access to this area is thru a 4' square door. When employee entered the compartment, as he stepped forward and stood up, he hit his head on an X brace. He was wearing his hardhat, but felt a "pinch" in his neck. EE was taken to Dr.,who placed him on restricted duty (no lift,push,pull>10lbs)until recheck on 7/28/14
Employee was re-stacking 74lb bags of masonry cement that had shifted on a pallet. Employee started to notice a pain in his right shoulder, reported it to his supervisor. Employee was taken to physician, who paced him on restricted duty (no push, pull or lift >10lbs) until re-check.
Employee was assisting with a conveyor belt replacement. He was removing an idler roll from the conveyor. As he was removing the roller, the far end of the roller dropped down and his thumb got pinched between the roller and conveyor frame.
Employee was operating the bag applicator at the pack house. Empty bags were getting stuck in the feeder. The worker estimated that empty bags got stuck in the feeder about 18 times in a short period of time. The worker had stacked approximate 30 empty bags on the table. When he picked up the stack of bags, he felt a sharp pain in his left groin. First day off work was 6/18/14.
Employee was working in the clinker basement hooking up several ladders to the hook of the Model 308 Grove Crane. As he was securing the ladders with a rope, he noticed that the rope was tangled in some other equipment. The spotter misinterpreted his movements with his hand as the signal to raise the load, which cause his RT hand to be pinched under the cable.
Employee was passing brick in the kiln. As he reached down to get one of the last bricks on the pallet he pulled his stomach muscle. This employee has a medical condition (rectus diastasis- a separation of the abdominal muscles) which likely contributed to the outcome of this incident. (The condition was unknown to Essroc Management prior to the injured being seen at OMP
Employee was in the basement of the Pack house emptying a trash can full of shredded bags and cement weighing approximately 50 lbs. The employee grabbed the can handle with his left hand and placed his right hand under the can. As he lifted the can to about shoulder height, he felt his left arm and shoulder go numb.
was NOT an accident. Bricklayer laying brick in kiln, reached for anchor brick and dislocated shoulder. He did not twist or bend to cause an injury, it is a chronic condition he has had happen previously. He went to ER to get shoulder reset, returned to work with no restrictions.
Employee was passing refractory brick to bricklayers during a kiln outage. As the day wore on, he started to experience pain in his abdominal muscles. He reported it to his supervisor, was sent for medical evaluation. Employee placed on restricted duty (No lift,push,pull>10lbs) until re-evaluated 3/31/2014
The employee was unplugging one of the feeders in 117 tunnel using a jackhammer. The employee was positioned on the feeder platform, and was placing the jackhammer bit above the vibrating feeder to break up frozen chunks of rock when he felt a pop in his lower back.
Employee was directing a tractor-trailer flat bed truck of drainage pipe in the A-Frame building. While directing the truck to move forward, the truck drove over a bump. Apparently there was a loose 4 foot long 2 x 4 on top of a section of the piping which bounced off of the load striking the employee in the left thumb. The employee suffered a broken LT thumb as a result.
The worker was removing lumps out of silo 25 by manually operating the silo valve handles. While rocking the handles back and forth to break up a lump, the valve jammed and the employee felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.
Employee was attempted to open a diverter gate on #2 kiln clinker drag conveyor. The gate is operated by a 4' handle. When he applied tension to the handle, it broke free unexpectedly and struck him in the forehead. He was taken for medical treatment, received 5 stitches, and was returned to work with no restrictions.
Employee was cleaning debris from a Raw Mill feed hopper when the seat of his pants got wet from contact with material on the wall. Employee later complained of an irritation of his right buttock. Employee was sent to Dr. for eval, given an ointment to treat mild chemical burn and returned to work w/ no restrictions.
Employee was working on scale calibration for the 317 and 318 raw feeders. He was carrying 20KG weights and bending under low structures to reach the hooks to hang the weights. The employee complained of back pain after completing his task.
Injured employee was removing a shaft from a speed reducer. As he drew the shaft out, he nipped the tips of three fingers on his right hand cutting the tip of his R middle finger, treated on site, sent to Dr. for further evaluation where he received a few stitches on his fingertip and placed on left handed duty only until follow-up appt on 7-14
Affected employee was holding a ladder for another employee. When the first employee handed some tools down to the employee on the ground, dust got behind the employees safety glasses, and in his eye. Employee flushed his eyes out and was fine. Sent employee to company physician and he was given antibiotic eye drops as a precautionary measure. Returned to work with no restrictions.