Mining Incidents

Gulf Coast Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Cemex S A
Harris County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4100787

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
43
Years on record
1983–1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

43 on file

1991 · 4 incidents

October 3, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING HEAT SHRINK PLASTIC WRAP AROUND A PLASTIC PIPE WHEN MATERIAL GOT TO HOT AND MELTED DOWN ON HIS HAND. CAUSING BURN TO LEFT THUMB AND PALM.

February 11, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A WORK COUNTER DRAWER CUT RT PALM ON GLASS ROD STICKING OUT OF DRAWER

January 11, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON EXCESS AIR HOSE USED ON A VIBRATOR.

1990 · 2 incidents

October 5, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant STRIKING OR BUMPING
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS WALKING BETEWEEN FINISH MILLS LOOKING AT SAMPLE OF PRODUCT HE HAD COLLECTED & WALKED INTO PIPE WITH HEAD.

1988 · 3 incidents

December 1, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS GRINDING ONE END OF METAL ARM WHEN IT KICKED BACK HITTING HIM ON KNEE.

April 26, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING TO HELP INSTALL A PICE OF PLASTIC ON A HOPPER.WHILE STANDING ON A BOARD HE SLIPPED.THE INJURY CAME THROUGH DUE TO HIS FOOT GETTING CAUGHT ON A LADDER RESTING BESIDE HIM.

January 14, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CONTRACT WORKER WAS WALDKING ON THE BARE GROUND AND SOMEHOW SIMPLY SLIPPED OR TRIPPED HIMSELF AN DFELL DOWN THERE WERE NO TRIPPING HAZARDS INVOLVED OR COMPANY SAFETY VIOLATIONS IT WAS JUST A FOOT TRIP. THIS ACCIDENT SHOULDER NOT BE A NEGATIVE W ANY WAY AGAINST OUT PLANT ON RECORD CONTRACTOR WORKED UNTIL 1-17-88.

1987 · 2 incidents

October 20, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ABOUT TO CLIMB STEEL LADDER (WITH PROTECTIVE CAGE) WHEN HE JAMMED HIS HARD HAT ON THE PROTECTIVE CAGE AS HE STARTED UP PROTECTIVE CAGE WAS MODIFIED SO THAT THIS SHOULD NOT REOCCU R WHILE MAINTAING PROTECTION FOR LADDER CLIMBER DOC.COULD NEVER FIND ANY INJURY EMPLOYEE DIDNT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL NOW-SOME 21/2MONTHS AFTER ACCIDENT

July 1, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Fall from machine

CONTRACTOR STAT9S JE WAS STEPPING OUT OF CARRY BASKET AFTER DOING SOME SAND BLASTING.THE BASKET WAS A COUPLE OF FEET OFF THE GROUND.HE STEPPED ONTO A SANDY SURFACE THAT WAS A LITTLE SLOPED AND SLIPPED.HIS KN9E TWISTED WHEN HE SLIPPED.

1986 · 2 incidents

July 8, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONTR WAS HELPI3G OTHER SUB-CONTR REMOVE FEED-END BARREL ON A FINISH MILL. THEY WERE USING CO .ME-ALONGS TO PULL IT OUT BUT IT WAS GIVING RESISTANCE. SUBCONTR WAS MOVING ON THE OTHER SIDE TO R PREPARE COUNTER4EASURES TO PREVENT BARREL FROM SPRING OUT

1985 · 1 incident

November 27, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

REPAIRED CHERRY3PICKER RETURNED BY A TRANSPORATION COMPANY ON A FLAT BED TRAILER. TIRES WERE OVER THE SIDES ON THE TRAILER. IT WAS RAINING:TIRES AND TRAILER WERE MUDDY, EMPLOYEE STARTED MANEUV ERING CHERRY PI7KER OF WHEN IT SLID OVER THE SIDE OF TRAILER & TIPPED ON SIDE. OPERATOR FELT A JOLT AND SLIGHT INJURY (SPRAIN TYPE) IN LEFT SHOULDER COULD ONLY DO LIGHT DUTY WORK.

1984 · 9 incidents

November 15, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Fall from machine

AGITATED 1975 INJURY BY SLIPPERY FOOTING ON TRUCK STEP APPROX 11-15-84 AND 3-15-84

September 27, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAINTENANCE WELDER WAS CUTTING BOLTS OFF SITUATED REAILING CHERRY PICKER WAS HOLDING RAILING WITH CHOKER AS WELDER WAS CUTTING SOME TENSION WAS PUT ON RAIL TO LIFT IT UP THEN IT SPRANG LOOSE BUMPING WELDER ON CHEEK AND NOSE

August 20, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PARTY AND ASSISTING EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A CROSS BAR TO THE MILL DOOR TO FIT OVER THE BOLTS. ASSISTING PARTY LET GO OF THEIR END BEFORE THE INJURED PARTY DID, PINCHING HIS FINGER ON THE SIDE.

August 6, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A MILL DOOR BRACE (PIECE OF STEEL APPROX 4"X4" X14") WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND MASHED HIS FINGER

May 30, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME COMPRESSED BOTTLES AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO OF THEM HE WAS GIVEN 3 STITCHES

May 5, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HELPING LOOSEN A NUT OFF #1 COMPARTMENT OF MILL #1, WHEN THE NUT BROKE FREE AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED. RESON FOR THIS REPORT IS THAT A CAST WAS PUT ON HAND.

March 11, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A PIECE OF STEEL GRATING AND MOVING IT OUT OF THE WAY, WHEN HIS BALANCE SWAYED AS FEET SLIPPED A LITTLE AND HE FELL ONTO THE PIECE OF GRATING, HITT ING HIS CHIN.

February 28, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS MOVING SOME CEMENT BAGS OF WHICH HE ORDINARILY SWINGS THEM AROUND TOWARD HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE SWUNG A BAG AROUND TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE WHEN IT HURT HIS ELBOW. HE SAID IT WA S DUE TO NOT BEING USED TO DOING IT THAT WAY.

February 6, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Fall from piled material

WALKING DOWN BY DOCK ALONG SIDE OF CLINKER PILE.SLIPPED AS HE STEPPED ON CLINKER.ON A VERY SLIGHT INCLINE.

1983 · 20 incidents

December 30, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE HAS SOME RECURRING DERMATITIS HE USES A PRESCRIPTION SALVE THIS REPORT INVOLVES HIS MERELY GOING AND GETTING A SALVE REFILL

October 18, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OFF A STEEL PIN FROM CLINKER ELEVATOR #3 WHEN HOT SLAG DROPPED INTO GLASS

September 6, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE PUSHING LCINKER ON BULLDOZER SWEAT AND DUST IRRITATED SKIN

August 20, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

CLOSING R R CAR DOOR WITH BREAKER BAR WHEN BAR SLIPPED AND RIGHT ELBOW HIT SIDE OF RAIL CAR.

August 3, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS WORKING ON #2 ELEVATOR WHEN THE SIDES OF THE WALLS WERE HIT OR WHEN DRILLS WERE USED CEMENT DUST FELL FROM ABOVE AND ALSO JUST DUSTY AIR

July 19, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING REMOVING A 3 PART GUARD THEY WERE REMOVING 2 PARTS AND THOUGHT THE 3RD PART WAS STILL BOLTED UP BUT IT WASNT THEREFORE IT FELL ON PATIENTS FINGER WHEN 1ST TWO PARTS WE

June 30, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

IN BASKET ON CRANE.BASKET SLIGHTLY SWIVELED.MAN LOST BALANCE -HIT EYE ON PART OF TOP BASKET COVER.

June 24, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE HAS AN OCCASIONAL TENDENCY TO HAVE RECURRING CONTACT DERMATITIS

May 18, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE WORKING ON OPENING THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH MOLDS PART OF THE MOLD FELL ON HIS RT HAND AND PRIMARILY HIS RT REPORT BEING FILED DUE TO PRESCRIPTION GIVEN

May 17, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING LINER BOLTS OUT OF FINISH MILL WHILE STANDING BY ON BREAK A PC OF METAL HIT HAND WHILE HIS RELIEF WAS DOING SAME WORK

May 17, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REPLACE LIFTER IN FINISH MILL #1 HIS BACK AND SHOULDER STARTED BOTHERING HIM LATER ON

May 16, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Fall from piled material

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT CABLE ON SO OVERHEAD CRANE WHEN HE SLIPPED DOWN ON EDGE OF CLINKER PILE ONE TIME VISIT TO DR BURT GAVE PRESCRIPTION

May 15, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BEHIND FINISH MILL #2 WHEN DUST GOT INTO HIS EYES THE PRIMARY MATTER BEINTCLEANED WAS OF A DUSTY NATURE

April 12, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMP WAS INSTALLING DOOR IN MILL ROOM ELEVATOR AND WHILE JOGGING IT INTO POSITION MADE HIS BACK HURT EMP HAS CHRONIC BACK PROBLEM HE WAS OFF FOR MONTHS WITH BACK SURGERY IN THIS REPORT IT INV INVOLVES HIS NOT DESIRING TO COME TO WORK A WEEK LATER BECAUSE OF BACKACHE AFTER 2 DAYS OFF HE WISHED TO RETURN BUT WAS REQUESTED TO GET DR RELEASE BECAUSE OF BACK HISTORY HE HE WAS NOT ABLE

March 18, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE STRAINED BACK WHILE USING 90 LB JACK HAMMER. THIS MAN HAD NO LOST DAYS THE 7000-1 WAS OVERLOOKED IN REGARD TO EMPLOYEE RECEIVING PRESCRIPTION DRUG, HE HAS NOT WORKED HERE SI NCE APRIL HE HAD NO LOST TIME ON THE INJURY

March 17, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant OTHER
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS DRIVING DOWN TO MILLROOM IN CART WHEN SOMETHING GOT INTO HIS EYE DESPITE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES NO ONE INCLUDING MEDICAL DR COULD FIND ANYTHING IN EYE BUT DR SAID STAY OFF WORK TILL NE XT OBSERVATION SHOULD BE BACK IN ONE DAY

March 1, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Gulf Coast Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE HAS A SENSITIVE SKIN CONDITION TO CEMENT AND FLY DUST