EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF DUST TRUCK AND WENT TO LIFT THE LID TO FILL THE TRUCK AND HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF A COME BACK AND STRUCK A GRATING, INJURING RIGHT WRIST.
Cement Plant Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Cement Plant (mine ID 4502749). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 21
- Years on record
- 1983–1989
- Latest incident
- Apr 1989
Reportable incidents
21 on file1989 · 2 incidents
BARRING CHUTE OUT AND MATERIAL CAME DOWN STRIKING BAR AND BAR CAME UP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHIN CAUSING NEED FOR STUTURES.
1988 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS OBTAINING A KILN NOSE SECTION BY PLACING ON A FORKLIFT AND STRAINED LOWER BACK GETTING IT ONTO THE FORKLIFT.
EMPLOYEE BENT OFER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF CHAIN ABOUT 5FT LONG & JUST AS HE TOUCHED IT HE WENT TO THE GROUND IN A SITTING P OSITION BECAUSE HIS BACK WENT OUT THIS EMPLOYEE HAS HAD A LONG MEDIC CAL HISTGORY OF BACK PROBLEMS WITH HIS BACK HE HAS HAD IT OPERATED ON 3 TIMES
EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING A HAND PUNCH WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF THE MUSHROOOMED END FLEW OFF AND STRUCK IN HIS LEFT FOREARM.
1987 · 6 incidents
EMPL LOADING FL5T OF SACKS AND STARTED GETTING PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT GROIN.
THE EMPLOYEE DI8 NOT FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT SO I AM TAKING THIS INFO FROM HIS INDUSTRIAL CLAIM REPORT. HE WAS HANGING A CHAIN BLOCK AND WAS IN A N AWKWARD POSTION AND FELT A SLIGHT TWINGE IN HIS BACK. 3
EMP WAS WATCHIN1 A SAFETY FILM AND KNEE LOCKED UP, TOOK HIM TO DR. AND WHILE BEING EXAMINED THE KNEE STARTED WORKING FINE AND HE RETURNED TO WORK, ON 11-13-87 HE WENT TO ANOTHER DR AND BROUGHT BACK A NOTE SAY3NG HE W AS NOT TO WORK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A CONCRETE POUR, PUSHING WET CEMENT AROUND WITH A SHOVEL AND EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN.
THE EE WAS REP5ACING THIN 6X12 INCH APPROC STAINLESS AIR SEALS AROUND THE HOOD OF T HE KILN & RECEIVED A SLIGHT CUT ON THE LEFT THIMB HE DID NOT REPORT IT TO THE CO NOR SEE A DR UNTIL THE 15 TH & HE HAD IN0ECTION IN THE CUT & WENT TO T HE DR & WAS TOLD HE COULD COME BACK TO WORK ON LIGHT DUTY & WE DO NOT HAVE LIGHT DUTY SO HE WAS SENT HOME & MISSED 3 DAYS OF WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING OLD AIR SEAL RING FROM KILN, A BOLT BROKE ALLOWING THE RING TO FALL FROM THE SIDE OF THE KILN STRIKING HIM ON THE FOOT AND KNOCKING HIM OFF A LADDER TO DECK 5 FT BELOW CA USING CONTUSION8 AND SPRAINS TO LEFT LEG, LEFT RIBS, BOTH ELBOWS AND RIGHT WRIST.
1986 · 2 incidents
INJURED WAS CRA4LING ACROSS A COVERED SCREW WITH A SAFETY BELT ON & 3/4IN ROPE TIED TO HIM SO THEY COULD USE THE 3/4IN LINE TO TIE TO WHILE INSPECTING THE SCREW A LOOSE END OF ROPE WENT IN A 2 IN GAP & CAUGHT3ON A REVOLVING SCREW PULLING INJURED OFF THE SCREW & FALLING 10FT TO THE STOPPED KVS MILL BREAKING 3 RIBS & PUNCTURING A LUNG
EMPL. PUTTING B3T INTO 40 LB JACKHAMMER AND DIDNT LIKE WAY IT FELT WHEN IT WENT IN SO HE LAID JACKHAMMER DOWN AND THEN STOOD IT UP ON HANDLE.WHEN HE DID THIS IT ACITVATED TRIGGER AND JACKHAMME R STARTED AND B5EW DUST INTO BOTH OF HIS EYES.THE DR FEELS NO IMPAIRMENT TO EYES.
1985 · 3 incidents
EMP WAS TO WELD THE SPLITTER ON THE GYP BELT HE THREW HIS LEADS UP ON THE TOP OF THE DRAW PILE AND ONE HUNG UP AND HE WALKED OVER TO THE CORNER OF THE BIN TO FREE THE LEAD AND IT SLUFFED OUT F FROM BELOW AND HE FELL CATCHING HIMSELF WITH RT ARM ON SIDE OF BIN AND LEFT ARM ON THE MATERIAL HE PROCEEDED TO SWING HIMSELF OUT OF THE BIN DISLOCATED LEFT SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING HANGERS IN THE BACK OF #3 KILN HE HAD JUST FINISHED A WELD AND HE RAISED HIS HOOD TO INSPECT THE WELD THIS HARRIS 308 STAINLESS ROD HAS A HABIT OF POPPING OFF SLAG AS IT C OOLS WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED IN THSI CASE IT DID AND THE PIECE OF SLAG FLEW UP UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES STICKING ON THE CORNEA CAUSING A BURN
EMPL WORKING ON 6\WIDE X 150\LONG FLAT LEFEL VALLEY BETWEEN 2 GABLED ROOFS REMOVING ICE BUILDUP.ICE LEAKING DOWN ON LOWER TRAM DECK AND ALSO CAUSING ADDITIONAL WEIGHT.SHOVELED SNOW OFF TOP OF THE ICE AND WAS BREAKING ICE UP WITH PICKS.SURFACE OF THE ICE WAS GRANULATED DUE TO SNOW.HER FEET SLIPPED AND LANDED ON RIGHT HIP FRACTURING PELVIS.
1984 · 2 incidents
INJURED & 2 OTHER REPAIRMEN WERE REMOVING THE SCREW FROM THE HOUSING OF THE KILN FEED PUMP WITH A 1 TON CHAIN HOIST, IT WAS STUCK SO ALL THREE STARTED TO PULL ON THE CHAIN HOIST, THE INJURED WAS TOLD TO MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION BUT FAILED TO HEED THE WARNING. THE LIFT CHAIN SEPERATED AND FLEW BACK, STRIKING THE INJURED IN THE LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A CLINKER ELEVATOR, AND WAS WEARING A RESPIRATOR. SHE GOT SOME CLINKER DUST UNDER THE BAND OF HER RESPIRATOR AND IT RUBBED HER NECK SO IT WAS RAW AND THE ALKALI IN T HE CLINKER GAVE HER A ALKALI BURN ON HER NECK.
1983 · 3 incidents
EE CAME OUT OF THE SHOP BATHROOM & WHEN HE PUSHED THE DOOR OPEN HE WAS HOLDING ON TO THE DOOR & IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH A NEW HOPPER BEING FABRICATED IN THE WELDING ROOM, PINCHING THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BEWTEEN DOOR & THE HOPPER.
EMP WAS BARRING OUT A PLUGGED CHUTE AND AS HE SHOVED THE BAR UP THROUGH THE HOLE HIS LEFT THUMB STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE CHUTE CUTTING THE LEFT THUMB
EMPLOYEE FAILED TO SHUT OFF BLOWER ON SHOP HEATING FURNACE OPENED DOOR TO SHOVEL COAL INTO FURNACE BECAUSE STOKER SCREW HAD A ROCK IN TI AND WOULD NOT WORK AUTOMATICALLY HE ALSO STOOD IN FRON T OF DOOR AND WHEN HE THREW COLA IN THE BLOWER CAME ON IGNITING THE COAL AND BLOWING FLAME BACK OUT DOOR AND INTO EMPLOYEE
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