All MSHA-reportable accidents at CEMEX INC. operations in 2000. Fatalities appear first.
SWITCHED AIR SLIDE FROM BAGGING TANKA TO QUICKLIME SILO. OPENED CAP ON BAGGING TANK BEFORE SLIDE HAD COMPLETELY TRANSFERRED. BLEW QUICKLIME INTO EE'S FACE AND UNDER HIS SAFTY GLASSES INTO HIS LEFT EYE. CAUSING CORNEAL BURN.
OPERATOR ERROR. OPERATOR WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO FLAGMAN OR EXISTING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.
2 EE' WERE INSTALLING A STEEL PLATE ON THE EXTERIOR OF A SCAVENGER CHAIN AND ONE SLID DOWN ON EMPLOYEE AND THE OTHER SIDE CAME UP AND PINCHED OTHER EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN STEEL PLATE AND IDLE R.
TIGHTENING THE HOSE CLAMPS ON RADIATOR OF FRONT END LOADER AND SLIPPED OFF OF LOADER. RESULTED IN A LUMBAR BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE FELT DISCOMFORT TO HER LEFT SHOULDER WHILE PULLING MATERIAL INTO PILE WITH HER TRAINER.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMED HE STRAINED HIS BACK ON DEC 1ST WHILE LIFTING 2 50 LB TEST WEIGHTS AFTER TWISTING INSTEAD OF TURNING WHILE PUTTING THEM AWAY. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL DEC 4 AND HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON DEC 5.
EE TRIED TO SWITCH SILO'S WITH ONE OF THEM BEINGFULL. HE OVER EXTENDED THE CHAIN FALL & HOOK CAME OFF HITTING HIM IN STOMACH
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS YARD AREA FROM SUB-STA TO PREHEATER TOWER BLDG. THERE WAS A CUST OF WIND WHICH CAUSED SOME DUST TO BECAME VALBORNE. HE WASHED OUT EYE AND THE EYE THE NEXT DAY 12-23-00 WA S GORE AND IRRITATED-WENT TO HOSPITAL EMERGERCY AND WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION.