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Employee was cleaning return rollers on a conveyor belt with a poke bar. The conveyor belt was running. As the employee was scraping, the poke bar caught on the roller and jerked his right hand up jamming it against the frame of the conveyor belt. He broke two bones in his hand and received a laceration.

Employee complained of pain in his wrist that began 2 1/2 to 3 years ago. The doctor diagnosed it as a sprain and prescribed a splint.

Employee operating water wagon; watering on a slope at quarry when lost control and it flipped over.

Employee was working with his crew at the bottom of the pre-heater tower north end area. He was cleaning build-up material. Cemex employee was driving a Bobcat towards him & his crew to fill bucket with material. Once bucket was full, the operator leveled the bucket flush with the ground. Employee's foot caught under the bucket. He screamed to get bucket lifted. Taken to doctor.

Using Bobcat 175 to scrape material from the East side of the brickshed and struck steel ties head on - Injury to chest - fractured ribs and contusion and swelling in chest and upper abdomin area.

Employee was using vac. truck to clean loose kiln feed from top of homogenizing silos. Employee was holding the hose under his left arm and his right hand was on the end of hose. Something caused the right hand to slip and his right arm was sucked into end of hose, up to his shoulder.

Employee was operating a vacuum truck suction hose. While in the process of cleaning he was holding the 8" hose with his left hand and maneuvering the hose with his right hand. The hose turned and engulfed his left arm in the hose causing a negative suction to his arm.

Injured was helping move rail cars and was standing on the ladder on the side of the rail car. When the cars were positioned, he reached around with his left hand to tighten the rail car brake. He strained a muscle in his left shoulder.

EE was attempting to move a forklift from the vacinity where a duckwork was being moved by a crane. EE's left forearm was caught in a pinch point between the forklift roll cage and piece of duckwork, resulting in a compound fracture to the EE.

EE was moving hot material from the kiln feed end chute with a skid steer loader. EE apparently hit the discharge chute and some hot material fell from overhead on his body. EE jumped out of loader and contacted some hot material that had not been moved.

EE was moving hot material from the kiln feed end chute with a skid steer loader. EE was dumping this material into a 980 loader bucket and some hot material splashed back and contacted EE. EE was burned on his hands, arms and face.

Employee was operating trackmobile, hit a pothole and injured his back.

A chunk of clinker fell on and bounced off the belt in the clinker tunnel, striking EE on his lower back.

Men were sorting mill balls. The pedals on the bobcat got stuck and driver lost control of the bobcat. The mill balls spilled over the top of the hopper and hit two of the men sorting the balls.

Men were sorting mill balls. The pedals on the bobcat got stuck and driver lost control of the bobcat. The mill balls spilled over the top of the hopper and hit two of the men sorting the balls.

Employee was adjusting reject plow on conveyor belt. The plow needed more adjustment and fellow employee activated the plow to determine adjustment needed. Injured employee put his left hand in a pinch point of linkage.

Back discomfort from driving Triple 777.

Dump trailer raised to discharge load. Load partially adhered to dump bed causing a weight imbalance. This shifted the center of gravity to the right causing the vehicle to roll over onto its side. Driver removed seat belt & attempted to exit the vehicle at the beginning of the roll. Attempt failed causing him to fall back into the vehicle striking the door fracturing his clavicle.

The incident occurred when a large rock was dumped from the loader bucket into the bed of the truck the injured employee was operating. The rock was large enough in size to cause significant jarring of the bed of the truck. Immediately the employee began to feel pain in his neck.

EE WAS PREPARING TO CLEAN UP SPILLED CEMENT AND SHOVEL INTO SCREW CONVEYOR. CONVEYOR TOP IS LEVEL WITH FLOOR. THE CONVEYOR HAD GRATING AND RUBBER BELT COVERING IT. EE MOVED BELTING, STEPPED INTO A 8" OPENING THAT HAD BEEN LEFT, MOVED OUT OF POSITION.

Employee was attempting to get sand flowing out of bottom of hopper with a pry bar. He did not stop the belt or lock it out. The moving belt caught the pry bar causing it to jerk and smashing his left hand between pry bar and hopper. Cut on knuckle of middle finger required stitches.

Pins in Cat 980 G Loader broke causing the seat to slip back, causing the employee to strike his head against the rear glass.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER CONVEYOR BELT FEEDING ALPHA BLENDING PLANT. THE CONVEYOR FEEDING THE PLANT RAN EMPTY WHEN FEED WAS STOPPED, RESULTING IN ONE ROCK TUMBLING BACKWARDS DOWN THE BELT AND STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE LOWER BACKSIDE OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. REQUIRED FIVE STAPLES.

EE was cleaning under a slag feeder with a skid loader. There was 3 inches of clearance between the top of the loader and the bottom framework of the feeder. He went under the feeder and filled the loader bucket. When he reveresed the loader to come out, it lurched upwards pinching the 3rd and 4th fingers of his left hand between the feeder and loader controls.

DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE TRAVELING EAST ON THE PLANT ROAD SOUTH OF GBH8 IN A COMPANY PICKUP. DUE TO DIRTY WINDSHIELD AND MORNING SUN, DRIVER VEERED OFF ROADWAY AND STRUCK A LARGE ROCK. DRIVER SUSTAINED BRUISES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. PASSENGER STRUCK WINDSHIELD AND DASHBOARD CAUSING BRUISES TO FACE AND A CUT ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE REQUIRING STITCHES.

PLANT LUBEMAN WAS RETURNING TO MAINTENANCE SHOP. AS HE ENTERED THE SHOP AREA, THERE WAS ANOTHER HYSTER AND TRASH DUMPSTER IN THE TRAVEL WAY. AS THE HYSTER WAS MOVING FORWARD EE LEANED TO HIS RIGHT TO MAKE SURE HYSTER WOULD CLEAR. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE FOOTREST & DANGLED OUTSIDE HYSTER AND BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN PARKED HYSTER & MOVING HYSTER.

Contract employee mashed end of both feet while operating cat 236 bobcat

2 EE'S RIDING IN GATOR DROVE UP TO 3 EE PEDESTRIANS, THE PASSENGER IN THE GATOR WENT TO GET OUT AND SLIPPED. HIS FOOT HOT THE ACCELERATOR AND THE GATOR DROVE INTO THE PEDESTRIANS. ONE EE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE OF HIS LEFT ANKLE.

Operating skid loader, the machine started jerking violently. He strained his lower back. Controls on skid loader are very touchy.

EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING MUD OFF THE RAILING AT 129-4 BELT. HIS BAR GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE BELT CAUSING THE BELT TO FLIP THE BAR AROUND SMASHING HIS HAND AGAINST THE GUARD RAIL.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE CATWALK WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF THE BELT STRIKING HIS LEFT CHEEK.

OPERATOR FAILURE TO DEENERGIZE EQUIPMENT BEFORE INSPECTION AND FAILURE TO KEEP FROM HARMS WAY. STRUCK RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST RETURN ROLLER.

LACERATED RIGHT HAND ACROSS THE PALM AND RIGHT INDEX FINGER. HE WAS MEASURING BEAM ABOVE PULLEY WHILE BELT WAS MOVING WHEN THE TAPE MEASURE GOT CAUGHT IN PULLEY GRABBING HIS HAND AND CUTTING I T TO THE BONE. HE HAS TO HAVE SURGERY TO REPAIR NERVE DAMAGE.

FAILURE TO LOWER DUMP BED ON 773 HAUL TRUCK, RESULTING IN HITTING ALMASCHOOL BRIDGE. INJURY CAUSED BY SAFETY GLASSES CUTTING HIS NOSE DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL.

EE WAS OPERATING A TRACKMOBILE COUPLED TO AN ENCLOSED RAILCAR. WHEN THE TRACKMOBILE WAS UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY BRAKE THE RAILCAR, IT BEGAN TO SLIDE AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER PARKED RAILCAR. UPON IMPACT, THE EE HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE AND HEAD ON THE WINDOW AND FRAME OF CAB. FIRST AID ONLY UNTIL 12/2/02.

EE WAS CLEANING A BOBCAT LOADER. THE LOADER BUCKET WAS IN A RAISED POSITION & WAS NOT BLOCKED OR SUPPORTED. THE EE WAS CLEANING INSIDE THE CAB & PRESSED THE FOOT CONTROL LEVER ALLOWING THE BUC KET TO SLOWLY BLEED DOWN & PINNED HIM BETWEEN THE BUCKET & THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE.

TRUCKS WERE DUMPING ON LEVEL GROUND TO BE USED IN BUILDING A LANDFILL CELL. THE DRIVER BACKED UP. THE LEFT TIRE WENT ON THE PRECEDING PILE PARTWAY AND THE TRUCK WAS UNLEVEL WHEN HE STARTED TO DUMP. THE CAB TURNED OVER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO UNPLUG WEIGHFEEDER. HE TRIED TO PUNCH IT OUT, HOWEVER, NOTHING CAME OUT. HE THEN TURNED THE VIBRATOR ON. APPROX FIVE MINUTES LATER WHILE CLEANING DEBRIS OFF GROUND OFF GROUND, THE PIN IN THE WEIGHFEEDER CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF HAND.

SHOCK ON FUEL TRUCK SEAT IS BROKEN CAUSING HIS BACK TO BE JARRED.

MAKING A RAMP ON AGGREGATE PILE, WHEN HE PUT THE 926 LOADER IN REVERSE HE HIT A HOLE WITH A TIRE AND IT CAUSED HIS HEAD TO SNAP BACK HE THEN FELT A PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER AND BACK AREA ON RIGHT SIDE.

EE WAS DRIVING VACUUM TRUCK. TRUCK DROVE THROUGHA LOW SPOT IN ROAD AND FLIPPED ONTO IT'S SIDE. EE WAS NOT WEARING SEATBELT AND INJURED ARM/SHOULDER WHEN GRABBING FOR MIRROR, PULLING TENDONS.

THE DUMP TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED WITH SHOT ROCK &WHEN IT TURNED THE BUCKET OVER TO DUMP INTO THE TRUCK BED THE ROCK BOUNCED OFF THE CAB SHIELD & ROLLED OVER ONTO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. AS THE RO CK FELL THE CAB ROOF BEGAN TO CAVE SLIGHTLY CAUSING THE DRIVER TO QUICKLY MOVE TO THE LEFT TO AVOID BEING HARMED, POSSIBLY AGGRAVATING A PREVIOUS INJURY (HE REPORTED NUMBNESS A FEW DAYS LATER

EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED INTO THE HEATER/AC VENT WHILE BRACING HIMSELF TO PICK UP A LIGHTER FROM THE DASH OF THE FRONT END LOADER.

EE WAS CLEANING TAKE-UP PULLEY IN TRANSFER HOUSEHE PLACED STONE ON BEAM. STONE FELL OFF AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND CRACKING BONE OF MIDDLE FINGER ANDBRUISING HAND.

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.