Cement Industries

An employee's foot was struck by a forklift's rear wheel. The employee required hospitalization for a broken bone.

On December 26, 2023, an employee went out to the parking lot to troubleshoot the starter of an SUV. The employee was underneath the vehicle when it started and moved and the employee's middle back area was caught under the front passenger-side tire. The employee sustained a fractured collar bone.

An employee was parking at a patient's home and exited the van to manually open the garage door. The van began rolling backward and rolled over the employee's right leg. She was hospitalized with a fractured leg.

A driver exited their truck so they could provide service for a customer when the truck began to roll away. The driver went to re-enter the truck but fell and was struck by the rear driver-side tire. The employee sustained fractures to their leg and foot.

An employee had been operating a yard tractor. He parked the vehicle and was exiting when the vehicle began to roll, causing him to fall. The employee's hand was then run over by the yard tractor, resulting in fractures to multiple fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was checking for a leak in the air brake system of a semi-truck. The employee had removed the brake chamber when the truck rolled back. One of the tires pinned the employee's right hip against the ground.

After clearing a plugged cement feed chute underneath a silo, the injured employee asked a coworker to "bump" the rotary feeder to confirm material flow had resumed. The rotary feeder's inspection port was open, and dust was escaping until the injured employee covered the hole. Material then built up and prevented a visual inspection inside the feeder. The injured employee then instructed the coworker at the operating switch to stop the machine. While the feeder was still rotating due to inertia, the injured employee pushed the packed material out of the inspection port. A rotating blade partially amputated their right index fingertip.

Liquid concrete was being unloaded from a ready-mix truck into a mobile dump buggy. An employee was holding the truck s chute handle while standing beside the buggy. As the dump buggy moved forward, the employee s fingertip was caught and pinched between the chute handle and the buggy s bucket. The left ring fingertip was amputated.

At approximately 3:30 PM, on 4/30/2025, a Quikrete employee was exiting a tractor trailer when he slipped and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left femur.

An employee was utilizing a 10-foot fiberglass ladder to install an antenna on the side of a one-story residential home. The height of the mounted antenna from the ground was approximately 12 feet. While completing the installation of the antenna the employee lost his balance and fell approximately 8 feet to the concrete below, resulting in two fractured heels.

An employee was on a flatbed straightening return pallets when they sustained a back injury.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.