Brooksville South Cement Plant safety activity

Miner while doing material removal at ground level of Finish Mill 2 building, employee reported shortness of breath and throat felt like it was closing off. EE was wearing a dust mask N95 together with a neck gaiter.

Employee was ascending the stairs in Office Building keeping three points of contact. While approximately on the fourth step, the employee lost balance and fell backward down the stairway landing on the lower floor level and reported pain and discomfort to the hand and tailbone area. No slip, trip hazard, obstruction, or defect with the stairway was identified.

Walking under a coal belt looking down due to ground been slippery from rain, EE hit EE's head on a conduit bracket and fell onto EE's back. Incident was reported to supervisor and miner said EE was feeling well. Next day shift EE reported that EE's neck was sore. EE was taken to urgent care for evaluation. The CT scan came out clean, and EE was diagnosed with a concussion.

A miner performing water blasting activities in the preheater tower riser area when handling the water lance and when the water supply valve was opened got a kickback force causing the gun section of the lance to strike on EE's right ear, knocking EE to the floor. EE was transported to the hospital, where EE received eleven stiches in the ear and was treated for a concussion.

While assisting a contractor that was repairing a scraper at A03 in the A Frame, a material handler miner got hit by a piece of pipe previously removed fell down the working platform while EE was standing in the underneath catwalk and resting EE's right hand on the fix ladder cage. This struck caused EE an open wound fracture to EE's right pinky.