Buzzi Unicem USAMining Incidents in 2008

No injuries, dust collector cartridge replaced. This was an unplanned explosion in the coal mill. Mill was designed to absorb and release energy and respond in the correct manner. No injuries & little damage

Injury was hooking up a car vibrator and the rail car moved and the vibrator hit him on the left knee. he went to the hospital, but at that time no medical treatment was needed. He went to a doctor on 3-31-09 and at this time medicat treatment is required. He Missed work on 4-1-09. .

Employee fell while exiting the crusher and needed stitches to his elbow.

Mobile equipment operator was pushing clinker in the west end pile. He was attempting to build a ramp and the front end of the dozer went down and he cut his head on the dash. He did have task training on this machine and did have his seat belt in place.

Employee is a loader operator and over time feels that operating it hurt his back. He reported it on 9/17/08 and it became a lost time on 9/18/08.

Employee smashed middle 2 fingers on left hand between counter weight and support pole when counter weight was nugged by front end loader.

EE was walking out of the west blend silo room and he allegedly hit his head on a pipe causing pain. All x-rays were negative and he worked without restrictions and did not miss work until 11/24/08. this then was a lost time accident right before layoff.

preheater tower went positive through the riser duct, pushing small amount of dust into the air, which went underneath EE's faceshield and safety glasses. All ppe was present.

Employee claims he hurt his back while shoveling up rock at the crusher. Pain has persisted and the injury began a lost time on 9/4/08

When lifting mill door into place the anchor point broke free causing a whiplash of lifting sling while the sling was in employee's grasp causing a deep laceration to his left hand.

Walking to tool bucket, he stepped on a plate which slipped and fell out from underneath his feet. Left leg went in a hole and he caught self with left arm/shoulder.

Employee had 2nd and some 3rd degree burns to his underarm/back area. We believe that he backed up to the muffle oven to warm up when he caught his shirt on fire after being outside getting a slurry sample.

EE's cleaning up @ the end of shift,Tools were placed in box & lowered to ground floor of mill bldg with overhead hoist. Hoist opr. was raising the hook so the hoist could be parked. EE's gathered at the box, hoist did not stop and cable broke, block & hook fell stricking EE on hard hat. Possible skull fracture.

The employee stated he was running the drill press and as he was pulling the bit back through a bored hole it hung. The metal piece he was drilling came loose from the vice and struck his wrist.

Employee has a history of back conditions. Employee was assisting another employee in lifting a 40 lb piece of job site material when during this movement he simply twisted and felt some onset of right low back pain.

Employee stated his knee popped when he stood up after he had been cleaning the infeed journal.

Employee was swinging a sledge hammer continuously throughout the night shift & lifted heavy liner plates during project demolition. He stated that he had a stiff back on his drive home from shift Thursday morning 1/10/08.

Employee was cleaning chunks out of hopper for kiln feed seal and dust got in his eye.

Pushing loaded wheel barrow, lifted to dump and pulled lower-center back.

EE was lifting a 90lb steel brace for a conveyor and the brace slipped out of his hands causing his back to jerk, resulting in a sprain of the lower back.

Employees were grouting next to an approx. 50 foot highwall. A small 1.5 inch rock fell and struck employee's hard hat. The impact caused the lining of the hard hat to create a small 1 inch laceration to the forehead.

Wind was gusty and blew dust in his eyes.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHEN WALKING THROUGH RECEIVING ON A SPOT OF WASTER. HE TURNED LEFT ANKlE, LEFT KNEE AND FELT A SPASM IN LOWER BACK. HE FEEL INTO DRUMS WITH LEFT SHOULDER.

Injured employee was was assisting with changing the inboard bearing on the primary crusher. He was removing a nut from a stud when the nut slipped from his hand and he tried to catch it. The nut, which weighed about 5 pounds, landed on the little finger of his right hand causing a hairline fracture. The diagnosis of his injury is a fractured distal phalanx of the right 5th finger.

Associate slipped while pushing wheelbarrow full of waste cement, strained lower back muscle.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING THE TOP OUT OF A 35 GALLON DRUM TO BE REPACKED WITH DRUM DE-HEADER AND SMASHED RIGHT RING FINGER.

Employee was removing a dust collector fan shaft for maintenance when the fan wheel fell on his left hand, resulting in a small laceration and hairline fracture of his left ring finger.

Ee was in the process of picking up an empty 55 gal steel drum and felt a pull in his left arm muscle. He had the drum only knee high and felt the pull. After investigation I dont feel he used improper lifting methods. He had a medical proledure on 7/11/08 that made it msha reportable.

He bumped his elbow on a steel tube while descending/climbing down into the secondary crusher where he was working thus causing soreness to his right elbow, right forearm and hand.

While removing a bar (or bow) that secures a mill door employee strained his back. The pain has not subsided so he had further testing done in early April. Employee began physical therapy for the injury on 4/10/08 making it a reportable injury.

EE was installing liner plates in the secondary crusher when his right hand was struck with a sledge hammer (not the hammer itself) thus bruising right hand pinky finger.

EE and another EE were lifting a wear plate to carry it when the other EE dropped his side causing injured EE's back to jerk trying to withstand the weight of the metal.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING DENSITY ON A SOLID SAMPLE WHICH REQUIRED ADDING THE SAMPLE TO A GLASS VIAL. WHEN CAPPING THE VIAL, THE VIAL BROKE AND CUT RIGHT HAND.

EE had welded a pick eye onto some steel in order to pull a chute (to be installed) w/a chain come-a-long. EE apparently placed too much tension on the come-a-long, which in turn placed too much tension on the pick eye. The weld pulled loose, causing the pick eye to strike EE in the hand, injuring the index finger on his left hand.

Employee was working outside at the plant with very extreme windy weather conditions. Some foreign particles of cement dust and steel fibers were blowing around. A very small piece of steel material was lodged in his left eye causing irritation and ongoing discomfort since Friday.

He was installing metal grating in a kiln walway and felt a burning feeling in his abdomen area and it was treated on 2/7/08. He did not miss work.

Employee claimed hs was having pains in his arms and was sent to a local physician and given some pain meds. The problem has persisted and follow up testing with a specialist revealed that he has carpal tunnel in both hands. The treating physician's office informed us of this on 5/20/08.

Employee was working outside the plant on a drag chain at the raw mill when the plant employees were cleaning above creating dust, metal shavings and other debris to circulate below where ee was working thus causing a peice of metal shaving to enter his left eye behind his safety glasses.

EE slipped and fell on some dust and dirt while walking down a ramp and landed on the front side of his body. EE struck his chest area when he fell, therefore we EE to local hospital ER for check. Checked out with no apparrent injuries from the fall.

Several ee were welding. In an area whenever the stub of a hot used welding rod being disposed of struck ee on the back of the neck thus causing a burn to his neck.

Employee was using cutting torch, bandsaw and grinder performing work in the kiln installing a platform when a piece of foreign debris entered his right eye.