Buzzi Unicem USAMining Incidents in 2010

Employee says dust blew off from the brim of his hardhat and got in behind his face shield and safety glasses. Causing scratches to his eye and eyelid.

Employee missed rung when descending from ladder, injured wrist in attempt to catch himself.

Employee entered a barricaded area where other employees were conducting maintenance and fell through an open hole in the floor, falling approximately 8 feet. Employee experienced some back pain, but did not receive treatment. Employee's doctor determined on 2/18/2011 that surgery may be necessary.

Employee strained his left shoulder while working on the #2 finish separator. Employee initially declined medical attention, but when the shoulder pain did not go away he went to see his doctor. This injury became reportable on 11/10/2010 when the doctor diagnosed the injury as a torn rotator cuff. The employee was placed on restriced duty. No time lost to date.

WHILE CARRYING A PUMP, EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER HOSES AND FELL. THE PUMP LANDED ON HIS FOOT.

Employee tugged on the air hose he was using and fell back catching himself on the hopper.

operator tripped over air hoses used in the pad area.

Employee was fueling haul truck. He was walking back to truck and slipped on ice. Conditions that week consisted of snow and ice.

Employee was assembling a set of shelves. Another employee dropped a crossmember which rebound from the floor striking him in the mouth.

Employee was walking on the Raw Mill Deck with a grease gun in left hand. He started to fall and grabbed the handle of an empty tool cart with his right hand. It tipped over letting him fall on his right knee.

WHILE TRYING TO HOOK UP HOSE TO TRUCK, HOSE WOULD NOT GO ON PROPERLY AND EMPLOYEE HAD TO PUSH/PULL HOSE TO GET IT ON PROPERLY

Employee was unblocking a feeder to allow product to flow. When the product started flowing the employee got it in his eyes and on his arms and hands.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING LID & RING OFF A DRUM WHEN HE FELT A ""POP"" AND PAIN IN HIS LEFT ELBOW.

employees alleges while trying to lift vac hose overhead to be placed on top of a classifier, he felt a pull in his right shoulder.

While lifting an overhead style gargae door measuring about 12' wide, the employee heard and felt a pop and experienced a sharp pain in his left shoulder.

Employee was in a bent over postion and using a jerking motion to try and move forks on a forklift.

Employee was cleaning/repairing a cement sampler screw. This is a small screw aprox 1/2 inch diameter. Employee disconected power to the motor, but did not wait for the motor to stop rotating before accessing it. Employee's glove got caught on the screw, causing a small fracture to his left thumb. No time lost.

Employee was using a pry bar to close the door on a coal rail car. The pry bar slipped and he fell on his left wrist. The initial diagnosis was a left wrist sprain and no treatment was necessary. Employee had a follow-up doctors appointment on 12/29/2010 during which the doctor changed the diagnosis to a left wrist fracture making the incident reportable as of 12/29/2010.

A bar used to hold a door on the #3 finish KVS mill was being removed. The bar weighing about 50 pounds, slipped from the grip of the left hand and smashed the tip of the right middle finger, causing a split in the skin.

The employee got dust in his eye as he was finishing cleaning a port at Module #3 on Bypass at the bottom of the hopper. A prescription was written and filled.

employee bent over to move a small piece of metal onto forklift forks

The employee pulled on a strand of metal shavings at the metal lathe. The sharp edge of the strand cut through his glove and into his finger. The employee required stitches.

Employee was walking down stairs and missed the last step. He lost his balance and reached for the handrail. His left thumb hit the handrail causing a fracture to the thumb.

Employee was changing a brush on chain temperature thermocouple on #3 Kiln. Hand was caught between spring loaded mechanism. Broke right index finger.

Employee cut his finger with a utility knife and required stitches.

Employee sought medical treatment before notifing the employer that he was having problems with his wrist. Employee claims he has numbness and tingling in both his wrists. No defining moment of injury was ever reported.

Employee was complaining of ringing and hearing loss.