Buzzi Unicem USAMining Incidents in 2015

Decision was made to empty fine coal bin to repair a leak. while being emptied coal off the walls fell onto hot coal inside causing the coal vent to activate.

Employee was cleaning side B K.O. Box. Employee was removing the lid after they had pried up the lid. Employee had both hands on both handles and pulled up. As they pulled up, felt a pop in right shoulder, then a hot shooting pain in shoulder.

Employee was using a cutting wheel to cut a piece of pipe, felt something in right eye. Didn't report injury to supervisor until 9:30 a.m. next day.

Employee reported that during the cleaning duty on his workplace hi transported an I-beam in his shoulder. While he use a stairs he slipped and the I-beam hit his right knee and cause him a injury. Note: Information obtain and translated from report received from MZP headquarters office in Czech Republic on December 3rd, 2015.

While loading an I-Beam, the beam shifted on the trailer while being placed for transport and came off landing on the employee's right hip.

Employee was assisting in loading a trailer with scrap metal. The scrap was being lifted by crane. A piece of scrap got caught on nearby 10"" I-beam. This lifted the I-beam off the ground. When the I-beam fell out landed on the employee's ankle.

An IMI employee was helping to dump mill balls when his finger was caught between a full barrel of mill balls and the guard rail.

Employee failed to wear safety harness and tie off while working at height. Miner fell approximately 40 feet into a raw material bin. Initial medical assessment is broken bone proximal to the coxics bone.

The employee had thrown railcar switch East of Engineering Building. He walked back to railcar to pull himself back up on the step of railcar and felt pain in his lower back. He said that his back had locked up and he cannot straighten up.

Employee was installing Tillman roller in the cooler frame in the clinker cooler area. As he was under the walkers to roll forward he utilized the hard back stand to lift the cooler. As he left a little pressure on the cooler he reached over to get the other Tillman roller. At the same time the porta power came off the stand and hit the employee on his left hand.

While working to clean a small pile of material in a dust hopper the employee was covered by previously unseen hot material from the bags above. The employee has had skin grafts to both legs for burns.

Employee was cutting abandoned overhead pipe. He started cutting the pipe and it came down and knocked the ladder out from under him and he fell to the floor.

The employee along with two other MZP employees were installing two U-shape (half) rings around a 4 foot diameter X 15 foot long duct pipe. After tack welding the first half of the ring, the second half was being fitted around the pipe when employee pinched the tip of the middle finger between the pipe and the second half of the ring. The employee was transported to the hospital.

Employee's auto vision lens on his welding hood malfunctioned causing flash burns in his left eye. Employee did not report the injury until 11/2/13 and denied medical treatment until 11/3/15.

Employee was descending a ladder when the foot of the ladder broke causing it to tip and the employee to fall to the floor. Employee declined medical treatment until 10/29/2015.

Employee was lifting a spool of electrical cable and strained his abdomen.

Employee's hand was caught between a piece of iron and cribbing causing a fracture to the tip of his middle finger.

employee smashed finger with hammer.

Employee was moving torch cart through a door when he felt a pain in the middle of his back. this led to restricted work and a prescription for the pain.

The employee got his thumb caught between two pieces of metal. While assisting with the placement of steps to access the tool trailer by sliding it into position, the unit unexpectedly shifted into the trailer and the employees thumb got caught between the metal steps unit and trailer. This caused a laceration and fracture to the thumb.

Employee was standing in front of a door to a hopper. Material fell from the top of the hopper and came out the door. The employee turned his back to the material and it covered his back. The harness being worn by the employee held the material in place long enough for it to burn his back.

Employee was moving a welding machine inside of a tool trailer when he felt pain on the left side of his groin.

Employee was kneeling onto his kneepad when a piece of rebar went through his kneepad and punctured his right knee. CCCG placed the employee on unofficial restrictions from 4/16/15 to 5/1/15.

The employee was trying to dislodge balls that were stuck in the bottom of hopper with a short bar when he struck his hand on the side rail of discharge shoot.

Miner was climbing down from loader. He had a water bottle in one hand. He failed to maintain 3 points of contact as trained. He fell from the 2nd from bottom step onto concrete pad.

Miner was assisting an electrician drill out a sighting hole. Miner used his gloved hand to support the drill bit. The miner's glove was grabbed and bent his right middle finger back. Diagnosis: Strain middle finger, right hand. Employee took a short cut to support the drill bit, rather than use the tool provided.

The employee was using a rivet buster to remove castable around the 2nd stage thimble. He was working on top of a scaffold. The employee said that he felt a pop n his left arm (forearm area) and pain. The supervisor contacted the Safety and Health Manager on Saturday morning 2/07/2015, to report that the employee is needing medical attention for his (L) arm.

Employee was putting brick conveyor together when one section shifted pinching his finger between the two sections. Employee was wearing protective gloves.

Employee was striking wheel chain with a 1lb ball peen hammer when a metal fragment from the chain came off striking him in the forehead. The metal fragment became airborne and lodged underneath the skin of employee forehead. The employee returned to work with no restrictions.

Employee tripped over HDMI cable and fell onto right knee.

EE was uncoupling the product and struck hose that comes off the pump when he lost his footing and the hose was full of product and struck him on his thigh. There was no bruising or any sign of injury was visible, he was taken to be checked out to be safe because he was complaining of pain in his leg.

EE was standing in line near Taco Stand located near parking lot. EE felt something crawling when suddenly he was stung by a bee. Fifteen to twenty min later the ee experiences radiating pain up his left elbow. EE was transported by company vehicle to Sweatwater hosp. EE received an injection by doctor and was told to rest for day. EE retuned back to full duty next day.

Miner was clearing a horizontal screw conveyor. The lid pinched his right ring finger between the lid and motor guard fracturing his distal phalanges and requiring 6 stitches to close the wound. Miner was wearing PPE, including Kevlar gloves.

Employee was delivering water when she felt something bite her right arm. Turned out to be a spider which required two prescriptions.

Employee stated that he slipped going down stairs towards Raw Mill #2 feed belts. He caught himself before he fell. He felt some pain in his lower back. Employee began physical therapy on 1/20/2016.

Employee was stripping wire. Employee was positioned so that the wire being stripped was overhead causing employee to work the utility blade towards himself and not away. Employee's hand was also in the line of fire as he was supporting the wire with his non cutting hand so that when the blade slipped from the wire it cut through his glove and left palm.

Employee was prescribed antibiotics after debris flew behind his safety glasses and entered his eye.

Employee was working on Pre-Heater tower painting. at some point he thought he had something in his eye. Employee rinsed his eye and stated that he thought it felt better. two days later he went into the safety office and stated he felt that something was in his eye. Employee was transported to the clinic and it was determined to be flash burn.

Employee was setting a screen on a mortar mixer when the screen was set the lid came down and came into contact with his left thumb.

While drilling a hole in a cable tray, employee stated he felt a piece of metal shaving hit him in the face causing discomfort to his right eye.

Employee and crew of 9 had the job task of removing beams in the cooling area. The beams were to be temporarily removed for other job tasks to be performed. As the employee began to loosen the bolts the extension or swivel on the impact kicked back and came into contact with his left forearm causing a laceration.

Employee attended morning toolbox meeting on job site. After the meeting he began to walk to the tower and noticed a bug flying around him. All of a sudden he tried to move the flying bug with his hand and the bug flew into his ear.

Supervisor said he must have cut his inner forearm on the filter cartridge flange while wrapping rope around it so that employees located on the stairway leading to railcar bin, could pull it up. He did not feel any pain at the time and noticed that he was bleeding when he raised his right arm.

Employee was performing welding task on a column on the fourth floor elevation number 2674'9. While chipping slag off his weld a small piece came off and became embedded in his right eye. Another employee observed that he was using proper PPE eye wear when this incident occurred.

Cleaning air slide at cement load out. Cement blew under safety glasses into employee's eyes.

Employee was grinding stainless steel flange when a piece of metal blew into his eye. The employee was wearing eye protection: safety glasses and face shield. The employee flushed his eyes to remove the metal but he scratched his cornea before the metal was removed.

EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED HEAT EXHAUSTION WHILE WORKING AT THE 7TH FLOOR PREHEATER TOWER. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON HIS KNEES, STOOD UP AND FELT DIZZY, AND FAINTED TO THE GROUND. HE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AND WAS ASSISTED DOWN THE STAIRS AND TO THE OFFICE. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE ER.

Employee started feeling dizzy and was having trouble using his tools. We brought him up to the office to cool him down when he stated that he felt that he was going to pass out and was feeling numb. We called 911 due to his symptoms and after they arrived he was feeling a bit better. The EMTs took him to the hospital in an ambulance to check him out further.

Employee became dehydrated after a long hot night of work.

EE was unloading trucks. It was a hot day. EE body started cramping. Another ee called 911 to get him medical attention. The hospital gave him 6 bags of IV fluids and ran some test on him to make sure nothing else was wrong. He was released from the hospital that night. He is very sore.