Mining Incidents

CEMEX Construction Materials Atlantic, LLCMining Incidents in 2013

All MSHA-reportable accidents at CEMEX Construction Materials Atlantic, LLC operations in 2013. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2013
0
Total incidents
10
Year
2013

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS6 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  3. 03STRIKING OR BUMPING1 incident
  4. 04OTHER1 incident

All incidents in 2013

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was in the process of fabricating a steel elbow. While lifting a piece of steel he felt a pull in his abdomen.

Struck against stationary object

Employee hit his elbow on a steel flange as he descended a step ladder.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

While re-stacking 94lb type 1 cement bags employee felt of pop in his left shoulder. Employee has not missed any days and can perform his job duty's with lifting restrictions.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

While pouring chemicals for a process mixture. Employee felt some pain in his back. The containers he was pouring from are 5 gallon containers. He began to have more pain once he was at home. This became worse around 4:30 PM.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

While in the process of removing a wedged bag from the packer line EE picked up the bag and felt a pop in his left upper arm. He has torn his bicep.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

As ee exited the loader when he put his weight onto the ground with his right leg his knee gave out. This injury did not become reportable until 06/21/2013.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

The miner was trying to position a replacement gate into place. The gate hung on a beam and the miner was pushing on the gate to free it up when he felt a pain in his shoulder. The miner did not seek medical attention until 04/29/2013

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was leaning out of position to remove a sprocket. Stretching and felt something pull in his right shoulder blade area of his back. Was not reported to the company until 06/10/2013 at 3:30pm. Employee was placed on light duty until further notice.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Dust Particles in the air

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking on catwalk and tripped on a piece of plywood causing his right shoulder to come in contact with a concrete block wall.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to CEMEX Construction Materials Atlantic, LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.