CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLCMining Incidents in 2014

Employee was shoveling spillage of rock under the conveyor belt. As he was repositioning, his foot slipped on a rock and lost his balance. While trying to regain his balance, his knee was hyperextended while trying to prevent a fall to the ground. The injury was reported on 9/23/14 as a first aid injury, first medical treatment was 10/16/14, and restricted on 10/31/14.

Employee, was using his lanyard when he slipped off. He then tried to grab to the lanyard to recover himself from falling. While pulling the lanyard he felt a snap on his right biceps.

Employee lifted a 30 Lbs. sieve sampler at the QC lab. He felt pain in his lower back.

Employee was inspecting a work area. During the inspection the employee squatted down next to the supervisor who was inspecting the position of a damper. When the employee attempted to stand upright they had immediate pain in the right thigh. The employee then sat down on the deck and informed the supervisor of the issue. The employee was then taken for medical attention.

Employee was working on the removal of a conveyor bearing. Employees thumb got caught between a come along and the bearing. This incident was reported as a First Aid, however, after a few weeks employee felt some discomfort on his thumb, and on 12/03/2014 he was taken to a doctor, who placed him on restricted duty until results of x-rays were available.

On Saturday October 4th, employee was welding a pipe from the trammel screen pan to our fines pump. Employee did not report any issues. Monday morning employee complaint about a sore back.

A maintenance technician was operating a forklift most of the shift carrying empty oil drums from one part of the plant to another. The road that the forklift traveled was bumpy road with several pot holes. Toward the end of the shift, the technician started feeling pain in his lower back but could not remember a single event to cause the pain.

Employee informed that he felt ""a little stiff"" in the morning. He did not attribute it to any particular event at this time. We logged the incident in the first aid register at that time and followed up with him later that Friday. However on Tuesday morning 07/22/2014 he complained again of stiffness in his back. He was taken to a clinic. He was diagnosed with a strain back.

Employee was cutting a piece of rubber, wearing gloves, when he received a small laceration on his left thumb.

EE was removing a packing gland with a com-a-long when the com-a-long hook slipped off its attachment point and re-coiled and struck the employee on the right hand finger causing a fracture.

Fixed Plant Mechanic was helping Mechanic remove a 200 pound bearing from a pallet. During the removal process, they dropped the bearing and it landed on top of Plant Mechanic's left foot, which resulted in the fracture of 3 metatarsal bones.

EE was transporting equipment from one level to another up a set of stairs when he felt pain in his lower back.

EE was inflating a tire on a 863 bobcat utilizing a ratcheting strap to seat the tire to the wheel. When the strap was released it re-coiled upward striking the employee's forearm requiring 8 stitches to close.

During the PM day on unit 105, (Marion 7820 Dragline) an electrician was replacing the light fixtures on the boom when the fixture slipped and caused a small cut on his right hand on the middle finger at the knuckle. After providing first aid the employee was taken to see the Doctor who placed two stitches on the wound.

Employee was using cleaning tools including an air lance to clean the floor of the preheat tower at cement plant. After cleaning for several hours, he completed the job and prepared to take off face shield & goggles. When he moved the face shield, some dust that collected on top of face shield fell down into eyes either behind goggles or through the air vents.

Employee was opening a knife valve with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped and the employee fell backwards and hit his head on a hopper causing a laceration to the back of the head.

Fixed Plant Mechanic was replacing a conveyor belt on a Power Screen and sustained a small laceration to the top of his left ring finger while he was trimming the belt. He was taken to the ER and the laceration was cleaned and glued together. No restrictions were given. He was given a tetanus shot and prescribed antibiotics.

Employee started having pain and numbness in both wrists. After visiting doctor, he was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. He has operated an overhead crane with ""joy"" stick controls for approximately 25 years