Mining Incidents

CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLCMining Incidents in 2016

All MSHA-reportable accidents at CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2016
0
Total incidents
12
Year
2016

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 incidents
  2. 02OTHER2 incidents
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 incidents
  4. 04FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 incident
  5. 05SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident

All incidents in 2016

Struck by flying object

While working on the tower, EE had kiln feed blow into eyes from a thermocouple port.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was rigging a load on the burner deck hoist, and pinched (R) ""Pinky"" finger between the lower block and wire rope.

Struck by falling object

A loose rock bounced off the top deck of the screen and landed on the lower level striking employee on the back of the hard hat.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was shoveling dust at the same level when they felt a sharp pain on their lower back.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Haul Truck Operator was bending over to get into the cab of EE's CAT 777 Haul Unit and felt a sharp pain in EE's lower back. The pain persisted and EE notified EE's supervisor and was sent home. The next day EE went to the clinic and was diagnosed with Sciatica. EE was placed on light duty for 1 week. EE returned to work on 8/26.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Uneven Surface. Twisted Right Ankle.

Struck by flying object

On 1/14/2016 Mechanic sustained a puncture wound from a fractured piece of metal after striking a crusher hammer with a sledge hammer. Employee taken to doctor and released to Full Duty, No Restrictions. On 1/29/2016, the employee was taken to doctor for follow up and placed on restricted duty, No heavy lifting. On 1/29/2016 this injury became a reportable injury

Struck by falling object

A foreign object fell into an employee's eye. Initially employee reported this as a First Aid.

Struck by falling object

EE was removing the belly pan off of a 615 Cat water wagon. When EE was removing the last bolt, the pan came down and landed on hand and wrench. This caused a small cut on the palm of hand below the index finger. The cut required 4 stitches. EE returned back to work and hour and a half later.

Struck against a moving object

While driving a forklift the employee ran over a pot hole, the lift jumped and the employee strained back.

Rubbed or abraded

While working on a bucket of a front end loader, the employee wiped the sweat off brow with sleeve and irritated (R) eye.

Contact with heat

Employee suffered from a heat related illness while performing maintenance on a haul truck step

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 Florida, LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.