Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg., Inc.Mining Incidents in 2007

Returning from dumping a load of rock, he hit a pot hole in the road, which jarred him in the truck & caused him to strain his back.

He hit a low area in the road which caused him to bounce around in the haul truck and hit his head and elbow on driver's side window.

The employee was climbing into the cab of the excavator when raising his leg he felt a pain in his lower leg. He did not want medical attention at this time.

Employee was digging out the primary crusher. A rock rolled down from the feeder and struck the employee in the left lower back.

Employee changing ball valve on grease line(pressure side). Employee did not release/purge pressure from system prior to attempting to change ball valve. Employee received a high pressure injection injury(grease).

EE was hauling mud out of the quarry when the load on the truck shifted to the rear causing the truck to stand up on the tailgate. Some of the material fell out of the bed causing the truck to fall back onto the front tires. The jar of the truck falling back onto the front tires caused him to hit his knee on the steering column.

While tramming a 1 ton hoist operated by a hand crank pulley system, the load on hoist shifted while being turned over, causing the crank to back lash into employees left wrist.

Shoveling rocks & mud from under Conv. 8. Strained back. Began injections last week, reason for reporting now.

Employee was bringing a sample bucket off the sample pile. He slipped in the wet material, fell and caught himself on the tailgate of the pickup truck. Initially sought medical attention on 9/10/07. On a followup visit, doctor applied a hard cast on left wrist, which was brought to our attention on 11/12/07. This accident became MSHA reportable at that time.

EE utilizing utility knife, was trimming rubber skirting material to align with receiving hopper; location of accident was C-12 Stone Plant.

Employee cut the 4th finger on an AC fan. Wound required sutures and this is the reason for reporting injury.

Employee utilizing Oxy Thermal cutting torch to remove wear parts from impact crusher; while cutting, a piece of slag landed on the employee's left knee and burned through his pants & subsequently burned the outside of left knee. Slag traveled down pant leg and burned top of left foot.

On conveyor #2 unplugging head box, using a 5' pry bar to wedge between rocks. Pry bar popped out of rocks & smashed little finger between pry bar & steel plate skirt board. Wound required sutures to close, reason for reporting.

Employee turned to walk over to the welding truck and stepped into a 5 1/2"" drill hole twisting his left knee. On April 12, 2007, employee informed management that he had received results on April 10, 2007 of an MRI that was positive for ligament damage in the knee. This accident was not reportable until we received the positive results from the MRI on April 12, 2007.