Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg., Inc.Mining Incidents in 2014

Employee was attempting to remove a hydraulic hose. Hose fitting was very tight when fitting broke loose the employee felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder.

CAT 769C caught fire. Employee jumped from cab platform, fell 7ft resulting in fractured R foot, fractured L tibia at knee, elbow contusion.

Climbing out of the cab, missed the bottom step, fell to the ground, hurt left side of rib cage & left forearm.

Getting out of the truck, right foot slipped on step and left went to the ground, right groin strain.

Removing the drill bit from hammer to replace the blow tube using a hydraulic chain wrench, left hand was on wrench when pulling wrench with hydraulic cylinder thumb on left hand was crushed in cylinder to wrench pinning point.

On December 11, 2014, employee struck his shin on a grounding rod sticking out of the ground. As a result, he fell to the ground. On the morning of December 18, 2014, the pain landed him in the emergency room and after x-rays, it was determined that there was a rib fracture, due to the fall. Supervisors were informed of the incident later in the day on December 18, 2014.

Injured employee 1479199 was hooking up portable air compressor, when he slipped on the stones hitting his left elbow on the pick-up hitch causing laceration to elbow.

While dumping a load of rock in the primary crusher, a rock fell over the side of the haul truck dump bed in front of the left rear tire. The employee attempted to manually slide the rock out of the way when he stated his right elbow popped. Employee reported the incident immediately on 6/9/14, but did not want medical treatment until 6/12/14.