Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg., Inc.Mining Incidents in 2015

Employee was changing oil in screen 2 at the stone plant. When he had completed the job he was attempting to lift the 5 gallon pail of used oil out of the back of the screen. He attempted to lift the pail while also turning to the side. During this motion, he felt a pinching sensation in his lower abdomen resulting in a groin strain.

The employee was performing work activities on a sand dredge to free a clam shell bucket from material in a lake when the dredge capsized.

Employee grabbed a hammer drill box from the back of a service truck at the end of his shift. As he lifted the box, he turned and the box struck his left knee. The employee continued working for two weeks but noticed some discomfort in his knee when he would bend it a certain way. He sought medical treatment for the first time on 9/22/15.

Employee was removing an alternator from a Ford Escape. While under the vehicle a piece of dirt fell into employees left eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses

Loader Operator was spreading rock in employee parking lot, to add more traction to the icy conditions that morning. He climbed down from his loader to move his personal vehicle. After moving his personal truck, he stepped out of the truck and slipped and fell on his left side.

Employee walked to haul unit upon start of shift, climbed up steps of truck and sat down in seat to begin preshift inspection. Another employee noticed that employee was in distress, ERP was initiated and employee was eventually taken via ambulance to ER where he was pronounced dead. Causes of death on coroner's report are Coronary Atherosclerosis and Adenocurcinoma of Lung.