EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING GREASE FITTING OUT OF ADJUSTMENT CYLINDER FOR TAILPULLEY & PRESSURE IN CYLINDER SHOT GREASE FITTING INTO HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN INDEX & MIDDLE FINGER CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND.
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-LLCMining Incidents in 2003
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Heidelberg Materials Northeast-LLC operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2003
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Year
- 2003
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 incidents
- 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
- 03MACHINERY1 incident
- 04NO VALUE FOUND1 incident
All incidents in 2003
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING INSIDE CR #1 DISCHARGE CHUTE, UNDER THE ROTOR INSPECTING THE INSIDE OF THE CRUSHER. AS HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE CRUSHER HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
Contact with hot objects or substances
EE WAS USING TORCH TO CUT A BUSHING INSIDE A BREAKER HAMMER WHEN IT BLEW BACK HOT GREASE THAT WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE BUSING AND CASE CAUSING HOT GREASE TO LAND ON HIS NECK.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING STONE WITH A HAMMER & CHISEL. HE ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIS HAND WITH THE HAMMER.
No Value Found
EE WAS USING A SHOVEL TO CHIP AWAY AT A PIECE OF PVC PIPE STANDING OUT OF THE BOREHOLE. WHEN EE STRUCK THE PIPE, A SHARP FRAGMENT HIT INJURED EE IN THE EYE.