Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was greasing inside the house of the dragline. Employee had to squat down to grease a fitting when he felt something pull in his right leg (calf area). First day off work 1/27/09.
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-LLCMining Incidents in 2008
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Heidelberg Materials Northeast-LLC operations in 2008. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2008
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Year
- 2008
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 incidents
- 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 incidents
- 03OTHER1 incident
- 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
- 05MACHINERY1 incident
All incidents in 2008
Fall from ladders
EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING THE TRUCK, PUT HIS FOOT ON SECOND STEP OF THE LADDER, SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING 55 GALLON DRUMS OF OIL OUT OF THE WAY. THE FIRST THREE DRUMS WERE HALF FULL AND MOVED EASILY. THE FOURTH DRUM WAS COMPLETELY FULL, AND WHEN HE TRIED TO MOVE IT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
When working on a hose line under a haul truck, ee twisted his body while trying to reach a hose and pulled his lower back muscle.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was taking drive shaft off euclid haul truck.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Employee was loading engine onto truck. He needed blocking. EE and another employee were lifting a 12x12x48 wooden block onto the truck. At mid lift EE's back snapped.
Fall onto or against objects
Employee was getting off bobcat when his right foot got caught between the frame of the bobcat and frame of the bucket causing injured ee to fall striking his knee on the top of the bucket, which caused a laceration to his right knee.
Fall down stairs
Employee dropping off paper work @ office, realized office had been burglarized, for fear he backed out and fell off the step.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Conveyor belt needed a small piece cut off of it. Employee had a utility knife, pulling it towards himself slipping off of belt & cutting himself.
Struck against a moving object
While operating D9H Cat Dozer in a rocky area and working boulders out; he was backing up, when the dozer took a hard bounce and his teeth went together, cracking one of them. Tooth # 19.