Heidelberg Materials Northeast-LLCMining Incidents in 2014

Employee had picked up a drum of wire in order to place it on turn table. He lost his grip on it. When he tried to catch it, he felt a pull

While descending the stairs in the tertiary plant one of the treads broke free causing the ee to sprain his right knee. The employee was treated and returned to restricted duty.

EE tripped on piece of angle iron sticking out from a pallet of parts by the old scale house after he returned a shove. He fell face down catching himself on his hands and rolled on the ground injuring his right arm. Wrist hurt a little and he shook it off. After about an hour he had pain and could not pick anything up. Took him for X-rays, small compound fracture around elbow.

The injured worker was assisting in the removal of a snubber pulley from a conveyor frame. As the snubber pulley was being lifted the IW's hand became momentarily pinched between the pulley and the conveyor frame. The IW suffered a broken finger and severe laceration. The IW returned to work with restrictions.

IE was assisting a fellow EE in the removal of a water pump. It was being lifted with the aid of a come-a-long. It appears there was a mechanical failure in the lifting device that caused the pump to drop suddenly. When the pump dropped it jerked his arm as he was holding onto the chain guiding the pump. This caused a strain to his right arm. He returned to modified duty.

Occupational illness had a standard threshold shift in hearing evaluation of 26 decibels.