All MSHA-reportable accidents at Heidelberg Materials, Southeast Agg., LLC operations in 2011. Fatalities appear first.
Employee was operating pit loader and digging in muck pile to load a haul truck, when the bucket of the loader hit a rock toe and the loader came to a sudden stop. This resulted in a jarring motion and the employee felt a pain in his right leg. This originally did not require medical treatment, but a subsequent doctor's visit resulted in work restrictions and physical therapy.
EE was operating a John Deere 12M Grader, hit a bump, bounced up and came down on his scrotum.
Employee was changing teeth on a 990-H loader and struck one of the teeth with a sledge hammer in an attempt to loosen the tooth. This caused a piece of metal to dislodge from the tooth striking the employee on the inside of his left leg approximately 4 inches above his knee. The metal penetrated his leg lacerating an artery.
Lining box with wire plate, taking old plate out, old plate slid off wall hitting right hand - Fractured fingers
I.E. was working on a piece of mobile equipment in the pit with a contract mechanic. The i.e. heard a sound that startled him which prompted him to suddenly move away from the mobile equipment. As he moved away he sprain a muscle in his upper left leg.
While installing a troughing idler can the i.e. was using a pry bar to push the conveyor belting; pry bar slipped out of the i.e. hand and the pry bar struck the employee in the chest.
Employee said step broke on equipment when mounting machine. Employee complained of pain in the left ankle and was taken to local walk-in clinic. X-ray showed swelling but no broken bones or fractures. Doctor released patient to return to work and perform only sit down work. Employee iced ankle that day, and returned to site next day.
I.E. was changing drive belts, he was using an utility knife to cut the belts, the knife slipped, resulting in a laceration on the left wrist.
This particular incident was determined to be non-work related as the victim's final cause of death was determined by the Medical Examiner' s office to be a brain aneurysm. Incident was found to be non-chargeable and should not reflect in the mine' s incident rate calculations.