Heidelberg Materials, Southeast Agg., LLCMining Incidents in 2018

Electrician was changing out a breaker. Electrician disconnected main Service disconnect and was unaware there was multiple services in the building. An arc flash occurred and their right arm was burned.

The injured party had completed fueling the haul truck at the end of shift, stepping off curb at fuel point, employee twisted/sprained knee. Employee received diagnosis in September after the knee got sore. Employee continued to perform regular job up until employee had arthroscopic surgery on January 22, 2019.

Employee was attempting to dislodge a small rock wedged between a chute wall and the head pulley of a belt conveyor. While swinging a 4 lb hammer employee felt their shoulder tighten up. Employee was diagnosed with a torn tendon in the shoulder requiring arthroscopic surgical repair on May 30, 2018.

EE was tightening a bolt when the wrench slipped causing EE's hand to thrust forward. The EE's left hand struck the differential causing a laceration.

Employee sustained an injury when attempting to loosen material in a chute with a pry bar. The employee reported the event, but requested no medical attention until 1/10/2019. Clinic visits and follow-ups with specialists revealed an injury requiring surgery. Surgery performed on 3/5/2019. Employee released 3/6/2019 with restrictions.

Employee was troubleshooting a Furuwaka DCR 20 Drill and finger was caught between moving parts. EE received a finger laceration requiring sutures. EE was wearing cut protective gloves but the impact cut through the gloves.

Employee was helping to change a return roller on a conveyor, holding the roller can in position, ee was losing grip. To get a better grip on the can the employee took glove off and placed it back on to the roller can. When the roller seated in the frame, the tip of left little finger got pinched between the roller can and the bracket resulting in 6 stitches.

An employee preparing a hammer breaker at the jaw crusher when the pry bar EE was holding slid suddenly causing the side of EE's hand to be pinched, resulting in a laceration requiring five sutures.