Mining Incidents

Holcim US IncMining Incidents in 2001

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Holcim US Inc operations in 2001. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2001
0
Total incidents
1
Year
2001

Top incident classifications

  1. 01MACHINERY1 incident

All incidents in 2001

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON FEED LINE GOING INTO WINCH. WHEN HE ACTIVATED THE WINCH WITH HIS LEFT HAND, THE WINCH PULLED HIS RIGHT HAND IN CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION TO THE BASE OF THE RIGHT THUM B. HE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES. ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY IMPROPER OPERATION TECHNIC AND NOT FOLLOWING SAFETY GUIDELINES. WINCH WAS NOT DEFECTIVE.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Holcim US Inc's numeric MSHA operator ID.