All MSHA-reportable accidents at Holcim US Inc operations in 2017. Fatalities appear first.
The hot material started a fire on apron belt conveyor. The fire started around 23:00 conveyor stopped shortly after the fire started. Fire squads arrived at 23:20 and put out the fire within 90 minutes. At 00:30, the fire was out and the fire fighters remained on site to secure the area until 02:47.
Employee walking in muddy area slipped and fell, hurting left shoulder. Given meds and restricted duty.
The employee injured knee as EE fell after being struck by the end of a belting roll. Employee was un-banding the roll preparing to un-wind the roll and didn't realize the roll end was on top. The free end unexpectedly slipped down when un-banded and struck our employee causing EE to fall and injure left knee.
Driver was attempting to dump a load of BASF material. The load would not come out so the driver was lowering bed when the load shifted and the truck and trailer turned over.
While unloading tires from a 53 ft trailer to the shredder, the employee felt a growing pain in EE's abdominal area. When inspected area employee notice a bump inside EE's navel. Employee was seen by doctor and was diagnosed with a umbilical Hernia without Obstruction and without Gangrene. Return to work that evening with Limits of 15 pound
Employee was giving a truck driver directions while on the pack house dock. The employee stepped down from the 3ft, 3inch high dock, lost EE's balance when EE's feet hit the ground, and fell onto EE's elbows and rolled over, impacting EE's right shoulder. EE was treated with first aid until 7/26/17 when EE was placed on restricted and given meds.
Employee was lifting a truck tire/wheel to reinstall on pickup truck and felt a pop in EE's back.
Employee was carrying belt block up stairs in Feb. Employee was fine until May, when employee went to personal doctor, who said employee had a hernia stemming from carrying the blocks in Feb.
Employee descending stairs, and missed last stair. Employee was using 3 points of contact and caught self instead of falling. EE jarred right shoulder/bicep in the process. Torn right bicep diagnosed on 7/19/17.
Employee was using a slide hammer while unplugging nozzles and felt a pop in employee's right wrist. Diagnosed with sprain, given meds/restricted duty.
Employee was jackhammering material through a poke hole on the tertiary elbow pipe. A chunk of material came loose and fell on the bit of the jackhammer forcing the hammering up, pinning employee's hand against the top of the door causing a fracture of the navicular bone of the left wrist.
Employee was using a poke bar to clean out a hot box when ee lost control of the bar, smashing hand between the bar and hot box plate resulting in a laceration to left pointer finger. Employee was treated at local ER and received 4 stitches to finger.
The site was lowering vanes from a coal mill via a pulley and rope system. A vane fell against the leg of the employee injuring EE's left knee.
The employee was placing two 7 foot scaffold legs to be secured into place when the first leg slipped out of the right hand and hit the thumb on the left hand as they held the second leg. The impact caused a contusion injury to the tip of the left thumb.
Employee showed up at work 7/19 complaining of left shoulder pain. The previous day, the employee had been a hole watch (conf space) assisting and monitoring employees accessing the conf space. When EE left work at 5 pm, there was no complaint of injury. We took EE to the Doc, Doc put EE on light duty and gave EE Naproxen/Flexeril.
While backing the fork truck and looking over right shoulder, the employee felt a ""snap"" or ""pop"" in right elbow, including numbness in the middle, ring, and little right hand fingers. Employee did not hit or make contact with anything. Same day medical treatment included use of sling and restrictions. Reexamined by medical professional and fully released on July 13.
Inside clinker cooler, backing and turning walk-behind skid-steer machine and machine turned faster than normal due to metal grates and clinker material. This caused skid-steer to catch employee's right knee between clinker cooler inner wall and machine resulting in swelling and restricted duty (soft tissue injury).
EE was rotating a gearbox with a hoist. When the gearbox was lifted it started to spin. EE reacted by putting left hand out to stop the spinning and EE caught hand between the gearbox and wall. Minor bruising. The next morning EE complained of pain in L knee. EE had x rays. Everything is fine, but placed on light duty for a few weeks.
Employee was working on the raw mill. Employee was pulling on a rope attached to the RM veins. When the rope hung up, employee pulled on it hard and felt a pop in employee's right thumb. Went to the Doctor on the 16th. Doc prescribed 800 mg ibuprofen, lifting restrictions with R thumb.
A chipping hammer got stuck on a port hole at the bulk silo during silo cleaning and inspection. While attempting to dislodge the chipping hammer, the employee struck the bit collar with a 2-lb hammer. A piece of metal broke off and lodged in the employee's upper right leg area.
Employees were reassembling guards on a belt conveyor. The injured was sliding a guard back into place when left hand was pinched between the guard and a handrail resulting in a contusion. The incident became reportable on 1/2/2018 due to physical therapy being assigned.
Employee was trouble shooting a problem on the tower around the O2 probe. While working around the probe a hose ruptured and sprayed steam and glycol on the employee. As a result the employee sustained burns to left hand.
While removing a hopper from under a silo the employee's finger became caught in between a scaffold pole and the hopper causing a dislocated finger.
Employee was a part of a crew that was assembling portion of a conveyor chain. To assemble the chain, pins must be pushed out hydraulically with a pin pusher. Employee felt pain in left shoulder after lifting pin pusher. Injury became reportable on 8/9/2017.
Employee was lowering jackhammer to ground from L6 platform in shale bin area. The jackhammer slipped and the employee caught the tool in order to keep it from striking the ground. EE suffered a strained left elbow. EE was treated with first aid until ee was given cortisone shot and meds on 7/27/17.
Employee was trying to remove a new pair of scissors from packaging. The scissors were attached with zip ties. In contrast with company policy the employee used a razor knife without cut resistant gloves and while attempting to cut the zip tie EE slipped and cut hand resulting in 10 stitches.
JRAY truck driver was using SafeRack loading platform. EE raised the platform using the lever instead of the rope and pinched finger between the lever and a rock straining basket that was sitting on the platform. Two fingers on hand required stitches.
Dust collector was plugged with dust, employee tried to beat it down and use a bar. Then employee proceeded to blow out the dust collector with an air lance and some of the dust blew into right eye under safety glasses.
On May 18 employee claims while cleaning under raw mill rotary feeder with air lance experienced pain in right elbow. Employee did not report. On June 20 employee reported on-going elbow pain to supervisor. On June 22 employee was evaluated by medical professional, diagnosed with tennis elbow, and issued temporary work restrictions and to wear elbow band-brace.