Mining Incidents

Holcim-WCR, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2008

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Holcim-WCR, Inc. operations in 2008. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2008
0
Total incidents
2
Year
2008

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident

All incidents in 2008

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was holding a piece of steel (crusher mainframe liner) underneath crusher #2. The piece of steel was held on to the mainframe by some welds. As the other non injured employee was cutting it off, the steel recoiled and pushed injured employee's arm back into his shoulder.

Fall from ladders

Employee was climbing a ladder. As he got to the 4th rung, the ladder slipped out from underneath him. He tried to grab a picking eye to regain balance but could not do so and slid to the ground.

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-WCR, Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.