Mining Incidents

Holcim-WCR, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2023

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Holcim-WCR, Inc. operations in 2023. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2023
0
Total incidents
6
Year
2023

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 incidents

All incidents in 2023

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee attempted to manually roll and lift rock out of haul road. Employee reported to Employer injury after end of shift, employee sent for medical evaluation following morning.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was standing on a ground level catwalk, swapping out frozen water lines to the dust suppression system, when EE stepped backward rolling EE's ankle causing a fracture and dislocation to the ankle.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking to the shop door which was locked so employee walked around to the south side of the shop and slipped and fell on ice hitting head and straining shoulder.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While using a pry bar to align an adjustment ring on an HP 300 cone crusher, the pry bar slipped out causing a popping in the employee's shoulder.

Struck by flying object

Approximately 6:05 AM the employee was unlocking the gate to the entrance of the pit. The employee inadvertently stepped on one end of the chain and as they pushed the gate forward it caused the other end of the chain to uncoil and whip around the gate striking the employee in the nose/eye area.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Belt repairs being installed. Employee was cutting a v-shape cut at edge of belt and utility knife slipped, cutting hand.

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.