Mining Incidents

Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2008

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc. operations in 2008. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2008
0
Total incidents
7
Year
2008

Top incident classifications

  1. 01DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)4 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2008

Struck by falling object

EE was working under raised hood on loader in shop. Hood fell striking employee on shoulder.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Contract hauler was exiting the cab of his dump truck at the weigh scale when he slipped on ice and fell to the ground.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Blaster was coming down office steps @ quarry office and slipped. It was raining and steps were wet. Starting falling and tried to catch himself. He grabbed railing and felt something pop in his arm.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Routine annual hearing tests revelaed a Standard Threshold Shift of 30db in the right ear.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Routine annual hearing test results show a STS of 25db right ear.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Annual routine hearing tests revealed a Standard Threshold Shift of 35db in the left ear.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Routine annual hearing tests revealed a Standard Threshold Shift of 25db in the left ear.

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 Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.