All MSHA-reportable accidents at Lafarge North America, Inc. operations in 2014. Fatalities appear first.
A fire was discovered in the pulverized fuel bin at ~8:30AM. An employee extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher. The local fire department was called. There are no injuries as a result of this incident. MSHA was called at ~9:00AM. Inspector arrived on site and conducted an investigation.
EE was unloading tires from trailers at the TDF Dock when he stepped in the crack between the dock and a parked trailer. He fell to the floor striking his right knee.
While dismounting a work platform the employee's glove caught on the ladder's safety chain hook. He had not noticed his glove had snagged on the hook and when he stepped down the sudden unexpected jerk strained his left shoulder. This injury became a lost time Incident as of 12/7/15 due to surgery, prior to that employee was not restricted.
Employee twisted his right knee while getting out of the Kubota. He did not report this to his supervisor. On Sept 11, he slipped and fell, where he felt his knee pop again with immediate pain. Case reported and managed through Health Bridge. Employee had surgery on 1/28/2015.
Employee was carrying a hand tool up a ladder. At 6' the employee fell and sustained minor cuts, and had some significant bruising.
Parts were being off loaded from the service truck by both employee's. Employee stepped on a rock and fell. Part fell from hands of employee hitting the leg which resulted in the broken bone.
While haul truck operator (injured party) was being loaded a large boulder that was in the bucket of the loader hit the empty box and severely rocked the truck causing a neck strain. Re-classified from First Aid to Medical on 10/31/14 due to professional care by chiropractor.
While knocking down a pile of clinker, a large piece fell and hit employees ankle.
EE was cleaning the base plate for #1 kiln uphill thrust roll. He was using a scraper to clean heavy oil debris off of the base plate on his knees. While in this position he felt pain in left knee cap area. After 1 hour he noticed swelling and increased pain and notified supervisor at 7am. Employee took ibuprofen and elevated leg while applying ice.
Injured employee was climbing into a bobcat and injured his knee.
Staging a job for kiln roll replacement. While staging the saddle they began to lift it which has a d-link on each end & when it stood upright while still in contact with the concrete ground it began to spin. EE grabbed a hold of the saddle by instinct w/gloved hand to try and stop it. The momentum carried his hand along w/saddle pinching it between a skid steer which was 1' away
The employee reported soreness in upper back while operating a loader, the soreness occurred on a Wednesday his 3rd shift. On the following Monday, the employee was placed on modified light duty until the soreness can be investigated further. There was no specific event that occurred to cause the soreness.
Employee was holding sheet up for another employee to drill. Other employee dropped his drill hitting injured employee on the hard hat and mouth.
Contractor cut his right thigh approximately 8 inches above the knee while cutting end off of conveyor belt
Employee was sizing piece of 3/8 hard plate w/ hydraulic shear. The employee pushed piece into the shear to position it then operated the foot control while stabilizing the piece with his hand. When the shear came down the piece lifted off the shear and pinched his middle finger on his left hand between the work piece and hand guard. Employee received 6 stitches
EE was checking DAA flow at the inspection port on Kiln 3 line. The DAA flow was OK but went positive as the EE closed the inspection port. EE was struck on left side of face and left eye. EE made his way to nearby coworker who took him to an eyewash station and then the control room. Transported to local clinic and then eye specialist. Multiple flushes applied.
EE removing build up from K2 stage four vessel. After several power shots a quantity of material fell into the stage four cone and became lodged in the discharge. EE was able to shift the piece of material with steel rod. As the material end of the bar EE was holding on to was forced up striking EE on the right side of the jaw. Laceration, fractured jaw and chipped teeth.
Employee was installing feeder chain into the #2 Samson Feeder and it bunched up near the tail sprocket. Employee then grabbed the chain to pull the bunched up chain rearward away from the sprocket. During the process, his finger was pinched between the chain links where the apron bars get bolted on.
Employee was working in a fume hood attempting to unscrew a dispenser from the bottle of nitric acid. The outlet to the dispenser had a screw cap in place but contained a trace amount of acid that was not seen by her. The slight shock to the dispenser from the force of turning it, caused a drop of acid to fly up and hit her in the left eye.
Work partner pulled pipe out of tank, hit a beam. When this happened injured employee looked up and got dust particles in his left eye. Eye protection was being warn. (Corneal Abrasion).
WHILE USING A COME-A-LONG TO LIFT THE C-7 FEED CHUTE, ONE OF THE EYE BOLTS BEING USED, BROKE. THUS CAUSING THE SHACKLE AND/OR EYE-BOLT TO HIT ee IN THE FOREHEAD. THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVEN TO CLINIC FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION IN WHICH HE RECEIVED 6 STITCHES. NO PRESCRIPTION WAS GIVEN AND THERE WAS NO LOST TIME.
He was removing access panels to remove a turbo charger from a wheel loader and heard and felt a pop in his arm. He reported the incident to his manager immediately. He and his manager continued to monitor his condition until 02/12/14 when he informed his manager that the pain had not improved and he wanted to seek medical treatment.
IN FEEDER PAN ON A 4 FT. LADDER. HE REACHED UP TO HOOK A COME-A-LONG ON SIDE OF FEEDER.HE WAS MORE THEN HALF WAY DOWN THE LADDER,HIS FOOT THEN SLIPPED OFF & INSTEAD OF FALLING OVER, THE EMPLOYEE HELD ON TO A NEARBY PIPE.WHILE SUSPENDED IN AIR, HE SPUN AROUND THUS STRETCHING SHOULDER & BICEP. POTENTIAL LOST TIME IN THE FUTURE.
A group of students were listening to a Lafarge presenter when a student fainted, collapsing and hitting her chin on the floor. She regained consciousness after a few seconds. Due to her fall, she had two lacerations on her lower face. The student was taken to seek medical care and received stitches in her chin.