Lafarge North America, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2018

Multiple (3) tractor trailers on fire with tires in the trailers. Suspected vandalism.

Employee was attempting to pull a section of belt back together with a chain puller for a splice. Because the belt was under tension the handle pulled hard, due to slack in the belt it very quickly went much easier causing the handle to loosen, when that happened it slammed down and pinched right thumb between the handle and the chain. This broke the nail and cut the thumb.

Employee was shoveling near the tail section of D7A conveyor, the shovel made contact with a steel shim under the structural channel of the conveyor, the sudden/abrupt stop caused the shovel to twist to the left. This twisting motion combined with the force applied caused the employees knee to ""give out"" or buckle in a sideways motion.

Employee was attempting to remove snow and ice from between the wheels of a radial stacker. The employee was working from an elevated position due to built up material (snow/ice/sand mix), this awkward position likely caused an overexertion and led to the employee's back ""locking up.""

Employee was operating a haul truck in adverse weather conditions (extreme freeze/thaw) that caused the haul roads to become rougher than normal. The employee experienced lower back pain.

Employee was shoveling on top of the load bins, when wrist started hurting. Employee changed how employee was shoveling in a different way.

The employee was blowing the chutes on the first floor screens. As employee was doing this task EE had piece a dirt get in EE's eye. EE was wearing all PPE including safety glasses.

Loader operator was closing the door of the cab after entering the machine and closed EE's thumb in the door.

Brick rig shifted in kiln while rolling it to new position. Kiln stopped, rig was leveled and wheels chocked. Crew climbed up to adjust shifted pieces. While on rig, it rolled up kiln to the right (facing upkiln) and overturned. Employee's leg got caught and was injured, later found to be broken. Other 3 employees on the rig at the time of the incident were uninjured.

Employee was jackhammering debris when the chisel point dropped through the grate and caused the jackhammer to jerk back.

Employee was sanding the walkway due to slippery conditions on the walkway. EE was using a bucket and slowly dumping the sand in front of them when their feet slipped and they went down onto their elbow. Diagnosis for shoulder injury confirmed on July 26th.

The employee was using a poking bar to poke the frozen chunks down in the feeder, on a forward stroke the employee caught the ring finger on left hand on the middle bar of the hand rail pinching finger between the poking bar and the handrail. Employee received two stitches.