Mining Incidents

Lafarge West, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2008

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

Fatalities in 2008
0
Total incidents
3
Year
2008

Top incident classifications

  1. 01POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
  2. 02STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 incident
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2008

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was sweeping underneath conveyor belt; conveyor pulled broom and employee's hand was abraded by conveyor belt.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was stepping off a bench after cleaning a screen and sprained his left ankle.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting buckets of crusher back and foot slipped forward and felt a pull in lower abdominal area.

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 West, Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.