Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee was pulling on a hose when his foot got caught on another hose on the ground. Employee tripped and landed on hands, resulting in a broken right wrist.
Lafarge West, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2012
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Lafarge West, Inc. operations in 2012. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2012
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Year
- 2012
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
- 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
- 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 incidents
- 04STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 incident
All incidents in 2012
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was installing idlers and strained left shoulder.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee stepped from barge to the dock - twisting his knee.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
While using a box cutter knife employee cut left leg, which resulted in 8 stitches.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
While installing liner in chute employee strained lower back.
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Employee was pulling cable out of water and strained back.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee sustained a metal splinter in right hand above thumb knuckle. Became reportable 7/26/2012.