All MSHA-reportable accidents at Lafarge West, Inc. operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.
As injured employee was walking EE wasn't watching EE was going and EE's knee bumped the sledge hammer handle that EE had previously placed on the floor adjacent to the track mobile. The injured employee grabbed for the hammer handle to prevent it from falling to the floor and the same time the right ankle turned inward.
Employee was removing rock from a spill from a plugged chute when chute was free a rock rolled off from the chute hitting employee in the top of the hard hat. It became a lost time on Aug 16, 2016
Employee had been lifting and working in an awkward posture leading up to the incident. EE began to squat down and suddenly developed severe lower back pain. Employee states that it took quite some time to stand up due to the pain.
Employee put boots on in morning noticed bug bite at the end of the day at home.
A Caterpillar D7 was used to push stripping material over the edge of the spoil pile during rainy, wet conditions and at night. The dozer operator stated that ee got too close to the edge and come to rest sideways, approximately 100' below. On April 7 it became a medical incident due to the employee receiving physical therapy.
EE was working outside using a 20lb sledge hammer to loosen material that was stuck inside the chute. EE went in to cool off. About 10 minutes after EE tried calling to get ahold of someone because EE stated was cramping up and skin was hot clammy and EE was shivering.