All MSHA-reportable accidents at Lehigh Hanson ECC, Inc. operations in 2008. Fatalities appear first.
Employee was working with a crew building a transfer tower for a new crushing plant. There was a floor opening on the first work platform. Employee was taking measurements of the opening. He stood up and fell through the opening to the ground fifteen feet below.
EE was getting tools from side box of truck. He placed tools on ground, shut box and thought he had the box latched. He picked the tools up, stood up and the tool box door fell open catching him across the forehead just below the brim of his hard hat, cutting his forehead about 2 inches long and requiring 5 stitches.
Two team members working together to remove the angle iron bracing from inside of the ductwork. With angles about 7'-0"" in the air. One team member was supporting the angles as they were being burned out. He lost control & it fell hitting his shin.
Employee was attempting to flip an ""H"" beam over, when he felt a pull in his back.
Employee was maneuvering a pump hose from a concrete pump truck and as he went to push the hose in one direction the operator moved it the opposite direction and the employee strained his lower back. EE was given medication and put on 20 lb restrictions.
Worker was trying to seperate stacked conveyor cover supports. The supports were still stacked from delivery. While attempting to seperate the first two supports, the supports snapped back to the origional position causing a fracture to his left middle finger. His finger nail was torn off as he quickly pulled his hand away.
Employee attempted to set steel support piece for boom assembly on a crane, when 4th finger from left hand got caught between the steel support piece and boom assembly.
Employee was spreading steel beams for the upper level to be hoisted by the crane, beams shifted and caught employee's 3rd finger right hand.
Employee was lifting an 8x2 form panel (80lbs) and strained a muscle in his lower back.
Team member had to air arc a misalignment on a calciner piece, after air arcing, he took a short handled 3# hammer and started banging on the piece to see if the weld was cut all the way through. on the 5th swing, he pinched his lettle finger between the steel and the hammer handle.
Organzing wall forms neatly to relocate with the lull. EE was manually shifting the wall panels that weighted about 250lbs.
on 12/21/2008 Injury sliped on an ice patch while inspecting the crane he was going to be operating. He reported the incident to his superviser as a report only incident. On 1/16/2009 He had an MRI because he started to feel more pain. The MRI revealed damage to his left shoulder.
Welding inside kiln, weld splatter got behind kneepad and employee had a minor burn in a small area just below kneecap. The burn later became infected and he went to ER to get cleaned.
Miner was removing wooden 2x4 plates with a pry bar. While striking the pry bar, a metal shard chipped off of the striking surface of his hammer shot in his hand through his leather work glove. The shard was removed at the hospital and the miner returned to work.
Team states that while taking a break sitting on the lid of a gang box (greenlee), EE thought his hand was in the rolled edge area (used to open lid), but in fact his hand was between lid and box. Pinch point lid struck open and closed shut when co-worker got up.
Sitting in a crouched position, the team member was adjusting flow meter for argon gas mix at manifold header. The TM stood straight up and made contact with the crossmember brace in the rubb building, resulting in a cervial stain.
The employee was prying open a crate, it was raining at the time. His hand slipped off the pry bar and hit the crate, wedging his hand between the bar and the crate.His hand was sore but there was no visable damage, swelling or bruising.