Accident type, without injuries
A fire was discovered by Production Control Supervisor in the 001 Pan Conveyor Gallery at 22:00. The PCS called the local fire department at 22:10 due to amount of fire and smoke in the gallery.
Lehigh Hanson ECC, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2012
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Lehigh Hanson ECC, Inc. operations in 2012. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2012
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Year
- 2012
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
- 02MACHINERY2 incidents
- 03FIRE1 incident
- 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
- 05SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
All incidents in 2012
Struck against a moving object
Accident occurred while demolishing a retired/abandoned building structure in an area isolated from the rest of the plant at shut-down surface area. Excavator slid laterally on concrete floor surface sliding onto lower level area. Excavator landed on its side. Operator only involved in accident and sustained fractured right arm and broken ribs.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was loading steel into a sea container while load was being slid into position inside the container it pinched employee's left lower leg against the side of the container.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Was putting a pump into the day tank in #2 grinding aid room and strained my back.
Struck by flying object
Injured employee was standing next to a coworker that was striking a chisel with a hammer and was struck in the back of the right hand with what appears to be a small sliver of metal. This resulted in an embedded object on the back on of right hand.
Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE was leaving the warehouse 1 location going to lunch. She was walking pass the big hanger bay door and tripped over the forks on the Grade-All which were pointed towards the hangar bay door. EE could not get up immediately after she fell so she crawled to the side walk and set there for approximately a minute and then got up and proceeded to walk back to her office.
Struck by flying object
Employee was in the process of cleaning out the step chute on FM1 from the 014 East/West belt. The employee looked through the inspection door when the blaster that was installed to keep the chute clear discharged throwing material in his face. Even though he was wearing his safety glasses some material entered his left eye.
Struck by falling object
Employee was working on Preheater Tower spout for dust unloading, spout would not move so employee tried to move in manual. Dust fell from spout area and covered face/eyes of the employee. His left eye was covered in dust. Employee flushed out left eye, could not get all dust particles out of his eye. Employee was taken to MedExpress and was given antibiotic drops for his eye.