All MSHA-reportable accidents at Lehigh Hanson ECC, Inc. operations in 2014. Fatalities appear first.
Spontaneous combustion of rough raw coal. No damage or loss to any equipment, no injuries, no illness as a result of this incident. No interruption in plant operation. Flame observed at approx.10:00 to 10:10 pm, fire department called at approximately 10:25 to 10:35. Fire Department Arrived at approx 10:45 +/-
Employee was cleaning up material in the by pass compressor room, went to pick up a 1 gallon of metal parts and twisted his back, then causing a small pain. Employee told his immediate sup. Employee continued to work several days, on 11-10-14 employee requested to seek medical attention. Sprain in lower back.
Employee was driving a bearing into an end cap housing. Employee injured was using a steel plate to drive bearing and swung a 3-4 lb dead blow hammer, forgot where his right thumb was and the hammer he swung strongly and hit his right thumb. Employee was taken to ER. Employee was released to light/ restricted duty.
Worker was attempting to close an inspection door on the pre-heater tower using a sledge hammer. He was hitting one of the hinges with the sledge and missed the hinge causing his pinky finger to be caught between the door and the handle.
While troubleshoot a cement flow problem, the employee proceeded to close a manual gate from the silo that fed a pneumatic gate. The employee unbolted an inspection cover on the flange that connected the manual gate to the pneumatic gate. Upon unbolted the cover plate, cement shot into his face due to incomplete closure of the manual gate.
Employee, while wearing proper PPE was in the process of removing a sensing meter from a lime slurry system when he accidentally got lime slurry in his eye requiring flushing. After employee got lime slurry in his eye he became startled, lost his balance, and fell over to the ground straining his back.
Employee was going to clean out the cement air slide under cement silo and accidentally twisted his left ankle in a small trench like trough that runs under the air slide.
A co-work found a worker in an apparent state of heat exhaustion. Worker had been performing his assigned clean-up tasks and apparently became ill due to dehydration.