All MSHA-reportable accidents at Lehigh Northeast Cement Company operations in 2010. Fatalities appear first.
Employee was using a chipping bar to clear chunks from the Feeder.As employee was poking a chunk he was flipped by the bar as the chunk fell onto the pry bar. Employee fell and struck upper right side and thumb on the mid-rail of the floor handrail system.
Walking around Feeder, employee allegedly stepped on a piece of flooring and lost balance, falling and striking his left arm, elbow and shoulder.
While driving out liner bolts the bit of the jackhammer became wedged in the hole opening causing the hammer to pull in towards the shell of the mill. This action caused the employee's hand to become pinched between a mill rail and the trigger of the hammer. This caused severe pinching of all four fingers on left hand.
The employee was installing electrical cables into an electrical tray when he was struck by a ragged piece of limestone approx. 4""x3""x2"" that fell from the 957 conveyor belt approx. 45'1. This caused an abrasion and swelling to his left side just above his waist.
Two employees working on seized pump. Employee locked the pump out, unseized it; took off the lock and reset it. Pump seized up again so the employee instructed his partner to turn the pump back a second time with a 4 foot pipe wrench. The pump started and the wrench flew out of the partners hand and hit the employee in the right forearm.
The employee was sorting balls, moved the portable magnet 3'x 6"" W x 2.5"" thick, grasped the edge of the magnet with his right thumb being on the bottom of the magnet. Employee rotated the magnet toward himself and the magnetic force pulled it down on its bottom edge pinching employee's thumb between the magnet and the frame of the ball sorter.
The employee was shearing plate steel on metalworker. Employee attempted to catch a piece of steel from falling and pinched and lacerated his right index finger.
Employee alleges he was pulling on and twisting a 6"" vacuum hose to straighten it out prior to loading it onto the skidsteer, at which time employee alleges feeling a pulling sensation on the right side of his back.
Employee was welding and grinding coal mill chute repairs at that time, but no symptoms were noticed until 2/5/10.