Lehigh Northeast Cement CompanyMining Incidents in 2011

While pushing up clinker with loader, employee was scraping south side of shed floor. While backing up, employee alleges to have hit concrete wall with rear of loader, causing neck to be hurt on left side.

The employee was tightening bolts on the Stone Stamper when he felt a sharp pain and burning in right shoulder.

While moving impact plates from catwalk with the hoist, other impact plates stacked for removal tipped over and struck employee in right calf and slid down the back of employee's leg pinning his foot and ankle under the plates, causing a contusion/strain injury.

While attempting to move crusher liner plates with a johnson bar, the bar slipped and employee wrenched his lower back.

While traversing the steel storage area, the employee struck a sheet of steel and fell. This caused a laceration and bruise to the right knee. Doctor visit of 6/1/11 was the first time the employee sought medical attention for this injury.

The employee indicates that over the last couple of years he has been noticing numbness in the fingers of both hands, with the most pronounced numbness being in the fingers of his right hand. This date of 4/25/11 is the first time the employer was made aware of this condition. We are now reporting it as a reportable, as surgery has been scheduled for July 1, 2011.

Employee was driving on the New York State Thruway when a turkey flew into the driver's side of the company van windshield, causing shattered glass fragments to fly into both of employee's eyes.