All MSHA-reportable accidents at Lehigh Northeast Cement Company operations in 2013. Fatalities appear first.
The employee was responding to a call-in, while walking through the roller mill building employee stepped on a medium sized stone, slipped and extended his left leg. Employee felt a twinge in his left knee and upper left thigh, but no pain until the next morning. Note: Employee did not seek medical attention until 11/6/13 and first lost day is due to surgery on 12/10/13.
Lifting corner of bridge crane with 50 ton hydraulic cylinder (port-a-power) to remove cribbing from under crane. As the crane was being lifted, the cylinder was ejected from under the crane and hit employee in chest. Contusion to chest, heart, lungs, spleen, laceration to liver and broken rib(s).
Employee was descending stairs from 3rd floor of preheat tower. Employee stepped off the bottom stair on to a deformed catwalk section, causing his right ankle to roll laterally causing a sprain/strain.
While jackhammering the employee lacerated the tip of his right pinky finger when the jackhammer broke through the material allowing the employee's finger to strike against a piece of angle iron.
Tingling and numbness in both hands and fingers, shooting pain in fingers and hands at times. NOTE: First date employer was made aware of this issue was 8/5/13. First time employee sought medical attention was 8/8/13. This report is being filed due to employee having surgery on 12/20/13 with no loss of time and no restricted duty.