Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The employee allegedly stood up to adjust the gas valve in the Control Room and says he felt and heard a popping sensation and then felt pain in the back of his right knee.
Lehigh Northeast Cement CompanyMining Incidents in 2014
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Lehigh Northeast Cement Company operations in 2014. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2014
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Year
- 2014
Top incident classifications
- 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
- 02OTHER1 incident
- 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
All incidents in 2014
Fall from ladders
The employee placed his right foot on the top rung of the ladder to dismount the gypsum feeder platform. When doing so his foot slipped off the ladder causing him to lose his balance and fall approximately four feet to the ground, causing right ankle sprain.
Fall onto or against objects
Employee was working in slag dryer DC fan shroud with concurved base, as he was inside he threw out a piece of steel ring he had cut from the fan plenum. As he threw object employee slipped on the incline in the fan housing and fell against the housing hitting his right side; shoulder, ribs, arm and a small laceration under his right eye.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The employee was working in a warm location and sweat was running down his face into his eyes. He wiped his face off to remove the sweat. He went home at end of shift but it did not seem to be bothering him. He woke up early in the morning with pain in his eye. We took him to an eye doctor the next morning. They found a tiny piece of steel and removed it.