All MSHA-reportable accidents at Lehigh Northeast Cement Company operations in 2015. Fatalities appear first.
The Fane truck driver was unloading a trailer full of clinker. As he was raising the 30' box it became unstable at half it's height position and tipped both box and truck onto the driver's side. NOTE: LEHIGH NORTHEAST CEMENT CO WAS NOT AWARE, UNTIL RECENTLY, THAT THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN INJURIES THAT WOULD HAVE MADE THIS MSHA REPORTABLE.
K&G Contractor was walking around the front of the Roller Mill Off Spec hopper and stepped on uneven ground, which led to him slipping and bending his ankle, leading to a fracture to his right ankle.
The employee bent over and picked up a small (34lb) refrigerator and threw it into the dumpster. While throwing it in he felt a pain in the left side of his back and his leg.
The Employee was helping to install new gudgeon bolts on the 1143 screw. While doing so it is necessary to use the drive belts and pulleys to align the screw for bolt insertion. In the process of doing this the screw backlashed and employee's right hand pinky finger was caught between the belt and pulley tearing a gash in the tip, requiring stitches.
The employee walked into an area that was inundated with dust to try and put a 4"" cap back on to the pant leg of silo 29N. The force of the material coming through a 4"" opening knocked off his dust mask and safety glasses, causing a scratch to his left eye and difficulty breathing.
The injured is a Temporary Laborer. While pulling pipe for the vac truck apart, the plastic pipe bounced and hit the Temp employee in the mouth, cutting his lip and requiring stitches.
The employee was tightening bolts on a gearbox on the roller mill and in the process felt a pull sensation in his left inside forearm.
The employee was replacing a large hydraulic cylinder and relative hoses in the clinker cooler compartment 5/6. Upon completion of work employee noticed minor ""tingling"" and pain located in left shoulder.
The injured is not an employee of Lehigh Northeast Cement Company. On the above date and time a contractor truck driver injured his left ring finger. The driver was lifting the batching station platform using the safety rail; his finger was pinched between the safety bar and the platform beam causing fractured finger requiring stitches.