All MSHA-reportable accidents at Lehigh Northeast Cement Company operations in 2022. Fatalities appear first.
While winterizing the lime slurry system an EE disconnected the line to clean it out when the system was offline. When the EE disconnected the line, a loose coupling caused the line to come loose prematurely. Residual lime slurry in the hose sprayed onto the EE getting on EE's face. EE immediately flushed EE's eyes with clean water, the burning continued and was brought to ER.
EE was cutting steel in the weld shop with an oxygen acetylene torch when EE realized the oxygen hose was leaking from a hole. EE found where the leak was coming from and went to pinch the hose so EE could shut the gas tank off. As EE pinched the hose, both hoses exploded and ignited sending out a flame that contacted the EE's abdomen.
EE was descending a fixed ladder and slipped and missed the last two rungs. EE experienced lower back pain and center abdomen pain
Shift Operator tweaked EE's left shoulder as EE placed the door on the 1115 drag cover
A millwright employee was installing the bracket for the pneumatic gate air actuator for Silo 1 bin bottom while using a hammer to knock the bracket into place. As the hammer was in swinging motion it hit the employee's left thumb as it was in a downward motion to knock the bracket into place.