All MSHA-reportable accidents at Lehigh Southwest Cement Company operations in 2014. Fatalities appear first.
A contractor was working on demolishing a crusher stak, that has been decommissioned by Lehigh SW Cement. The contract employees were cutting a conduit, when slag material fell into the apron of the jaw crusher, and caught residual grease, that was not visible from their working location on fire.
He was walking up a rope ladder and lost footing and rolled his ankle.
The employee in question was working to weld a plate onto an overhead location. The employee had pre-positioned the plate against a ladder that was beside the ladder he was to ascend, the employee then reached down to grab the plate, and the plate began to slide, and was unable to catch the plate to stabilize it, causing the plate to strike the employee's left foot.
Employee was exiting the preheat blend dome and stepped on uneven ground, twisting his knee.
After stepping down from a 2'ladder, the ee turned and felt a pop in his right knee. EE was seen by the Dr. on 04/25/2014. A causation investigation was launched at company's request. The ee underwent surgery to right knee on 09/29/2014. On 12/29/2014,company received causation findings stating that an acute on chronic injury meeting the 1% WC causation requirements occurred.
Employee squatted to perform safe back lift, and felt pop in left knee, and subsequent pain.
The ee was using a sledge hammer to clear a bin. On his backswing the employee lost his grip with his right hand, causing the weight of the hammer to shift, straining his left shoulder.
Tripped while working and back of left hand hit walkway handrail while trying to grab rail to regain balance. Employee mentioned incident to supervisor but declined any treatment at the time. One week later it still hurt, was sent to clinic and x-rays show a fracture. Hand placed in splint. Light duty for 10 days. No lost time.
An employee with 1 year and 26 weeks of mining experience was working to clear chunks from a weigh feeder, using a bar. The employee's grip on the bar slipped, and the ring finger on the right hand was pinched between the bar and the guard for the weigh feeder, creating a small laceration on underside of the second metacarpal joint.
The employee in question was working to close a damper manually, when it released, pinching the employee's left middle finger between the damper flap and lip, fracturing the employee's fingertip.
The employee in question was carrying tools down a staircase to stow them away, when he slipped and fell forward when he reached the bottom stair, striking his knee to ground, at which point his hand was struck by a jack hammer he was carrying, injuring his left hand.
EE ASSEMBLED SCAFFOLD LADDER TO LEAN AGAINST I-BEAM AND CLIMBED DOWN. THE LADDER STARTED TO BEND - EE GRABBED ONTO I-BEAM JUST AS LADDER COLLAPSED. EE HUNG FROM I-BEAM THEN FELL FROM APPROX. 15 FEET TO LOWER LEVEL. EE LANDED STRIKING LEFT HAND AGAINST LADDER RESULTING IN DISLOCATED JOINTS.
Employee was off loading tires from a trailer in the cross dock area. He pulled a tire from its lacing. It swung around and struck him in the elbow.
Employee was stocking bolts in a bin, twisted to reach and grab some more bolts from a box behind her and sprained her lower back.
The front down rigger of a boom truck fell onto a table top while victim was holding it. This caused a crushing injury to the tip of his right pinkie finger. There is a small fracture at the tip of the finger and swelling. A splint was placed on the finger by a doctor and no further treatment is anticipated other than follow up visits.
While the miner was pulling cable through becket, it slipped and hit him in the lip, requiring stitches.
The Employee had placed his hand on the end of the dolly while aligning it up to the hitch of the truck, and pinched his finger between the dolly tongue and truck hitch. The pinch resulted in an open wound to the small finger of the employee's left hand requiring sutures. Employee returned to full duty after treatment.
Employee was using a pry bar to clean screens, and caught his right pinkie tip between the bar and a handrail.
The employee in question has experienced a Standard Threshold Shift (comp loss of 1.563), according to his most recent audiometric examination, conducted on 03/27/2014.
The employee in question experienced a Standard Threshold Shift (comp loss of .313), according to his most recent audiometric examination, conducted on 03/27/2014.
The employee in question experienced a Standard Threshold Shift (Comp Loss of 10.625), according to his latest audiometric examination conducted on 03/27/2014.
The employee in question experienced a Standard Threshold Shift, according to his latest audiometric examination, conducted on 03/27/2014.
The employee in question experienced a Standard Threshold Shift, according to his latest audiometric examination, conducted on 03/27/2014 (comp loss of 1.250).
The employee in question experienced a Standard Threshold Shift (.625 Comp loss), according to his latest audiometric examination, conducted on 03/26/2014.
The employee in question, experienced a Standard Threshold Shift, according to his latest audiometric examination conducted on 03/27/2014.
The employee in question experiecned a Standard Threshold Shift, according to his most recent audiometric examination conducted on 03/27/2014.
The employee in question experienced a Standard Threshold Shift, according to his last audiometric examination, conducted on 03/25/2014.
The employee in question experienced a Standard Threshold Shift according to her latest audiometric examination conducted on 03/27/2014.