Mitsubishi Cement CorpMining Incidents in 2004

Employee, not paying attention to safety precautions, bruised his hand. No impairment or broken bones.

TIGHTENING BOLTS IN OSEPA INLET LOUVER AND STRAINED SHOULDER. *EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT TIME OF INCIDENT NOT REPORTED UNTIL RECENTLY.

Employee was involved int he process of are gouging out cracks when object flew into his right eye causing them to be embedded.

Employee fell through the grizzly, a grid was missing.

Ee was part of a team relaying 67# plates from the floor around a corner & up stairs to a silo. Ee was at the past of the stairs passing plate from one person to another. He felt a pop on the right side of his chest after the 7th piece. It was at the end of twisting with the plate. He dropped the plate & was given 1st aid & transported to ER.

EMPLOYEE GOT HIS GLOVE CAUGHT IN A MOVING CONVEYOR.

WHILE JACKHAMMERING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME - HANDS WENT NUMB

While Air Lancing the Bauxite feeder with a stretched out position, employee felt a pull in the lower back while making a twisting movement.

USING BREAKER BAR TO UNCLOG FEEDER - RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS SMASHED BETWEEN BAR AND RAIL.

Cut finger while using a knife to cut lunchmeat. Finger was cut to the extent that it was necessary to seek medical assistance. Stitches were required..

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A BAG ALONG A CONVEYOR AND FELT A POP IN HIS ARM.

REPAIRING PRIMARY CRUSHER, A LIFTING TASK. A PIECE GOT CAUGHT & JAMMED. USING A HOIST & COME-ALONG TO AID IN LIFTING OPERATION, THE PIECE LOOSENED UP & SLID INTO PLACE & THE WORKER HAD HIS FOOT IN THE ""SOCKET"". HE RECOGNIZED HE WAS IN ERROR AFTER ALREADY BEEN INSTRUCTED.

EE STATES HE GOT OUT OF CAB AND LEANED ON AIR CUTTING TOOL AND IT RELEASED AIR, CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT ARM REAR ELBOW.

EE HAD A DISPUTE WITH HIS SUPERVISOR ABOUT MISSING ITEMS. EE HIT THE DOOR WITH HIS HAND.

A CREW WAS WORKING INSIDE OF CYCLONE, ONE WORKER WAS RECEIVING A 10'SCAFFOLD LEG TO PLACE INSIDE THE CYCLONE WHEN IT CAUGHT ON THE INSIDE RING. AS HE PULLED IT AWAY FROM THE RING A LARGE PIECE OF REFRACTORY BROKE LOOSE. INJURED EE WAS WORKING BELOW THIS WORKER AT THE TIME & WAS STRUCK BY THE FALLING REFRACTORY ON HIS RT. THUMB.

WHILE REPLACING LINERS IN RAW MILL PRIMARY COMPARTMENT, TURNED LEFT ANKLE. STEPPED ON MILL BALL.