New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co., Inc.Mining Incidents in 2016

Employee walked behind office facilities to hand out supplies to the drivers as their trucks came on the scales and EE slipped on the ice, breaking a vertebra in neck.

Changing dust screens at Wash Plant strained right knee in confined space. Employee submitted accident report on 9/16/16 but did not notify Superintendent that they were having surgery till 10/25/16. Employee is scheduled for surgery 11/3/16. Employee has been working normal job duties in the meantime.

A track hoe slack adjuster coil spring was being cut for scrap, during the process, a second employee (victim) was walking in the vicinity of the work. The center pin (inner portion of the adjuster) broke during the heating of the coil spring (outer portion) of the adjuster and struck the victim in the lower left leg while walking past, fracturing leg above the ankle.

Employee was pulling a conveyor belt with a skid steer when the clamp slipped off the belt and struck EE in the right knee.

Employee was moving a steel plate with another worker when left ring finger got pinched, fracturing the finger.

Employee was using a knife to cut a wire tie when the knife slipped and lacerated the muscle below the thumb on left hand. The employee received 5 sutures at a local care facility and returned to duty with no restrictions.

Employee was putting new drive belts onto syntron. While rolling it on, left pinky was pinched under the belt, causing a laceration that required sutures.

LACERATION TO THE LEFT INDEX FINGER - WHILE USING EE'S PERSONAL KNIFE OPENING A SHRINK WRAPPED CASE OF GREASE CARTONS EE CUT FINGER

Employee was removing a return roller when EE's left middle finger got cut requiring several sutures.

Employee was using a pocket knife to remove an o-ring seal and the blade closed on EE's finger causing a laceration requiring sutures.

Employee was on ground when a hoist began lifting a screen cloth up to the screen. The cloth became detached from the lifting hook and bounced around when it struck the ground. It hit the employee's hand. It barely made a mark and the employee worked the rest of the week. Over the weekend EE went to the ER and was told EE had a broken bone in left hand.