New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co., Inc.Mining Incidents in 2022

The driver's dump truck hit a pile of sand that had big rocks in it and caused the driver to fracture a rib.

EE was working on blow bar on crusher. The employee pinned bar into rigging equipment lifted it and began to rotate bar before placing it into position. The blow bar disengaged from the rigging equipment when the other employees were rotating the blow bar. The blow bar bounced off the crusher and landed on the employee's foot causing an ankle fracture and lost time.

Employee was walking down steps at the plant, when EE stepped onto the ground from the last step EE rolled EE's left ankle. EE has a sprained ankle.

EE was standing on the platform of a d8 dozer and lost footing. EE fell to the ground and landed on right side. Incident resulted in a fracture to the right ring finger.

Ee was changing an idler. Ee was on and off of a JLG throughout the job task. The EE went to truck to get a tool to assist with completion of the job. Ee then slipped on ice by the truck and landed on the retractable lanyard that was on EE's back. The injury resulted in 5-7 fractured ribs.

EE was doing maintenance at the finish plant screens. EE bent down to pick up a piece of angle iron and felt a pinch in back and shooting pain down the leg.

Working under a haul truck changing out the tie rod. The ee was using a sledgehammer to assist with completion of this task and felt immediate pain in EE's lower back after swinging the sledgehammer. The injury resulted with lost time.

Three employees were in the basket of a JLG Aerial Lift bore scooping the the underground roof. As the employees traveled from one bore hole to the next, they noticed a small discolored stone on the roof. One of the employees grabbed the handheld scaler and struck the small stone. As the stone fell to the ground, a larger piece struck the employees left 4th finger.

EE was painting the underneath steel structure of a lowboy trailer from a rolling creeper. When the EE stood up, they felt discomfort in right knee. The EE applied self care measures until they were evaluated by a panel provider on April 14, 2022 when the injury became reportable.

EE was getting out of the haul truck and reports that they used the handrail while getting out of the truck. When they stepped off the bottom step to the ground they landed awkwardly and rolled their left ankle.

After completing fueling process, the Fuel Truck Operator climbed back up the scaler to record the hours of operation for fuel records. With three points of contact, the operator descended the vertical ladder of the scaler. As EE's left foot hit ground level, the operator experienced discomfort in the left calf.

Working on a WA500, changing cutting edge that was elevated around 24"" off ground. EE was standing in bucket and stood up to move and felt strain in lower back.

EE was removing a yoke from a CAT 769C Haul Truck Transmissions. When the yoke popped loose, it slid down the pry bar hitting the floor. it then fell over hitting the EE on the left wrist and arm area.

EE was cleaning up under the primary crusher. EE slipped and fell landing on EE's hands and knees. The fall resulted in the EE experiencing back pain requiring first aid treatment. On April 27, 2022, a medical provider placed restrictions that elevated the injury status from first aid to reportable injury with days of restricted work activity

EE has suffered a standard threshold shift in hearing compared to their baseline. EE has been retrained on proper use of hearing protection and has also went over the hearing conservation plan with a safety team member.

The employee has suffered a standard threshold shift in hearing compared to their baseline. The employee has been retrained on the proper use of hearing protection and has also went over the hearing conservation plan with a safety team member.

The employee has suffered a standard threshold shift in hearing compared to their baseline. The employee has been retrained on the proper use of hearing protection and has also went over the hearing conservation plan with a safety team member.

The employee has suffered a standard threshold shift in hearing compared to the employee's baseline. The employee has been retrained on the proper use of hearing protection and has also went over the hearing conservation plan with a safety team member.