Quikrete Construction Materials, LLCMining Incidents in 2024

Employee was picking up a sheet of plywood when EE felt a pop in EE's right elbow. Initial diagnosis is a rupture of the right distal bicep tendon.

While using a jackhammer to clear material from a chute the bit became stuck. The employee pulled a muscle/tendon while trying to dislodge the jackhammer bit.

Employee was using a plasma cutter on a fab table. The sparks ignited a spray paint can which shot flames causing a minor burn to their right arm.

EE was traveling on the railcar as the spotter. They decided to stay on the railcar as it traveled through the crusher building. The railcar they were pulling through was too tall for the crusher building, causing the steel beam at the entrance to scrap the metal walkway and rails off of the top of the railcar. Several pieces struck the EE in their shoulder and hand.

A group of 4 maintenance technicians were doing a team lift to get a wheelbarrow welder up onto the bed of a truck. One of the technicians felt a very sharp pain in their right forearm.

Employee slipped and fell on ice on steps at raw mill ID fan.

Maintenance mechanic was observing an incline pan conveyor for broken wheel attachments and inadvertently put and on rail. Wheel on pan conveyor ran over middle and pinky finger on left hand.

Employees was adjusting blades on sepol fan in Finish Mill 1. The team was using an impact wrench to loosen set bolts causing dust to fall from above where the team was working. Dust fell between the employees face and safety glasses.

Team member was closing a door on the finish mill and caught fingertip between a wire sling causing a laceration.

Maintenance Tech was relocating empty compressed gas cylinders when the Tech hit self in face with cap of bottle. Tech was pulling bottle to the edge of secure rack to roll cylinder, when pulled on cap to move, the cap came loose and hit left portion of safety glasses causing laceration to eyebrow

Employee was in the process of training the belt conveyor, using a pry bar for cleaning around bearing bolts, pry bar slipped between the belt and the tail pulley ""belt was running"" this caused the pry bar to push the employee's hand against the conveyor frame resulting in a cut to the right pinky finger, requiring 2 stitches.

While performing the workplace inspection, a coworker walking overhead knocked clinker dust down onto employee.

While electrician was traveling to shipping, gusty wind conditions caused a dust particle to get into eye. Flushed but did not relieve irritation so went to emergency care and prescribed a prescription ointment.

On 01/09/2024 EE was cleaning under belt and walked into a power box. On 01/24/2024 EE had discomfort in EE's neck went to Dr. on 01/26/2024 Dr. released EE to full duty and recommended PT, this made it a medical