Rinker Materials Of Florida, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2007

Employee tripped over a 7 inch rock while leaving the restroom.

Employee was jarred in cab of CAT 992 when a haul truck inadvertently backed into him.

Employee was walking along the peak of the excavated stockpile in order to measure heights and calculate volume of the pile for production. Employee lost his balance when material gave way underneath him while climbing. Employee rolled down the entire face of the stockpile approximately 90 feet before coming to rest.

100 lb steel conveyor clamp slipped as it was being removed. The clamp fell about 4 feet landing behind the steel toe injuring the employee's right big toe. Toe was x-rayed and no breaks were found. Employee is following doctors instructions and RICE for the swelling until he returns to the Doctor on 9/27/07.

Tripped over welding curtain and lost footing and twisted knee/ankle.

EE was assigned to replace a bearing on the lower bend pulley (BP) of Conveyor 22B. Crouching on the catwalk with his back to the midrail he attempted to remove the bearing cover by pulling on it, at which time it slipped from his hands causing him to fall backwards against the midrail. The midrail broke and he fell aproximately 12 ft landing on his left shoulder.

Employee was closing a water valve on a water pump. While closing the valve the flat bar slipped causing him to loose balance, fall forward onto the valve sticking him in the ribs. He reported it on First Aid and informed his supervisor. He continued to work until 1/28/2008 when he informed his supervisor that the pain had continued and we seeked medical attention.

Employee received a piece of metal, embedded in his upper thigh area, from removing teeth from a loader.

Employee glared at welding arc and eyes began to burn.

Employee slipped and strained lower back while climbing up the ladder of an CAT Excavator.

EE & other were replacing impact idlers. They were in process of installing fourth idler. When they both simultaneously lifted the idler it slipped and fell. He then attempted to prevent the idler from falling & had his finger pinched in between the frame of the conveyor & the frame of the falling idler. He was wearing gloves.

Employee was lifting a return idler; his foot slipped and he twisted his back. He was taken to the doctor and diagnosed with a strained back. He was placed on restricted duty for 5 days.

Employee was closing doors on rapid-discharge rail cars, when he sprained his right wrist.

Two EE's were placing 6"" PVC pipe at a tire wash. After gluing into place, they were back filling a Bobcat. As EE swung the backhoe for more material, injured EE reached down and pulled up on the pipe, the bucket of the backhoe passed, caught the tip of EE's right index finger between it and the end of the PV pipe, cutting a piece of skin.

Employee was operating haul truck and cut his right middle finger on a sharp object in the cab of the truck.

Employee was trying to obtain a sample from the clinker conveyor belt. While getting the sample, the sampling scoop got stuck between the guard and the conveyor. The motion of the conveyor pulled the scoop upwards smashing the employee's finger against the guard.