All MSHA-reportable accidents at VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LP operations in 2010. Fatalities appear first.
Lightning struck wooden power pole on mine property. Mine inactive at the time of incident. Mine supervisors present on property found the pole burning and notified MSHA. Not able to extinguish fire within the required time limit. Water truck available but power company not able to deenergize power lines for over one hour due to location of the property.
Material fell from the rib on the level 1 to level 2 decline. The material that fell damaged the conveyor disruping regular mining for more than 1 hour. No injuries or illnessess occurd as result of this accident. There was no immediate danger as no one was in the mine when the event occured. MSHA was notified.
Water run off due to heavy rains in the area caused the water retention areas in the mine to rise. As a precautionary measure the mine was evacuated because water on level 2 of the mine was closed to the base of level 1. two MCC and transformers. There was no immediate danger. MSHA was notified.
On Friday, November 19, 2010 at about 11:00 a.m. the haul truck driver lifted a 35 pound wheel chock to replace it on the front of a Cat 785C haul truck when he felt pain in his lower back. On Tuesday, December 01, 2010 the physician sent the employee out for an MRI and took him off work for a low back strain.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. the employee was driving a Ford F250 when it overturned in the flux pit. A second employee was a passenger. Both employees were taken to LaGrange Memorial Hospital for treatment / observation. This employee was diagnosed with Scapular strain (right), lumbar strain (left), and a 10 cm abrasion on the right leg.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. the employee was passenger of a Ford F250 when it overturned in the flux pit. Another employee was driving. Both employees were taken to LaGrange Memorial Hospital for treatment / observation. This employee was diagnosed with a scapular strain and a lumbar strain.
Employee fell from the front access ladder on a haul truck to the ground.
stemming a bore hole on uneven ground, while in wet conditions, pulled groin
Injured employee was accessing the operator's cab on a D9R dozer. As the employee opened the cab door, he stepped backwards missed step and fell onto the dozer's track below fracturing a vertebrae in his neck.
The injured employee was operating a haul truck in the pit. As he descended towards the bottom of the ramp, he lost control of the truck and traveled off the roadway striking his forehead against the windshield.
Working area had a small hump in floor. Employee was in the process tying in the explosive round when he picked up the detonation cord from the rear of the explosives vehicle. He turned to his right to walk back to the face. A small hump in the floor caused employee to roll his right ankle causing the fracture to his right tibula and fibula.
EE was cutting a piece of metal when slag burned through his pants and fell inside of his boot burning the top of his foot.
Employee was operating haul truck, hauling material to the primary crusher. Truck traveled through berm on haul road causing multiple injuries. MSHA was notified immediately. This accident is under investigation.
EE was welding on the deck of a barge on 8/16/10. He reached around his body for a welding rod and when he turned he felt back pain. He went to the doctor on 8/16/10 and was diagnosed with back strain. He was put off work for 5 days, returning to full duty on 8/24/2010. This incident is being report August 26, 2010 which is within 10 days of seeking medical attention.
Employee was attempting to start a weed eater and strained his right arm. The Device had restriction when pulling on the starter rope.
EE was mounting the drill allegedly slipped and injured his back. The claim was not determined until 7-29-2010 that it was a work related injury.
A contract electrical Co. was performing work in the finishing plt. MCC building that required them to pull new wire into the building.As part of this task one of the contract electricains had to access the bottom of the building through a floor access panel.As the injured employee entered the finishing plant MCC building,he stepped into the floor access panel area that the elect
Injured employee was trying to reposition the suction hose on water pump. While the injured employee was pushing other employee was pulling. The hose went through the upright and the hose sprang back and caught his finger between the foot valve and the upright of boom truck. Resulting in a fracture right index finger.
Employee sampling for Quality Control to ensure compliance. The Employee lifted 5 gallon buckets of material to spread evenly into a sample pan & felt a snap in his shoulder. 5 gallon buckets of material weigh about 65 pounds. He didn't need treatment until now, his condition worsened. May 18 2011 the employee had surgery & missed his next scheduled shift on 5/19/2011.
Employee was walking up Gyro tower stairs and tripped, spraining his ankle.
Employee was fueling loader with R50 fuel truck. When he climbed onto the ladder to get into the cab, he felt a pop in his right knee. This accident is being reported within 10 days of the incident.
On August 11, 2010 employee was moving shelves from one shop to another. When he got home he realized he had a lump in his abdomen. He sought medical attention the same evening and was diagnosed with a hernia. He was put on restricted duty beginning 8/12/10. This incident is being reported August 19th, which is within 10 days of seeking medical attention.
EE was climbing on the screen to tighten screen bolts, when his foot slipped and he fell to the same level, injuring his left knee.
Boom slipped on a dewatering pump & caught right finger/hand (surgery 6/17/10).
Two workers were setting up the crane to make lifts on a crusher. The operators cab was raised to let snow & ice slide off the top glass. The cab stuck in the up position. EE kneeled down & reached under the cab & loosened a hydraulic hose to lower the cab. The cab gently lowered onto his back and held him for a few minutes until co-worker was able to lift the cab to let him out.
EE was changing bit on drill and when he was putting chain wrench away felt pain in right hand.
On 10/26/10 employee slipped as he was mounting a crane & strained his back & wrist. The employee was given restrictions by the doctor & was able to meet the restrictions performing his regular job duties. The employee's doctor notes were evaluated on 1/10/11 & it was determined to place the employee on limited activity to further help heal employee's injuries.
Haul truck dumped its load into the primary crusher before the crusher was started. Employee fractured ankle clearing rocks out of the jaw crusher when a rock slid and fell from grizzley/feeder striking ankle.
Employee was installing screens and felt sharp pain in stomach. The employee was given restrictions by the doctor and was able to meet the restrictions performing his regular job duties. Employee returned to doctor on 1/10/11 with continued restrictions and it was decided to accommodate employee and restrict regular job duties to further help heal employee's strain.
The employee was attempting to remove a shanked drill steel from the face by standing on the tool box in the back of his pickup. When the employee stepped down from the tool box he stepped onto a wheel chock fracturing his ankle.
On September 30, 2010, the employee stepped on loose ground and his right foot slipped into a hole causing him to fall. On October 6, 2010 the employee received first aid care. On December 10, 2010, the employee complained about continued pain and the physician diagnosed him with a back strain and a groin injury and placed him on restrictions.
Employee was cutting a fouled metal strap out of the primary feeder with a torch. When strap cut through stored energy in the metal strap (not recognized) caused the strap to swing toward the employee striking his right forearm resulting in a broken bone.
EE was attempting to remove screen cloth from the screen tower. As he attempted to throw the screen cloth off the tower it caught the back of his head, causing a laceration.
Injured employee was holding a hammer wrench on a jamb nut. The other employee struck the hammer wrench with a sledge hammer, the jamb nut broke free causing the hammer wrench to move suddenly. This caused his right index finger to be caught between the hammer wrench and the drill boom. Resulting in a laceration and broken right index finger.
Injured employee was tightening a nut on a hydraulic cylinder and the box end wrench slipped off the head of the bolt. Resulting in a laceration to the left pinky finger
On 4/8/10 employee was going up a flight of steps when his right knee buckled, he fell & struck his right elbow. He sought medical attention & no injury was found. He went back to doctor for a follow up on 5/12/10. Fluid was drained from his elbow and employee was put on restricted duty 5/12/10. This accident is being reported on 5/13/10, within 10 days of restricted duty.
On 4/6/2010, the EE had placed the 2"" pump in the North Bay of wheel wash reservoir and after it had drained, the pump sunk into the mud and as the employee pulled up on the hose and strap he felt a sharp pain in his right elbow. The employee went to the doctor on 4/9/10 and diagnosed with a tendon strain and given restrictions.
The injured employee jumped from a manbasket and received a cut on his head and lip. The employee was taken to the doctor and received first aid treatment (there were no stitches, butterfly bandages were applied to the wound). The doctor placed the employee on restricted duty.
Employee received laceration to the right hand while throwing a small piece of metal from conveyor belt to the ground.
Employee's left hand was pulled between the conveyor belt and troughing idler resulting in a laceration.
Employee was cutting conveyor belt and cut his right upper leg with a utility knife.
An employee was pulling an air hose to the screen tower to work on the screen deck. There were two hoses coupled by a quick connect, the quick connect hit a section of the hand rail, it became uncoupled at this time. The hose whipped upwards into his face causing a small laceration to his right eyebrow.
EE went to remove rock at primary feeder and noticed a rock was hung between the rollers. He used a bar to remove the rock, when the bar kicked out and threw his hand into frame of the roller, cutting his little finger on his left hand.
EE was unloading a piece of screen cloth when it shifted and caused laceration to his arm.
Injured employee was removing guard to remove a return roller. As the employee removed the nuts holding the guard he turned to the right to set down the impact gun and nuts and the guard fell to the ground striking employee in his left arm.
EE was welding grizzly bars in shop, when he attempted to reposition the bars, the load shifted and caught his thumb between the bars and saw horses.
Employee was cutting the tips off of the used screen panels to remove them when the utility knife slipped and cut his left leg.
Employee removed a pump motor from the housing to determine the reason for no pressure. When pump was plugged in the impeller broke and a section struck him. The injury required 5 stitches in his lip.
Injured employee was drilling a hole in the junction box using a hole saw. When the drill bit punched through, the hole saw teeth grabbed the box and the drill slipped out of injured employees hand and hitting him in the mouth. Resulting in stitches.
EE was cleaning up spillage under #1 screen when a rock came off the chute and struck EE on the finger.
Ee was removing a pin from the rt. front strut of an R85 Haul Truck using a porta-power. The EE placed a 6x6x30 block vertically to act as bracing so the unit would not damage the break rotor. EE took down the unit to compress the ram, and when doing this a gust of wind knocked the block over striking the left thumb. Result was a fractured thumb, splinted and returned to work.
EE was attempting to exit crane holding on to hand bars, foot slipped and he caught self by bars to prevent falling. EE twisted his left wrist.
EE was in process of changing out troughing idler on 30"" conv. belt. While performing this task with a co-worker the idler tilted down and came in contact with the conv. frame. EE's right middle finger was mashed between the idler and the conv. frame. EE's right middle finger,last joint recieved approx. 11 stitches.
Injured employee was holding brace arm while other employees was putting pin through the arm and stick. Other employee started the pin, and injured employee throught the pin had started and eased off the brace. Injured employee was not expecting the extra weight of the pin added to the brace. Causing lacerations to the right index finger resulting in stitches.
Repositioned a piece of steel to be cut. Steel then slid and landed on top of hand.
This Incident is due to Cumulative Trauma and not due to an acute occurrence. Thumb surgery to repair Degenerative Disorder in joint.
This is a repetitive motion carpal tunnel disorder of the left wrist.
At the beginning of the shift, the employee complained of feeling sick and hurting in his chest. The employee has a previous history heart condition and was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measures
EE was sitting at her desk performing her duties as a scale clerk when she notified her supervisor that she wasn't feeling well and there was pain in her chest. He called 911 and an ambulance transported her to the hospital. She was diagnosed the next day with having a mild heart attack. This incident was immediately reported to MSHA.
EE attended a mtg in employee bldg before start of his shift. After mtg, he was walking from the employee bldg to his loader and suffered an apparent cardiac arrest. His co-workers performed CPR until EMS arrived and he went to hospital via ambulance where he later died. This incident was immediately reported to MSHA and investigation lead by Mike Hollis.
Health condition - Employee was operating a Komatsu PC 300 Rockbreaker. He called the supervisor to notify him he was experiencing chest pains.
Employee was at work operating a front-end loader. He radioed the leadman he needed to see him at the shop. The leadman met him, employee stated he did not feel well and had bad heartburn. The leadman called the plant manager and he transported the employee to the hospital for evaluation. The hospital later determined he had a blocked artery and installed a stint.
The deceased came onto an area of the company owned property that is not in the active mine site and committed suicide.
On Friday evening, one of our nightshift employees was flagged down by a trespasser on our site who stated his friend had fallen while trying to climb down the highwall.