The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) cited the Dragon Cement plant in Thomaston, Maine, for 33 safety violations with 10 being considered significant during an impact inspection in May, reported local media.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Jan. 17 a miner was fatally injured at the CalPortland Mojave Plant and Quarry in Kern County, Calif., when his personal car collided with a customer truck while traveling toward each other on an icy mine access road.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Oct. 17 a miner at Holcim’s Ada quarry and plant in Pontotoc County, Okla., died when he fell approximately 90 ft. from the walkway outside the plant’s mill building.
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An employee at CEMEX USA’s cement plant in Knoxville, Tenn., died on Nov. 5 after being engulfed by a large pile of coal, reported local media.
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A federal administrative law judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered Continental Cement Co. to pay a $17,500 penalty after the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) determined it punished a worker for acting as the miners’ representative.
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A contract employee was killed in an accident at the Hercules Cement plant in Stockertown, Pa., on July 26.
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Following the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) release of expanded, comprehensive guidance for creating COVID-19 safe mining and cement manufacturing environments, Portland Cement Association (PCA) Senior Vice President, Government Affairs Sean O’Neill released the following statement:
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A former employee of Lehigh Cement’s Nazareth (Pa.) cement plant has filed a lawsuit over a 2019 workplace accident that resulted in his leg being partially amputated, reported local media.
Read MoreLehigh Cement’s Mitchell, Ind., operation hosted members from the new Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) District Office in Vincennes, Ind., for a tour in July.
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