Sheriff's Office says man seriously injured at cement plant

Worker taken to Shock Trauma after skid loader accident

February 20, 2012

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is reporting that a man is in serious condition after a workplace accident that occurred Monday at Lehigh Portland Cement near Union Bridge.

According to the Sheriff's Office, just after 2 p.m. Feb. 20, deputies responded to the cement company site on Quaker Hill Road for reports of an injured man.

The man, identified by the Sheriff's Office as Steve Fleming, 46, was reportedly repairing monitoring equipment under a conveyer belt when a skid loader backed over him.

The man was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where he was in serious condition as of Monday late afternoon, according to the sheriff's office.

The Sheriff's Office reported that investigators, along with the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Administration are examining the accident. Anyone with information may contact Deputy Mike Fitzgerald of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office at 410-386-2900.

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