Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS LIFTING ONE END OF A 5 FOOT BEAM TO REMOVE A LIFTING CHAIN WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION AND A PULL IN LEFT SHOULDER. AGGRAVATION INCREASED OVERNIGHT AND REPORTED AT START OF NEXT SHIFT.
Sylacauga PlantMetal/Nonmetal
Martin Marietta Materials Incorporated · Surface
Controlled by Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103187
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2002–2005
- Latest incident
- Jan 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2005 · 1 incident
2004 · 1 incident
Struck by flying object
Employee was washing tail pulley of belt. He was positioned below the jaw crusher below and protective deck. A rock virbrated through an opening below the protective deck, falling and hitting the employee.
2003 · 2 incidents
Struck against a moving object
EE WAS ON A DOZER BACKING UP A STOCKPILE AND RANOVER A LARGE ROCK CAUSING THE DOZER TO RISE UP AND COMING DOWN ON TRACKS. HE HURT BACK FROM THE JARRING OF THE DOZER.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AT FEEDPAN WITH A BAR AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WHEN HE WAS REINSTALLING THE GUARD.
2002 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A ROCK (20-25 LB) THAT WAS SLUNG OFF THE CRUSHER SCREEN. HE RECEIVED A SLIGHT CONCUSSION & A LACERATION TO THE FOREHEAD THAT REQUIRED 10 STITCHES.