Mining Incidents

Arkansas Operations MineMetal/Nonmetal

Alcoa Inc · Surface
Saline, Saline County, AR · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0300472
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Nov 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2001 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

EE REPORTED HE WAS DRIVING A LIME SPREADER TRUCK WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT FROM DRIVING ON ROUGH TERRAIN. THE EE WAS TREATED FOR A LOWER BACK STRAIN OF THE LOCAL MEDICAL CLINIC AND RETURNED TO WORK WITH RESTRICTION.

2000 · 4 incidents

Contact with heat

EE WAS OPERATING A FARM TRACTOR. THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS RUNNING LOW ON FREON. BEFORE THE A/C COULD BE RECHARGED THE A/C STOPPED COOLING. EE'S AT THE SITE PROVIDED FIRST AID AND THE EE WAS TRA NSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. THE EE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED THAT SAME DAY . THE EE RETURNED TO WORK.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING THE TOP OFF OF A FIVE GALLON CONTAINED WHEN THE KNIFE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE EE'S LEFT LEG. THE EE WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL CLINIC AND RETURNED TO WORK.

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE REPORTED DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWER BACK FROM OPERATING FARM TRACTOR. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL CLINIC AND RETURNED TO WORK.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING COVER ON A PUMP BARGE WHICH WAS PULLED TO BANK. HE REPLACED THE HOLE COVERAND STEPPED ON IT. THE HOLE COVER GAVE WAY, SCRATCHING HIS LEFT LEG. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED MEDIC AL TREATMENT AT THE LOCAL MEDICAL CLININC AND RETURNED TO WORK.