Struck against stationary object
HE WAS CLIMBING LADDER AND HIT KNEE ON STEP.
Oat PitMetal/Nonmetal
Superior Ready Mix Concrete L P · Surface
Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Holtville, Imperial County, CA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0405082
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2003
- Latest incident
- Feb 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2003 · 1 incident
2000 · 2 incidents
Rubbed or abraded
THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN SANDSTONE FROM A CONVEYOR WHEN HIS KNEE BUCKLED.
Struck against a moving object
THE OPERATOR WAS WATERING HAUL ROAD, STOPPED AT TOP OF HILL & STARTED TO BACK UP; IT WAS TOO WET AND HE LOST AIR PRESSURE, GOT OUT OF GEAR & DROVE TRUCK INTO BANK. WATER TRUCK STOPPED, THEN W ATER IN TANK SHIFTED FORWARD, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL ON SIDE.