Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Employee was setting the park brake on a JCB 509-42 telescoping forklift, upon exiting the machine EE noticed a strange feeling in the left bicep and that it was swollen.
Red Canyon QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Colorado Springs, Fremont County, CO · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504136
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2002–2016
- Latest incident
- Dec 2016
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2016 · 1 incident
2002 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ROCKS OUT OF THE TAIL PULLEY OF A CONVEYER BELT. THE BELT WAS ACCIDENTLY TURNED ON DUE TO A MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PLANT OPERATOR AND A LABORER. EE WAS TRAPPED IN T HE TAIL PULLEY RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF RIGHT ARM TO HIS SHOULDER, REMOVED SHOULDER BLADE.