MSHA record for RUSSELL MINE AND MILL (mine ID 0800114). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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CARRY SHEET METAL UP CATWALK BY CRUSHER ON FINISH SIDE DOING REPAIR WORK. SHEET METAL SLIPPED FALLING BAKC DOWN ARM LACERATING THE LEFT WRIST.
HAULING UNIT TO RUN LOADED ONE DIRECTION, EMPTY THE OTHER. MOTOR GRADER WORKING SAME AREA, CAME TO LOCATION IN MIDDLE OF ROAD, HAULING UNIT HAD TO PULL OFF. WENT TOWARD PIT INTO WATER DRAINAGE DITCH. VACATED MACHINE AT TIME OF IMPACT IN BOTTOM OF DITCH.
WALKING FROM CATWALK TO AUXILLARY FEEDER. HEEL OF BOOT CAUGHT ONCATWALK CAUSING FOOT TO REMAIN STATEWAY WITH FORWARD MOTION.
RAILROAD TRACKS BEING HOISTED TO MOVE, EE GUIDING TRACKS AS BEING MOVED, CHAIN SLIPPED CATCHING RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TRACKS & CRUSHING IT.
MAINTENANCE CREW WAS WORKING ON STACKING CONVEYOR TOWER IN FINISH DEPT THEY BRACED UP CONVEYOR & REMOVED TOWER TO REPLACE BAD STEEL LOAD ON CRANE BUMPED TOWER WHICH MADE WEIGHT SHIFT ON CONVEY OR CAUSING CONVEYOR TO COLLAPSE PINNING I NAME UNDER IT
WORKING WITH WRENCH ON HEAVY EQUIP.FOR REPAIRS,WRENCH SLIPPED & SLAMMED FINGER SPLITTING IT OPEN
BARRAING A KILN & HE MOVED HIS RIGHT FOREARM ONTO THE HOT BAR
LARGE CLINKER BALL FELL FROM HOPPER ONTO HIS HAND THAT WAS RESTING ON THE RAIL WHILE HE WATCHED THE SYSTEM. FINGERS WERE BROKEN AND HAND MASERATED WITH OPEN WOUND TO BACK OF HAND.
WAS PUTTING LBM ON COAL FIRES TO RELITE FIRES WHEN FIRE FLARED UP CAUSING HIM TO JUMP BACKWARDS LOOSING HIS STEP FALLING OUTOF KILN ONTO BRICK PILE.
WAS PULLING SLACK OUT OF CORD AND TORCH WAS LIT, BURNED LEFT OUTER FOREARM.
TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION DISTAL TIP LITTLE FINGER.HE WAS PLACING KILN BRICKS.
UNLOADING STEEL WHEN STEEL SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT SHIN AND LOWER LEG.
EMP WA> STANDING ON CLAY BY 1 FEEDER BOX TRYING TO BREAK FREE LG PC OF CLAY. FELL DOWN CHUTED ONTO BELT . HE WENT UP CONVEYOR BELT ABOUT 10 FT AND HIT HAND ON RAIL A(D L. SHIN R. KNEE GETTING OFF BELT. WITNESSED . INITIALLY EMP WAS CHECKED AND NOTHING SIGNIFICANT FOUND IN WYA OF INJ. HOWEVER AS IMES GOES BY HE SEEMS TO COMPLAIN OF MORE DIFFERENT AREAS OF PAIN.
SOMETHING GOT IN HIS EYE.
A PIECE OF STEEL WEDGE FELL FROM KILN DECK HITTING HIM ON HARD HAT
WORKING ON QUARRY PUMP STEPPED OVER PUMP CATCHING LEG ON PIECE OF METAL
MEN INSIDE KILN3IN DARK WELDING & FITTING RECD LFLASH BURNS TO EYES.
CONSTRUCTION ON3NEW FEED SHUT ON FINISH SIDE OF PLANT, WITH WELDING BEING DONE ALL DAY FROM DAYLIGHT UNTIL DARK. EYES WERE BURNED. IT WAS A CLOUDY DAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS PU8HING CLAY OUT OF DRUM ON #5 KILN BLADE CAUGHT ON DRUM TWISTING AROUND CATCHING EMPLOYEES GLOVED HAND CUTTING THUMB
EMPL PICKING UP3PIECE OF PIPE THAT HAD BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF KILN BY BALL.WHEN HE PICKED UP THE PIPE HE RUPTURED HIMSELF.
THE EE WAS CLEA3ING CLAY BUILD-UP OUT OF FEED CHUTE WITH AN IRON REOD WHEN A LARGE PIECE OF CLAY FED OUT OF THE FEEDER HITTING THE END OF T HE ROD CAUSING IT TO STRIKE THE EE IN THE BACK O F THE HEAD. 3
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 TOO CLOSE TO THE END OF WALK BOARD USED,CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL APPROX. EIGHT FEET INTO THE PIT.THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED SOME SCRAPES AND BURNS TO HIS LEGS AND BUTTOCKS.
SUPERVISING PRE3START UP MI.AINTENANCE ON #1 KENNEDY VAN SUAN COAL MILL I NAME CLIMBED LADDER TO CHECK OIL FLOW RT FOOT SLIPPED FROM LADDER (LEFT SHOULDER FRACTURED SCA SCAPULA) WHILE 5EFT FOOT WAS ON LADDER, HIS WEIGHT SHIFTED TO RT CAUSING HIM TO FALLAGAINST MILL PARTS
DRIVING WEDGE I3 DISC BRAKE.WEDGE JUMPED OUT AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.
EMP WAS DRIVING3ROCK WAGON, HIT A BUMP, AND HIS BACK STARTED HURTING
EMP WORKING ON 05 CLAY BELT DRIVE NOT BLOCKED ANOTHER EMP TURNED SWITCH ON CATCHING I NAMES MIDDLE FINGER RT HAND REQUIRED STITCHES
THREE MEN WERE 4ORKING IN A CONFINED AREA TRYING TO PULL CHAIN LINKS BACK TOGETHER ON APRON FEEDER. AS THEY PULLED THE CHAIN COME ALONG CAME LOOSE AND THE HOOK STRUCK EMPLOYEE BELOW THE KNEE O F HIS LEFT L 3 EG.
REMOVING PLATE 0ROM UNDER CAR UNLOADER, SLIDING PLATE OUT OF WAY, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL IN PIT. HIT LEFT SIDE IN KIDNEY AREA ON FRAME DOOR
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING A PUMP BROKE FITTING LOOSE WITHOUT RELEASING PRESSURE WAS SPRAYED IN THE FACE WITH LBM BURNED BOTH EYES VERY SLIGHTLY.PHYSICIAN SAID HE WOULD BE ALRIGHT TOMORROW.
WORKING IN THE 3SHOP AREA, FOREIGN OBJECT GOT IN HIS LEFT EYE
EMPL OPERATING MACHINE HOISTING ANOTHER EMPL UP TO WORK ON EQUIP.HE WAS LOOKING UP WHILE DOING THIS HAS A STIFF NECK.
EE WAS CUTTING PLASTIC PIPE WITH HIS POCKET KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS FINGER. REWUIRED SURGERY TO REPAIR TENDOIN IN LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EE WAS WROKING REPAIRING TOWER CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN CBALES CUTTING THROUGH FINGER & NAIL.
EMPLOYEE HAD BUILT A FIRE IN ANOPEN CAN. HE BACKED UP TO THE FIRE AND HIS SHIRT AND UNDERWEAR IGNITED. HE WAS BURNED ON HIS BACK.
KILN HAD A RING IN IT EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE IT USING AN IRON BAR HE SUFFERED A HERNIA
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A RAILCAR TO BE LOADED. HE SLIPPED ON GRAVEL IN THE CAR INJURED HIS KNEE-LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON A STEP LADDER SHUTTING COAL DOOR AND FELL
DRIVING LOADER INTO PIT UNDER KILN STEAM BURNED HIM.
EMPLOYEE LIFTING STEEL PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER ABDOMIN, CAUSING HERNIA REQUIRING SURGERY.
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