Mining Incidents

NoralynMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Mosaic Company
Bartow, Polk County, FL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800178
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
25
Years on record
2000–2005
Latest incident
Apr 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

25 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS REMOVING PART FROM MACHINE LATHE AND CUT FINGER ON METAL SHAVINGS.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Received report of hearing threshold shift for employee

2004 · 3 incidents

Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS & TRIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL & INJURE HIS SHOULDER.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee states he was lifting trash can (+50#) and felt pain in back. (has history of back pain) he went to clinic on 7-6-04 and was given rx medicine and placed on modified duty.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS DRILLING HOLE IN METAL BRACKET THAT HE WAS MAKING. DRILL BIT HUNG UP IN BRACKET CAUSING BRACKET TO SPIN AND CUT HIS HAND.

2003 · 3 incidents

No Value Found

EE STATES HE WAS SCREWING END BELL ONTO 4"" PIPE FOR PUMP AND HE FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES SHE WAS SWEEPING FLOOR AND STEPPED BACKWARDS OUT OF ENTRANCE, CAUSING HER TO TWIST ANKLE DUE TO DIFFERENCE IN ELEVATION. PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HE WAS CARRYING PIECE OF STEEL WEIGHING APPROX 50 LBS AND FELT PAIN IN BACK. HAS BEEN UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE FOR BACK INJURY 8 YEARS AGO. NOT REPORTED UNTIL 1-17-03. STILL UNDER INVESTI GATION.

2002 · 5 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS REMOVING BEARING RACE WITH HAMMER AND CHISEL & STRUCK HAND WITH HAMMER.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING BLADE ON TRACTOR, GOT HIS FINGER BETWEEN BLADE AND FRAME.

Struck by falling object

EE STATES HE WAS MOVING SHAFT ON DRILL PRESS TABLE AND IT FELL OFF THE TABLE, STRIKING HIM ON THE FOOT BEHIND STEEL TOED BOOTS.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE STATES THAT HE WAS HOSING DOWN SHOP FLOOR ANDFELT SOMETHING GET IN HIS EYE. WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTION FOR EYE INFECTION IN DAYS FOLLOWING INCIDENT. (WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION).

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WALKING IN FAB SHOP AND TWISTED KNEE. MAN HAD SURGERY ON KNEE IN SEPTEMBER. A RECENT AUDIT HAS DETERMINED THAT THE SURGERY MAY BE RELATED TO THE MARCH 2002 INJURY.

2001 · 6 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE STATES HE WAS WALKING ON CONCRETE PAD AND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. 4'. HIS ARM STRUCK FRAME WHILE FALLING. PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY ON 10-11-01. ACCIDENT HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIG ATION.

Flash burns (welding)

EE STATES HE THINKS HE GOT HIT IN FACE BY SPARKS FROM WELDING DONE BY CO WORKER. HE HAD FOREIGN MATERIAL IN RIGHT EYE. DIRT, ETC WAS REMOVED AND MAN WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION TO PREVEN T INFECTION.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

(UPDATED TO REPORTABLE ON 8-15-01) EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ROLLING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON (3/8 X 4""X 4"" X 20') OFF A BUNDLE, AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER, MISSED TARGET AND TWISTED KNEE. PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY 3/13/01.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD HIS HAND ON AN IMPELLER BEING MOVED WITH A CHAIN AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN CHAIN AND IMPELLER.

Struck against stationary object

EE STATES HE WAS REMOVING SHAFT WITH HAMMER & CHISEL WHEN HAND SLIPPED & HE CUT HIS FINGER ON IMPELLER. LACERATION WAS GLUED TOGETHER IN LIEU OF SUTURES

2000 · 6 incidents

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE STATES HE WAS USING A PRYBAR TO MOVE PUMP LINER AND LOAD SHIFTED CAUSING PRYBAR TO PRESS AGAINST LEFT ANKLE AND FOOT. PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE STATES HE WAS STUNG BY A WASP AND HAS AN ALLERGIC REACTION. ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK WAS TREATED AT HOSPITAL.

Struck against stationary object

EE STATES HE WAS REACHING FOR OBJECT IN BED OF TRUCK AND CUT KNUCKLE ON SHARP OBJECT. FINGER HAD MEDICAL GLUDE APPLIED TO CLOSE WOUND IN LIEU OF SUTURES.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HE WAS WORKING IN PLANT & GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. RX & 1 DAY RESTRICTED DUTY

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HE WAS WALKING AND STEPPED UP ON A PALLET AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. (HAS BEEN BEING RESEARCHED) LATER PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HE WAS STRUCK BY SHAFT OFF ROLL OF CONVEYOR BELT THAT WAS BEING UNROLLED ONTO BELT STRUCTURE. BELT BEGAN UNROLLING TOO FAST AND SHAFT FELL FROM THE SUSPENDED LOAD ON BELT INCLINE AND BOUNCED & STRUCK MAN ON RIBS & BACK.