MAN WAS CHOPPING DOWN A TREE WHEN AXE BLADE STRUCK A HARD SPOT IN THE WOOD AND THE AXE DEFLECTED OFF THE WOOD AND IT STRUCK HIS LEG. REQUIRED STITCHES.
COX SAND MINE Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for COX SAND MINE (mine ID 0901003). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1993–1996
- Latest incident
- Apr 1996
Reportable incidents
4 on file1996 · 1 incident
1994 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING WORKBOAT TO DREDGE WHEN BOAT HIT AN UNDERWATER DREDGE ANCHOR CABLE. THIS CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN INTO THE BOW OF THE BOAT WHERE HE CUT HIS LEG ON THE STEEL DECKING.
1993 · 2 incidents
WITH A HELPER, THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING A V-BELT DRIVE ASSEMBLY WEIGHING ABOUT 100 POUNDS, FROMA PUMP SHAFT DOWN TO THE GROUND. A DISTANCE OF ONEFOOT WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED.
TH CIRCULAR SAW THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING HIT A HARD SPOT IN THE WOOD AND KICKED BACK, LACERATING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
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