Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Thumb smashed while trying to punch holes in belting with hammer and belt punch.
Plant 3Metal/Nonmetal
Tri-C Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Ronald G Clark
Buhl, Twin Falls County, ID · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1002070
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2006–2008
- Latest incident
- May 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2008 · 1 incident
2007 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was loosening a tension spring on the jaw crusher. He started taking the nut off with his hand when the tension slipped which smashed his right ring finger between the spring and nut. He jerked and pinched the tip of the finger off.
2006 · 3 incidents
Struck by falling object
Was dislodging rock, a rock fell approx 3 feet from conveyor onto ee's hand.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Hit feeder chain with hammer, the chain broke and flipped over and hit finger pinning it between chain and metal. Smashed finger-was not broken-just boadly bruised.
Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
Employee threw block onto back of trailer and his back went out.