Stepping down from ladder on crane when took last step down stepped on rock on ground injuring right knee.
Hoadley PortableMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 2000–2023
- Latest incident
- May 2023
Reportable incidents
12 on file2023 · 2 incidents
We are working on a top floor so its very uneven surface. The track that the saws run on has to be blocked level. The saw track was blocked approx. 4' high. The employee climbed on top of the track and was walking on it when EE missed a step and fell on the track.
2020 · 1 incident
2007 · 1 incident
Employee was replacing a guard over the engine of a John Deere backhoe when a spring connecting two sides of the guard came off. The spring recoiled and the hook on the end of the spring sliced open the little finger of the employee.
2006 · 1 incident
Employee was using chainsaw to cut logs into firewood for the miners to burn and keep warm. While making a cut, the log rolled and the employee jumped out of the way and the chainsaw cut his knee.
2004 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING WOOD WITH HAMMER AND CHISEL WHEN HE HIT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH THE HAMMER.
2002 · 1 incident
EE WAS WALKING ON QUARRY FLOOR AND SLIPPED.
2001 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN BLOCK, THE DRILL BIT BROKE AND HIT HIS LEFT FOOT.
2000 · 4 incidents
EE WAS STANEING BY HIS SAW WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, SPRAINING HIS LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE THREW A PIECE OF WOOD HWILE BLOCKING QUARRY SAW TRACK AND TWISTED HIS LOWER LUMBAR MUSCLE. HE HAD BEEN TRAINED ON PROPER LIFTIN GAND LUMBER HANDLING TECHNIQUES.
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP QUARRY SAW DRAG (ELECTRICAL) CABLE AND FELT SHARP PAIN ON RIGHT SIDE OF BACK. HE WAS DIAGNOSED TO HAVE RIGHT THORETIC STRAIN.
EE BENT DOWN AND PICKED UP A PIECE OF BLOCKING TIMBER, THEN STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE THREW IT.