Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCK WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LUMBAR SPRAIN. HE WASRETURNED TO WORK WITH RESTRICTIONS.
Daugherty PlantMetal/Nonmetal
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Surface
Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202107
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- Jul 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2001 · 3 incidents
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE ALONG WITH ANOTHER EE, WERE CHANGING 4'X4' SCREEN CLOTH SECTIONS WEIGHING APPROX. 80 LBS EACH. AS HE WAS PULLING THE SCREEN OVER THE TRUCK HANDRAIL IT SLIPPED, PINCHING HIS LEFT RIN G FINGER AGAINST THE HANDRAIL. HIS INJURIES INCLUDE A FRACTURED BONE TIP OF THE LEFT RING FINGER AND LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE ALLEGES HIS LEFT KNEE POPPEDOUT WHILE HE WAS PULLING A 2"" WATER HOSE UP A SET OF STEPS. THE INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND MAY PROVE TO BE NON WORK RELATED
2000 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS CARRYING REPAIR PARTS WHEN HE REPORTED THAT HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK. AT THAT TIMEHE REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND OPTED FOR HIS OWN CHIROPRACTOR. ON 10-6-00 HE SOUGHT MEDICAL AT TENTION AND WAS RELEASED TO WORK W/RESTRICTIONS HE HAS SINCE BEEN GIVEN A FULL RELEASE TO NORMAL WORK DUTIES.