Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Operator injured lower back while pulling core from drill casing.
Plant #20Metal/Nonmetal
Controlled by Mathy Construction Company
Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302134
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2001–2017
- Latest incident
- Oct 2017
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2017 · 1 incident
2006 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
While putting V-belt on screen pulley, pulley came back and pinched employees finger resulting in a laceration.
2001 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE HOSE AT THE SLURRY PUMP THAT NEEDED REPAIR. THE DAMAGED SECTION WAS CUT OFF. THERE WERE THREE PROTRUDING WIRES STICKING OUT FROM THE END ABOUT 1/4"". THE RUBBER PIPE IS REINFORCED WITH THE WIRE. THE HOSE BEGAN TO SLIP FROM THE EMBANKMENT, THE MINER TRIED TO GRAB IT WHICH RESULTED IN A PUNCTURE IN HIS PALM BY THE WIRE.