Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE HAD A 16 INCH PIPE WRENCH THAT WAS TIGHTENING A CHAIN CLAMP, THE WRENCH SLIPPED, AND HIT HIS THUMB.
REBEL SAND & GRAVEL PLANT #1Metal/Nonmetal
Meridian Aggregates Company Lp · Surface
Controlled by Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Livingston County, LA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601308
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- Jul 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2001 · 1 incident
2000 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
ON 6/9/00, HE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP SOMETHING & COMPLAINED OF A PULLED MUSCLE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK. THIS WASN'T CONSIDERED A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT TO US UNTIL HE MISSED WORK ON 6/19/00; HIS DO CTOR'S OFFICE CALLED US TO VERIFY THAT WORKER'S COMP WOULD PAY FOR HIS VISIT. THIS WAS 1ST INDICATION THAT HE HAD A REPORTABLE INJURY. HE WAS ABSENT FROM WORK 6/19/00-6/24/00; RETURNED 6/26.