A rock was caught in tail pulley. Employee turned conveyor off, locked it out, and loosened belt to remove rock. Employee tried to turn the belt to roll the rock out. When the rock came out, the belt shifted, and the pulley grabbed employee's glove, pinching left index finger, causing a fracture.
Portable PLANT #103Metal/Nonmetal
Aggregate Resources, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Daniel R Balkema; Ralph T Balkema
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2001191
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2001–2020
- Latest incident
- Jan 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2020 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
2014 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE was adjusting jaw crusher. He put a pipe over the wrench, for leverage, & pushed on pipe. When he did, he said something in rt shoulder snapped. He said he told his supv about it, but didn't seek treatment thru employer. Employer found out several wks later that EE was being treated by his personal dr. Inj was determined to be work-related: torn rotator cuff, requiring surgery
2001 · 1 incident
Fall from machine
EE WAS UNLOADING BLOCKS ON FLATBED TRAILER & STEPPED ON A CHAIN BINDER. IT SLID OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIS LEGS TO SPLIT & HE THEN FELL OFF THE TRUCK.