Employee experienced light headedness, weakness, seeing spots, and tightness in the chest while repairing a winch on the dredge. Prognosis has not been disclosed to the employer as of the time of this report.
Dredge #5-1 (Grigsby Pit)Metal/Nonmetal
Overland Sand & Gravel Company · Surface
Controlled by Nebco Inc
central city, Merrick County, NE · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2501135
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2004–2016
- Latest incident
- Aug 2016
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2016 · 2 incidents
(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner was greasing a dewatering screw when elbow locked up & miner felt a pop in the joint. Miner did not report incident to management until 6/3/16 and did not seek medical treatment until 6/7/16. Miner was referred to another doctor on 6/21/16. We currently do not know the extent or cause of the injury but the miner is still working under light restrictions.
2013 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Moving a large tool chest and needed to slide it over, pushed against it with the right shoulder and arm and strained a muscle on the right side of the body.
2004 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was trying to repair an area on a conveyer using a long bar and the bar came in contact with a rotating part causing the bar to flip and his right pinky finger got caught in the guard and lacerated the top of his finger.