Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by falling object
DRILLING AND BREAKING STEAL OUT OF HOLE LOOKED UP METAL FELL IN L EYE
Tenneco Fondaway Metal/Non-Metal
Tenneco Minerals Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Tenneco Inc
Churchill County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602101
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1989–1990
- Latest incident
- Jun 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1990 · 5 incidents
Tenneco Minerals Company · Accident type, without injuries
B RAKES ON ARTICULATING TRUCKS CAUSE VEHICLE TO BOUNCE DUE TO BALLOON TIRES USED. BOUNCING CAUSES HEAVY PART OF TRUCK LOADED BED TO OVERTAKE TRACTOR. DECELERATION RESULTS IN LOSS OF HYDRAULIC STEERING. BROKEN WINDSHIELD TWISTED HEADACHE RACK.
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by flying object
WHILE DRILLING DIRT PARTICLE BLEW UNDER SAFTEY GLASSES INTO EYE.
February 28, 1990
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by falling object
THE TRUCK DRIVER HAD HIS LEFT ARM RESTING ON THE WINDOW FRAME WHEN BEING LOADED BY LOADER AND A ROCK FELL OFF AT THE LOADER BUCKET AND STRUCK HIS HAND.
Tenneco Minerals Company · Fall down stairs
AT 6:00 P.M. ON 1-2-90. HE EXITED THE MAIN OFFICE BUILDING FROM THE WEST DOOR AND STARTED DOWN FOUR STAIRS TO START HER ROUNDS. SNOW HAD FALLEN THE NIGHT BEFORE AND MELTED DURING THE DAY, WIT H WATER ACCUMULATING ON THE WOODEN PORCH AND STAIRS. AS EVENING APPROACHED, THE SNOW MELT TURNED IN ICE ON THE STAIRS AND PORCH. HE SLIPPED ON THE STAIRS, SPRAINING HER LOWER BACK AND TAILBO
1989 · 1 incident
Tenneco Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
GRADER TIRE WAS LEANED AGAINST TAILGATE OF TRUCK I NAME AND 3 OTHER MEN REACHED DOWN TO BOTTOM OF TIRE TO LOAD IT IN PICKUP WHEN TIRE WAS APPROX TWO FEET OFF THE GROUND I NAME FELT A SHARP PAI N IN HIS BACK