Fall from machine
Employee was on the radio stacker belt when the plant was turned on. He was shaken off and fell from the stacker belt. Employee sustained a broken femur.
Moapa QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2001–2005
- Latest incident
- Sep 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2005 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
Employee was opening the crusher door. The door fell and he tried to catch it. In doing so he suffered a laceration on his left middle finger requiring 21 stitiches and a broken finger tip.
2002 · 2 incidents
Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
EE WAS INSTALLING A DRIVE BELT. HE TRIED TO SPIN THE PULLY TO INSTALL THE BELT & HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT & THE PULLEY.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE GOT OUT OF THE WATER TRUCK AND TRIED TO ADJUST THE SIDE SPRAYER ON THE TRUCK WHEN HE PULLED UP ON THE SPRAYER HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT ARM.
2001 · 2 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS GRINDING ON METAL FOR TAIL PULLEY SOMEHOW A PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP AND GOT IN MY EYE. STILL UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE. EYE STILL HAZEY, NOT ABLE TO SEE OUT OF LEFT EYE YET.
Accident type, without injuries
FLASH FLOOD THAT BROKE THROUGH DITCH WHICH CAUSED FLOODING OF PIT AREA, WHICH BURRIED 2 WATER PUMPS AND 1 GENERATOR.