EE was in process of cleaning up job site from winter maintenance. Placing pieces of angle iron when left thumb came in contact with a steel burr on the angle iron. Thumb laceration.
Sahara Sand of Eagleswood IncMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 2003–2024
- Latest incident
- Feb 2024
Reportable incidents
8 on file2024 · 1 incident
2022 · 1 incident
Employee was transferring 55-gal drums from dredge to the boat. They fell on top of the barrel cutting their face, requiring stitches and injured their leg
2011 · 1 incident
Employee was lifting heavy parts while rebuilding a dredge pump. No contributing conditions.
2009 · 1 incident
Employee was straddled on top of washer, washing the screw out. He called twice to man below to start the screw. Leg caught in the screw. Broken and lacerated leg below the knee.
2005 · 2 incidents
Removing coupler from motor shaft with an impact gun, put wrench on with impact gun & when the bolt broke loose the wrench spun around hitting EE's hand causing lacerations.
Employee doing maint/ welding; chipping weld and a piece of slag went into eye.
2004 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER SCALES USING POWER WASHER. LAID DOWN WAND TO USE SHOVEL AND PICKED UP WAND ON POWER WASHER WITH RIGHT HAND. FINGERS HIT TRIGGER CAUSING WAND TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. TRIED TO GRAB WAND WITH LEFT HAND AND SPRAY FROM WAND HIT LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER CAUSING CUT AND FRACTURE OF INDEX FINGER.
2003 · 1 incident
EE WAS USING HAMMER TO KNOCK OFF FROZEN MATERIAL FROM CONVEYOR AT GROUND & HIT HIS RIGHT HAND WITH HAMMER.