Working to change the seal on an oil leak on the screen deck. Cut a hole with torch on Seco deck. Used a come-a-long to take the counter balance off. A spark must have gone into bottom of screen deck & smoldered. Flared up at 9:30.
North Norwich Bundy PitMetal/Nonmetal
Burrell's Excavating, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Dave Burrell
NORTH NORWICH, Chenango County, NY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3000821
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2003–2014
- Latest incident
- Jun 2014
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2014 · 1 incident
Accident type, without injuries
2011 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Vendor ee was moving tires from a loader. He was using an excavator to remove tires. EE & another ee (plant mgr) had discussed need to put blocks under loader to crib it up. Loader moved & counter weight hit him in leg/side. 911 called
2005 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
A ROCK FELL FROM THE DECK ABOVE DURING THE CRUSHING OPERATION AND HIT EE IN THE HARD HAT & THEN BOUNCED OFF HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE GRABBED FOR HIS HARD HAT, SPUN AROUND, HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD ON THE STEEL I BEAM & FELL TO THE DECK.
2004 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
WHILE GRINDING ON PLATE HE MOVED HIS HAND AND CUT FINGER ON STEEL PLATE.
2003 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE PULLING ON A PIPE. HIS FOOT GOT STUCK IN THE MUD.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING A GAS CAN ONTO THE DRAGLINE, HE FELT A STABBING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.