Contract employee was finishing a weld near the jaw crusher when the 4"" hand grinder wheel he was using caught or bound up, and the whole unit kicked back into his mouth area (no grinding face shield was being worn at the time).
Wiseman Sullins/ChalkMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2005–2014
- Latest incident
- Dec 2014
Reportable incidents
6 on file2014 · 2 incidents
EE was welding in a tight area when a welding rod ember rolled onto his jacket burning a small area on the cuff and into the right top forearm causing a minor burn.
2013 · 1 incident
survey crew member attempted access for survey rod placement on steep bank, when he slipped and fell onto a small sapling stump (about 1"" in diameter) that he had cut about 18"" from the base minutes earlier causing the severe injury
2010 · 1 incident
Employee received a laceration to his upper lip when the edge of a metal panel that he was pulling upward struck against his mouth.
2006 · 1 incident
Driver had pushed truck tarp arm back. It was raining heavily at the time. Driver was on scale catwalk, slipped and lost footing and fell. Driver's leg went down between catwalk and scale platform.
2005 · 1 incident
Rock breaker was sitting in the middle of a pile of big rock (150 - 300 lb); had to climb over them to fill rock breaker. On the way back down rock pile began to slide causing me to lose my balance and fall on rock. The edge was sticking up like a wedge and hit me in the spine. I lay there about 10 to 15 minutes with breath knocked out of me before returning to the truck.