Struck by flying object
Employee was mounting a new recap tire on a rim, when the tire separated on side wall. He had a cut on his head and a fractured left leg.
BROAD RIVER DREDGEMetal/Nonmetal
Ameri-con Materials Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Jason Deck
Rutherford N.C., Rutherford County, NC · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3101884
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2003–2004
- Latest incident
- Jul 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2004 · 1 incident
2003 · 1 incident
Contact with hot objects or substances
THE DREDGE OPERATOR WAS TIGHTENING SHAFT PACKING WITH PUMP RUNNING AND LOOSE CLOTHING GOT CAUGHT IN SHAFT BETWEEN BEARINGS. THE POWER OF THE SHAFT WOUND HIS CLOTHES OFF. HE WAS BURNED ON HIS LEGS TRYING TO FREE HIMSELF, WHICH HE DID. INJURIES WERE NOT SERIOUS ENOUGHT FOR DOCTOR ATTENTION.