EE SAYS WHILE OPERATING A KOMATSU 500 LOADER AT JOBSITE, HE DROVE THROUGH AN UNSEEN POTHOLE. HE WAS THROWN UPWARD IN THE SEAT. HE CAME BACK DOWN AND HIS FOOT HIT THE THROTTLE, PROPELLING THE MACHINE FORWARD & THE REAR TIRE HIT THE POTHOLE & THREW HIM UPWARDS AGAIN. HIS NECK & UPPER BACK & LEFT ARM HAVE BEEN CAUSING HIM PAIN EVER SINCE.
DEER ISLAND PLANTMetal/Nonmetal
Morse Brothers Inc · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Deer island, Columbia County, OR · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3502885
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2004
- Latest incident
- Feb 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2004 · 1 incident
No Value Found
2001 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
OVER TIME EE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT WRIST.
2000 · 3 incidents
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE REPLACING A PIECE OF PVC LINE, EE TWISTED HIS BACK.
Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
LEANING DOWN LOOKING AT PIECE OF FEEDER HAD A SHARP PAIN GO THROUGH MIDSECTION AND TRIED TO STAND UP AND COULD NOT.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 5 FOOT LONG PRY BAR TRYING TO BEND A SKIRT BOARD ON A CONVEYOR # CC2 WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED OFF AND HIS THUMB WAS SMASHED BETWEEN THE HANDRAIL AND THE BAR. THOUGHT ONLY BRUISED, BUT CONTINUED TO BE PAINFUL, SAW DR. HESAID IT WAS BROKEN.