Employee was putting buckets on the elevator and a piece of ware plate broke loose from above which fell to the bottom landing on EE's leg/ankle causing a compound fracture and breaking the leg/ankle.
Tucker Hill MillMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 52
- Years on record
- 2000–2018
- Latest incident
- Jan 2018
Reportable incidents
52 on file2018 · 1 incident
2014 · 2 incidents
Attempting to slide 150 pound block up a conveyor frame into place to splice belt and tore muscle in right arm.
Truck was exiting the access road to the mine and overturned. Driver had minor bruising to his shoulder.
2013 · 2 incidents
Dumping fine material with dump truck and closing hooks didn't open to lock down back door on dump bed. Employee put his hand in between door & bed of dump box when hooks opened up smashing little finger.
Employee was in route from the Tucker Hill Quarry to Highway 31 when he failed to negotiate a turn due to excessive speed and rolled his vehicle. Employee was not using his safety equipment(seatbelt) and hurt his elbow
2012 · 1 incident
Moving big jammed rock and slipped smashing finger.
2009 · 2 incidents
Moving scrap to lower storage, was stepping down from loader tripped backward over a pipe in the tall grass landing on back.
Stepped off of panel trailer after shutting down for lunch and felt bad pain in left ankle.
2008 · 1 incident
Closing bottom slide gate on railcar and smashed right thumb.
2007 · 1 incident
Attempting to hook up rail cars when rail mover ran over the inside of his right foot.
2006 · 2 incidents
Grinding a piece of metal with safety glasses on and some got in his eye.
Moving metal sheets & sheets fell & hit right hand.
2005 · 1 incident
Hopper door on railcar was stuck open; he put rail bar in the roller but it would not close so he stomped the bar with his foot and his boot was wet and it slipped off and hit him in the chin.
2004 · 9 incidents
WAS TRYING TO REMOVE LARGER ROCKS FROM THE JAW FROM BEHIND THE SAFETY BAR & ONE SLIPPED & SMASHED THE MIDDLE FINGER ON THE RT. HAND.
CHANGING SCREENS IN SCREEN DECK; WIND PICKED UP. DUST ENTERED GOGGLES AND GOT INTO RIGHT EYE.
Employee was cleaning out railcar and perlite went into face and into safety glasses into eye.
It was a windy night, worker was performing normal job duties and perlite blew through vent, had holes in goggles and went into right eye, flushed out eye but perlite would not come out.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO TAKE THE MUDFLAPS OFF BACK OF TRAILER, THE DRIVER OF THE TRAILER STARTED TO BACK UP & IT CAUGHT HIS RT. HAND BETWEEN FLAPS, HANGER TIRES AND LANDING GEAR. THUS RESULTING IN 3 SMASHED FINGERS, WHICH WERE JUST BRUISED & NOT BROKEN.
WORKER WAS CLEANING OUT RAILCAR & PERLITE GOT ONTO GOGGLES & WENT INTO AIR VENTS OF GOGGLES & THE PERLITE DUST GOT INTO HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE CONTROL ROOM AND TOOK OFF HARD HAT AND PERLITE WENT INTO RIGHT EYE.
NORMAL WORK BEING PERFORMED, PERLITE GOT INTO EYE.
WORKER RELEASED BAGHOUSE FROM BOBCAT AND WIND BLEW PERTLITE INTO CAB OF THE BOBCAT AND PERLITE WENT INTO EYE.
2003 · 1 incident
TOOK GOGGLES OFF AND PERLITE FELL INTO HIS EYE.
2002 · 4 incidents
HE WAS CLEANING RAILCAR WITH BRUSH ON HIS BACK- WHEN PERLITE FELL INTO HIS EYE.
HEAVY WIND BLEW PERLITE INTO EYE. HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON.
2001 · 16 incidents
HE WAS CLOSING RAILCAR HOOD AND GOT KNOCKED OFF BY LOADOUT HOOD.
HE RUBBED HIS EYE AND PERLITE WAS ON HIS HANDS. IT THEN GOT IN HIS EYE.
I WAS CHANGING THE ELEVATOR BUCKETS AND PERLITE FELL BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO MY EYES.
WIND WAS BLOWING WHEN I WAS CLEANING UP. I GOT ROCK IN MY EYE.
ROCK FELL OFF TOP OF HOPPER ON ROCK CRUSHER, HIT GUARD RAIL AND TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.
WHILE WORKING ON THE CAT 950 LOADER. I WENT TO PULL MYSELF UP TO A SITTING POSITION. I PULLED SOMETHING IN MY LEFT SHOULDER AND OR BACK.
WHILE SWEEPING THE ROOF OF THE LOADOUT HE WAS WALKING ON THE TOP AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL THROUGH THE SKYLIGHT. HE HIT THE CROSSBEAM ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.
HE WAS SHOVLING OUT BC1 AND PERLITE WENT INTO HIS EYE.
WHILE PICKING UP A PIECE OF METAL (200 POUNDS) HE WAS LOADING IT ONTO THE BUCKET OF THE BOBCAT TO TRANSPORT IT. THE METAL SLID BACK ONTO HIS HAND CRUSHING HIS MIDDLE FINGER.
THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND BLEW PERLITE DUST AND ROCK INTO HIS EYE.
HE WAS WORKING OUTSIDE WHEN THE WIND BLEW FINE PARTICLES OF PERLITE IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
THE SAFETY GLASSES HE WAS WEARING WERE COVERED IN PERLITE WHEN HE TOOK THEM OFF TO WIPE THEM OFF AND GOT PERLITE IN HIS EYE.
DURING ROUTINE WORK WIND BLEW PERLITE INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
PERLITE FLEW IN HIS EYE WHEN WALKING AROUND PLANT DURING HIS SHIFT.
WAS HAMMERING A CHISEL AND MISSED IT, HITTING HIS FINGER INSTEAD.
WORKING ON AUGHR ON TOP OF SILOS. WIND PICKED UP AND BLEW DUST IN HIS EYE.
2000 · 9 incidents
UNLOADING TRUCK & ROCK FLEW INTO EYE
WIND BLEW PERLITE PRODUCT INTO RIGHT EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN.
CHANGING A FILTER IN THE BAG HOUSE, WIND BLEW PERLITE DUST INTO EYSE
OPERATING BOBCAT GOING UNDER CONVEYER AND DUST BLEW INTO EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING USED.
PARTICLE FLEW INTO EYE, SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN.
PERLITE BLEW INTO EYES WHILE WALKING BY PLANT SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN
WALKING AND WIND BLEW PERLITE INTO EYE.
HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON, BUT STILL GOT ROCK IN EYE. WIND BLEW PERLITE INTO RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS WORKING INSIDE A BUILING ON THE SCALPING SCREENS, CUT & DUST FLEW INTO HIS EYES