EE was using a handheld grinder to cut rails on a screen deck. The EE was in an awkward body position trying to cut with the grinder and had to maneuver around machine parts. The grinder kicked back and struck their right forearm causing a laceration.
Dredge Thaddus CarrMetal/Nonmetal
Georgetown Sand & Gravel · Facility
Controlled by Frank Bryan Inc
Wellsville, Columbiana County, OH · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609286
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2011–2018
- Latest incident
- Nov 2018
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2018 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
2017 · 1 incident
Flash burns (electric)
Employee's eyes were subjected to a bright electrical arc emanating from an electrical breaker for a conveyor. Employee was treated and released to full work duty by local hospital and given prescription for eye drops and salve.
2013 · 1 incident
Fall from machine
Crane operator (74 yrs old) fell 5+/-ft from a crane access step to the steel deck below. He was fueling and checking fluids on the Mantiwoc 4600 crane when he fell. He received fractured ribs, fractured collar bone, head & face trauma, temporarily unconscious and bruised lung. Was transported to local area hospital by ambulance.
2011 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Worker struck in the nose by 4""x5"" 1/2""-thick steel plate when welding on clam-shell digging bucket causing a laceration that required 9 sutures.