Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Employee was pulling the suction hose for a water pump when he felt a pain in his shoulder.
Portable Plant 01 (KPI-JCI)Metal/Nonmetal
Allegheny Mineral Corp. · Surface
Controlled by Snyder Associated Companies Inc
Worthington, Lawrence County, PA · Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3610007
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2012–2014
- Latest incident
- Jul 2014
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2014 · 1 incident
2012 · 2 incidents
Fall from machine
Employee was climbing into the cab of the excavator. His foot slipped on the track and he fell. He injured his right shoulder during the fall. He was holding the handrail with his right hand. He went to an orthopedic surgeon on 1/28/13 and had an MRI which showed he had a rotator cuff tear. He is on light duty until his scheduled surgery on 2/20/13.
Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE was getting ready to install a new battery terminal on the customer's PC400LC-5L. He was cleaning the corrosion off of the existing terminal, using a wire brush, when a piece of corrosion flew into his eye underneath his safety glasses.