Struck against stationary object
EE PUSHED ""IN"" THE EXCAVATOR'S DOOR RELEASE LATCH AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT HAND, WHICH REQUIRED SEVEN STITCHES.
Greenwood QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc · Surface
Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Greenwood, Greenwood County, SC · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800671
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2003
- Latest incident
- Aug 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2003 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
WHILE ASCENDING THE STAIRS TO CHECK ON A BLOCKAGE IN THE RIP RAP CHUTE (AT THE SCREEN TOWER) THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE HARD HAT BY A ROCK. THE ROCK GLANCED OFF THE HARD HAT AND HIT HIS LE FT HAND WHICH WAS GRIPPING THE HANDRAIL. DOCTOR IMMOBILIZED HAND WITH A CAST AND ISSUED WORK RESTRICTIONS.