Vulcan Materials Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING THE VERTICAL LATHE AND AS HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE WALKWAY IN THE PIT, HE HIT HIS KNEE ON A PIECE OF CONCRETE REINFORCEMENT STEEL.
Knoxville Shop Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Knoxville Shop (mine ID 4001293). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1984–1988
- Latest incident
- Sep 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
17 on file1988 · 8 incidents
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING DOWN GRINDING ON CRUSHER BOWL, WHEN A PIECE OF DUST (METAL) BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
Vulcan Materials Company · Flash burns (welding)
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING CRUSHER RINGS AND WHEN HE WAS CHECKING THE WELDING POSTION WHILE THE MACHINE HE RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.EYES WERE TREATED A SHOT GIVEN AND PAIN PRESCRIPTION WRIT TEN.
May 17, 1988
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Materials Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MOVING STEEL ON YARD PULLING A BEAM OUT & TRYING AT THE SAME TIME TO PREVENT ANOTHER ONE FROM SHIFTING INJURED WAS NOT ABLE TO GET HIS HAND CLEAR OF THE TWO BEAMS
Vulcan Materials Company · Rubbed or abraded
KNEELED DOWN INSIDE CRUSHER WELLDING.NOT SURE OF EXACT TIME OF INJURY.WHEN HE STOOD UP TO GET OUT OF CRUSHER AND WALK AROUND THE KNEE BECAME SWOLLEN AND PAINFUL.X-RAYED AND PAIN PRESCRIPTION G IVEN.
Vulcan Materials Company · Flash burns (welding)
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING DOWN AND WELDING ON A CRUSHER BASE MOST OF THE DAY AND FORM THE POSITION HE WAS HAVING TO TAKE TO WELD AND THE OTHER WELDERS AROUND HIM CAUSED EXCESSIVE WELDING FLASH.
Vulcan Materials Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE TRAILER STACKING STEEL TRUSSES WHEN ONE SLIPPED AND PINNED HIS LEGBETWEEN TWO TRUSSES. REQUIRED SIC STITCHES DO RIGHT LEG JUST BELOW THE KNEE PRESCRIPTION ISSUED.
February 2, 1988
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS GRI3DING ON STEP-BEARING PLATE AND GOT METAL FRAGMENT IN LEFT EYE. THE PIECE WAS IMBEDDED AND REQUIRED INSTRUMENT REMOVEL.
1987 · 5 incidents
Vulcan Materials Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 PLACING A BOLT INTO POSITION TO BE HEATED AND BENT. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE TORCH. WHEN THE INJURED EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER TO PLACE THE BOLT INTO THE NUT, HIS ARM PASSE D TOO CLOSE TO 7HE TORCH. HE HAS 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS.
Vulcan Materials Company · Flash burns (welding)
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A CRUSHER SEALING RING TRYING TO REMOVE PLUNGERS THERE WAS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WORKING BEHIND ON THE CRUSHER HEAD ASSEMBLY I.NAME WAS NOT AWARE THE WELDING FLASH WAS AFFEC TING HIS EYES L5TER THAT NIGHT HE RECEIVED TREATMENT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL ER EYES WERE WASHED OUT AND PATCHED
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE STOP ON THE3POWER SAW DID NOT HOLD THE MIDDLE SETTING AND SLIPPED MASHING EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN THE STOP AND STOP SETTING THE BONE IN THE TIP OF THE 2ND FINGER ON THE RT HAND WAS CHIPPE D THE FINGER NA3L WAS REMOVED AND THE FINGER REQUIRED STITCHES A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN AND AN ANTIBIOTIC WAS GIVEN TO THE EMPLOYEE
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS KN9ELING DOWN MAKING MEASUREMENTS ON THE CRUSHER HEAD. HE WAS NO AWARE OF BEING CUT AT THE TIME. COULD HAVE BEEN A METAL SHAVING THAT CUT OR THE WIPERS ON THE CRUSHER HEAD. THE CU T WAS SMALL AND3DEEP. WAS TREATED AT WORK. THE LEG WAS STILL BLEEDING THAT NIGHT SO HE SEEKED MEDICAL TREATMENT AT ER. REQUIRED A FEW STITCHES.
January 6, 1987
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS LEAVING3THE SHOP AND HAD ENTERED THE HIGHWAY AREA, WHEN HE REALIZED HE HAD LEFT A STEERING SECTOR ON THE TRUCK BUMPER. HE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND PUT THE SECTOR IN THE TRUCK BED, WHEN HE LEANED OVER 7O PLACE THE SECTOR IN THE TRUCK BED HE STRAINED HIS BACK
1986 · 1 incident
Vulcan Materials Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS PU7TING PIN INTO TRUCK BED. PIN BECAME LODGED AND WOULD NOT SLIDE INTO SLOT. EMPLOYEE PUSHED HARDED AND PIN WENT INTO PLACE CATCHING SKIN ON PALM OF HIS HAND.
1985 · 1 incident
August 14, 1985
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by falling object
ONE END OF SCALE FRAME WAS SET AGAINST THE BUMPER OF CRANE WHILE RE-HOOKING THE CHAIN. AN INTERRUPTION HAD CAUSED WORK TO STOP AND THE CRANE TURNED OFF. THE BOOM DROPPED SOME CAUSING A BIT OF SLACK IN THE CHAIN WHEN THE EMP WENT TO END THAT WAS PROPPED UP TO TIGHTEN THE CHAIN THE FRAME FELL ON HIS FOOT BREAKING ALL TOES ON LEFT FOOT
1984 · 2 incidents
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by flying object
CUTTING CATWALK OFF OF CONVEYOR WHEN IT SHIFTED AND FLIPPED OFF OF SIDE STRIKING VICTIM ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD CUTTING LEFT EAR
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by flying object
HAMMERING ON A GEAR AND SHAFT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER CAUSING A METAL SPLINTED TO BECOME EMBEDDED IN THE LEG.
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