EMPL CUTTING PIECE OF PLYWOOD WITH HAND SAW.HE WAS KNEELING ON TOP OF PLYWOOD WHICH WAS ON TOP OF 2 SAW HORSES.HE GOT PAST BALANCE POINT AND THE PLYWOOD TIPPED OVER.HE FELL TO THE CONCRETE FLO OR STRIKING LEFT SHOULDER AND BUMPING HIS HEAD.
Beaver Creek Mine Metal/Non-Metal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Years on record
- 1984–1985
- Latest incident
- Nov 1985
Reportable incidents
14 on file1985 · 8 incidents
A FIRE ON HAULAGE TRUCK STARTED BETWEEN SHIFTS WHEN NO ONE WAS IN THE MINE.DISCOVERED BY MAINTENANCE CREW GOING TO WORK AM.FIRE WAS PUT OUT 8:30AM AND REPORTED TO MSHA-KNOXVILLE-9:00AM.THE FRO NT PART OF THE TRUCK WAS BADLY DAMAGED.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO POUR CONCRETE IN UNDERGROUND SHOP. IN THE PROCESS HE GOT CEMENT INTO HIS RIGHT BOOT HE HAD AN ABRASION AND CHEMICAL CEMENT BURN ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
ROCK FELL & BOUNCED OFF BOOM OF JUMBO & STRUCK EE O N LEFT ELBOW. EE WAS CU TON LEFT ELBOW.
TWISTED BACK WHILE LIFTING CORE BOX PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EE WAS MOVING OXYGEN HOSES OUT OF T HE WAY OF FALLING SPARKS A LEAKY JOINT CAUGHT FIRE. LEFT HAND WAS BURNED.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A SAMPLE FROM THE MILL AGITATOR WHEN THE INDEX FINGER ON THE RT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE AGITATOR AND THE SAMPLING CUP 6 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHING ROCK AT THE CRUSHER STATION WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME DOWN THE ORE PASS AND BOUNCED OFF THE GRIZZLY RAIL AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT HAND CUTTING IT TEN STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
1984 · 6 incidents
EE WAS REACHING OVER WORK PLATFORM TO GET BLASTING CAPS & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.
HYERAULIC HOSE ON LOADER DEVELOPED SMALL LEAK,CAUSING FIRE.I.NAME WASNT THE OPERATOR OF LOADER HOWEVER,HE INHALED SOME SMOKE FROM THE FIRE.
REPAIRING 2FT HOSE TURNED BOX OF BANDING MATERIAL OVER AND THE END OF A BAND HIT THE BACK OF MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DRILL STEEL AND HIT HIS HAND ON THE EDGE OF DRILL BED.
EMP FINISHED DRILLING PINHOLE AND WAS RETTRACTING THE STEEL AS THE JACKLEG DRILL CAME DOWN IT DROPPED SUDDENLY CAUSING THE DRILL STEEL TO PULL LOOSE THE STEEL FELL STRIKING THE SMALL FINGER OF HIS RT HAND WHICH WAS STILL ON THE DRILL
EMPL WORKING ON 5 1/2 SYMONS CONE CRUSHER IN MILL.WHILE CLIMBING AROUND CRUSHER HE BUMPED KNEE AND SHIN ON SURFACE OF CRUSHER.