Employee was attempting to remove a bolt from the top of the hydraulic tank on the drill, so the tank could be filled with hydraulic fluid. As the employee positioned the socket and ratchet on the bolt, they attempted to loosen the bolt, and as they applied pressure, they felt a pop and immediate pain in their bicep area of their arm.
H & H Rock IncMetal/Nonmetal
H & H Rock Inc · Surface
Controlled by Walter Hickman; James Hickman
Georgetown, Meigs County, TN · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003346
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2015–2024
- Latest incident
- Oct 2024
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2024 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
2023 · 1 incident
(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee experienced a personal medical condition that required ambulance transport. Employee has just completed taking tools to another employee at the time of the illness. Condition had nausea, dizziness and chest pain.
2015 · 1 incident
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Scale clerk was waiting on a truck at the ticket window, she turned to go see the location of truck at which time she fell. Clerk indicated as she turned her ankle gave way and she fell in the middle of the office floor. As a result of the fall she has 3 fractured bones in her left foot.