Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
An employee placed the handheld battery powered grinder they were using to change the bearings on a tail pulley between their body and left arm, when it turned on and lacerated their upper arm.
Burns QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
Rogers Group Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Rogers Group Inc
Burns, Dickson County, TN · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003384
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2019–2023
- Latest incident
- Oct 2023
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2023 · 1 incident
2021 · 1 incident
Fall to the walkway or working surface
While changing screen media on a 6x20 finish screen, the 3 foot ply bar slipped, and caused the employee to lose balance and land awkwardly on right knee.