WHILE WORKING ON CRUSHER, PRIMARY CONVEYOR BELT STOPPED. WE FIGURED IT WAS EITHER THE GEAR BOX WENT OUT OR A ROCK. CRUSHER WAS SHUT DOWN & BELT WAS NOT RUNNING. I WALKED OVER TO RETURN BELT & STUMBLED ON SOME LOOSE ROCKS, LOST MY BALANCE. I HAD PRY BAR IN MY HAND TRYING TO PRY A ROCK LOOSE IF NEEDED. THE PRY BAR FELL AGAINST RETURN BELT, BOUNCED & CAUGHT ME ON LEFT SIDE OF LEFT EYE
PORTABLE CRUSHER NO. 1Metal/Nonmetal
Duchesne County · Surface
Controlled by Duchesne County-Ut
Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4201701
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2000–2003
- Latest incident
- May 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2003 · 2 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THEY WERE PUTTING NEW CUTTING EDGES ON THE D8, RACHET SLIPPED GEARS WHEN THEY WERE TIGHTENING ONE OF THE BOLTS AND EE SLIPPED BACKWARDS. LATER THAT EVENING HE STARTED HAVING MUSCLE PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK.
2002 · 1 incident
Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE WAS GETTING OFF FROM LOADER WHEN HIS FEET HIT ICY GROUND, HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL ON THE ICE AND BROKE HIS TAILBONE.
2000 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE CLIMBED IN THE CAT AND STARTED IT, CLIMBED OUT AND UPON STEPPING ON THE GROUND FELT HIS BACK MUSCLES PULL AND START HURTING.