Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE SLIPPED & LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE REMOVING THE STARTER FROM OVERHEAD CAUSING THE STARTED TO GRAZE HIS HEAD AS IT FELL TO THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES
Kennecott Barneys Canyon MiningMetal/Nonmetal
Kennecott Barneys Canyon Mining · Surface
Controlled by Rio Tinto Group
Bingham, Salt Lake County, UT · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202040
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000
- Latest incident
- Dec 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2000 · 5 incidents
Fall to the walkway or working surface
WATER SPRAYING FROM A DISCHARGE PIPE STARTLED EECAUSING HIM TO STEP BACK & TRIP. THE FALL INJURED HIS BACK.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
STRIKING THE FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR TO DISLODGE SOME MUD HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE FRAME.
Fall to the walkway or working surface
THE EE WAS WALKING TO HIS ASSIGNED TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL IN HIS WRIST AND GOT UP AND FELL AGAIN.
Struck against stationary object
WHILE RETURNING FROM THE BOLT BIN, THE EE'S ARM BRUSHED AGAINST SOME EXPANDED METAL PROTRUDING FROM THE METAL STORAGE RACK CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED SUTURES.