Assisting foreman to change bearing, required some hammering by foreman. Assunig a small metal piece punctured right forearm, cutting artery and creating lots of bleeding. Small puncture hole was taken care of to stop bleeding but arm swelled in puncture location. Took to ER.
Desert Canyon PitMetal/Nonmetal
Quality Excavation · Surface
Controlled by Estate of Randy Tomaiko; Ed Burgess
St. George, Washington County, UT · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202167
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2003–2008
- Latest incident
- Jul 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2008 · 2 incidents
Struck by flying object
Over-exertion in lifting objects
After picking up a bucket of clips approx. 15 lbs EE extendid his left arm outward to another ee to pass it to him. His arm failed lost all strength in his arm in an extended position.
2007 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Another employee hit victim's finger with a hammer while trying to knock pins out of the teeth of 700 trackhoe.
2004 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
Miner was working at Jaw Crusher feeding rocks. A rock became dislodged and fell on miner's hand, crushing middle right-hand finger.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Worker was cutting on belt--the knife blade broke, slipped and cut webbing on left hand. It is assumed that the right tool was not being used for the job that needed to be done.
2003 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ROCK WAS STUCK IN JAW CRUSHER. BARRING IT OUT, THE EE GOT THUMB BETWEEN BAR AND TOP OF METAL PLATE. THUMB WAS CUT USED CROW BAR.