Struck by falling object
Employee was handling steel plates when one slipped an fell on their hand. Injuring the left hand index finger.
MORGAN KAME TERRACEMetal/Nonmetal
Palmer Coking Coal Company LLP · Surface
Controlled by William Kombol
Black Diamond, King County, WA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503338
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2014–2017
- Latest incident
- Feb 2017
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2017 · 1 incident
2015 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was directed to check activity on the other side of the berm. When stepping up onto the berm, employee's ankle rolled on uneven ground and injured his left calf. At the time of the accident, the employee was unsure if he was injured or not, or the exact extent of his injury.
2014 · 1 incident
Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
EE was working on a concrete dock which rolled causing the employee to fall. The EE worked the rest of his shift & worked the next day. On March 3, 2014 EE reported a sore back but was unsure of the exact. EE took a week of vacation to rest his back. On March 10 EE told employer that the fall was the probable cause of back injury & sought medical care on March 11, 2014.