EE CARRIED 60LB BOX OF WELDING WIRE FROM SHOP TO PRIMARY CRUSHER & SET UP WELDING MACHINE/FELTSTINGING IN RIGHT GROIN AREA
Fort Spring PlantMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2002
- Latest incident
- Jun 2002
Reportable incidents
5 on file2002 · 2 incidents
EE WAS USING SLEDGEHAMMER TO ALIGN DOZER TRACK AND METAL FRAGMENT PUNCTURED CKIN ON CHEST COULD NOT DETERMINE IF METAL WAS FROM HAMMER OR DOZER TRACK.
2001 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS USING 988 B CAT LOADER TO CAST MATERIAL OFF #3 BENCH TO QUARRY FLOOR. AS HE WAS FILLING BUCKET, A BOULDER ROLLED BACK INTO BUCKET AND A PIECE (ABOUT HARD HAT SIZE) BROKE OFF AND S TRUCK WINDSHIELD. A PIECE OF GLASS FROM WINDSHIELD CUT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARMS. MUCK PILE HEIGHT WAS ABOUT 15 FT AND WORKING UP AN APPROX 10% GRADE.
2000 · 2 incidents
INJURED AND 2 OTHER EE'S WERE USING A 1 1/4 DIAMETER CABLE TO PULL 3 ROCKS BACK AWAY FROM THE THROAT OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. AS THEY WERE PULLING CABLE TO ATTACH TO THE LAST ROCK, HE FELT A PA IN IN HIS LOWER BACK, HIS LEFT LEG BEGAN TO FEEL COLD AND NUMB.
EE WAS WELDING ON TAILGATE BRACKET ON TANDEM HAUL TRUCK ON 7-28. DURING THE LATE EVENING HRS. HIS LEFT EYE BEGAN BOTHERING HIM. WHEN HE CAME TO WORK ON 7-29, HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD APPRENTLY ""BURNED"" HIS EYE WHILE WELDING ON TRUCJK. HIS EYE CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM & HE WENT TO HAVE IT CHECKED ON 8-4. THE DR. REMOVED A SMALL PIECE OF GRINDING FROM LEFT--FOEIRGN BODY CORNEA & CONJUN