ON MONDAY 7-28-97 AT APPROX 1720, I DISCOVERED THAT OUR WAREHOUSE/BAGGING/MILL ROOM WAS ON FIRE.
DCS MILL Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for DCS MILL (mine ID 4702607). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Years on record
- 1987–1997
- Latest incident
- Jul 1997
Reportable incidents
13 on file1997 · 1 incident
1995 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCKS UNDER THE DRYER CAUSING HIS ARM TO BECOME SORE. HIS LEFT ARM IS SORE ABOVE THE ELBOW.
1994 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A TRUCK WITH DOCK PLATE DOWN. EMPLOYEES WERE TALKING NEAR THE RAMP. EMPLOYEE BACKED OUT OF THE TRUCK WITH PALLET ON THE FORKLIFT (2 WHEELS PLATE - 2 FLOOR) EMPLOYEE THEN TOLD OTHER THAT HIS FOOT WAS UNDER THE DOCK PLATE. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY SHOES. DOCK PLATE THEN FRACTURED HIS TOE.
1991 · 5 incidents
EMPL WAS RUNNING INTO BUILDING WHEN ANOTHER EMPL WAS COMING THROUGH DOOR WITH DUMPSTER & RAN INTO INJ HITTING HIM IN CHEST.
PIECE OF METAL FELL ON I NAME RT HAND
I NAME WAS WORKING IN THE CRUSHER WHEN GUARD OVER MAIN BELT RIPPED LOOSE & STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK
I.NAME PULLING ON A CHAIN TRYING TO MOVE HOIST ON THE MILL AND CHAIN BROKE WHICH MADE HIM FALL FROM MILL.
PULLING BLACKOX IN 50 LB BAGS AND FELT CRAMP IN BACK.
1990 · 1 incident
HE WAS LIFTING 100 LB. BAGS WHEN HE HURT HIS ELBOW AND UPPER ARM.
1988 · 2 incidents
I. NAME WAS MIXING LIQUID COLOR AND BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A STEEL BEAM.
I NAME WAS WORKING ON THE MILL REMOVING THE BIG DRIVE WHEEL WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND TORE HIS ROTATOR CUFF.
1987 · 2 incidents
I NAME WAS CUTT3NG BAGS OF COLOR OPEN WHEN HIS ARM SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS CORNEA.
HE WAS CHANGING3THE FILL HOSE FROM THE SMALL COLOR HOPPER TO THE LARGE SILO WHEN THE HOSE STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.
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