EE AND A LOADER OPERATOR WERE REPLACING A GUARD ON THE PRIMARY THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR MAINTENANCE. WEIGHING APPROX 150 LBS THE GUARD WAS BEING LIFTED BY A CHAIN ATTACHED TO A LOADER BUCKET. THE CHAIN HOOK WAS USED TO ATTACH THE GUARD. THEGUARD SLIPPED FROM THE HOOK, FELL TWO FT AND STRUCK EE'S FOOT.
PLANT #41Metal/Nonmetal
Controlled by Mathy Construction Company
Rochester, MN, Monroe County, WI · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703125
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2000–2002
- Latest incident
- May 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2002 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
2001 · 3 incidents
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHEN WORKING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT EE'S KNEE POPPED WHEN HE STOOD UP.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE'S FEET SLIPPED OFF LOADER FRAME WHILE CHANGING HYDRAULIC HOSE, CATCHING HIS LT ARM ON THE HYDRAULIC VALVE BRACKET CAUSING THE INJURY TO HIS ARM.
Struck by flying object
EE WAS LOOKING DOWN IN BREAKER WHEN A ROCK FLEW OUT AND STRUCK HIS WRIST.
2000 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE CATWALK OF THE SECONDARY. HEWENT TO STEP ON THE LOWER CATWALK AND HIS FOOT GAVE OUT AND ROLLED TO THE LEFT.
Struck against stationary object
WHILE SHOVELING EE STRUCK HIS FINGER AGAINST A PIECE OF METAL AT THE ROLL PLANT.