Over-exertion in lifting objects
Employee was moving a ware iron from a shipping box to a pallet. Felt pain in his back.
Lewis & Lewis, Portable 01Metal/Nonmetal
Lewis and Lewis · Surface
Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, WY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801482
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2003–2015
- Latest incident
- Feb 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2015 · 1 incident
2007 · 1 incident
Fall onto or against objects
Driver was fueling truck, stepped on ice and hit step on side of fuel tank.
2005 · 1 incident
Struck against a moving object
Operating a scraper running over chunks of ice caused back to hurt; over a few days his back got worse.
2004 · 2 incidents
Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BY A WORK AREA WHEN A PIECE OF FLYING DEBRIS STRUCK HIM IN THE EYELID.
Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE HAS COMPLAINED OF NECK AND BACK PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE BOUNCING OF THE LOADER HE HAD DRIVEN FOR YEARS. HE HAS BEEN GETTING CHIROPRACTIC CARE FOR A FEW WEEKS. HE CAME TO THE OFFICE ON NOV. 29 TO FILL OUT WORKER'S COMP. PAPERWORK.
2003 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS SHOVELING OFF THE IMPACTOR HURT SHOULDER HAD SURGERY ON ROTOR CUFF.