Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner was shoveling around conveyor support brackets when the shovel struck wooden blocks used to support the conveyor support legs. Impact with the wooden blocks caused injury to the miner's right wrist.
#1 Portable CrusherMetal/Nonmetal
Granite Construction Company · Surface
Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Palmer, Anchorage County, AK · Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 5001459
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2001–2009
- Latest incident
- Jun 2009
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2009 · 1 incident
2007 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
Miner lost footing while placing drill steel in holder, causing him to drop the steel, which bounced off ground and struck his left foot. Impact caused bruising to three toes on the foot. Safety boots not worn.
2001 · 2 incidents
Contact with hot objects or substances
EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF STEEL ON THE BACK OF MECHANIC'S TRUCK WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG (MOLTEN METAL) DROPPED OFF AND CURNED THYRU HIS PANT LEG, SOCK & BOOT AND BURNED HIS LEFT FOOT. INJURY APPE ARS TO BE 3RD DEGREE BURN.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO SET UP ROCK CRUSHER. A 988B LOADER BUCKET WAS POSITIONED OVER A CONVEYOR THAT WAS ALREADY SET IN PLACE WITH TAIL SECTION ON BLOCKS. WHEN LOADER STARTED TO BACK UP, THE TOOTH ON BUCKET HOOKED CONVEYOR FORCING IT OFF BLOCKS. EMPLOYEE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER SCREEN TRAILER- HER LEG GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND SCREEN TRAILER.