Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Hammering on crusher wedges piece of metal flew under safety glasses and hit in the eye.
AAA Valley Gravel / Trunk road mineMetal/Nonmetal
AAA Valley Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Ahtna Inc
Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna County, AK · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5001501
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2003–2015
- Latest incident
- Sep 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2015 · 1 incident
2009 · 1 incident
Fall from machine
EE was sitting on frame of crusher tightening bottom deck screen bolts, when wrench slipped and EE fell approx 3' and landed on the conveyor blet guard.
2005 · 2 incidents
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS IN BETWEEN TWO CONVEYOR BELTS. HE WAS GUIDING SERVICE TRUCK BACK TO DO A REPAIR. TRUCK BUMPED CONVEYOR AND IT SLID INTO HIM, PINCHING HIS LEG AGAINST ANOTHER CONVEYOR.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee got something in his eye. He reported wearing safety glasses. Said he may have had something in his eye for some time. Does not recall getting hit in the eye with anything.
2004 · 1 incident
Fall onto or against objects
Apparently he stepped off crusher and bumped knee on a steel beam.
2003 · 1 incident
Struck by flying object
WIND HOWLING AND DUST GOT IN HIS EYE. OPERATOR WAS IN FRONT END LOADER AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.