Over-exertion in lifting objects
WORKER WAS PICKING UP CRUSHER PART WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. WORKER STATES HE WAS BENDING AND LIFTING AT THE SAME TIME.
Main Crusher 2sMetal/Nonmetal
Alaska Rock-Div/Summit Alaska Inc · Surface
Controlled by Alan See; Tim Schwanke
ANCHORAGE, Fairbanks North Star County, AK · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001621
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2001
- Latest incident
- Apr 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2001 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
TWO WORKERS WERE POSITIONING A CONVEYER USING AN HITACHI EXCAVATOR TO LIFT THE CONVEYER. THE CONVEYER WAS ATTACHED TO THE EXCAVATOR BUCKET USING TWO SETS OF CHAINS. ONE WORKER WAS ON THE GROUN D ATTEMPTING TO GUIDE THE LIFTED CONVEYER WHEN ALINK ON ONE SET OF CHAINS BROKE. THE CONVEYER FELL TO THE GROUND, APPROX 3 FT, AND STRUCK THE WORKER'S RIGHT UPPER LEG.