MSHA record for East Ridge (mine ID 2601877). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EMP STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK WHILE DRIVING END-DUMP WITH THE SEAT IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED. THIS TRUCK WAS NOT HIS REGULAR TRUCK, THE SEAT ADJUSTER WAS BROKEN
DRILL HELPER HAD SCREW DRILL BIT ON HAMMER WHEN DRILLER RAISED HAMMER & BIT FELL OFF HELPER TRIED TO GRAB BIT & DRILLER LOWERED HAMMER TO SCREW BACK IN TO BIT WHEN HE PINCHED OFF HELPERS FIN GERS BETWEEN HAMMER & BIT HELPER LOST RIGHT RING FINGER TO FIRST JOINT & 1/4IN OFF LEFT RING FINGER
EMPLOYEE STRAINED MUSCLES IN NECK FROM FALLING OFF TRACK OF DRILL WHILE FUELING IT.
THE DRILL HELPER PLACED HIS CHAIN WRENCH AROUNG DRILL BIT AS TORQUE WAS APPLIED TO THE STEEL IT MOVED OUT HITTING THE DRILL HELPER IN THE HEAD
WHILE WELDING WARE PLATES ON BUCKET TEETH A PIECE OF SLAG FEEL IN LEFT SHOE. STINGER WAS DROPPED ON WORK BENCH CAUSING IT TO SHORT OUT IN TURN BURNING OFF GROUND LEAD AT CLAMP WHILE SITTING ON BENCH TO REMOVE SLAG FROM SHOE HE SAT ON THE HOT GROUND CLAMP BURNING HIS BUTTOCKS.
OPERATOR WAS RIPPING AND DOZING A HARD NOB ALL AFTERNOON. BY THE END OF THE DAY HIS NECK AND BACK WAS STIFF, CONSTANT LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER. THE NEXT DAY HE WENT TO THE DR, WHO FOUND TORN
HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A DOZER CUTTING EDGE & AS HE PICKED UP HE RUPTURED HIMSELF IN THE GROIN.