MSHA record for Lehigh Quarry #117 (mine ID 3600134). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING BROKEN BOLTS ON DROPBALL AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP BURNING OUTFIT.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING UP WHEN A PIECE OF DIRT WENT IN HIS EYE EVEN THOUGH HE HAD HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING METAL FROM TRAILER HE UNLOADED CATWALK MATERIAL WITH CHAINS AND A LOADER WHEN A CHAIN SLIPPED OFF CAUSING THE CATWALK TO FALL INTO HIS ARM
EMPLOYEE HAD LO5DED TRUCK FROM CHUTE AT CRUSHER & HAD STARTED OR WAS ABOUT TO START DOWN ABOUT 6 STEPS TO GROUND HE REMEMBERS LOADING TRUCK & HOLDING ON TO RFAILING NEXT REMEMBERED WAS BEING I N AMBULANCE HE 5PPEARS TO HAVE STRUCK THE GROUND AFTER FALLING DOWN SOME STEPS CUTGTING REAR OF HEAD & GETTING A CONCUSSION HE INFORMED US HE HAD BEEN DOCTORING FOR BRONCHITIS RECENTLY
WHILE PULLING H5NDLE AT CRUSHER CHUTE TO LOOSEN JAM EMPLOYEE FELT AS THOUGH HE HAD STRAINED HIMSELF REPORT FROM VISIT TO DR INDICATED A POSSIBLE STRAIN ON 7-7-86 EMPLOYE TURNED IN SLIP FROM C SLIP FROM VISIT3TO DR 7-3-86 INDICATING A HERNIA
EMPLOYEE PUSHED LEVER TO CLOSE BIN AND LEFT GO. LEVER CAME FRONT HITTING HIM IN CENTER ABOVE NAVEL, CAUSING SMALL LUMP TO APPEAR. LUMP DID NOT DISAPPEAR AND EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR. DOCTOR OP ERATED 8-15-83, CALLED IT EGAGASTRIC HERNIA.