MSHA record for Powell Bend Mine (mine ID 4103184). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EMPL WORKING ON BUCKET TEETH OF LOADER.4 LB METAL HAMMER WAS USED TO LOOSEN TEETH.TOOTH WAS STRUCK WITH HAMMER AND METAL SPLINTER BROKE LOOSE FROM TOOTH,EMBEDDED IN EMPL UPPER LEFT THUMB.EMPL WENT TO LOCAL DR WHERE SPLINTER WAS REMOVED.
EMPL WAS WORKING ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET CROWS FOOT ANOTHER GROUP OF EMPLS WERE CHANGING BUCKET TOOTH CAPS A METAL SLEDGE HAMMER WAS USED TO LOOSEN THE OLD TOOTH CAPS FOR ;REMOVAL WHEN A TOOTH CAP WAS STRUCK WITH THE SLEDGE A METAL SPLINTER BROKE LOOSE FROM THE CAP FLEW AND LODGED IN THE EMPLS UPPER R ARM EMPL WENT TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WHER SPLINTER WAS REMOVED
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D9L DOZER THE DOZER DROPPED INTO A HOLE ABOUT 4 FEET DEEP CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRAIN HIS NECK AT THE TIME EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF A SORE NECK BUT DID NOT THINK HE NEED ED TO SEE A DR HIS NECK HAS APPARENTLY BOTHERED HIM OFF AND ON SINCE EMPLOYEE WENT TO SEE A CHIROPRACTIC DR ON 5-19-88 AND FILED A WORKMENS COMP CLAIM ON 5-10-88
EMPLOYEE WAS WATER CLEANING DRAGLINE DRAW WORKS. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL 4-5 FT BETWEEN DRUM STRIKING HIS NECK ON DRAG DUM.