Waverly Minerals has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
130
Years on record
1983–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
189
citations
50
significant & substantial
$46,479
proposed penalties
$42,425
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,054 gap.
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 725 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Waverly Minerals has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 5 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$46K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
188 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-10-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2004-02-04, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-02-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
2.63
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-02-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.7
1.88
0.37
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
2.36
0.16
Forklift Operator
2001-02-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
1.67
0.22
Cleanup Man
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Waverly Minerals recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.24 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004
5.35
3.57
0.000
2003
10.56
4.53
0.000
2002
1.49
1.49
0.000
2001
2.89
2.89
0.000
2000
1.37
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2008
36
2007
44
2006
44
2005
37
2004
51
2003
60
2002
60
2001
66
2000
66
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Waverly Minerals sits in Thomas County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Thomas County, Georgia · Population 45,696
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$60,140
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2
17,519
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
25,174
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
22,525
12
2
532.7
2007 Q3
22,965
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
23,271
5
0
214.9
2007 Q1
27,705
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
32,279
7
1
216.9
2006 Q3
26,576
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2
22,527
7
1
310.7
2006 Q1
23,206
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
23,908
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
21,841
22
4
1007.3
2005 Q2
21,304
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
12,117
6
1
495.2
2004 Q4
22,240
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
28,097
12
7
427.1
2004 Q2
31,561
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
30,227
12
6
397.0
2003 Q4
33,829
1
0
29.6
2003 Q3
32,764
12
3
366.3
2003 Q2
29,706
3
2
101.0
2003 Q1
36,292
12
4
330.7
2002 Q4
33,390
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
36,015
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
30,388
8
4
263.3
2002 Q1
34,068
27
5
792.5
2001 Q4
32,364
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
35,123
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
36,241
2
0
55.2
2001 Q1
34,513
14
2
405.6
2000 Q4
38,527
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
35,789
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
35,974
5
3
139.0
2000 Q1
36,161
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
130 on file
2004 · 3 incidents
April 12, 2004GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE TIGHTENING THE NUTS THAT HOLD THE OUTER DOOR ON MILL HOUSING, THE 18"CRESENT WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING THE WRENCH TO PINCH HIS FINGER AGAINST THE CONCRETE PILLAR.
February 17, 2004GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE SHIPPING DEPT THROUGH PALLETS THAT WERE PLACED NEAR THE DOOR, THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT GOT CAUGHT UNDER A PALLET CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO TRIP. THE RIGH T FOOT NEVER MOVED DURING THE FALL.
January 7, 2004GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE GETTING READY TO FIRE UP KILN #1 ON OIL. CHANGING KILN #1 FROM GAS TO OIL, SMOKE FROM THE OIL GOT IN KILN #1. WHEN IT LIT IT BLEW BACK ON THE EE'S LEFT HAND.
November 7, 2003GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A 3-15/16" BEARING HOUSING UP TO THE TOP OF C-1 WITH A 1/4" ROPE BY HAND. THE ROPE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND. REGRABBING THE ROPE CAUSED TENSION TO THE BACK MUSCLES.
THE EE WAS ABOUT TO ADJUST CONTROLS ON MOBILE GENERATOR WHEN A WASP NESTLING 1FT FROM CONTROL PANEL. SPRAY WAS APPLIED WAS BEGAN TO FLY EE RAN SAND SLIPPED IN THE MUD LANDING ON FACE & RIGHT SHOULDER
April 25, 2003GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE CARRYING HYDROLIC JACK TO KILN #2 STEPPED OUT OF THE SCOPPLES DOOR WHILE IT WAS RAINING FEEL SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER THE EE LOST BALANCE HYDRALIC JACK FELL ON LEFT KNEE.
While returning from the shipping office back to the main office. ee while coming down a set of strairs got her heel on ther top step causing her to loose balance and fall. fractured left wais t
February 4, 2003GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EE NEEDED TO REFMOVE 20 SLIP COVER FROM PALLET THAT WAS BEHIND ANOTHER PALLET, INSTEAD RMOVING THE PALLET IN FRONT HE HE DECIDED TO CRAWL OVER THE PALLET TO GET SLIP COVERS. ONCE HE GOT THE SL IPP COVERA AND STABLED CLIMB BACK OVER THE FRONTPALLET HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO FLOOR.
WHILE REPLACING A BROKEN BAG FROM A PALLET BEING LOADED ON A TRUCK, EE REPORTED A SHARP PAIN GOING THROUGH HIS SHOULDER WHICH HAD BEEN INJURED ON THE JOB IN 1985. SURGERY ON 1/7/02.
AT AROUND 9:00PM ON 10/13/00 ONE SECTION OF A UHMW LINER CAME OUT OF HP3 (CLAY HOPPER). THIS PLASTIC SHEET WAS PLACED ON THE FLOOR TO THE EAST OF THE CONTROL ROOM. AFTER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FULLER DRYER ALL NIGHT THE OPERATOR WENT OUTTO FIRE THE DRYER AT 5:30AM. WHILE ROUNDING THE CORNER OF THE CONTROL ROOM, HE TRIPPED ON THE PLASTIC & FELL LANDING FACE FIRST ON THE CONCRETE.
1999 · 3 incidents
November 15, 1999GA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 40 POUND OF ADDITIVE TO PLACE IN FEEDER AT START OF HIS SHIFT. WHEN BAG WAS PARTIALLY EMPTY, THE BAG SLIPPED AND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHEN REACHING TO CATCH TH E BAG. MUSCLE STRAIN. CHECKED BY A DOCTOR.
March 8, 1999GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS LIFTING AN EMPTY WOODEN PALLET FROM STACKONE HAND SLIPPED OFF AND PALLET MASHED 3RD FINGER OF RIGHT HAND AGAINST PALLET BELOW LACERATION REQURING STITCHES. OPERABLE FORKLIFT PARKED 20'AWAY
EE WAS STACKING 40# BAGS OF PRODUCT. HE REACHED FOR A BAG WITH A TWISTING MOTION & FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT BACK. STRAINED BACK REQUIRING 3 DAYS LIMITED DUTY.
February 13, 1997GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS RUSHING TO REMOVE BUILDUP OF MATERIAL & BUMPED CONVEYOR STEEL WORK KNOCKING OFF HARD HAT. WHEN RETRIEVING HAT, HE BUMPED OTHER STEEL WORK CAUSING LACERATION TO SCALP. SUTURES REQUIRED. RETURNED TO NORMAL WORK BEFORE END OF SHIFT.
1996 · 1 incident
July 31, 1996GA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN WORK AREA TALKIGN WITH LEADPERSON AND WAS STRUCK BY MOVING FORKLIFT CAUSING BRUISES AND SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE TO RIGHT FOOT. X-RAYS NEGATIVE.
1995 · 2 incidents
December 16, 1995GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTRIKING OR BUMPING
MAINTENANCE CREW HAD DISASSEMBLED SHREDDER AND TUB WAS SUSPENDED FROM STEEL BEAM ABOVE PLATFORM. INJURED WALKED UP STEPS TO PLATFORM AND BUMPED HIS HEAD ON BOTTOM OF TUB. LACERATION ON SCALP S UTURES. RETURNED TO NORMAL WORK.
June 20, 1995GA · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING DUST COVERED MOTOR DUST COATING FELL INTO MOVING MOTOR COOLING FAN BLOWING DUST INTO FACE & EYES EYES WAS CHECKED BY DOCTOR
1994 · 1 incident
August 12, 1994GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
ON 8-15-94, EE STATED HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE ON FRIDAY 8-12-94 WHILE CLEANING UP UNDER OMW WRAPPER WITH AIR HOSE. HOSE HAS MSHA APPROVED NOZZLE. EYE WAS WASHED OUT BUT EE STATED ON 8-18-9 4 THAT IT WAS IRRITATING HIM. DR REMOVED SMALL PARTICLE AND RETURNED EE TO NORMAL WORK. REQUIRED GOGGLES FOR THIS JOB NOT BEING USED.
1993 · 3 incidents
November 10, 1993GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS USING FRONT END LOADER TO REMOVE MATERIAL FROM B-15. SURFACE WAS WET AND SLIPPERY FROM RECENT RAIN. BOTTOM STEP ON LOADER WAS MUDDY AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF CAUSING STRAIN TO LOWE R LEFT BACK.
November 1, 1993GA · Metal/Non-Metalshaft repair, skip tender, station tenderPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE HAD PLACED A RE-STACKED PALLET OF PRODUCT ON THE CONVEYOR AND ACTIVATED THE ELECTRIC EYE BY PLACING HAND IN FRONT OF EYE. HE WAS WEARING GLOVES AND ROLLER CAUGHT GLOVE PULLING RHAND DOWN WHICH WAS STRUCK BY PALLET MOVING TO WRAPPER. FINGER BROKEN ON RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND TH EHANDRAIL BY THE TIME CLOCK IN SHIPPING AND STUBLED OVER THE HANDRAIL BASE PLATE. WHILE FALLING DOWN, HE TRIED TO GRAB THE BULLENTIN BOARD TO BREAK FALL, RIGHT HAND SLID DOWN BULLENTIN BOARD FRAME CAUSING DEEP LACERATION AT BASE OF RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.
1992 · 2 incidents
November 16, 1992GA · Metal/Non-Metalshaft repair, skip tender, station tenderMACHINERY
AUTOMATIC STACKER WAS READY TO MOVE DOWN AND STACK PATTERN WAS WRONG. WHEN MAKING CORRECTION, EMPLOYEE SAW A BALE THAT HAD FALLEN OFF PALLET JAMMING ELEVATOR. WHEN THIS BALE WAS REMOVED, ELEVA TOR MOVED DOWN CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO EXTEND HIS ARM FOR SUPPORT RESULTING IN STRAINED SHOULDER AND NECK MUSCLES. X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE.
March 24, 1992GA · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerOTHER
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF MINE SERVICE TRUCK AT PLANT.CLAIMS OF PAIN HAVE RESULTED IN LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DAYS PERIODICALLY SINCE FIRST INJURY.LATEST CLAIM STARTED 03-24-92.
1991 · 7 incidents
November 25, 1991GA · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerOTHER
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF MINE SERVICE TRUCK AT PLANT.CLAIMS OF PAIN HAVE RESULTED IN LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DAYS PERIODICALLY SINCE FIRST INJURY.LATEST CLAIM STARTED 11-25-91.
EMPLOEYE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM ROAD GRADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF STEP,HE FELL AND STUMBLED TO GROUND.AND PULLED MUSCLE BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES.HE WENT TO DOCTOR 08-19-91.LOST TIME STARTED 09- 03-91.
May 7, 1991GA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING DRILLING OPERATION. HANDLING HEAVY CORE DRILL BITS AND HEAVY WRENCHES. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL ACTIVITY FOR MINE OPERATORS AND USED MUSCLES NOT NORMALLY USED DURING REGULAR M INING OPERATIONS. EMPLOYEE BEGAN RESTRICTED DUTY 6-6-91. STRAINED RIGHT FOREARM.
April 2, 1991GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A #240 SPROCKET TO A SCRAP METAL CONTAINER FOR PROPER DISPOSAL HE ATTEMPTED TO TOSS THE SPROCKET INTO THE CONTAINER WHEN IT HUNG ON HIS SHIRT THIS MADE THE SPROCKET ROLL DO WN H IS ARM MASHING HIS ARM AGAINST OTHER SCRAP METAL
January 23, 1991GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EMPL WAS JACKING UP A TRAILER AND SOME PALLETS THAT WERE PUT UNDER THE TRAILER TO SHORE IT UP SHIFTED AND INJURED HIS LITTLE FINGER BY CATCHING IT BETWEEN THE PALLET AND PAVEMENT
October 31, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE VALVE PACKER MACHINE. HE STOPPED FOR BREAK AND WAS LEAVING THE VALVE PACKER DOWN STEPS AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. LOW BACK PAIN.
October 18, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS CHANGING A WHEEL AND AXLE ON A MOTOR DRIVEN CONVEYOR IN THE SHIPPING DEPARTMENT AND A STACK OF ODD PALLETS INCLUDING PALLETIZED EMPTY BAGS AND FULL BAGS APPROX 12 FEET HIGH FELL OVER ST RIKING EE IN THE BACK.
October 18, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR HAD ADJUSTED THE GANGBOARD TO LOAD THE LAST PALLETS ON A TRUCK AND HAD JUST STARTED TO BACK UP WHEN EE WALKED UP ON HIS BLIND SIDE TO PUT A LOADING CHART IN THE TRUCK AN D WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT FOOT AND LEG BY THE LEFT REAR WHEEL OF THE FORKLIFT.
October 4, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
THE CREW WAS CHANGING FROM KITTY MATERIAL TO MULTICAT MATERIAL. SOME OF THE MATERIAL WAS DROPPED FROM THE ALL FILL MACHINE AND THE FAN BLEW THE MATERAIL INTO EMPLOYEES EYES.
October 2, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TOOLS FROM SCREW CONVEYOR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL FROM SCREW CONVEYOR STRIKING STEEL COLUMN AND THEN FELL TO GROUND. AREA WAS WET AND SLICK FROM RECENT RAIN. CO NTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO FACE, ABDOMEN AND EXTREMITIES.
June 27, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPL WAS WORKING AS KITTY LINE DROPPER. WHEN CHA GING BAG SIZES CONVEYOR IS LOWERED TO CORRECT HEIGHT THEN ANUALLY MOVED ALONG FLOOR TO PROPER POSITION UNDER DROPPER. EMPL WAS MOVING CONVEYOR TO PROPER POSITION & STRAINED BACK.
May 24, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorOTHER
EMPL REPORTED TO SUPERVISION THAT HER R FOOT WAS HURTING THIS IS SAME FOOT INJURED 6-20-80 NO SPECIFIC CAUSE OR TIME OF INJURY IS KNOWN RECURRENCE OF OLD INJURY IS POSSIBLE BUT NO SPECIFIC INC IDENT TO CAUSE INJURY ORTHOPEDIC EXAM SHOWS ANKLE SPRAIN
May 18, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPL REPAIRING BROKEN LOADING DOCK BUMPER USING ELEC WELDER AND FORKLIFT.FORKS USED TO PUSH METAL INTO PLACE FOR WELDING.THUMB GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN PIECES OF STEEL AND CUT & BRUISED RIGHT THUMB.
May 4, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL WAS WORKING AS KITTY LINE DROPPER. WHEN CHANGING BAG SIZES CONVEYOR IS LOWRED TO CORRECT HEIGHT THEN MANUALLY MOVED ALONG FLOOR TO PROPER POSITION UNDER DROPPER. EMP WAS MOVING CONVEYOR T O PROPER POSITION & STRAINED HER BACK.
January 19, 1989GA · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WS CUTTING OIL LINE ON AIR COMPRESSOR INTO WITH AN ACETYLENE CUTTING TORCH. CUTTING TORCH HEATED OL IN THE LINE AND WHEN CUT INTO BLEW OUT ON EMPLOYEE BURNING HIS LEFT AND RIGHT FOREA MS, TOP OF RIGHT HAND AND LEFT SIDE OF FACE.
November 15, 1988GA · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE USING CUTTING TORCH,SHALL PARTICLE OF METAL SCALE ENTERED OPENING OF SAFETY GLASSES AND ATTACHED TO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE.
October 12, 1988GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER AT PRIMARY CRUSHER & FOOT SLIPED WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF RUNG OF LADDER THE RUNG NEXT TO HIS RT.ARM WAS FORCED INTO THE RTR.ARM PIT
October 11, 1988GA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
EMPL WAS WALKING UP FROM GROUND LEVEL TO APPROX 2' HIGH WAREHOUSE FLOOR MADE MISSTEP & LOST BALANCE FALLING BACKWARDS HITTING HIS HEAD ON WLEDING MACHINE.
July 26, 1988GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF MINE SERVICE TRUCK AT PLANT
May 21, 1988GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
April 29, 1988GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING FROM 2/20'S TO 5/10'S AND HAD TO MOVE METAL TABLE SO SHE COULD LET THE CONVEYOR BELT DOWN
1987 · 19 incidents
December 29, 1987GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A PORTABLE WELDER FROM THE PICKUP TAILGATE BY HAND WHEN IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON EMPLOYEES FOOT
October 15, 1987GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING FROM OPERATOR'S SEAT OF VALVE PAK WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING ONTO PLATFORM STRIKING THE GRATING WITH HIS LEFT KNEE.
October 2, 1987GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EMPLOYEE WAS FIRST INJURED IN MAY OF 1980 ON 10-2-87 HE STEPPED ON SOMETHING WHILE WALKING AROUND CONVEYOR TURNED HIS FOOT CAUSING NEW PAIN IN AN OLD INJURY
September 11, 1987GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN OFF OF KOMATSU LOADER TO GO PUNCH HAUL CARD FOR TRUCK DRIVER HE STEPPED DOWN ON RT FOOT AND TURNED TO THE LEFT TWISTING HIS RT LEG
August 10, 1987GA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING A TRUCK BACKED UP TO THE BACK DOCK AND FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME PALLETS OUT OF THE WAY WHEN HIS STEERING TIRE CAUGHT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR CAUSING IT TO KNOCK OV ER THE PALLETS ON EMPLOYEE
June 28, 1987GA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
WALKING TO SHIPPING OFFICE WHEN HE SLIPPED IN WATER BLOWN IN WAREHOUSE.
April 23, 1987GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BACKING POWER CURVE OUT OF TRUCK WHEN STACKER TWISTED AND SLAMMED EMPL RIGHT HAND AGAINST TRAILER WALL.
February 14, 1987GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL STEPPED FROM YARD TRACTOR TO GROUND,STEPPING ON ROCK CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT BIG TOE.
1986 · 2 incidents
November 12, 1986GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE HAD GO3E TO GET SOME BALERS AND CAUGHT HER FOOT ON BINDING STRAP FROM A BOX AND TRIPPED AND FELL.
July 24, 1986GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE ATTEPTING TO REMOVE A HEAVY BURNER DOOR FROM A HAND CART TO FLOOR LEVEL HE POULLED WITH HIS BACK MUSCLES INSTEAD OF WITH HIS LEGS, ECT. THUS HE PULLED OF SPRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS LOW ER BACK.
January 24, 1983GA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS