EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SOME ANVILES FOR SPOKANE CRUSHER FROM THE GED OF A PICK UP & T HROWING THEM ON THE GROUND ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER THE EMPLOYEE HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK
Yelverton Pit Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Yelverton Pit (mine ID 4102422). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 34
- Years on record
- 1985–1991
- Latest incident
- Mar 1991
Reportable incidents
34 on file1991 · 1 incident
1990 · 5 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING SOME SCREEN CLOTH IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION WHILE A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HIM. THERE WAS NO LIFTING AT ALL. HE SAID HE TWISTED OR STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WS REPLACING BEARING ON #39 CONVEYOR BELT ON TAIL PULLEY. BEARING HOUSING BROKE AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN SHAFT AND FRAME. CUT PALM OF HAND AND CHIPPED BONE IN RIGHT THUMB.
EMPL REMOVING GEAR BOX FROM CONVEYOR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER,HIT SHIN WITH HAMMER.HAD TO HAVE 3 STITC
EMPL GOT HOT AND STARTED HAVING HEADACHES. Y
EE STOPPED EUCLID TO GET A PLATE OFF OF THE HAUL ROAD AND NEVER SET HIS PARKING BRAKES. EUCLID STARTED TO ROLL, EE RAN TO GET IN AND THE DOOR HIT HIS ARM. CAUSING BRUISE AND SWELLING.
1989 · 5 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS IN SHOP WORKING ON HAMMER. EMPLOYEE LIFTED HAMMER WITH THE CRANE IN THE SHOP. CHAIN SLIPPED AND BREAKER DROPPED ON HAND WHILE TRYING TO PUT BLOCKS UNDERBREAKER.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SKIRT BOARD RUBBER ON PLANT WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT LEG EMPLOYEE HAD TO HAVE A TETNUS SHOT
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND SHOP YARD, WHEN HE STEPPED UP ON BUMPER OF TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HIS RIGHT KNEE HIT BED ON TRUCK. SPRAINING RIGHT KNEE.
EMPL STANDING ON RECEIVING BOX ON CONE CRUSHER AND REACHED TO GET MED BALL BUT WHEN ROCK FELL AND CUT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.
WORKING ON CONE AT 42 WIND WAS BLOWING SAND BLEW IN EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE.
1988 · 7 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS REFUELING PIT PUMP AT PLANT 42 A BOULDER ROLLED DOWN AND ACROSS EMPLOYEES RIGHT FOOT CAUSING SWELLING AND BRUISING.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING EUCLID ON 10-11-88 WHEN THE PLANT WENT DOWN AND HE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO WALK TO WALK DOWN A SLOPE OF THE HEADER BANK WHEN HIS ARTIFICIAL LEG BUCKLED AND CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND FALL DOWN THE SLOPE.
EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A BATTERY OUT OF BATTERY CASE OF A EUCLID. THE STRAPS THT ARE PROVIDED ON THEENDS OF THE BATTERIES. ONE BROKE LETTING THE BATTERY FALL TO ONE SIDE AND BREAKING EMPLOYEE S LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP SWIVEL BASE ON 6 X 16 SECREEN MOTOR TO INSTALL V-BELTS THE BAR THAT HE WAS USING FOR LEVERAGE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER UNDER THE EDGE OF MOTOR BASE
MOVING FLOATING ROLL ON 4030 TRIPLE ROLL FOR ADJUSTMENT WHEN THE HYD RAM BUSTED THE UBOLTS THAT SUPPORTED IT THIS CAUSED A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS LOOSE TO FALL AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK
THE MAN WAS ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING MATERIAL OUT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR WHEN HE TURNED TO THROW THE MATERIAL HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK.
DRIVING WEST ON US 84, WHEN A PICK-UP STRUCK HIM IN THE REAR IOF VEHICLE CAUSING HIS HEAD TO GOTHRU THE REAR GLASS ON THE TRUCK. THE OTHER PICK-UP WAS DRIVING APPROX. 60 MPH, MAN WAS BELIVED TO BE DWI.
1987 · 6 incidents
WAS WORKING OUT IN SHOP, GOT TO HOT HAD SHORTNES OF BREATH, UP SET STOMACH. HAD DIZZNESS. LAID DOWN FOR AWHILE. PEACHES BATHED HIM DOWN WITH COLD WATER AND GAVE HIM LIQUIDS.
FLASH BURN ON E2ES FROM BUILD UP WELDER.
HAMMER CAME OFF OF HANDLE-STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
WELDING ON ROLL2R, REACHED ACROSS ROLLOR TO START ANOTHER WELD, SHIRT CAUGHT ON FIRE COULD NOT GET SHIRT OFF. BURN ON BACK.
WAS PUTTING SKIRT BOARD HOOKER ON TOP OF CONVEYOR GAURD ON BACK OF TAIL PULLEY. HE WAS TRYING TO BALANCE HIMSELF TO JUMP DOWN & HIS WEDDING BAND GOT HUNG ON WIRE, PULLING SKIN OFF THAT FINGER.
CLEARING ROCK OUT OF JAW, SWINGING BREAKER BAR & HIT HAND ON METAL ON SIDE PLATE.
1986 · 7 incidents
PULLED MUSCLE I3 GROIN MOVING X-TIE UNDER EUCLID.
PULLED MUSCLE I3 GROIN MOVING X-TIE UNDER EUCLED.
CARRYING WATER 7AN SND STEPPED ON ROCK OF FEEDER RAMP.
EMPLOYEE WAS WA8HING BOULDER IN JAW CRUSHER AND CROWBAR SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN CHEEK BONE
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING BEARING ON A C SCREEN DISCHARGE CAN.BELT & GOT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3PIT WORKING & TWISTED KNEE
EMPLOYEE LIFTED3A PUMP UP TO MOVE OVER & STRAINED HIS BACK.
1985 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND GOT A WELDING CHIP IN EYE EYE WAS CLEANED OUT AND EMPLOYEE CAME BACK TO WORK
HIT IN RIGHT SIDE WITH A PIECE OF MACHINERY, EMP WAS SENT TO DR PATTON HERE IN MEXIA THIS DRS REPORT IS ATTACHED, I.NAME DECIDED HE NEEDED A SECOND OPINION H AS SINCE SEEN HIS OWN DR
EMPLOYEE PULLED A MUSCLE
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