Flash burns (welding)
Grinding on welds, standing next to welder, his eyes were burned due to exposure to ultraviolet rays.
American Asphalt Paving CompanyMining Incidents in 2005
All MSHA-reportable accidents at American Asphalt Paving Company operations in 2005. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2005
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Year
- 2005
Top incident classifications
- 01MACHINERY2 incidents
- 02POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
- 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
All incidents in 2005
Struck against a moving object
Driving haul truck uphill, truck stalled and rolled backwards up onto berm. Rear wheels dropped into berm. Facial lacerations, hairline hip fracture.
Contact with hot objects or substances
Welding metal in a chute with torch, spark went in his glove and burned his left hand.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was working in steel plate. flipped the plate over, fell on his right hand, pinching finger between steel plate-bench.