Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The employee was using a pry bar to scale, the pry slipped causing a strain to the right elbow.
Bluff City Minerals, LLCMining Incidents in 2012
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Bluff City Minerals, LLC operations in 2012. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2012
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Year
- 2012
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 incidents
- 02MACHINERY1 incident
- 03ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES1 incident
All incidents in 2012
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The employee was manual scaling, the pry bar slipped and pinched his finger between the bar and the hand rail on the man lift basket.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The employee was scaling and experienced pain in both shoulders.
Contact with hot objects or substances
Employee was using a torch to cut bolts off the Primary feeder floor in overhead position. Hot slag dripped down into his glove causing a 3rd degree burn to the lateral side of left hand.
(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was carrying empty bags and when he set them down he felt a pop in his left shoulder.