Mining Incidents

Fred Weber, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2007

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Fred Weber, Inc. operations in 2007. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2007
0
Total incidents
12
Year
2007

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 incidents
  2. 02MACHINERY3 incidents
  3. 03SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  4. 04STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 incident
  5. 05POWERED HAULAGE1 incident

All incidents in 2007

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE alleges to have injured left ankle & right knee while performing maintenance on slide chute.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE states he was working on a truck removing a flywheel. He does not know how he got some metal in his eye.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE reported to have injury at work after working all weekend at his 2nd job. EE admitted to working at his shop 8-10 hrs barbequing on concrete at pumpkin patch. Minor lifting of pumpkins from bed of truck resulted in strain. Questionable as being work related.

Fall onto or against objects

EE reported he lost grip to ladder while descending down to bottom of bin area. After losing grip from ladder he slid down the ladder falling against bottom of bin and hitting his right ankle.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE reported while using an impact gun to tighten nuts he felt a pain in his left arm below the elbow

Rubbed or abraded

EE states he was kneeling all day working on equipment when he noticed his left knee was bothering him.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE alleges cervical strain from operating scaling machine.

Contact with hot objects or substances

EE alleges a piece of hot slag fell on his foot inside his work boot while welding.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE alleges he cut his right ring finger on a bolt while removing a metal screen holding plate.

Fall from machine

EE alleges he slipped off machine while helping remove a radiator and cut his left shin. Received stitches. No time lost.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE alleges left arm & shoulder was hurting when he is operating the Mechanical Scaler.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES TO HAVE CUT HIS LEFT LONG FINGER, WHILE USING A PRY BAR.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Fred Weber, Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.