All MSHA-reportable accidents at G S MATERIALS INC operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.
EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER AND SAID HE STRUCK A HOLE, SAID HE HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF LOADER AND JARRED HIS BACK, SAID HE WAS WEARING SEAT BELT, SITE WAS INSPECTED BY SUPERVISOR. NO H OLE FOUND. DOCTOR IS STATING THAT THIS IS A QUESTIONABLE CLAIM AT THIS TIME.
WAS CARRYING PIPE WITH CO-WORKER. PIPE WAS DROPPED AND IT FLEW UP AND HIT EE IN THE MOUTH.
WAS USING A HAMMER (HAND HELD) TO KNOCK IN A PIN AND HIT HIS HAND INSTEAD OF THE PIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM GREASE SHED TO PLANT HOUSE. HE CROSSED THE HAUL ROAD AND WAS STRUCK BY THE BUCKET OF A MOVING LOADER. REFUSED MEDICAL CARE AND DRUG SCREEN.
WAS SCRAPING HAUL ROAD WITH TRACTOR & BLADE. DROVE TRACTOR OFF SIDE OF ROAD. TURNED TRACTOR ONTO ITS SIDE.