All MSHA-reportable accidents at Martin Marietta Kansas City, LLC operations in 2006. Fatalities appear first.
EE was cleaning rooms when he was summoned by another ee at the North Face. He drove over & after arriving stopped the loader & shut off the engine & lights. He got out of the loader & walked approx. 75' to talk to other ee,discussion & getting paper towels out of the drill he walked back to the in the dark & when doing so he struck the loader bucket with his face.
Employee was loading anfo into one of the top holes of a heading being loaded. He was trying to insert the hose further into the hole by wiggiling it. While doing this the hose became caught. As he tried to free the hose he knocked a rock loose which fell and strugk his left forearm. The cut required stitches.
EE was loosening oil plug to do preventive maintenance on engine & when doing so, wrench slipped out of plug resulting in his hat coming off his head, out of reach. He proceeded to loosen drain plug to drain oil & after oil started draining he proceeded to crawl out from under loader when he raised up too early & hit his head on bottom of counterweight on back of loader.
Employee was scaling when a rock fell in front of the scaling machine. A piece of the rock came down the scaling arm and through the glass. He received a small cut on his leg from the glass. The cut required on stitch.