Mining Incidents

McGeorge Contracting Company IncMining Incidents in 2002

All MSHA-reportable accidents at McGeorge Contracting Company Inc operations in 2002. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2002
0
Total incidents
16
Year
2002

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS11 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  3. 03MACHINERY1 incident
  4. 04STRIKING OR BUMPING1 incident
  5. 05OTHER1 incident

All incidents in 2002

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE CHECKING SCREENS ON A VIBRATORY SHAKER. EE FELL OFF ANOTHER VIBRATORY SHAKER EARLIER INT HE EVENING, BUT IT WAS NOT REORTED UNTIL AFTER THE SECOND FALL.

Struck by falling object

DROPPED A PIECE OF SQUARE CHANNEL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT WHILE REPLACING A BEARING ON A SHAFT.

Flash burns (welding)

HELPING TO WELD A PATCH PLATE WHEN HE RECEIVED A FLASH BURN TO EYES.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING CRUSHER BOWL AND CAUGHT ARM BETWEEN TRUCK BED AND CRUSHER BOWL.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE HELPING TO LEAD A SUMP PUMP IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP, EE HURT LOWER BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOING CLEANUP WITH WATERHOSE AND TWISTED.

Struck by falling object

DROPPED A PIECE OF 1"" X 2"" X 3"" METAL ON RIGHT FOOT ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO. WASN'T REPORTABLE UNTIL 10/24/02 WHEN HE WENT ON LIGHT DUTY AFTER AGGREVATING THE INJURY BY STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL OF WE LDING TRUCK, RIGHT FOOT POPPED.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

USING A 16 POUND SLEDGE HAMMER TIGHTENING BOLTS TO SLIPPED ON GYRO CRUSHER.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING AROUND BASE PLANT WHEN ROCK BOUNCED AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

Struck against stationary object

WALKING ALONG CONVEYOR WALKWAY AND BUMPED HEAD ON OVERHEAD BEAM.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

USING A SHOVEL TO CLEAN OUT RAIL CARS.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS LOADING A SHOT WHEN PUTTING TUBE IN HOLE THE ROCK HOLDING THE CAP WIRES FLIP UP HITTING HIS LEFT FOOT.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

ABOUT 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO RECEIVING MEDICAL ATTENTION EE COMPLAINED OF A WRIST PROBLEM AFTER LIFTING A SCREEN. WHILE SHOVELING ON 9/12/02 HE SAID HIS FINGERS WENT NUMB AND WAS GIVEN MEDICAL ATTEN TION.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING A SCREEN ON THE 6 X 16 SHAKER AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN THE RAIL AND THE SCREEN.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLOSING A DOOR TO A FEEDER, THE HANDLE SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS RIGHT UPPER ARM.

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 McGeorge Contracting Company Inc's numeric MSHA operator ID.