Injured was standing on a platform 4.5 feet off the floor, attempting to attach a come-along when he lost his balance and fell to the floor.
O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company)Mining Incidents in 2013
All MSHA-reportable accidents at O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company) operations in 2013. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2013
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Year
- 2013
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
- 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
All incidents in 2013
Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Injured was helping to install a new 30"" conveyor belt at the HiCal crushing plant. Injured had put clamps on the belt in order to pull the belts together when one side hung up on part of the frame of the conveyor. Injured lifted up on the chain that was hooked to the clamp and pinched his right hand between the clamp and the angle on the conveyor.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was wearing all PPE, when flipping welding hood down particle went into right eye. Could not was particle out with eye wash. EE went to urgent care .