All MSHA-reportable accidents at Oconee County operations in 2020. Fatalities appear first.
The employee was driving the 1991 forklift up the hill from the plant/pit area to the scale house/shop area. Halfway up the hill, the forklift stopped running & as the employee was calling someone for mechanical assistance, the forklift began rolling backward down the hill. It stopped when it struck the tunnel at the old plant. The employee has no broken bones or internal injuries.
The employee was installing an evaporator core, and while turning a nut into a tight place, the pressure of the line sprang back and bent employee's pointer finger over top of the other three fingers.
The employee was assisting another employee with changing out some screens on the crushing plant. One of the screens had a sharp edge where it was worn down from the rock and had broken off. The sharp edge of the screen punctured the employee's right hand.
Employee was using an excavator to dig a boulder out of the pit floor, and the bucket slipped off the boulder, jarring the excavator and causing a whiplash effect.
Was not reported until 4/27/2020. Employee stated that EE's knee hurt when getting off the loader on 4/22/2020. It was observed that EE was short of breath and sweating. EE was sent to clinic and transferred to hospital. EE has blood clots in right leg and saddle between lungs. Treatment is on-going.