All MSHA-reportable accidents at Rogers Group, Inc. operations in 2011. Fatalities appear first.
No injuries. Employees were changing bearing on #3 conveyor. Sparks from torch fell to the lowest deck on the scalper screen. Screen deck was rubber and caught fire. Fire was extinguised but started again and and got bigger. The fire department was called to put the fire out.
Employee stated his hip began to go numb and his leg also. He told the track hoe operator that he needed to park the truck and seek medical attention. Employee was taken to a walk-in clinic by another employee. The employee was driving haul truck at the time the employee told track hoe operator.
Employee lost balance after breaking an excessively tight fitting loose on a machine falling backward landing on left hand and fracturing left wrist. The employee was working in a tight area between the hydraulic tank and front frame about a foot off the ground.
Employee was flipping impact bars on Stedman. Employee used 4lb short handle sledge and hit wedge to loosen. Chip from wedge broke off and struck employee apx 4"" above navel.
Mechanic removing bin out of top shelf of service truck tool box. Had both hands on each side of bin while pulling it out. When the back portion of the bin came out it dropped and smashed his left hand pinky finger between the bin and the shelf of the tool box. Received 10 stitches to his left pinky finger.