Over-exertion in lifting objects
Employee was inside a head-box cleaning it out. As employee went to exit the box employee felt a strain in employee's back.
S W Barrick & SonsMining Incidents in 2017
All MSHA-reportable accidents at S W Barrick & Sons operations in 2017. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2017
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Year
- 2017
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
- 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
All incidents in 2017
Fall from ladders
Employee was traveling down a ladder, tripped and struck right knee on block ... reported injury on 7-28-17. Emp went to Clinic and was put on restrictions. Emp doing regular job (missing no time) but working with-in restrictions.
Fall onto or against objects
Employee injured knee when employee slipped climbing up an excavator to fuel it. This slip / injury happened on 6/2/17. Employee continued to work (after receiving 1st Aid) and worked without issue until employee woke-up on July 5th in pain. On July 5th employee had knee drained and was back to full duty on the 10th of July.
Struck against stationary object
Contractor Employee was working on tracks of excavator and had to remove built up dry dirt to get to the bolts. As they were scrapping the dried dirt, a small sliver of metal became embedded into the left forearm
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Employee was lifting a 50 pound 20 foot long piece of angle iron and felt a muscle pull in rib cage. Employee went to clinic and returned to work with lifting restrictions.