All MSHA-reportable accidents at Salado Operations operations in 2017. Fatalities appear first.
The employee was talking to a mechanic about a problem with the skid loader. Mechanic was finishing up the repair and heard a noise. The employee went to the west side of the wet saw placed left hand on the gantry travel rail resulting in hand being run over by the gantry travel gear.
Employee was running the red chopper when ee placed a small rock in the chopper to be chopped. At this time the chopper chopped the rock the employee was holding the rock with left hand the chopper bar came down when the rock fell backwards causing fingers to get caught between the rock and the bar.
Employee was taking rock off of a conveyor belt to place in a metal box. While grabbing one rock another rock came off at the same time landing on employee's left index finger.
Employee was moving a diesel container on the fork of a skid loader (Cat 272 C) when the container lost balance. The employee got off the skid loader and pushed back to balance the container. After that, the employee started feeling pain in the lower back.
EE was loading the table in the jag shop with slabs of rock. There were two slabs on the table, the top one was not setting flat. EE then picked up the top slab with a rock bar to get the small rocks out from under it. The rock bar slipped off crushing two fingers under the slab on EE's left hand.
Was placing a #8 rock in container at this time an employee was not looking and went to throw a rock at this time rock came in contact with said employee Right index finger causing a cut on top of and on the bottom of finger.