Flash burns (welding)
While watching over his crew perform various welding, cutting, and using the plasma ark through out the day, he injured his eyes.
Salt River Sand & RockMining Incidents in 2006
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Salt River Sand & Rock operations in 2006. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2006
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Year
- 2006
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS6 incidents
- 02HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)5 incidents
- 03MACHINERY2 incidents
- 04STRIKING OR BUMPING1 incident
- 05FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 incident
All incidents in 2006
Struck by falling object
The employee was marking the inside of a manifold cup plate, when lifting the plate the eye broke and as it was moved the plate struck the employee on the top of his hard hat.
Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
Cleaning the grizzly bars with a sledge hammer, the following day he felt pain on his lower back.
Struck against stationary object
HE WAS WRITTING ON THE BOARD OUTSIDE AND DROPPED THE MARKER, HE BENT DOWN TO PICK IT UP AND AS HE STOOD UP HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CORNER OF THE BOARD.
Struck against stationary object
Assisting in the installation of a genset and bumped his finger.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
He was pouring concrete and suddenly felt pain in his left knee.
Struck by falling object
While putting a nut on an eye bolt the pry bar slipped and the metal plate fell on his finger.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
While helping load the switch gear panel on to the forklift he pinched his finger.
Struck by falling object
A ROCK APPROX. 6"" IN SIZE FELL FROM 10' OFF THE ROCK CRUSHER AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK.
Struck by falling object
He was changing a liner at plant #3 and smashed his finger with a steel shaft while trying to hammer out the liner.
Struck against stationary object
While cleaning under the jaw conveyor he jammed his right thumb against the side of the crusher frame. This employee did not report his injury until March 31.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
He was shoveling material at the wash plant when he felt pain in his forearm and his fingers went numb.
Struck by falling object
He was shoveling material when a digging bar fell over and hit him on the wrist.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
He placed flashing on his leg and proceeded to cut through it. The knife slipped and he cut his leg.