Mining Incidents

Salt River Sand & RockMining Incidents in 2007

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Salt River Sand & Rock operations in 2007. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2007
0
Total incidents
14
Year
2007

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS7 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  4. 04OTHER1 incident
  5. 05MACHINERY1 incident

All incidents in 2007

Fall to the walkway or working surface

He stumbled on large rocks and fell back on to a rock berm.

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

He was pounding rocks out of the jaw with a sledge hammer. When he hit some loose rocks the hammer pulled him forward and strained his back.

Fall down stairs

Missed the step and his right leg went in between the steps causing him to fall backwards putting pressure on his leg.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He strained his lower back while removing a drain plug on the loader transmission.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While the employee was shoveling she pulled her left hand finger back. She did not report this injury until the following day on 10/3/07.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While removing the toggle seat on a jaw crusher the seat moved out of its position and hit him in the head.

Struck by falling object

He was lifting a pipe and it dropped on his finger.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

On 4/12 he strained his back while installing a battery in a truck, but did not feel the need to seek medical attention. Then on 4/17 while flipping corner bits on a dozer blade he felt a pop in his back.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While installing screens, he smashed his finger between the screen and the handrail as the screens were lifted up to the top deck.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

While shoveling material continuously, he developed a lump on his arm.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Changing oil on asset #12-700 forklift when he was bit by an insect or spider twice.

Contact with hot objects or substances

He was cutting the screen bolts off and when he shifted to cut the next bolt the torch tip got caught in his glove.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee slipped on a board while pushing a wheelbarrow full of concrete.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While shoveling repetitively, his hand became numb.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Salt River Sand & Rock's numeric MSHA operator ID.