He stumbled on large rocks and fell back on to a rock berm.
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
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS7 incidents
- 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
- 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
- 04OTHER1 incident
- 05MACHINERY1 incident
All incidents in 2007
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.
Missed the step and his right leg went in between the steps causing him to fall backwards putting pressure on his leg.
He strained his lower back while removing a drain plug on the loader transmission.
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.
While removing the toggle seat on a jaw crusher the seat moved out of its position and hit him in the head.
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.
While installing screens, he smashed his finger between the screen and the handrail as the screens were lifted up to the top deck.
While shoveling material continuously, he developed a lump on his arm.
Changing oil on asset #12-700 forklift when he was bit by an insect or spider twice.
He was cutting the screen bolts off and when he shifted to cut the next bolt the torch tip got caught in his glove.
Employee slipped on a board while pushing a wheelbarrow full of concrete.
While shoveling repetitively, his hand became numb.