All MSHA-reportable accidents at Salt River Sand & Rock operations in 2017. Fatalities appear first.
Team loaded excavator onto trailer for transport. Employee climbed to top of equipment to get a height measurement for permitting. EE was not wearing fall arrest gear. While climbing back down, EE slipped on some hydraulic fluid and fell approx. 16' to the ground. EE's left arm hit the trailer beam, EE bounced off the track and landed on the ground.
Miner was cutting/grinding a 20'x5"" Channel Iron when it fell from the work bench catching left glove on the way down. This resulted in a strain to EE's left shoulder when it jerked EE's left arm. Miner has been placed on restricted duty and a MRI of the shoulder is pending.
Miner was climbing into a IT-28 wheel loader and missed step. As employee started to fall they caught themselves with right arm and felt a pop straining right shoulder. No medical treatment was requested at this time and a report was made. On 4/11/17 miner requested to go to the doctors and per doctors request was placed on restricted duty on 4/11/2017.
Scale operator opened the scale window and dust blew into EE's left eye. Employee rubbed EE's eye to remove the dust which resulted in an eye irritation. On 5/3/2017 the employee called ""Teledoc"" and the doctor prescribed an eye drop antibiotic as a precaution. Employee did not see the doctor and needs no future medical treatment. Employee reported incident to SRMG on 5/3/2017