Mining Incidents

Staker Parson CompaniesMining Incidents in 2003

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Staker Parson Companies operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2003
0
Total incidents
5
Year
2003

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
  2. 02MACHINERY1 incident
  3. 03OTHER1 incident

All incidents in 2003

Struck against a moving object

CREATING STOCKPILES WITH THE DOZER. UPON PUTTING THE DOZER IN REVERSE, IT STALLED CAUSING IT TO ROLL FORWARD AND OVER THE 6-8 FOOT EDGE THAT WAS THERE. EMPLOYEE JERKED HARD BY THE SEATBELT HE WAS WEARING.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING ONE END OF FLAT METAL STRAPS, WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS UNHOOKING THE CHAIN THAT WAS HOLDING THEM TOGETHER. THE CHAIN SLIDE THROUGH THE EYELET CAUSING THE LOAD TO DROP WHILE STILL IN THE EE'S HAND. EE HAD HIS HANDS IN A CRADLE HOLD POSITION,BUT WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CO WORKER HANDLING DOWN HYDRAULIC PUMP TO EE. EE REACHED TUP TO GET THE PUMP, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING/PULLING ON A BROKEN SCREEN TO REMOVE IT FROM THE SCREEN DECK WHEN HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE LOWER BACK PAIN.

Struck by flying object

THE WIND WAS BLOWING EXTREMELY HARD THAT DAY, DUST GOT INTO THE SCALE HOUSE WHEN THE DOOR WOULD BE OPENED BY DRIVERS GETTING THEIR TICKETS. EE FELT DUST GET INTO HER EYES, BUT ONLY RUBBED THEM IN TRYING TO REMOVE THE DUST. BY MIDNIGHT HER EYES WERE IRRITATING HER SEVERELY.

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 Staker Parson Companies's numeric MSHA operator ID.