All MSHA-reportable accidents at Staker Parson Companies operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.
Employee was driving a 70 ton CAT 775E haul truck equipped with reverse sonar. Evidence shows the employee backed through a berm approx. 4 ft high and down a slope that was 70 ft. high. The truck came to rest in an area of water spprox. 15 ft. deep. Employee was pronounced deceased on scene by medical emergency personnel.
Employee was working on wash screen and felt discomfort in eye. EE thought some dirt was in it from sweat and was wearing safety glasses. EE used the wash station at work and went home at 2:30 am. At 8 am that same morning EE still felt discomfort and called EE's supervisor for treatment. EE was treated for foreign debris in eye.
While stepping up into skidsteer, lost balance knocking hard hat off and while pulling up hit head on cab causing scalp laceration requiring staples.