All MSHA-reportable accidents at Titan Florida, LLC. operations in 2009. Fatalities appear first.
Employee was searching for a hose in the storage container located in the load-out department when he sustained insect bites on his hands and feet. As a result, the insect bites aggravated a few days later and his foot became swollen.
Employee stated that he was attempting to insert a hole into plywood with a chipping hammer by utilizing a second hammer, when a fragment of metal broke off and punctured his hand.
Employee was in the process of loading some screens onto a shelf when they slipped, and the edge of the screen cut his wrist.
Employee was commuting from primary crusher to plant when he suffered an asthma attack, lost control of his vehicle, and collided with an electrical pole located in median of the the access road. As result, he sustained a contusion in chest wall and closed fracture of rib.
Employee stated that he was removing rigging from punch plates while they were being settled on the shaker platform. In the process, the punch plates slipped, pushing and slighty pinning him between the plates and shaker.
Employee was cleaning a port when the pressure from a water gun caused hot material to be thrown at him. As a result, he jumped backwards, lost his hotsuit helmet and struck his head with a beam.
Employee stated that several clouds of clinker dust released into the air during testing, dust flew into her eye causing an irritation.
Employee was installing a screen with a pry bar when it slipped off his hands, knocked off his safety glasses and struck his eye, resulting in an eye contusion.