United Salt CorporationMining Incidents in 2008
All MSHA-reportable accidents at United Salt Corporation operations in 2008. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2008
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Year
- 2008
Top incident classifications
- 01STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 incident
- 02POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
- 03SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
- 04MACHINERY1 incident
- 05HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
All incidents in 2008
Employee was removing a stuck bag of salt at the eject conveyor on the Bernis palletizer. When the conveyor came up, his left arm was pinched between it and the next conveyor in line. Employee had lacerations to forearm and small hairline fracture on top side of hand. Dr at ER released him to work restricted duty 9/3/2008.
Employee was stacking bags, caught foot between pallets twisting right knee.
Employee was cleaning the #2 bag shaker. While holding the shaker up with a button and cleaning the salt off shaker he let go of the button and caught his left finger in between the v-belt and the metal grooves on the shaker. He pulled his finger out quickly and it took off half the nail.
The EE was trying to tighten the belt on infeed to the sewing machine. When he pushed the pulley, the infeed belt grabbed his left thumb. As a result of that, he had bad cuts on his left thumb. The thumb required sutures.