All MSHA-reportable accidents at United Salt Corporation operations in 2011. Fatalities appear first.
Operator was breaking a salt rock with a pneumatic hammer - the rock broke causing the operator to shift trapping his finger between the hammer and the conveyor side rails. Mashed left middle finger tip which required medical attention.
EE was cleaning up a salt spill in the product reclaim tunnel when he felt a pull in his right calf
Employee slip and fell running down a slope, going to turn the screening plant off. Fell on left leg and felt a pop on left knee. On 04/25/2016 employee received a Cortisone shot for pain.
A utility operator was pushing trash down into the trash compactor holding hopper and felt a pull in the upper back
Man was scaling in the face when the scale dropped it pulled the 10' fiberglass scaling bar from his hands and the bar landed on instep of his right foot.
Employee was stacking 50# salt blocks on a pallet, and smashed the nail on the third finger of left hand between two blocks. Employee is on restricted duty
Employee picked up a 50# block of salt and turned to place it on a pallet, when he felt pain in lower back.
Operator was wearing safety glasses with side shields but small particles managed to get into his left eye. No LTI or Restricted duty. Prescriptions for eye drops only.