All MSHA-reportable accidents at Walker Sand and Gravel operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.
Employee was trying to remove a piece of ripped belting that wrapped around the shaft of a tail pulley. Another employee was assisting in bumping the belt to rotate the pulley, and the initial employee removing the belting got EE's arm pulled into the conveyor, causing significant injury to include fractures, and skin lacerations to the right arm.
EE was operating a wheeled loader when EE encountered a bump in the road and states EE bottomed out seat causing pain to lower back and neck.
Employee was using a 5# sledge hammer to pound on a steel pin and a shard of steel came off the pin striking the employee in the stomach.
Employee was descending a set of stairs to the scale house and as EE stepped to the second to last step, EE lost balance after stepping into a small indentation located on the step, this causing EE to fall forward down on EE's ankle. EE was brought to the clinic, treated for a right ankle sprain and x-rays showed a slight chip to the bone on the top of EE's right foot.
The KeyPlate wedges against the JawDie to hold it in place. A piece of angle iron was welded to the KeyPlate used as lifting eye. Using a come-along to remove the plate. The come-along applied tension to the plate the EE was hitting it with a hammer to jar it loose. Weld on the lifting eye broke, striking EE in the chin causing a cut requiring 6 stitches
Employee was repairing the lower step on front end loader. EE was using a utility knife to cut a section of conveyor belting to the proper size for repair. During the process of cutting the employee was using the utility knife in a drawing motion towards body. The knife slipped in the cutting process and in doing so created a puncture wound to the right thigh of the employee.