Mining Incidents

Wilder Construction CompanyMining Incidents in 2003

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Wilder Construction Company operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2003
0
Total incidents
10
Year
2003

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 incidents
  2. 02POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
  3. 03NO VALUE FOUND2 incidents
  4. 04SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  5. 05DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)1 incident

All incidents in 2003

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

THE LABORER WAS SHOVELING A CONVEYOR THAT HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY LOCKED OUT. THE BELT WAS ENERGISED AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE TAIL PULLEY.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE JUMPED ONTO LADDER GOING INTO TRAILER. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 9-4-03.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING BELT FROM UNDER JAW TRAILER, STRAINED LOW BACK.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS TRYING TO GET HEAD ROLL BACK INTO POSITION BY PUSHING AND PULLING WHICH RESULTED IN A BACK STRAIN.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE FELL ON A PALLET WITH HAND UNDER IT. HAND IS NOW BROKEN.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

DATE OF ACCIDENT INDICATES THE DATE AT WHICH EE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION OF AN STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT IN THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EAR.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS JARRED IN THE SEAT OF THE LOADER HE WAS OPERATING. LOADER RAN OVER AN UNEVEN SURFACE CAUSING THE SEAT TO BOUNCE

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PICKING UP GARBAGE AROUND WORK BUTTON SHACK WHEN SHE WAS STUCK WITH A SHARP NEEDLE THAT HAD BEEN USED FOR CHECKING BLOOD FOR DIABETES

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRIPPED AND FELL IN TUNNEL & GOT HAND STUCK IN TROPHING ROLL. EE PULLED EMERGENCY STOP CORD LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF BELT TO SHUT OFF CONVEYOR.

No Value Found

OPERATOR WAS GETTING DOWN FROM CAB. WHEN SHE WAS GOING DOWN LADDER HER RIGHT BOOT HUNG IN THE SECOND CLEET OF THE LADDER AND DID NOT GET HER LEFT LEG IN THE THIRD RUNG. THIS CAUSED HER TO LAND ON HER LEFT FOOT WHICH TWISTED HER KNEE.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Wilder Construction Company's numeric MSHA operator ID.