EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING LOADER & CLIMBED UP ON BACK BUMPER TO WASH ENGINE WITH HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSE; WHEN HE FINISHED WASHING, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TURNED HOSE OFF, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. INJURED EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.
Ohatchee QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Alexandria, Calhoun County, AL · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0100012
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2002
- Latest incident
- May 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2002 · 2 incidents
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE HAD PUT TUBING IN BLAST HOLE AND WAS CUTTING EXCESS TUBING OFF WHEN UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED ANDSTUCK IN LEG.
2001 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING BEHIND TIRES AND OVER A HOSE TO GET A TIRE WHEN CHANGING A FLAT.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL OFF CONVEYOR BELT AND PLACING IT IN A SAMPLE BAG TAKING A BELT CUT TO DETERMINE QUALITY AND TONNAGE RATE. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 2-28-01.
2000 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A WORN PLATE IN CHUTE. WHILE USING A PRY BAR TO PRY IT LOOSE, THE PLATE POPPED LOOSE AND HIT HIM ON THE UPPER LIP.