Struck by falling object
Performing maintenance on a cone crusher. The head was being lifted, a weld broke causing the cone to fall and strike the employee's leg.
FOUNTAIN PITMetal/Nonmetal
Martin Marietta Materials · Surface
Controlled by Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Fountain, El Paso County, CO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503821
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2001–2006
- Latest incident
- Jul 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2006 · 1 incident
2005 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Cutting a strip of belting from the side of the conveyor belt when the knife slipped, cutting the top of thumb through the glove. Stitches required.
2004 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
Employee hit his elbow against a piece of angle iron, causing it to bruise. Employee returned to work that day at full duty. On 10/11/04, employee visited the doctor because the swelling had not decreased in his elbow, and the doctor made an incision to drain excess fluid. Employee returned to modified duty on 10/12/04.
2002 · 1 incident
Fall from machine
STEPPED OFF LOADER, WENT TO PUT LT. FOOT DOWN & TWISTED LT. ANKLE. THE OPERATOR DID HAVE 3 POINTS OF CONTACT. HE STEPPED ON AN UNEVEN AREA (SPILL OF ROCKS FROM LOAD OUT).
2001 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
REPLACING A TAIL WHEEL ON A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN TAILWHEEL SLIPPED OUT OF BEARING AND PINCHED FINGER.