Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Employee got poision ivy it is believed while working at the quarry.
KANSAS FALLS QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Chapman, Dickinson County, KS · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1400164
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2000–2004
- Latest incident
- Jun 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2004 · 1 incident
2003 · 2 incidents
Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STUCK A SHOVEL IN A DIRT PILE AFTER SHOVELING. THE SHOVEL STARTED TO FALL OVER AND THE EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR IT. AS HE REACHED FOR IT THE SHOVEL CONTACTED THE EDGE OF A CONVEYOR BELT A ND KICKED IT AROUND CONTACTING HIS HAND. THE EMPLOYEE JERKED HIS HAND BACK AND CONTACTED THE SHARP EDGE OF A GUARD BEHIND HIM CAUSING SCRAPES & PUNCTURE WOUNDS THAT REQUIRED 2 SUTURES TO CLOS
No Value Found
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO USE A EXTENSION LADDER AND DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER, AS HE WAS SETTING UP THE LADDER.
2000 · 3 incidents
Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SKID STEER LOADER, HAVING TROUBLE GETTING CAGE TO LINE UP. BUCKET ROLLED FORWARD ON HIS NECK. THE SAFETY LOCK WAS ON. TRIED TO SUPPORT BUCKET WITH NECK AND SHOULDERS TO GET OUT FROM UNDER IT.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TRYING TO KNOCK (WITH A HAMMER) CHAIN LINK IN BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS GUIDING BULL GEAR COVER INTO PLACE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND JERKED HIS LEFT ARM. POSSIBLY PULLED MUSCLE IN SHOULDER AREA OF LEFT ARM.