EE was sitting inside 980H yard loader. EE felt a pain in EE's lower left back when EE twisted to the left to clean the cup holder.
Medford QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Martin Marietta Materials Inc
New Windsor, Carroll County, MD · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1800035
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2005–2019
- Latest incident
- Mar 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2019 · 1 incident
Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
2012 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
Employee was attempting to remove lodged debris from a feed bin with a steel bar. Employee was able to free some material and stepped away from the bin to allow additional material to exit the bin. Employee was resting hand on a piece when a stone tumbled from the bin and struck the employee on the left hand, resulting in a laceration to his finger.
2005 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was repairing the pneumatic grease gun, he removed the air line thinking that he had disconnected the energy. He then removed the side covers and began to clean out the grease fron under the piston. While doing this the grease gun fired causing the piston to crush his left index finger behind the first knuckle. The finger tip could not be repaired and was removed.