Upon completing repairs to a 336 excavator, then descending from the machine, left foot touched the ground, the Technician felt a pop in their Left knee. Pain increased over the next few days, and Technician decided to seek medical attention. All PPE was properly worn at the time of the incident.
West Center SandMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2012–2026
- Latest incident
- Jan 2026
Reportable incidents
5 on file2026 · 1 incident
2021 · 1 incident
The employee then reached to close a dredge man door, as the employee grabbed the handle to start pulling the employee's hand slipped off and the middle finger of the left hand swung over to the door frame and got caught between the door and the frame stop. The door impacted the middle finger tip at the stop causing a laceration.
2015 · 1 incident
Employees were placing the dredge power cord into the roller hangers on the pontoon hangers and the employees gloves were wet and he dropped the power cord on his right wrist. Which got pinched between the power cord and the pipeline.
2014 · 1 incident
Employees were removing pipeline off the water from the dredge. Employee was removing bolts from the pipeline flange, after the bolts were removed employee made sure everyone was clear and swung the pipeline behind him and one of the employees walked forward and was struck in the right ankle.
2012 · 1 incident
The employee was crouched down with his head under the lift arm of a loader putting a rubber seal on the bucket pin after greasing it. When he went to get back up he struck the top of his head on the loader arm.