Over-exertion in lifting objects
Loader operator got out of equipment and tried to pick up a 300 lb rock by hand.
FIDDLERS NORTH QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal
Pennsy Supply Inc · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Middletown, Dauphin County, PA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608187
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 2001–2022
- Latest incident
- Sep 2022
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file2022 · 1 incident
2019 · 1 incident
Struck against a moving object
Employee claims EE was jolted in seat while operating loader. Refused any medical attention until 4/22/19. Diagnosed with back strain.
2018 · 1 incident
Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee claims stiffness in knee while sitting in loader.
2011 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
Employee working in shop; caught arm causing laceration.
2008 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
While employee was digging shot, came to a sudden stop jarring back.
2006 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Emp suffered hernia after lifting and carrying steel
Struck by rolling or sliding object
Employee was picking sticks out of feeder when a rock rolled over and struck finger.
2004 · 3 incidents
Struck by falling object
CLEARING ROCK JAM, ROCK FELL FROM ABOVE HIT LEFT HAND.
Struck by falling object
EE was unjamming surge box, product broke loose. Material fell from upper cleanout port thru a opening near the clean out port. Rock fell approx 10' and landed on left hand and also hitting him on lower left leg. Index finger amputated.
2001 · 1 incident
Fall onto or against objects
DOING PRE START UP EQUIPMENT INSPECTION.