Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OUT OF CONVEYOR BELT FORPLANT JOB. WHILE REPOSITIONING HIMSELF, KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF BELT & CUT THE SIDE OF HIS RT. LEG, REQUIRING 10 STITCHES.
Friendsville QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Surface
Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002892
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2004
- Latest incident
- Jun 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2004 · 2 incidents
Struck against stationary object
THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING AN IDENTIFICATION SIGN ON A FUEL TANK AND THE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND HIS WRIST HIT THE SIGN, RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
2000 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE EE WAS CHANGING WELDING CYLINDERS. WHEN ONE OF THE CYLINDERS BEGAN TO FALL, EE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH IT. THE CYLINDER CRUSHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE CART CAUSING IT TO BREAK.