Bella Vista Pit — Accidents

Total: 7 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/12/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Laborer was cleaning up next to the screen. A football sized rock bounced out of the screen and across the catwalk falling on the back of the employee's hard hat. The employee suffered a glancing blow...
08/15/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Loader operator was assisting mechanic in the changing of bucket teeth. The mechanic was striking a loader tooth on the right side of the bucket on a 988 Cat loader to remove it and a small piece of m...
05/18/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was cleaning rocks from the walkway on the primary screen. He bent down to pick-up a rock that was stuck in the walkway and put his hand on the handrail. The handrail had a broken weld that...
05/01/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EMPLOYEE CLAIMED THAT A STEP BROKE & HE FELL HITTING HIS BACK ON A METAL PORTION OF THE LANDING. THIS IS A DISPUTED CLAIM OF INJURY. HE STATED TO OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK LIFT ING A F...
05/22/2001 ELECTRICAL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted ELECTRICAL PANEL GROUNDED OUT 480 VOLT BUSE BAR CAUSING AN EXPLOSION. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A HINGE PIN HAD WORKED OUT CAUSING A CROSS GROUNDING SITUATION.
03/26/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 23d restricted STRAIN BACK AND KNEE WHILE LIFTING ONE END OF A SPREADER BAR.
03/15/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF STEEP STRAP OUT OF THE BACK OF A SERVICE TRUCK WHEN HE TURNED AND STRAINED HIS BACK. LOWER BACK. STRAP MAY HAVE WEIGHED 20-30 LBS.