Damron Sand — Accidents
Total: 12 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/21/2024 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 12d restricted | Employee greasing the plant. When climbing down, EE missed a step & fell, striking the back of EE's leg on an I-beam, causing a bruise. EE declined medical attention on the same day. On 12/02/24, EE r... |
| 10/28/2023 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 5d restricted | Employee was working on a belt at the plant. EE removed the guard, set the guard on the ground behind EE, and continued working. Later, EE turned around to get the replacement roller and tripped over... |
| 02/06/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee removing fins from log washer. Bolts were torched off fins. Fins were stuck, so employee tapped fin with hammer. Within 3 taps of hammer, employee noticed blood dripping onto fin. Employee lo... |
| 05/03/2022 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee received a 2 inch by 4 inch second degree burn on left forearm after contacting hot metal. |
| 04/20/2022 | OTHER | INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES | None | PERSONAL ILLNESS. While a mine employee was dumping load of sand from mine haul truck, EE started coughing. After dumping, EE was still coughing, so EE pulled over and set brakes. EE felt light-hea... |
| 03/30/2022 | OTHER | INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES | None | The employee experienced a medical incident requiring medical attention and was admitted to the hospital. At this time no concrete diagnosis has been determined but may be related to stress and/or mal... |
| 04/02/2018 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | Employee was cutting a bolt on some piping with a grinder and the grinder got caught in the bolt which caused it to jerk when ee reacted. The employee ended up with three lacerations on the inner pa... |
| 02/13/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was attempting to install a V belt on a shaker screen. During the installation, the side of the V Belt cut the employee's finger. |
| 07/10/2017 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 10d restricted | Employee was driving a mechanic truck and drove through a rough area in the mine road causing employee's back to be strained. |
| 04/27/2016 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 30d restricted | Miner was climbing down from pit truck access ladder. Miner's foot slipped from rung of ladder, causing ee to fall rearward off ladder. Contributing conditions noted; miner's boots were caked with fre... |
| 11/20/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 127d restricted | Miner was assisting with the movement of a trailer mounted, diesel-powered water pump, which was tail-heavy. The miner placed his bodyweight on the trailer tongue to lower the hitch to the pickup. The... |
| 08/03/2015 | ELECTRICAL | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | A Miner was shocked after opening an electrical fuse box and while using a screwdriver to tighten a lug screw, after a feeder belt stopped working. The Miner was administered first-aid at the site and... |