GRAYMONT (PA) INC. PLEASANT GAP — Accidents

Total: 259 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/20/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 57d lost, 28d restricted Employee was operating a haul truck traveling down rough roadway in mine. The back end of the haul truck bounced a couple times from hitting uneven road which caused injury to the lower back.
02/01/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost Employee was attempting to open a lid to our pneumatic tank. The lid was frozen shut. The employee pulled the lid to open it. This caused a hernia to the right side groin area.
01/31/2013 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 24d lost Employee started noticing symptoms of carpal tunnel and scheduled an appointment with physician on 1/31/13 to get it checked. Symptoms started about 3 months prior to accident date above. Physician...
12/21/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee entered kiln to help scale during kiln shutdown. A large piece of coating came loose and rolled down pile and hit his foot.
11/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 86d lost, 40d restricted This was reported as a first aid on 11/12/12 but employee did not seek medical attention until 12/5/12. Employee was pulling electrical cable in a tray when his retractable engaged causing him to twis...
06/18/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 23d lost, 44d restricted The Employee, was working at height and fell approximately 9 feet to the surface below when the weld of tie off point failed. Employee sustained broken ribs and bruising.
06/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting with a torch and when completed he flipped up his shield and dust rolled off of shield behind his safety glasses into his right eye.
06/01/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted Employee was grinding the rough edges off of a 4"" x 6"" x 1/8 plate using a bench grinder. He tilted the plate at an angle and the wheel sucked the plate into the gap between the guard and grinding...
11/22/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 108d lost, 16d restricted Employee was standing on catwalk of the Gradall, mechanical scaler doing his pre shift, checking the oil. Employee was bent over closing the bottom engine cover latch and when he went to stand back up...
11/08/2011 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 75d restricted While operating a D-5 Oldenburg dual boom drill the drill slipped and lost traction and the rear of drill impacted a pillar. Employee was thrown into dash on impact.
07/23/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 233d lost Our Employee was moving an small extension ladder with both hands, trying not to hit another Employee. The Employee stepped back and his left foot went over the kick plate and into a guarded hole in t...
05/31/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 37d restricted Employee was pulling a 3"" hose to hook up to pump. When pulling hose he felt a strain to lower back and left arm. Employee did not seek medical attention until 6/29/11.
04/18/2011 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A fine mist of chemical released from bleeder port of pump at boiler system got carried in the air from the wind going through the building and went up into employees face and into his right eye.
03/30/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost Employee could see the steam coming off of the diesel pump and knew it was not pumping. Cold water running into the hot pump case created steam pressure that exceeded the hose clamps capability and i...
12/06/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 141d lost Employee was loading and unloading roof bolts from the bed of a pick-up truck, he then went to pick up a wheel block from behind the tire and felt a strain to his lower back.
06/22/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 80d lost, 5d restricted Employee was handscaling using a scaling bar to the the rock to insure it was not loose. While prying up on the bar the piece of rock at the bars tip broke loose and allowed the bar to travel up in a...
06/21/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Laceration to left hand removing a bolt on a drive shaft assembly of a CAT 962 Loader with an air impact gun.
05/13/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 115d lost Employee stepped out of the equipment (Gradall Scaler) he was doing a pre-shift on, missed the step and jumped to the ground.
04/20/2010 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was found to have occupational induced hearing loss based on audiogram.
03/26/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Employee felt pain in left forearm and wrist after loading bolts into the magazine of roof bolter. Employee did not seek medical attention until 5/25/2010.
03/02/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was handscaling in a scaling basket. He was leaning back to scale a piece off the face and roof area and felt strain to his back. Employee did not seek medical attention at this time. On M...
02/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost At 12:50 the Site Supervisor called main office and advised that he had been told by his contact at the plant that an employee from night shift had went to the hospital as a result of lime burns aroun...
01/22/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost Employee strained right shoulder clearing a jam in the underneath side of the crusher. Employee did seek medical attention and needed surgery which was scheduled for 3/9/10. Employee worked up to th...
11/13/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was servicing a dust truck, reaching between front tire and frame rail, trying to loosen fuel filter to remove.
11/01/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 123d lost Employee was walking from hydrate to coal hopper, watching for plug ups.
09/22/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost On 9/22/09 at the end of the employee's shift, the employee was working on the primary feeder pulling a gear off of the primary stone feeder assembly, when the gear disengaged from the shaft. The emp...
08/20/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking by burner pipe of Kiln #7 when limestone dust particulate blew out hitting him in face and eyes.
07/23/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None East side of 23W at 4N intersection roof fell above the anchor point of the bolts. Mechanical scaler was working on northeast corner of intersection at the time of the fall.
07/14/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees right foot slipped on a rock and he fell, hitting his right arm just below the elbow.
05/22/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None None: Suspected roof control problem area. Area was bermed off prior to fall on 5/19/09. Roof fell on 5/22/09.
05/05/2009 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was found to have occupational induced hearing loss based on audiogram.
04/27/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was shoveling a pile of stone on 4/27/09, he felt a strain but did not seek medical attention, on 5/5/09 employee went for a regular routine physical where his family physician found a hernia...
04/15/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing on a pallet containing metal covers for screws placing tools in the bed of his service truck before moving it, when he slipped and fell, cutting his right lower leg.
03/31/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Area of roof at intersection of 1N and 6W fell, impeding travel along the primary escapeway. Fall of roof occurred at start of 3rd shif and no miners were in the mine at the time. This area of the m...
03/18/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unexpected roof fall was discovered during a pre-shift inspection of the underground mine on the 2-10pm shift. The roof fall is above our normal bolting horizon of 8 ft. The roof fall did not caus...
02/13/2009 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Wind, loose dirt.
01/13/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using an air impact wrench to loosen bolt on a piece of mobile equipment. Employee was holding onto socket so it would not come off and had hand in contact with rotating part of wrench.
12/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving from bay to bay in the #6 kiln preheater when a piece of refractory fell onto his right hand.
11/13/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Intersection of 15E and 28S roof fell above the anchorage of the bolts. Intersection is in an area that was bermed to prevent entry.
09/02/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was wearing rubber bibs and jacket, rubber gloves, face shield and saftey glasses to peform a line break on a 93% sulfuric acid line. Employee stood to the right of the nut he was turning....
07/14/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was found to have occupational induced hearing loss based on audiogram.
06/09/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was taking bolts out of a guard when the guard slipped off falling down striking his right hand and cutting it.
06/02/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employee was climbing down a ladder at old water tank, when he slipped.
05/20/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was attempting to start a pump, when a falling pipe fell toward him, knocking him down.
04/06/2008 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was shoveling lime under cooler belt, when a gust of wind blew, and he got lime in his eye.
02/28/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was raking coating off of the cooler grates of #6 Kiln. While raking, the kiln puffed back from positive pressure inside the kiln, causing dust to fly out of the door, where he was raking fr...
02/28/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employee was cleaning plugged collectors, by repetitvely hammering on side with a rubber mallet.
02/25/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost Employee was operating a Komatsu hydraulic hammer scaler. While scaling the face, the motion of the Komatsu scaler lunged forward.
02/01/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 94d lost Employee was shutting the tail gate of a triaxle mack dust truck. When tailgate went shut the employee had his right hand index finger in pinch point.
01/14/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was reaching down in a chute to clean and overstretched.