Hammett Gravel Company-Yazoo — Accidents

Total: 10 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/12/2015 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was helping with jump starting sand pump motor with booster cables. Engine would not start. Cables were removed. Battery started smoking and exploded seconds later. Employee was struck in...
11/02/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 1d restricted Employee was was working with drilling crew drilling for gravel on lands adjacent to mining area. Employee attempted to lift a drill bit by hand that had fallen a few inches below the reach of the dr...
01/22/2010 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 10d restricted Employee was operating a Caterpillar D-6rxl dozer. He hit a bump or rough spot that jarred him and caused him to whiplash hurting his lower back. He continued to work. He sought out a chiropractor on...
01/28/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was helping unload a hydraulic jack from the back of a service truck. He pulled the front of the jack out of the truck. Before other employee could grab other end the jack fell out of the tru...
02/07/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was attempting to replace a leaking 3"" water hose on the dredge. He took a hacksaw and began to try to cut the hose. He had performed this task in the past. When he cut into the hose the water/coo...
12/11/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee and another employee were loading a piece of 8"" pipe into the back of a truck. Injured employee's right thumb got caught between the lifting eye on the 8"" pipe and the tailgate of t...
05/25/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 264d lost Injured EE along with two other EE's was preparing to overhaul the sand pump. The plate and suction side liner are held in place by 24 bolts and nuts. According to employees it is customary to remove...
05/16/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE had just begun the 2nd day of restricted duty from acc. in 2005. EE was operating the sand catching plant. The job involves opening and closing a valve periodically by using a lever which is manipu...
05/24/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE WAS WORKING NEAR AND WITH 2 WELDERS. THEY WERE WORKING ON A TROUGH AT THE SAND PLANT. EE APPARENTLY WAS EXPOSED ACCIDENTALLY TO THE WELDING FLASH, THUS INJURING HIS EYES.
03/09/2000 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None INJURED WAS HELPING INSTALL A CLUTCH ON A 671 ENGINE ON OUR DREDGE. CLUTCH WAS INSTALLED WITH AID OF HOIST AND CHAIN. AFTER CLUTCH WAS INSTALLED, WHILE THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING, EMPLOYEE REA CHED IN...