Merryville — Accidents

Total: 12 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/18/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a 9""grinder to remove some old welds from the dryer. EE was tied off and sitting on the dryer while grinding. EE started to slip so EE reached back to grab the safety line to regain bala...
10/12/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a knife to cut and repair a conveyor belt when the knife slipped and cut EE on the forearm. Brought employee to medical facility to get 7 stitches in forearm. EE was released back t...
03/24/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 281d lost Two miners were replacing a pipe on top of a conveyor tunnel. The pipe was secured to the backhoe bucket with a chain. When the backhoe driver lowered the pipe into position, the bucket allegedly stru...
08/24/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hammering teeth on an excavator and a piece of metal struck him in the stomach.
02/12/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE was driving boat up to the pipeline to get a rope and tried to get the motor to go in neutral. The motor was hung in gear. He did not have time to kill the motor so he jumped on the pipeline as the...
10/24/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing on the platform of 966F loader and was lifting the seat of the loader. The seat got hung up in the door of the equipment. He then attempted to remove the seat from being jammed...
03/14/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted EE was lifting on oversize chute door and he strained a muscle in his back.
01/09/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on shaker at sandplant installing vbelts. Shaker was unlocked to run excess material off of it to see if belts were lined up. He told co-worker to turn shaker off & he did. The...
09/01/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was looking at a coupling using the boat. He went under the pipeline and while going underneath the pipeline, his left leg became wedged in between the boat and pipeline causing swelling around th...
01/12/2004 NO VALUE FOUND NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of patching the fish mouth and was picking up a plate or iron and he hurt his upper right arm.
06/25/2001 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS COMMUTING TO THE DREDGE VIA BOAT, HE SAID A PIECE OF DEBRIS GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
01/02/2001 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 373d lost THREE EMPLOYEES WERE DEWINTERIZING THE PLANT USING THE JON BOAT TO DO SO. THE BOAT WAS CRANKED; IT WAS IN GEAR WITH THE THROTTLE WIDE OPEN. THE BOAT LUNGED FORWARD, EJECTING TWO EMPLOYEES INTO THE WAT...