Murrinsville Plant — Accidents

Total: 18 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/24/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee did not seek treatment until 02/25/2025. A pin for the excavator bucket was being knocked out and when it came out, instead of letting it fall, the employee held onto it, not realizing the w...
06/05/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee was pulling the fuel hose from the fuel truck to EE's drill. EE slipped and fell onto EE's back and suffered a compression fracture.
04/18/2018 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 9d lost According to employee's physician, this is not a work related injury or illness. The employee was operating a stone drill when they began to have shortness of breath. An ambulance was called and emplo...
02/27/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost The employee was installing a transmission guard on a piece of Caterpillar equipment and caught employee's right foot between the guard and frame. Employee broke bone in top of foot. Employee did not...
06/13/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a conveyor belt with a utility knife and the knife slipped and cut left arm. EE went to a physician and they glued the laceration closed.
02/11/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 48d lost, 18d restricted The employee was stepping from the walkway of the Komatsu WA800 wheel loader, onto a step to gain access in order to change the right tilt cylinder hose. He lost his balance when taking the step and...
11/12/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost Employee was exiting the skid loader when he fell, fracturing his wrist. After the accident, the foreman drove the injured employee home and he was then laid off. Allegheny Mineral did not find out ab...
08/29/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 162d lost Stone was being lifted out of a bin using a crane and sling. The employee was placing the sling around the stone to be lifted. When the stone began to be lifted, it slipped out of the sling and roll...
05/13/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using cutting torches when a piece of hot metal got behind his goggles and into his eye. He went to the Emergency Room on 05/14/2013 and they removed the material from his eye and gave hi...
02/23/2012 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 332d lost Employee was sorting bolts on his hands and knees. When trying to get up, he felt a sharp pop in his right knee. He was in severe pain and had trouble maneuvering. Employee also had a right knee injur...
01/06/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While unloading an oxygen tank from a pick-up truck the worker felt a pain in his right hamstring. The worker went to a physician on 1/8/2009 and was diagnosed with a right hamstring strain. This in...
07/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While perfoming maintenance on our drill, the injured was working on a brake drum, it slipped and came down on right index finger and cut tip of finger off.
02/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Loosening a filter when it quickly came loose the man strained right hand.
06/11/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pounding steel with a hammer, the man had a steel splinter in his right thumb which was removed at the emergency room.
10/26/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While repairing the air line on a 100 ton rock truck a blockage came free and struck the man on the arm. Was treated at emergency room and released to work. The next day pain and redness occurred and...
03/22/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured man was helping a mechanic remove a water pump from his rock truck. The mechanic bumped the man on the lips with a wrench. A month later the injured man's dentist noticed that his crown po...
03/03/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While changing screens the employee felt pain in right elbow. She will receive therapy and was prescribed pain medication. No lost time.
10/07/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured man claims he stumbled on a rock when leaving his car to report to work. There were no witnesses known at this time. He thought it was a sprained ankle. Worked his shift but did not report...