Employee was prying down on the top belt trying to get belt back inside skirting. The pry bar slipped and struck employee on right side of face causing a laceration. Employee received 2 sutures.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2019
- Latest incident
- May 2019
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q1 | 31,065 | 10 | 0 | 321.9 |
| 2018 Q4 | 11,745 | 4 | 2 | 340.6 |
Reportable incidents
4 on file2019 · 4 incidents
Employee was kneeling on a crib block talking on mine phone. When employee stood back up ee felt a pop in right knee.
Employee was on the outby end of a track rail preparing to flip rail over with slate bar. Co-worker was on the inby end of the same rail attempting to slide the rail outby with a slate bar. When co-worker picked up the rail it began to curl causing injured EE's slate bar to strike EE on the left side of the head.
Employee was plastering the return side of a brattice, a piece of drawrock fell striking them in the head. Rock broke into two pieces, measurements - 27" long x 24" wide x 5" thick & 20" wide x 14" wide x 3" thick. Incident occurred along 2nd Northwest Mains between the #2 & #3 entries at spad numbers 5237 & 5250.