Mining Incidents

White County AggregatesMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Luke B Duffield
Russell, White County, AR · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0302062
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2018–2019
Latest incident
Apr 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2019 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Employee was crowding water out of Pit #2 when EE hit a ledge with the bucket and it threw EE forward into the idler arm of the Case SR 270 EE was operating hitting EE between the nose and mouth. Employee was not wearing the seat belt at that time EE was also leaned forward in the seat to better watch the bucket.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was helping load the front-end loader bucket with miscellaneous rock and when doing so strained right arm.

2018 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Yesterday around 4:30pm ee was working at the pole barn on the 60"" MEC splitter along with another ee. They were splitting a stab into smaller workable pieces. The conveyor was started pushing the slab forward into ee pinning ee between the slab and the frame. Resulting in bilateral hip, contusion and left hip girdle strain as well as arthralgia.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was working in the pole barn catching rock on the 60"" MEC splitter. When the rock split, EE went to move it to the conveyor. When doing so the hydraulic depth gauges rose back to the erect position and pushed the rock back up to the head and caught EE's 3rd & 4th finger resulting in torn tissue.