Mining Incidents

Blackstone Pit & MillMetal/Nonmetal

madera, Madera County, CA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401966
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Jan 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

No Value Found

EE WAS REACHING INTO CHUTE OF ROCK PLANT AND STRAINED HIS LEFT ELBOW & FOREARM WHEN PULLING BACK SKIRT.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS AT BUNKER TO START JOB AND STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK TO FILL TRUCK AND GRABBED I BEAM TO STEP OUT AND INSIDE OF I BEAM A PIECE OF METAL SPIN CUT LEFT PALM OF EE. EE SUFFERED LACERATION TO LE FT PALM.

2002 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE AND CREW WORKING ON CONVEYER MOTOR BELTS AFTER CHECKING BELTS ALIGNMENT, CREW WENT TO CHECK TENSION. EMPLOYEE HAD HOLD OF BELTS AND ROTATED RIGHT RING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER INTO BELT PULLEY.

2001 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS SWINGING A SUSPENDED BEATER-BAR WHICH BEATS THE UNDERSIDE OF THE GRIZZLEY TO VIBRATE & KEEP MATERIAL FLOWING FROM HOPPER. MINIMAL EFFORT IS REQUIRED TO SWING THE SUSPENDED BAR/HAMMER. E E THREW OUT RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN SWINGING BAR. RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS PULLING ON A COME-ALONG TO LOOSEN A CONE CRUSHER, SLIPPED & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.