Mining Incidents

Amrize Table Mountain QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Colorado Springs, Fremont County, CO · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0503748
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2000–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2006 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AROUND GUARD. PART OF GUARD WAS STICKING OUT. EMPLOYEE HIT HAND ON GUARD CAUSING PUNCTURE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was opening box with a utility knife when it slipped and cut his hand.

2005 · 3 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE INJURED BACK WHILE DRIVING LOADER.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK ROCK. EMPLOYEE STRUCK RIGHT HAND WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.

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

Employee was setting out drill pattern. He was moving rocks when one rock slid down and pinched his finger between two rocks. Employee lacerated his finger

2004 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

Ee was installing a conveyor leg brace. He had aligned the top hole and inserted a bolt but no nut. He was aligning the bottom to install a bolt when the top slipped off and fell on his leg. (1 missed day & restricted duty.)

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A POWER CABLE WITH ONE HAND AND TYING IT WITH THE OTHER WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP INHIS CHEST. MISSED TIME AND RESTRICTIONS.

2002 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING A ROCK OUT OF THE FEEDER AND HIT HIS FOOT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. CONDITIONS REQUIRING REPORTING: RX PAIN KILLER/SPLINT/RESTRICTED DUTY.

2000 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

A BRIDGE FORMED IN THE FEED HOPPER, THE MINER SHUT DOWN THE CONVEYER AND CLIMBED ONTO THE CONVEYER TO CLEAR THE BRIDGED MATERIAL. AS HE WORKED HE STEPPED ONTO A ROLLER WHICH ROLLED OUT FROM UN DER HIS FOOT AND HE SLIPPED DOWN INTO THE CONVEYER FRAME, TWISTING HIS ANKLE IN THE PROCESS.