Mining Incidents

CumbaaMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Michael W Roberts
Blountstown, Calhoun County, FL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0800721
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Aug 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM STUCK HIS HAND IN A CONFINED AREA TO RELEASE A CHAIN THAT HAD HUNG ON A MOTOR FRAME. OPERATOR OF FRONT END LOADER SAID HE MADE THE SUDDEN MOVE WITHOUT SIGNALING HIM. BY THE TIME THE OPE RATOR SAW HIM MAKE THIS SUDDEN MOVE THE CHAIN HAD BECOME TIGHT AND PINCHED THE END OF HIS FINGER OFF.