Mining Incidents

UNION SAND MINEMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Cemex S A
Ludowici, Long County, GA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900912
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2003–2004
Latest incident
Sep 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2004 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE SWING CABLE FROM DREDGE STRUCK EE ON LEFT LEG.

2003 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE MOUTH WITH A WRENCH WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE REPAIRS.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BACK DRAGGING ROAD ADJACENT TO MINE PROPERTY WHEN HE STRUCK A TREE. LATER THE EE COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAINS THEREFORE, SUSTAINING A STRAINED CHEST MUSCLE.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS HELPING INSTALL A PIPE UNDER A CLASSIFIER SYSTEM WHILE USING A CROWBAR TO APPLY PRESSURE TO KEEP PIPE IN SLOT SO IT COULD BE CLAMPED, WHEN HE PULLED HIS LUMBAR MUSCLE.