Mining Incidents

Spread #2Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Helm Group Inc
Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, IL · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1100232
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2006–2022
Latest incident
May 2022
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2022 · 1 incident

Contact with heat

Employee experienced heat exhaustion while on bench.

2016 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner used a pocket knife to cut rubberized tape from an electrical cord that needed to be repaired during plant set up. Miner was pulling the knife towards self while cutting the tape, and cut into the top of left thumb which was holding the cord. The Laceration required medical treatment.

2014 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Miner was removing a rock which was stuck in an overhead conveyor. High winds and the shaking of the rock caused rock dust to be blown around his safety glasses and into his eye. One piece of rock dust was removed from his eye by an optometrist (non-imbedded) and the Miner was given prescription eye drops to prevent infection.

2006 · 1 incident

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

Worker was n loader. They had loaded another bucket onto lowboy. His loader was in park waiting for injured. Injured moved a piece of wood. This caused the chain holding the bucket to vibrate. This allowed a little movement of bucket to pinch hand between bucket and trailer.