Mining Incidents

MANLEY BROS.Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Paul Salt
Troy Grove, Il., La Salle County, IL · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1101016
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

22 on file

2025 · 3 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Employee was using a front end-loader to clean up along the high wall.

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was swinging a sledge hammer to try and break a gear box off of a shaft.

Fall from ladders

Employee was checking motor on piece of equipment when the ladder they were standing on kicked out from underneath when they were climbing down ladder. Employee stopped themselves from falling by reaching with right arm.

2023 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was installing a jib arm on top of old rotex elevators. Employee was lifting jib arm from waist level to overhead. Employee was using team lift. While lifting employee felt pain in abdomen. Employee is scheduled for surgery on March 5, 2024 to repair hernia. Employee has been working since accident on light duty.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was doing regular job duties, specifically splitting samples and began to feel pain in the right elbow. Employee didn't lose any work time until 5/8/2024. That is the date that EE had MRI and the doctor took employee out of work.

2022 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Contractor was using utility knife to cut insulation off a wire, contractor was wearing leather gloves. The knife slipped and cut left index finger.

2020 · 2 incidents

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

Employee was changing belts on cooler blower #3 when the screw driver that EE was using slipped off sheave causing EE's finger to get pinched between belt and sheave.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was driving a chisel into a belt pulley to remove said pulley from an air compressor head. Employee swung at and missed end of chisel striking left hand.

2019 · 2 incidents

Fall from machine

Opened hatch door to clean plugged cyclone. Climbed down and cleaned them. Forgot to close hatch door. Came back seconds later and fell through the hole. Note: EE has not lost a day of work yet.

Struck against stationary object

Climbing down old main loading elevator and bumped right elbow. Employee has not lost any work from incident.

2014 · 2 incidents

Fall from machine

Employee was working near dryer burner chamber when he heard cries from inside burner chamber for help. In his attempt to exit the manlift he was working from to assist fellow workers, he fell 4' onto catwalk injuring his left knee.

Contact with hot objects or substances

OUR BRICKLAYER WAS IN A 70'FT. SAND DRYER, ALONG WITH OTHER TRADESMEN FROM OTHER COMPANIES, WHO STARTED THEIR WORK PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL. WHILE PERFORMING REPAIRS TO THE FIREBRICK. IN THE COURSE OF WELDING ANCHOR PINS FOR THE BRICKS, AFTER INSTALLING THE THIRD ANCHOR, AN APPARENT NATURAL GAS POCKET IGNITED, BURNING OUR BRICKLAYERS ARM, BACK AND TOP OF HIS HEAD.

2013 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was changing a grease zerk on a bucket elevator tail shaft bedring while elevator was in service. Worker's glove was caught in motion sensor star & glove was ripped from right hand causing possible fracture on bone in right hand.

2012 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

Maintenance men were welding a patch on graltionator elevator and sparks got inside elevator igniting rubber belt & buckets. Fire was extinguished within 30 minutes. There were no injuries. Still assessing damage as of 2/16/12.

2010 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was tossing a rope across a small dewatering hole to another worker.

2005 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Ice on ground caused employee to slip and twist his left knee. Saw Dr. on 1/31/05, torn ligaments.

2002 · 2 incidents

Struck by flying object

EE WAS HANGING UP A HARNESS WHEN A PARTICLE FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

Struck by falling object

EE WAS POUNDING ON PIPE TO DISLODGE SAND, AND A PIECE OF RUIST FELL INTO THE LEFT EYE.

2001 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED IN HOLE / SOFT SAND AND TWISTED KNEE.

2000 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A LARGE PIECE OF GRATING FROM CATWALK CLIPPED HIS MID CALF & FORCED HIM TO THE GROUND. RIGHT FOOT WAS BENT AT THE ANKLE CAUSING BAD BRUISING.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON A SHIEVE TO PUT IMPELLER ON. HURT RIGHT ARM.

Struck by falling object

GETTING A 4"" PIPE OUT AND IT FELL. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GET AWAY, HE TRIPPED AND THE PIPE LANDED ON TOP OF THE BACK OF HIS LEFT LEG.