Mining Incidents

Possum Run Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Mchenry County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101166

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1986–1992
Latest incident
Jun 1992
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1992 · 1 incident

June 19, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Meyer Material Company · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS TESTING FOR LIGHTNING DAMAGE ON STARTER FOR 200 HP PUMP MOTOR.A EST LEED SLIPPED OFF CAUSING A SHORT RESULTING IN A HIGH VOLTAGE FLASH.EMPLOYEE RECIEVED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS T O TOP OF RIGHT HAND AND ON UNDER ARM,AND ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.

1991 · 1 incident

October 3, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meyer Material Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL HELPING TO CHANGE POST TENSION SHAKER SCREEN.REMOVING A CLAMP BAR WITH R HAND WHILE LEFT HAND WAS POSTIONED ON A SUPPORT BRACKET.THE CLAMP BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK LEFT HAND.THUMB WAS ON TH E EDGE OF THE BRACKET,THE CLAMP BAR HIT HIS THUMB CAUSING A SHEARING ACTION.EMPL THUMB WAS SEVERED BETWEEN THE NAIL AND FIRST JOINT.(THUMB TIP WAS SEWED ON).

1986 · 2 incidents

September 23, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Henry Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING GEARBO3 FROM CRUSHER CAUGHT FINGER IN PULLER AVULSION OF SKIN FROM TIP OF RT RING FINGER

July 9, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Mc Henry Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

INDEPENDENT ELE7TRICAL CONTRACTOR WORKING ON FUSE BOX OF CRUSHER DIDNT DROP MINA LOCKOUT AND BOX EXPLODED BURNING HIS STOMACH NECK LOWER CHIN BOTH HANDS AND FOREARMS AREA OF OCCURRENCE HAD SEV ERAL SEVERE EL9CTRICAL STORMS IN THE PRECEDING 5 DAY PERIOD