THE ACCIDENT RE8POSNSIBLE FOR THIS DELAYED INJURY HAPPENED WHEN THE LOADER SLID OFF OF A DIRT ROAD INTO A DITCH THROWING MINER OFF TO THE GROUND. NO APPARENT INJURIES OCCURRED AT THIS TIME. AP PROX. TWO MONTH8 LATER, THIS MINER WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP AND LEG, AND WAS ADVISED TO STAY AWAY FROM WORK. DURING HIS ABSENCE, HE FURTHER INJURED HIS BACK AND BECAME WORSE. HE
Moad Metal/Non-Metal
Unimin Specialty Minerals Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Covia Holdings LLC
Alexander County,
IL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102608
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1984–1985
- Latest incident
- Sep 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1985 · 1 incident
Illinois Minerals Company · Fall from machine
1984 · 1 incident
December 19, 1984
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
ledgeman/hand, quarry man
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Illinois Minerals Company · Struck by falling object
UNDETECTED LOOSE MATERIAL FELL APPROX 12\ FROM RIB OF MINE ONTO MINER TRAVELING UNDERNEATH. APPROX 700-900 POUNDS OF UNCONSOLIDATED ROCK FELL ON THE MINER CAUSING A FRACTURED CLAVICAL & 4 FRAC TURED RIBS ALL ON THE LEFT SIDE