Mining Incidents

Sholty Gravel PitMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by David K Stark
Shirley, Mclean County, IL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103000
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Apr 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ONE WORKER WAS ON THE GROUND MOVING TWO CONVEYERS BACK INTO POSITION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ANOTHER WORKER OPERATING A 972G LOADER WITH A CHAIN CONNECTED TO THE CONVEYERS. WHEN THE GROUND WORK ER WENT BETWEEN THE CONVEYERS TO LOWER BIN, THE LOADER OPERATOR THOUGHT HE WAS OUT OF THE WAY AND PROCEEDED TO MOVE THE CONVEYERS INTO POSITION, PINNING LEG BETWEEN CONVEYERS.