Mining Incidents

Manteno Lime PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Manteno, Kankakee County, IL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103033
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Feb 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2003 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CLEANING COOLER PIT. LIFTED RAMP FOR WHEEL BARREL TO SET FOR DUMPING AND FELT A PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA. RAMP WEIGHED APPROX. 30 LBS.

2002 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK WHILE OBTAINING A LIME SAMPLE FROM THE KILN.

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

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE BUCKET HOIST WHEN THE GLOVE ON HIS LEFT HAND GOT ENTANGLED IN THE PULLEY, RESULTING IN A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES AND A FRACTURE TO HIS LITTLE FINGERTIP.

2001 · 4 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAIN AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO A MEDICAL FACILITY TO CHECK HIS HEART. REPORTED LATER POSSIBLE PULLED MUSCLE FROM RAKING LIME.

Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER MAINTENANCE EE WHO WAS TRIMMING STEEL WITH A TORCH. THERE WAS A POP IN THE TORCH TIP CAUSING THE OTHER EE TO SUDDENLY MOVE IN REACTION. THE TORCH FLAME CAME CLOSE ENOU GHT TO EE'S GLOVE TO IGNITE THE CLOTH BACK OF THE GLOVE. HE TAKEN TOT HE CLINIC AND DIAGNOSED WITH 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING PLATE INSIDE HOPPER, PLATE SLIPPED AND PINCHED HAND BETWEEN PLATE AND HOPPER WALL.