Mining Incidents

Lakemoor PitMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Steven Thelen
McHenry, Mchenry County, IL · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1103221
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2011–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Two employees had set a beater return roller on a lower frame part of the stacker frame of the conveyor; the roller slipped out from the frame and came into contact with injured employee's index finger.

2022 · 2 incidents

Contact with hot objects or substances

EE got blisters from a hot sheave. The bearing had gone out on a screen which heated up the sheave. The contact with the sheave caused small blisters on EE's hand.

Fall from machine

EE was dismounting the excavator for the end of shift. EE had three points of contact while dismounting and slipped off the foot peg on the middle of the track, which is 18 inches off of the ground.

2019 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a front-end loader and jarred left arm in rough terrain. Left arm muscle strain. Did not become reportable until after Clinic follow-up on May 10, 2019.

2018 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Installing counterweight pulley on field conveyor. Tele-handler and come-along holding pulley on either side of conveyor. Come-along cable snapped. Pulley swung back and struck middle finger of right hand.

2012 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Boulder got stuck in jaw crusher. Had to use a pry bar to remove boulder.

2011 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using a 70 lb. jackhammer to release a wear plate in a Cedar Rapids MVP 280 portable crushing plant, cone. the jackhammer slipped causing the right hand little finger nail to bend back away from the finger. Stitches were needed to reattach grown plate of finger nail.