Mining Incidents

Gifford CentralMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Michael P Vondra
Elgin, Cook County, IL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103264
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Aug 2014
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE and another ee saw big rock in pile that shouldn't be there. We're inspecting screen panel condition & discharge cluck flop gate position. Both men were on opposite sides of catwalk. EE put his hand inside chute and the other ee pulled a lever on the other side. The gate was closed on ee thumb. He received 5 stitches on his thumb and lost his nail.