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Owensburg Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Rogers Group Inc · Surface

Greene County, IN · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1201841

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1985–1986
Latest incident: Feb 1986

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 1 incident

February 28, 1986 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

American Aggregates Corp · Struck against a moving object

LOWERING LOADED3BUCKET ON FRONT END LOADER,MACHINE TIPPED FORWARD ON BUCKET LIFTING REAR WHEELS OFF THE GROUND.LOADER FELL BACK ON ITS WHEELS WHEN OPERATOR TRIED TO RIGHT THE MACHINE.OPERATOR WAS THROWN AGA3NST STEERING WHEEL AND SEAT.

1985 · 1 incident

January 7, 1985 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Owensburg Quarry Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A LARGE WEDGED ROCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER. AS HE WAS PUSHING THE ROCK DOWN INTO THE CRUSHER WITH HIS FOOT, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND SLIPPED INTO THE CRUSHER THUS A MPUTATING THE SECOND AND THIRD TOES, THE TOP OF THE FOURTH TOE AND BREAKING IT ALSO ON THE LEFT FOOT.