Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner stepped back while holding a machine shield and left knee popped.
Portable Dredge Dept 485Metal/Nonmetal
Wendling Quarries Inc · Surface
Controlled by Manaco Corporation
Clinton, Clinton County, IA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1301261
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2001–2023
- Latest incident
- Aug 2023
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2023 · 1 incident
2001 · 1 incident
Contact with electrical current
EE WAS CHECKING VOLTAGE OF A 100 AM BREAKER. HE MISTAKENLY HAD THE METER PROBES IN THE INCORRECT POSITION, RESULTING IN A DEAD SHORT OF THE TWO LEGS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TEST. THE MOLTEN PROBE ENDS AND LUG SCREWS SHOWERED THE 30 AM BREAKER BENEATH THE 100 AMP BREAKER, RESULTING IN A SECOND BUT SIMULTANEOUS FIRE BALL. THE EE WAS NOT ELECTROCUTED, HOWEVER DID RECEIVE FIRST AND SECOND