Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner was using a pry bar trying to dislodge rock stuck in the tail pulley. The bar came loose striking the miner in the mouth damaging a tooth.
Portable Crushing Dept 425Metal/Nonmetal
Wendling Quarries Inc · Surface
Controlled by Manaco Corporation
Dewitt, Clinton County, IA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1301292
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2008–2023
- Latest incident
- Apr 2023
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2023 · 1 incident
2019 · 1 incident
Fall onto or against objects
MECHANIC FINISHED WORK ON HOIST CYLINDER ON TRUCK TURNED TO GO BACK TO SERVICE TRUCK AND TRIPPED ON BUCKET OF SKID LOADER FALLING ACROSS BUCKET AND DRAW BAR. BRUISED LEFT SIDE, RIBS AND BACK.
2014 · 2 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Changing teeth on excavator bucket. Small piece of metal came off tooth and went into left arm.
2008 · 1 incident
Struck against a moving object
Employee had been operating skidloader and was having back pain. He believes the cause is operating the skid loader extended amounts and the jarring off the ride on rough terrain.