Mining Incidents

Portable Crushing Plant #201Metal/Nonmetal

Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1301415
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

During loading of dollies onto the trailer, common practice to step over tongue of dolly to undo chains. While stepping over, EE tripped and landed on the trailer deck injuring a finger. Initial prognosis is broken finger.

2024 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was removing ladder from aggregate screening plant, got their finger pinched in hinge point on ladder. Laceration to index finger on right hand requiring stitches, no broken bones.

Struck by flying object

Replacing bearing on tail pulley of primary crusher. Driving bearing into place when piece of metal broke off and struck employee just above upper lip causing laceration which required two sutures.

2017 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was helping replace a conveyor belt when the vise grips attached to the conveyor belt EE was pulling on came off of the belt causing EE to fall to the ground on some rocks.

2016 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was trying to get the snow out of the dump truck box and pushing on the tailgate by hand. Did not get hand out of the way and smashed employee's right thumb in the tailgate.

2014 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was laying down on the catwalk of the screen box tightening screen bolts. When employee went to stand up a sharp pain shot across lower back.

2012 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Climbing out of dump truck and stepped on big rock and turned ankle.

2008 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbing down a ladder on primary crusher, fuel hose slipped down and the nozzel hit his left third finger. Did not seek medical attention, thought that it was brusied. On 1-22-08, smashed end of left third finger between shovel handle and wheelbarrow. Went to the doctor on 1-23-08 and has a tuft facture.

2003 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

TRYING TO GET A BELT RUNNING. A ROCK ROLLED OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRYING WITH A METAL BAR ON A ROLLER. THE BAR SNAPPED BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE NOSE.

2002 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ELECTRICAL BOX FRONT CORNER AND FELT A POP IN THE INNER LEFT ELBOW.

2001 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

SPLICING A BELT ON A CONVEYER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

2000 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

FILLING WATER TRUCK WITH WATER. WENT TO MOVE HOSE TO FILL WATER TRUCK THAT WAS STUCK. PULLED ON 6"" HOSE AND FELT A PULL IN LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN.

Struck by flying object

THROTTLED UP AN ENGINE AND A LOT OF DUST FLEW AROUND. HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON AND DUST GOT IN EYES.