Mining Incidents

SHOWERS SAND PITMetal/Nonmetal

S & G Materials · Surface
Iowa City, Johnson County, IA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1301753
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

No Value Found

EE GET OUT OF HIS LOADER TO CLEAN HIS BUCKET OUT MANY TIMES DURING THE DAY DURING ONE OF THESE TIMES SAND WAS BLOWN IN HIS EYE IT WAS A WINDY DAY NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN THIS HAPPENED DURING THE WORK DAY WENT TO DR THE NEXT AM.

2000 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

CARRYING ACETYLENE TANK TO SHOP NIGHT BEFORE FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN BACK NEXT DAY. NEXT DAY HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

Struck by flying object

EE WAS RUNNING THE TRUCK HAULING FILL SAND. IT WAS WINDY AND SOME OF THE MATERIAL BLEW INTO THECAB AND ENTERRED HIS RIGHT EYE. THE WIND BLEW SMALL PIECED OF RUST INTO HIS EYE.