Mining Incidents

Portable Lime ScreenMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Burlington, Des Moines County, IA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302050
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2009 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

EE was backing haul truck up the stockpile ramp to dump load when the ramp gave slightly causing the haul truck to lay over on its side.

2007 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

Employee climbing inside rock crushing feeder to assist putting chain around stuck boulder, lost footing & fell into feeder. Another employee in feeder grabbed him & helped break his fall. Employee taken to ER & x-rays taken. Released with pain meds & no broken bones, bruises & strain to lumbar & side. Later visit to dr. on 6/21, x-rays showed back contusion & rib fractures.

2005 · 2 incidents

Flash burns (welding)

Employee was welding on wing; received a welding flash burn to his eyes.

Fall onto or against objects

Employee moved the metal steps to the lab trailer away from the trailer to paint. He went inside the trailer and came out after a while and forgot that the steps were pulled away from the trailer and stepped out and fell between the trailer and the steps. He received a laceration to his left shin from hitting his shin against the metal steps.

2004 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was removing a large rock from his feeder on a limestone crushing plant. His injury was diagnosed as a double hernia.

2002 · 1 incident

Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS WORKING AROUND WELDER & RECEIVED WELDER FLASH BURN TO EYE.

2000 · 1 incident

Fall from ladders

EE WAS TAKING A SAMPLE OF 3/4"" CLASS ""A"" BIN WITH IDOT INSPECTOR. WHILE CLIMBING DOWN AFTER OBTAINING THE SAMPLE, THE EE MISSED THE NEXT TO THE LAST STEP ON THE LADDER AND INJURED HIS LOWER BA CK AND LEFT LEG.