Mining Incidents

PWP #4Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Des Moines, Polk County, IA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302176
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2015 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was going to get in the loader started up the stairs forgot to get ink pen turned around and let go of safety gate, bolt on handle hit his left thumb cutting his thumb, required six stitches

2012 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using expanded metal to make the guard the employee was using his knee to hold the metal in place so he could mark the spot where the self tapping screw was going to go. While marking the spot on the guard the expanded metal slipped off his knee and sliced his left index finger.

2005 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was folding a stacker when the pry bar slipped and crushed his thumb between the conveyer frame.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

WHILE MOVING ROCK AROUND (ROUGHLY 12"" DIAMETER) WITH SKID LOADER, ONE ROCK ROLLED BACK INTO CAB STRIKING LEFT LEG CAUSING LACERATION TO UPPER SHIN ON LEFT REQUIRING STITCHES.

2000 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

REPAIRING AN AIR BRAKE LINE, WHILE CUTTING LINE WITH KNIFE, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT THUMB, REQUIRING SIX STITCHES.