Mining Incidents

ATLANTIC MINE OF ATLANTIC, IAMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Mark Schildberg
Greenfield, IA, Adair County, IA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302228
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Mar 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2003 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF STEEL IN THE SHOP AND IN THE PROCESS HE STEPPED ON THE FLOOR GRATING OVER THE DRAIN AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LOWER BACK. AT THIS TIME HE WENT T O MEDICAL CENTER AND RETURNED TO WORK.

2002 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

AT APPROX 9:15 A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE CROSSCUT OF 35X9E INCLUDING 35X10E. NO PERSONS WERE INJURED AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED.

2000 · 5 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON A POWER TAKE OFF WHEN A SPRING CAME OFF AND CUT THROUGH HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WITH REPLACING THE CONVEYER BELT ON THE AUTOMATIC STACKER CONVEYER WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PULLED ON BELT CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE STACKED FRAME.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A LOADER BUCKET AND USING APORTA POWER TO HOLD REINFORCEMENT IN PLACE WHILE WELDING AND THE PORTA POWER SLIPPED PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CRUSHING THE BONE.

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

CRUSHING CREW WAS CLEANING THE HAMMER MILL THAT HAD PLUGGED ITSELF WITH ROCK AFTER THE HAMMER MILL DISCHARGE MOTOR HAD QUITR WORKING. AFTER SOME CLEANING ANOTHER EE TOLD EVERY ONE TO STAND CLE AR SO THAT HE COULD START THE DIESEL DRIVE OF THE MILL & REPOSITION HAMMERS FOR FURTHER CLEANING. EE REACHED IN MILL TO GRAB A LARGER ROCK & DISCARD IT. HAMMER FELL PINCH FOREARM, TORN ARTERY

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS ENTERING #3 TUNNEL TO THE UNDERGROUND AND HIT A CHUCK HOLE. THE TRUCK BOUNCED AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT BOTTOMED OUT JARRING HIS BACK, RESULTING IN A PINCHED NERVE AND A PULLED MUSCLE IN BA CK.