Mining Incidents

RENTED MINE EQUIPMENTMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Lindsey R Falk
Northwood, Worth County, IA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302259
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Mar 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

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

THE WASH PLANT OPERATOR WAS CLEARING FROZEN MATERIAL OFF A ROLLER GANG WITH A HAMMER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND THE HAMMER BECAME CAUGHT IN THE ROLLER. THE HAMMER AND THE OPERATORS RIGHT HAND WERE PINCHED CAUSING ABRASIONS AND CUTS TO THE RIGHT HAND AND THUMB.