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Rip Rap PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Douds Stone LLC · Surface
Controlled by Daniel Ryan Roberts
Ottumwa, Van Buren County, IA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302266
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2003–2004
Latest incident
Oct 2004

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
Douds Stone, Inc.
Struck against a moving object

WHILE TAKING A LOAD OF FINES TO THE STOCK PILE, EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO THE PIT AREA (WITH A LOADED TRUCK). WHILE ROUNDING A CURVE IN THE HAUL ROAD, EMPLOYEE WENT THROUGH A BERM CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL. EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHED BY THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2003 · 1 incident

Douds Stone, Inc.
No Value Found

WEATHER WAS COOL & SUNNY. SETTING UP PLANT FOR PRODUCTION WHILE BACKING IN A DOLEY. AFTER MISSING THE KING PIN, EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO RESET THE LATCH ON THE HEAD PLATE. BEFORE THE LATCH WAS S ET, THE PLANT SLIPPED & PINCHED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN PLANT & HEAD PLATE.