Mining Incidents

Big Springs QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Greely, Douglas County, KS · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401675
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2008–2020
Latest incident
Jan 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2020 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Conveyor was blocked with boulders. Employee went through LOTO procedures. Employee removed head pulley guard to release tension in belt with pipe wrench. As employee was moving pipe wrench towards self, EE's hand slipped off wrench and into the pulley as it began to rotate back to original position.

2018 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee was trying to change Skid-steer bucket attachment. The pins were not releasing due to buildup of frozen mud/ice. After getting bucket free, the bucket fell about 2' and landed on employee's foot behind the steel-toe protector. The result is a fracture in metatarsal bone.

2013 · 2 incidents

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

Employee was pulling on a jammed gate. When the gate gave way, the gate pinned his right thumb between a large bolt.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was grinding leg on bin. Employee hit a gap with the grinder and the grinder smacked employee in nose. He broke this nose and was released to regular duty that day. Employee took the afternoon off and was back to work the following day.

2010 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Hydraulics on lift of dump truck failed, crashing into the truck. Broke passenger door, flying glass hit right eye and thrashed into steering wheel and back into seat. Intitial treatment that day, then admitted to the hospital on 9/22. He is currently in the hospital on IV pain meds for 5 bulging disks lower lumbar and swelling. Dump truck has been tagged out and is under repair.

2008 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

He was shoveling rock out from the rock crusher and either strained his back shoveling or reaching for a shovel.

Struck by flying object

Using wheat burner to unthaw dirt out of skid loader bucket and dirt or lime went into employee's eye.