Mining Incidents

Washington CrusherMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by VINCI Group
Washington, Knox County, ME · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700847
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2010–2016
Latest incident
Aug 2016
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2016 · 1 incident

Contact with hot objects or substances

Crusher generator had shut down because it overheated. Employee went to the radiator and was going to check the antifreeze level. EE turned the cap to the first notch, while waiting for the pressure to equalize the cap came off spraying employee with hot fluid. This caused burns to left arm, chest, eye lid and around mouth.

2010 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was using a grinder with a locking trigger. The grinder slipped out of his hand and hit his forearm.