Mining Incidents

Cape Cod Aggregates FreetownMetal/Nonmetal

Freetown, Bristol County, MA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1901172
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2010–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was lifting buckets of aggregate when EE felt EE's knee buckle. Sought treatment and was diagnosed with a left knee MCL sprain.

2024 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee wasn't paying attention to where EE was going and walked into a guard with their face. EE has damage to the teeth and they're checking EE's head and shoulder for other injuries.

2023 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Wood got stuck in the tail pulley. Employee used a piece of pipe to hit it out. Swung pipe, Clipped their finger and tore the fingernail.

2022 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While sharpening drill bit the grinding tool disengaged and hit the operator in the ankle causing a contusion.

2021 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Moving rocks out of the jaw, a rock slipped and jammed EE's right index finger.

Struck against stationary object

The employee was climbing onto a loader to begin shift. A knee banged into the second step.

2019 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

while using an electric disc grinder, EE got a piece of debris under EE's safety glasses into EE's left eye

2018 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was moving rocks by hand, wearing gloves, and right middle finger got pinched between two rocks.

2017 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was loosening the ball valve on the Deister Triple Deck Wash Plant. Employee was using a pipe wrench and felt a pain in this shoulder. Employee left work and consulted a Doctor.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving a haul truck, hit a bump and hit their head on the roof. Employee said they were wearing the seatbelt. Driver had the seat adjusted too high, was possibly driving too fast and wasn't reading the road. Employee did not report the incident until 2/16/17 after a Dr's visit where they were given the diagnosis of cervical strain.

2016 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Worker walked into a safety screen while checking a problem with the portable plant. Worker was wearing a hard hat and safety glasses and still scraped upper cheekbone, nose and eye.

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was working on a stalled conveyor. There was a small amount of loose gravel on the belt and employee slipped and fell injuring back.

2014 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Slip and Fall due to extremely low temperatures and icy conditions in the yard. Sand had been put down to prevent this, but the sand and snow wore down and this icy patch unknowingly was exposed as workers traversed the area.

2010 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Rocks bridged up in the hopper and spilled over the edge. When EE went to clear the jam - he rolled his ankle on the spilt rocks while walking to the hopper.