Mining Incidents

Portable PLANT #103Metal/Nonmetal

Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2001191
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2020
Latest incident
Jan 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2020 · 1 incident

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

A rock was caught in tail pulley. Employee turned conveyor off, locked it out, and loosened belt to remove rock. Employee tried to turn the belt to roll the rock out. When the rock came out, the belt shifted, and the pulley grabbed employee's glove, pinching left index finger, causing a fracture.

2014 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE was adjusting jaw crusher. He put a pipe over the wrench, for leverage, & pushed on pipe. When he did, he said something in rt shoulder snapped. He said he told his supv about it, but didn't seek treatment thru employer. Employer found out several wks later that EE was being treated by his personal dr. Inj was determined to be work-related: torn rotator cuff, requiring surgery

2001 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

EE WAS UNLOADING BLOCKS ON FLATBED TRAILER & STEPPED ON A CHAIN BINDER. IT SLID OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIS LEGS TO SPLIT & HE THEN FELL OFF THE TRUCK.