Mining Incidents

M57 PITMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Jeffrey M Rydahl
Vicksburg, Montcalm County, MI · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003121
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2004
Latest incident
Oct 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Slipped on oil spill and fell to ground on his back.

Struck by flying object

PLANT OPERATOR WAS CLEANING DEBRIS FROM WALKWAYS WHEN A HARD STONE WAS THROWN FROM THE CRUSHING CHAMBER STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST AND HEAD.

2002 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE MIGHT NOT OF APPLIED PARKING BRAKE ALLOWING HIS LOADER TO ROLL PINCHING HIS BODY BETWEEN TWO LOADERS. REMOVING A CABLE FROM LOADER. A POSSIBILITY EXISTS WITH THIS MODEL LOADER WHERE THE EL ECTRIC TOGGLE SWITCH CAN BE PUSHED, HOWEVER LANDING BETWEEN ON AND OFF YET ALLOW OPERATOR TO FEEL CONFIDENT THE SWITCH BUT WON'T SWEAR TO THE FACT HE MAY HAVE FAILED TO USE IT.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

APROX 5"" STONE WOULD NOT CLIMB BELT, INSTEAD THE STONE KEPT ROLLING AGAINST HOPPER BACKSTOP, EE GRABBED THE STONE THEN DROPPED IT, THE STONE BOUNCED ONTO HIS FINGER DAMAGING HIS OUTER SKIN.