Employee was working in the Mill in the block setting area. EE was going to grab a prybar on the ground by the racking poles. EE stepped on a racking pole that was lying on the ground and felt a pop in EE's foot. EE fractured a bone in EE's left foot.
Vetter MineMetal/Nonmetal
Vetter Stone Company · Surface
Controlled by Ron J Vetter; Donn J Vetter
Mankato, Blue Earth County, MN · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2100086
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2000–2024
- Latest incident
- Jan 2024
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2024 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
2011 · 1 incident
Contact with heat
Employee was overcome with heat exhaustion as a result of the heat.
2010 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was placing a stone slab into a rack, and while attempting to put in place a brace, the slab shifted and struck employee on his left leg. Employee recieved a cut on his thigh and broke his left knee.
2007 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was unloading limestone slabs from the gang car when the slabs shifted and pinned him between slabs and a block of stone. Employee broke right wrist and bruised adominal cavity.
2001 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE TOOK ONE HAND OFF DRILL TO MOVE A HOSE. DRILL SPUN AND HIT HIS WRIST.