Fall from piled material
Hand splitting blocks. Block tipped and slid down block ankle caught on rocks and rolled. Sprained right ankle.
L-231Metal/Nonmetal
Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · Surface
Controlled by Jacob Barkley
Ely, Lake County, MN · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2103882
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2018–2022
- Latest incident
- May 2022
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2022 · 1 incident
2021 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Went to take wrench of the steel, co-worker hit the lever to tighten the steel not knowing hand or finger was still in there and finger got stuck between the wrench and the rock. Worker developed soreness and started getting worse and worse on the drive home. Was taking the wrench off the steel for the DTH Drill. 2 Fingers got smashed, fractured.
2018 · 2 incidents
Struck by flying object
Employee was monitoring the water bag and the movement of the loafs when the water bag burst and water hit EE's face. Causing minor eye abrasions.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was operating a rock splitter when the splitter got stuck in the rock. The employee then attempted to put a pipe wrench between the splitter and the rock, Getting middle and ring fingers smashed between the wrench and the rock.