Mining Incidents

Harmony Mine & MillMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Heyward C Green
Crystal Springs, Copiah County, MS · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200650
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
19
Years on record
2007–2019
Latest incident
Jun 2019

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

A haul unit was being loaded by a track hoe and a slush pond dam broke and the slush came down on top of them burying them.

Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

A track hoe was loading a haul unit with gravel to take to wash plant and the dam on a slush pond broke and covered up both the tack hoe and the haul unit with the workers in them.

Reportable incidents

17 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2019 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was putting on a hopper belt. The picking up and twisting for the period of time strained EE's back muscles. Pain went down the right leg.

2018 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was cleaning material from under the hopper with a shovel. EE scooped up some material and turned to toss the material off the shovel and felt a pull in EE's back.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was moving culvert pipe on a trailer. They were going to unload the pipe but they were wedged together. Employee picked one end of the middle pipe up and pulled their back.

2016 · 1 incident

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

EE was helping to change the tail pulley can on hopper. EE pulled real hard on the can and it slipped and caught finger between the pulley and the metal beam.

2015 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

A clod had stopped up the harper and he was trying to break the clod up. He had a metal rod and was jobbing the clod and the rod slipped and he hit his hand on a metal piece on side if the harper.

Fall down stairs

EE said he had fallen at home over the weekend and had hurt his right knee. He was going up some steps to help work on a screen and fell hitting his left knee.

2014 · 4 incidents

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was pumping oil into a bucket with a hand pump and twisted to see if it was full and felt a pain in his back it got worse as time went on.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was walking down the belt line checking it and the belt started to slip so he started walking fast back to cut the belt off and stepped in a hole turning his ankle.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Had picked up an oxygen bottle that was in the back of a truck to untangle the hoses and pulled a muscle in his back.

2012 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

They were trying to get the door to the clay washer hopper opened wider. LC was using a maul to hit the door. He hit the door a couple times and raise up to hit it again and noticed blood and when he looked his finger was dangling.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Scale operator was going into scale office made a miss step and fell twisting her foot and causing her to sprang her ankle.

2011 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was getting ready to move the Grove Crane was waiting for the air to build up.EE got on back of the grove to rip up the engine. When the air was up the operator flipped the switch to bring the outrigger in and EE's foot got caught between the body of the machine's frame and the outriggers.

2010 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

They were helping to change teeth on the dragline. EE was watching while the foreman was trying to knock the teeth out and a piece of the tooth chipped off and hit the EE going into his right leg above his knee.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

They were putting a face plate on a pump. He had his hand on the pump and did not realize it. When they lowered the part, it mashed his left hand and cut it. Had to have stitches.

2008 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

They were unloading pipe off a trailor with a end loader and he did not turn the pipe loose and it swing back and caught his had between pipe and trailor.

2007 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

We are putting up a sand plant, they were taking the speed reducer off. EE had walked around the end of the plant at the same time they took the pins out. The speed reducer flipped off and hit him in the head knocking him to the ground and landed on his legs.