Mining Incidents

Coxburg PitMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by William G Yates Jr
Lexington, MS, Holmes County, MS · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2200762
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009–2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Applying belt dressing with a spray can. Climbed over guard, placed his hand and arm in guarded area between belt and head pulley. His arm was snagged by the belt causing a laceration to his left shoulder.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Plant operator was cleaning out build-up under a conveyor tail roller with a shovel. He pulled the shovel back to far, hit his right elbow on the edge of a guard. Cut elbow, eleven stitches