Mining Incidents

SPRINGFIELD SURFACE Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Greene County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2300008

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Apr 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
38
citations
10
significant & substantial
$8,761
proposed penalties
$8,761
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 14,910 16 6 1073.1
2001 Q1 47,077 22 4 467.3
2000 Q4 47,176 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 49,407 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 48,889 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 48,009 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2001 · 3 incidents

April 18, 2001 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Ash Grove Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RELATCHING A DUMPSTER AND SMAHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DUMPSTER AND THE MAST OF A FORKLIFT.

January 4, 2001 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ash Grove Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS CLEANING OUT TOWER SCREW; AS HE WAS DRIVING THE SLIDE IN THE BOTTOM LIME FLEW UP INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

January 4, 2001 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Ash Grove Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS SACKING LIME WHEN A BAG BLEW UP AND GOT LIIME IN BOTH EYES.

2000 · 10 incidents

December 29, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING ON ICE ALONG RAILROAD TRACKS TO LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE & FELL HURTING HIS BACK

November 6, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO RETRIEVE A BAG AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT.

October 31, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ash Grove Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING SOME LIME WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

September 15, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ash Grove Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A CHUTE HANG IN THE RETURN SPOUT AND HE WAS USING A ROD TO POKE IT OUT WITH AND HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON A WALL. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO THE DR AND WAS TREATED CONSERVATIV ELY, UNTIL 11/8/00 WHEN THE DR ASPIRATED THE BUMP ON HIS ELBOW.

August 22, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ash Grove Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A VACUUM TO SUCK OUT AN ELEVATOR AND THE HOSE CAUGHT ON A DOOR WHICH WAS LEANING AGAINST A HANDRAIL, PULLING THE DOOR OVER AND HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK.

August 10, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING CARRY A 12" SCREW THAT WEIGHED APPROX. 200 POOUNDS WHEN HE SLIPPED IN SOME MUD AND THE SCREW FELL ONTO HIS LEFT HAND CUTTING IT.

July 31, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Ash Grove Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS WALKING BY THE 2 HYDRATOR WHEN THE POIDOMETER BELT BROKE EMPTYING THE BIN ONTO THE FLOOR. EE GOT LIME IN HIS LEFT EYE WHEN THE LIME FELL ONTO THE FLOOR.

July 17, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ash Grove Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS SACKING AND STACKING LIME WHEN HE RECEIVED LIME BURNS TO BOTH ARMS AND STOMACH. EMPLOYEE WAS USING NEOSPORIN AND HAD AN ALLERGICREACTION TO THE NEOSPORIN. EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 7/21/00.

June 23, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Ash Grove Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A FENCE ROW WHEN HE CAME OUT INTO CONTACT WITH POISON IVY.

February 22, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ash Grove Cement Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS LOWERING A WELDING LEAD WITH SOME ROPE AND WHEN STARTED PULLING THE ROPE BACK UP, HE GOT TANGLED UP IN THE ROPE AND FELL. EE WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL 4-20-00 WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE DR. AND THE DR HAS NOW INDICATED THERE IS A POSSIBLITY OF SURGERY AT A LATER DATE.