Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The miner was sweeping a ""hard to get to"" place and strained his back
Journagan-OzarkMetal/Nonmetal
Leo Journagan Construction Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Leo Journagan
Springfield, Christian County, MO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2300153
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2000–2005
- Latest incident
- Apr 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2005 · 1 incident
2003 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
MINER WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT A SCREEN. WHILE STEPPING OFF THE SCREEN HE STEPPED ONTO A ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE.
2002 · 2 incidents
Fall onto or against objects
MINER WAS WALKING AND STEPPED ON LOOSE GRAVEL. THE MINER SLIPPED AND FELL INTO THE SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR BRUISING HIS KNEE.
Contact with hot objects or substances
WORKER WAS APPARENTLY TRYING TO RE-ESTABLISH PRIME ON THE PUMP BY FILLING THE CLEAN-OUT CAVITY WITH WATER. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH WHEN HE LOOSENED THE FIRST BOLT ON THE CLEAN-OUT CAVITY COVER, HOT WATER SPEWED FROM THE CAVITY ONTO HIS FOREARMS, THIGHS AND LOWER FRONT TORSO.
2001 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MECHANIC HAD REMOVED THE OLD CUTTING EDGE AND WAS INSTALLING A NEW ONE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE NEW CUTTING EDGE AND THE PALLET IT WAS DELIVERED ON.
2000 · 1 incident
Fall from ladders
WORKER WAS CLIMBING DOWN A METAL FIXED LADDER ON THE OUTSIDE OF A CRUSHER BIN, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE SPRAINED HIS KNEE.