Mining Incidents

Dredge #5Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Linder Deimund
Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, MO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2300681
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Feb 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING A CONTROL SWITCH PANEL FROM PILOT HOUSE OF BOAT & LET IT DROP TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. IT FELL ABOUT 2"" & THE AIR FROM IT DROPPING SENT A PIECE OF SAND INTO HIS EYE. THE SAND CAME OUT BUT IT SCRATCHED THE EYE AND THE EYE LATER BECAME INFECTED.