Mining Incidents

WARDSVILLE PLANT #1Metal/Nonmetal

Wardsville, Cole County, MO · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2300863
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2019
Latest incident
Jul 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2019 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Scrap metal was being drug off of an old barge using chains hooked to a loader. As the metal was being drug off the barge it caught a lip on the barge and caused the piece of metal to pivot upwards and rotate. As it rotated it fell on top of an employee's foot breaking 3 bones. The employee is on light duty at work.

2017 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

A Miner was attempting to uncoil cable from a suspended spool, when it became disconnected from its rigging, striking the Miner. The Miner sustained neck and leg injuries

2008 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Holding a piece of metal while cutting it.