Mining Incidents

Tipton QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Tipton, Cooper County, MO · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2301586
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2014
Latest incident
May 2014
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2014 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee cut finger while cutting conveyor belt.

2003 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EE WAS DRILLING WITH AN AIR TRACK DRILL, DURING THE PROCESS OF OPERATION HE WAS CHANGING DRILL STEEL AND SOMEHOW HIS RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN A SPROCKET & ROLLER CHAIN. EE CANNOT RECALL HOW OR WHY HIS HAND GOT NEAR THE SPROCKET. EE'S RIGHT HAND WAS SO SEVERLY INJURED THAT THE DR.'S HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO AMPUTATE ABOVE THE RIGHT WRIST.

2002 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING OPEN THE DOOR TO THE HAMMERMILL. WHEN SECURING THE DOOR HE GOT HIS FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND THE DOOR.