Mining Incidents

Norris Quarries Plant #3Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Rolla, De Kalb County, MO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2301930
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
2001–2014
Latest incident
Mar 2014
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2014 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Employee has stated his back injury is due to a faulty seat while operating a 400D John Deere haul truck.

2009 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting cables on impactor - lower strain.

2008 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Rock stuck in tail pulley, used pipe wrench to turn tail pulley, hurt shoulder.

Struck against a moving object

Moving and loading boulders with loader - lifting on boulder that broke sending rear of loader to ground.

Struck against a moving object

Ran over soft spot on stackpile with dump truck and truck turned over on its side.

2006 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbing up on a 278 Dozer and twisted knee

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Stepping over electric motor and got right foot caught and fell. Bruised right leg/calf.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Heart attack

2005 · 4 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Ran into end of scales and the steering wheel caught his right arm bruising wrist.

Struck by falling object

Employee was removing rocks from side door, one slipped and smashed ring finger of right hand.

Struck against a moving object

Running scraper and dozer hit the scraper jarring employee.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepped out of truck into hole and twisted ankle.

2004 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEPPING UP ON THE EXCAVATOR CAT TRACK AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

2003 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

CUT HIS LEFT HAND FINGER FIRST HAD TO HAVE SIX STITCHES TAKEN IN FINGER.

2002 · 2 incidents

Fall onto or against objects

THEY WERE TIGHTENING THE BELTS ON IMPACTOR EE FELL OFF AND CRACKED THE RIGHT SIDE RIBS.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKING ON HIS TRUCK AND CUT HIS FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. THEY TOOK 5 STITCHES HE RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY.

2001 · 4 incidents

Struck against a moving object

HE WAS DRIVING A STOCKPILE TRUCK TAKING ROCK FROM CRUSHER TO PILE & STARTED TO TURN BUT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN CAUSING TRUCK TO HIT SIDE OF ROAD & THEN OVERTURN. EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HE AD. HE WENT TO THE CLINIC & THEY GAVE HIME SOME ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PILLS. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK; WENT AND CAME BACK THE SAME DAY.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDARD SHIFT IN HEARING SENSITIVITY.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED DOWN FROM A KNEELING POSITION ON THE WHEEL OFTHE PLANT AND FELT A STINGING SORENESS IN RIGHT KNEE. HE REFUSED TREATMENT AT THIS TIME AND THEN ON 8-31-01 HE TURNED OVER IN BED AND RE INJURED IT. WENT TO THE CLINIC AND GAVE HIM SOME TREATMENTS HE HAD TO HAVE HIS LAPROSCOPED OUT. HAD SURGERY ON 10-30-01 AND WAS BACK TO WORK 11-06-01 LOST ONE WEEK WORK.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE ALLEGEDLY THAT STEPPED IN A MUD SEAM AND SKINED HIS RIGHT SKIN ONT HE DATE OF 2-22-01 IT WAS REPORTED TO US ON 3-9-01 WHEN IT BECAME INFECTED AND EE HAD TO GO TO THE DR.