Mining Incidents

Willow Springs QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Willow Springs, Howell County, MO · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2302064
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008–2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2019 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Tech was replacing a bearing race on conveyor tail shaft. Tech used a die grinder to cut the race and then used a hammer and chisel to wedge apart the race to drive off shaft. A metal piece of the bearing race or chisel chipped off and embedded in the side of the hand. The small (approx. 3cm) metal piece had to be surgically removed at the doctor.

2008 · 1 incident

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

Employee was pulling v-belt that had stopped due to a rock lodged in tail pulley. When belt freed, v-belt turned and pulled 5th digit on his (gloved) right hand into belt.