Mining Incidents

JASPER PLANTMetal/Nonmetal

ILC Resources · Surface
Joplin, Jasper County, MO · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2302477
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
2014–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Employee fell, while inside of a fall protection cage, on top of a pneumatic trailer during the loadout process. During the fall, the employee struck EE's right side breaking 3 ribs and received other non-reportable contusions and abrasions.

2024 · 5 incidents

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

Laceration to left middle finger when air lock shifted and pinched finger.

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

While cleaning an air duct, the duct shifted and pinched employees hand between duct and railing of work platform.

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

While operating a stand on skid steer, employee backed into a blow line pinching their foot resulting in a contusion.

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Pinched left hand ring finger from belt skiving tool.

Struck against stationary object

Probable foreign material in left hand. Treated w/ first aid until 1/23/24, when explored wound site and found nothing. Wound site closed. Reporting out of an abundance of caution.

2023 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While climbing ladder to excavator, employee's foot slipped, resulting in discomfort in right calf. Injury did not require medical initially. Injury became reportable on 11/8/23 when employee reported swelling and bruising and injury became lost time.

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

Worker caught left wrist between skid loader and equipment resulting in a fracture.

2020 · 3 incidents

Fall from machine

Hatch on tanker trailer had bounced closed. Employee climbed up trailer to open hatch w/o fall protection and fell to ground. Employee incurred broken jaw and ribs, brain hemorrhage & contusions to liver, kidney & lung.

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

While unplugging the cracker mill, operators hand slipped and became caught in the tensioner assembly, resulting in a laceration of the ring finger, right hand.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee claims they fell to the ground when pushed by a co-worker, suffering a lumbar strain.

2019 · 3 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

While walking on a slightly pitched roof, employee slipped and fell to the roof.

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While on knees, employee reached under an auger and reports feeling a twinge in back.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While stepping off a ramp onto a trailer top to work on a hatch, employee reports feeling left knee buckle.

2018 · 2 incidents

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

Plant was replacing an auger that was suspended with rigging straps. The motor and drive were attached, offset and balancing at the 12:00 position. The motor & drive unexpectedly became unbalanced and rolled to the 6:00 position, pinching the employees right hand. Cuts to the index and middle fingers required stitches. Improper rigging allowed the motor and drive to roll.

Struck by flying object

Employee using a hand grinder and got a piece of metal in right eye

2015 · 2 incidents

Contact with hot objects or substances

The employee took off bearing cover of a screw conveyor when hot grease sprayed his forearm, hand and face.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

employee was shoveling material into a pile and aggravated the ulnar nerve in the left elbow.

2014 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was taking a two piece cover off of an elevator door with a chisel and a hammer to pry the two pieces apart. The chisel became dislodged from between the two pieces and struck the employee in the forehead above the right eyebrow.