Mining Incidents

Crusher #2Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Albert A Schellinger
Columbia Falls, Flathead County, MT · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2401385
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2021
Latest incident
Apr 2021
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2021 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Miner was sitting on the counter in test trailer and slipped while trying to get off. EE struck nose on the opposite counter. EE was taken to clinic for treatment.

2018 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

A rock fell from the screen deck and landed laborer's hard hat.

2004 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

SLIPPED WHILE EXITING CLEANOUT AREA AND ARM SLID INTO TAIL PULLEY OF NOW MOVING BELT

2003 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PRY A ROCK LOOSE, THE BAR SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK & PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND JAW CRUSHER.

2002 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING SCREENS ON 6X20 SCREEN PLANT (STANDING ON WALKWAY WITH RAIL) WHILE SLIDING SCREEN CAUGHT HIS JACKET PULLING HIM OFF WALKWAY & HIT HIM IN THE FACE.

Struck against a moving object

CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT OF LOADER SIDE TO SIDE AND BOUNCING CAUSED BACK STRAIN.

Struck against a moving object

EE INDICATES THAT ""CONSTANT"" BOUNCING IN 980G LOADER HAS CAUSED BACK PAIN.

2000 · 6 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FEED CHAIN ON DRIFTER BRAKE AS DRIFTER WAS IN MOTION UPWARDS DURING STEEL CHANGE OPERATION CAUSING THE CHAIN TO BUNCH UP AS THE HAMMER WAS FALLING. THE BUNCHED CHAIN STRUCK THE LEFT THIGH AND ON DOWN TH4E LEFT LEG. NO BROKEN BONE, BRUISED.

Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM CRUSHER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL THE REMAINING DISTANCE TO THE GROUND. WHEN HE LANDED, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE

Flash burns (electric)

RUNNING ELEC CABLE INTO BOX WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH ANOTHER CABLE & FLASHED IN HIS FACE

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

PLACED JAW DIE ON PITMAN (SUSPENDED) BLOCKED JAW DIE, EXCESS WEIGHT CAUSED THE JAW DIE TO ROCK LOSING THE WOOD BLOCKING AND THE DIE SWUNG BACK PINCHING THE EE BETWEEN THE JAW DIE AND THE CRUSH ER FRAMEWORK.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING BY-PASS CHUTE ON CRUSHER WITH A BAR, SMASHED HAND BETWEEN BAR AND A PIECE OF IRON ON CRUSHER.

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER MOVING IN REVERSE WITH HIS HEAD TURNED. HE HIT A BUMP, JARRING AND TWISTING HIS BACK AND ARM.