Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER #2Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Tom Konitz
Lewistown, Fergus County, MT · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401813
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Jul 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2004 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Ee was helping change screen bearing on P.I. screen. While straightening belt, counterbalance weight came back down, striking ee on knee.

2003 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING ROCK AND WET SAND AWAY FROM CRUSHER HAS UMBLILICAL HERNIA.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ADJUSTING DRIVE BELTS ON PI BIN, FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & DRIVE PULLEY.

2000 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EXTENDED USE OF HAND TOOLS-PROBLEM WITH RIGHT THUMB-NO GRIPPING POWER.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANGING TEETH ON LOADER BUCKET, EE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN A TOOTH WITH A HAMMER. A PIECE FLEW OFF HITTING HIM IN THE LEG.