Mining Incidents

Portable #3Metal/Nonmetal

Paulsen, Inc · Surface
Controlled by Larry Paulsen
Cozad, Dawson County, NE · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2500540
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006–2018
Latest incident
Oct 2018
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2018 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

They were repositioning the dredge in gusty winds when the starboard side positioning line became taught. EE attempted to ease the line out by pulling the dog back out of the sprocket teeth when ee did hand slipped off the winch handle causing it to free wheel the winch handle came around hitting right hand and ee nose as went down to the deck.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The latch on a fiber rope winch released unexpectedly causing the winch handle to come around and strike the miner on the back of his left hand.