Mining Incidents

GLOVER PITMetal/Nonmetal

Mitteis Gravel · Surface
Royal, Antelope County, NE · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2500896
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Jun 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

POST HAD CAME LOOSE HOLDING CABLE AND WERE ATTEMPTING TO HOOK THE CABLE TO A NEW POST ON THE BANK. THE CABLE WAS ATTACHED TO A WENCH ON THE BARGE AND WHEN IT TIGHTENED, THE CATCH ON THE WENCH BENT, EMPLOYEE GRABBED THE WENCH HANDLE TO TRY TO HOLD IT, BUT THE HANDLE SPUN AROUND AND HIT HIS WRIST.