Mining Incidents

HENDERSON PLANTMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Lhoist Group
henderson, Clark County, NV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2600082
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Mar 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2003 · 1 incident

2002 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE HYDRATE OPERATOR TO TELL HIM TO START THE BULK. HE SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR THAT HAD LIME ON IT AND WAS WET. HE INJURED HIS RIGHT KNEE. SURGERY WAS ON 2/21/03.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A HYDRATOR MIXER BOX. HE WENT TO PULL UP ON THE BY-PASS VALVE (HANDLE) WHEN THE HANDLE CAME OFF AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREHEAD.

2000 · 4 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GRINDING A BRACKET HE HAD WELDED WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG WENT UNDER HIS SAFTY GLASSES, CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LEFT EYE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING UP HYDRATOR STAIRS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE, REOCCURING INJURY FROM JANUARY 2000.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING DOWN A STAIRWAY AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HE MISJUDGED GROUND LEVEL AND HYPER-EXTENDED HIS LEFT KNEE.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HYDRATOR WHEN HE SLIPPED IN WET LIME TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.