Mining Incidents

VEGA-PORTABLE CRUSHER #1Metal/Nonmetal

elko, Elko County, NV · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2601862
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Nov 2007
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Conveyor had been running for approx. 10 minutes to warm up. Due to frost, the belt was slipping. He gained access to head pulley by standing on the handrail and placed his left hand over the existing guard. The pulley entrapped his hand and it was crushed.