Mining Incidents

ROYAL CEMENT COMPANY, INC.Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Aldo R DiNardo
Overton, Clark County, NV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601977
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
19
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
May 2003

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS COLLECTING DUST SAMPLES AND HE WAS FOUND IN THE DUST APPROXIAMEATELY THREE FEET DEEP AND THE DUST WAS HOT. INOFRMATION RECEIVED FROM THE DR THROUGH ONE OF THE COMPANY INVESTORS INDICATE S THE EE MAY HAVE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK BEFORETHE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HELP ARRIVED QUICKLY AND THE EE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

Reportable incidents

18 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2003 · 5 incidents

Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON RAW MILL CLUTCH WITH A PROPANE TORCH AND THE TORCH FLARED AND RELEASED PARTICLES THAT FLEW INTO EYE, EMBEDDED OBJECT IN LEFT EYE WAS REMOVED.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS INSTALLING SPROCKET IN COUNTERWEIGHT FOR BUCKET ELEVATOR, SLIPPED & THE SPROCKET HIT HIS LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A FRACTURED LEFT RING FINGER.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE INSTALLING BRICK INTO THE KILN, HE GOT DUST IN HIS EYES. HE DID NOT NOTIFY US ABOUT THE DOCTOR'S NOTE UNTIL 2-14-03. HE WENT TO A DIFFERENT DOCTORE, THEN THE DOCTOR WE USE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS JACKING UP A PIECE OF METAL WITH A COME-A-LONG AND IT SLIPPED & POPPED HIM IN THE FACE MAKING A SMALL CUT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE BETWEEN EYEBROWS REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING & SPARKS FLEW INTO THE EYE.

2002 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS GRABBING BAGS OF CEMENT OFF OF CONVEYER, HE MUST HAVE GRABBED THE WRONG WAY AND TWISTED WRIST, WRIST SWOLLEN.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE RECEIVED 10 STITCHES IN LEFT KNEE. EE WAS OUT OF WORK AREA, COMMITTED UNSAFE ACT & GOT HURT. EE WAS GETTING CLINKER SAMPLE FROM AN AREA THE WAS CLOSED LOCATED AT THE BACK END OF CLINKER COO LER. EE CHANGED SAMPLE PICK UP ON HER OWN. EE WAS WRITTEN UP ON MATTER.

2001 · 6 incidents

Fall onto or against objects

THE SUPERVISOR WAS INSTALLING A FUSE IN FUSE HOLDER. HIS HAND SLIPPED AND MADE CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL POWER. IN PULLING HIMSELF OFF HE SLIPPED & FELL CUTTING THE SIDE OF HIS FACE ON JUNCTION BOX. ELEVEN STITCHES WERE PUT IN HIS FACE AT THEHOSPITAL.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE HAD MIS-STEPPED COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING AND HE FELL ON HIS KNEE.

Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EE WAS THE LOADER OPERATOR SAW THE FINISH MILL RECALIM HOPPER WAS STOPPED UP, SO HE CLIMBED UP AND REACHED INSIDE THE HOPPER WHILE THE BELT WAS STILL RUNNING THE TRY AND MOVE THE LARGE CHUNKS OF ROCK. THIS CAUSED THE CHUNKS TO BREAK QUICKLY CATCHING HIS HAND AND WRIST BEFORE HE COULD PULL THEM OUT, RESULTING IN A MAJOR LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HAND.

Struck by flying object

HE WAS WELDING AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE FROM A GRINDER NEAR BY.

Struck by flying object

EE WAS JACKHAMMERING & A PIECE OF METAL FLAKED OFF THE BIT AND INTO HIS LEFT LEG. 2 STITCHES TO LEG.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING HOLE IN CINDER BLOCK WALL AND THE DRILL GOT HUNG UP KICKING BACK INTO HIS FACE. LACERATION TO LEFT SIDE OF UPPER AND LOWER LIP. 5 STITCHES TOTAL-3 ON UPPER LIP AND 2 ON LOWER L IP.

2000 · 5 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS COUPLING A 2"" DIAMETER AIR LINE UP AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT. LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CUT AT FINGER TIP REQUIRING 4 TICHES. THE FINGER TIP WAS ALSO CRACKED AT BONE.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS LEAVING 90 LB JACKHAMMER AGAINST CONCRETE WALL AND LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS SMASHED. EE BROKE LEFT INDEX FINGER TIP.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE MOVING 4"" DIAMETER STEEL USED FOR HOLDING FM MOTOR IN PLACE TO WORK ON CLUTCH, EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT PINKY WAS CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT OF BAR ANDBUILDING STRUCTURE. THIS SMASHED HIS RIGHT PINKY CUTTING THE FLESH. EMPLOYEE HAD 10 STICHES TO CLOSE THE CUT.

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE WENT TO SOUTH PRECIP. ROTARY CLOSEST TO STACK, REMOVED GUARD TO SEE WHE ROTARY WAS NOT TURNING, AND THE ROTARY STARTED TURNING. THE EE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGH IN THE PINCH POINT BETWE EN THE DRIVE CHAIN AND SPROCKET. EE'S LEFT INDEX FINGERNAIL AND PORTION OF FLESH WAS NIPPED OFF.

Struck by flying object

EE WAS CHIPPING BUILD UP FROM FINISH MILL ELEVATOR FLANGE SO HE COULD REPAIR HOLE IN HOUSING. SMALL PARTICLE OF CEMENT BUILD UP GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, WELDING H OOD. THE WINDS WERE GUSTING UP TO 40 MILES PER HOUR WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ACCIDENT. EE TAKEN TO EYE DR, PRESCRIBED EYE DROPS.