Mining Incidents

Crusher #1Metal/Nonmetal

Las Vegas, Clark County, NV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602348
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2004 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE TOOK GUARD OFF TO SCRAPE RETURN ROLLER WITH SHOVEL. THE RETURN ROLLER GRABBED THE SHOVEL AND PULLED EE'S HAND AND FOREARM INTO ROLLER. HE HAD MULTIPLE ABRASIONS ON LEFT FOREARM AND CUT ON FINGERTIP. ANOTHER EE REPORTED ACCIDENT.

2002 · 1 incident

Contact with hot objects or substances

CLEARLY BY EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE, EE ELECTED TO MOVE A GUARD & GRAB A PIECE OF OLD BELT NEARBY & MOUNT IT ON THE MOVING BELT CONVEYOR TO PUT EXCESS SAND BACK ON THE CONVEYOR RATHER THAN HAVING IT FALL TO THE GROUND WHERE HE WOULD HAVE TO SHOVEL IT. THE BELT GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE ROLLER & BEFORE HE COULD GET HIS HAND OUT HE GOT CAUGHT IN THE ROLLER THEN REACHED WITH THE OTHER HAND.