Mining Incidents

LITCHFIELD SAND & GRAVELMetal/Nonmetal

Litchfield, Hillsborough County, NH · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2700251
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2001–2024
Latest incident
Jul 2024
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2024 · 1 incident

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

Was changing cone liners on crusher. Had fingers in wrong spot. Crush injury to fingers between two pieces of metal.

2013 · 3 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Employee was doing repair on crusher - was swinging sledgehammer when he missed his target and hit his finger against metal surface.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was adjusting scraper on mud machine with a wrench - his hand slipped off the wrench and his elbow hit metal on the catwalk.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing a bearing; was holding chisel in right hand when thumb got hit between the hammer and bearing.

2012 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

During snowstorm, employee was walking across yard to get a shovel, slipped and fell on his back.

2011 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

EE was climbing down on the ladder from his rock truck and lost his footing and fell to the ground.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee filled sandblasting machine and was bringing it back to shop when he slipped and fell. The machine landed on his foot.

2008 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in generator bldg changing an air filter and some debris got in his eye.

2007 · 1 incident

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning scale when he started to feel dizzy and light headed. His supervisor noticed his color was bad, and called an ambulance. He suffered a heart attack.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee stepped down off a ladder onto a loose rock and twisted ankle.

2005 · 2 incidents

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

Employee was moving a concrete block when he pinched his finger against the block and a piece of steel, lacerating finger tip and nail.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was standing on a ladder to move a hopper that was being placed on the crusher, and felt his left knee give out.

2002 · 1 incident

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS MOWING LAWN AND COLLAPSED.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

WAS HIT ON SIDE OF HEAD WITH ROCK FROM CONVEYER.