Mining Incidents

Portable Crushing Plant #6Metal/Nonmetal

Alamosa, Kiowa County, CO · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902222
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2003–2004
Latest incident
May 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2004 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING JAW CRUSHER OUT FOR THE NIGHT, ROCK ROLLED-

2003 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING CO-WORKER PUT ON A PATCH ON THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. THEY GOT READY TO MOVE THE BELT SO AS TO GET TO THE OUTER CLIPS. CO-WORKER TOLDEE AND OTHER EE'S TO WATCH OUT HE WAS GOING TO BUMP THE CONVEYOR. EE THOUGHT HE SAID TO PULL THE BELT BY HAND. WHEN CO-WORKER HIT THE BUTTON, EE GRABBED THE BELT AND THE BELT BROKE HIS RT. FINGER AND CUT HIS OTHER FINGER.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE JCI SCREEN HE SAID HEHIT THE BELT WITH THE SHOVEL & THE RETURN ROLLERGOT THE SHOVEL, SO HE TRIED TO GRAB THE SHOVEL &GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE RET ROLLER & PUT LEFT ARM UP AGAINST THE BELT TO PULL HIS HAND OUT, & GOT BELT BURNS ON LEFT HAND & ARM