Mining Incidents

Pit #7 Edgecombe County Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Philipp Holzmann A G
Edgecombe County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3101697

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Jul 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

July 9, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rea Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DRAGLINE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT NEW DRAG CHAINS TO DRAG BUCKET AND WAS IN THE WRONG POSITION TO HANDLE STRAIN CAUSING STRAIN TO LOWER BACK (POSSIBLE SLIPPED DISK).