Accident type, without injuries
Electrical outlet shorted out igniting wood interior wall. Fire dept. responded, extinguished fire. Gates were locked; no miners present at time of fire. Approx. time fire dept. was on scene 1 hr 10 min.
Moncure #2Metal/Nonmetal
General Shale Brick, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Brickhaven, Chatham County, NC · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3102144
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2005–2008
- Latest incident
- Feb 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2008 · 1 incident
2005 · 1 incident
Fall onto or against objects
Wet and muddy, EE was filling up machine with water. He was climbing on machine. Went to move a 5 gallon jug of water to the next level of catwalk. His hand slipped off of handrail, he fell against machine bruising his ribs and his leg hit the tracks lacerating his leg.