Mining Incidents

Tri County Limestone CompanyMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by CRH PLC
MARSEILLES, Marion County, OH · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3300167
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2002 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

TRUCK OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO DUMP HIS LOAD WHILE SITTING ON AN UNEVEN GRADE ON THE STOCKPILE. AS HE RAISED THE TRUCK BED THE TRUCK TIPPED OVER ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE. THE OPERATOR, WHO WAS WEARING SEATBELT, WAS UNHARMED BUT COMPLAINED OF A SORE NECK. HE WAS GIVEN PAIN MEDICATION AND PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY FOR ONE DAY BY THE ER PHYSICIAN.

2001 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE WORKER'S HAND SLIPPED WHILE MOVING WOOD BLOCKING, CAUSING A SPLINTER TO ENTER THE BASE OF THE PALM OF THE RIGHT HAND. THE WORKER REMOVED THE SPLINTER HIMSELF AND CONTINUED WORKING. TWO DAY S LATER THE INJRUY SHOWED SIGNS OF INFECTION. THE WORKER WENT TO HIS FAMILY DR. ON MONDAY AND RECEIVED ANTIBIOTICS.

Fall from machine

EE WAS ON THE LOADER. CLIMBING DOWN THE LOADER STEPS AND MISSED THE LAST STEP - LANDED ON HIS BACKSIDE. EE ANSWERED THAT HE DID NOT NEED FIRST AID TREATMENT BUT LEFT A 9:20 AM TO GO HOME. SAID HE WAS GOING TO GO TO THE CHIROPRACTOR.

Fall from machine

EE WAS CLEANING THE FROST OFF OF THE TROJAN LOADER WINDSHEILD WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF OF THE LOADER STEP. HE FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT. HE REPORTED ACCIDENT TO OFFICE ON JAN 3, 2001.