Mining Incidents

Haydite MineMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Vic DiGeronimo Jr
Independence, Cuyahoga County, OH · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3300490
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
35
Years on record
2000–2014
Latest incident
Mar 2014
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

35 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

Loader operator was pulling clinker material and the right front tire of the John Deere Loader caught on fire. The employee used a Fire Extinguisher - The local Fire Dept was called to put out the Fire - There were no injuries due to the Fire

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was bending down to pick up loose bricks and put them in a wheelbarrow when he felt a pain in his lower back.

2013 · 2 incidents

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

Maintenance employee was replacing a skirt rubber on a chute above the main feed belt. The employee did not Lock Out the feed belt and while working on the chute a piece of metal fell onto the moving belt, the employee tried to grab the metal and caught his right arm between the belt and belt cover. The employee sustained a fracture to his right wrist and forearm.

Accident type, without injuries

A maintenance employee was reworking rubber belting in the finish screen tower when a spark caused the belting to catch fire - The employee utilized a Fire Extinguisher and was unable to put out the Fire - The local Fire Department was called and put out the fire. There were no injuries due to the Fire.

2006 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

Shoveling around elevator area.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Felt sweaty, shaky and lost consciousness.

2005 · 2 incidents

Contact with heat

FAINTING AND DEHYDRATION DUE TO HEAT EXHAUSTION

Over-exertion in lifting objects

HANDING BRICK TO BRICKLAYERS. DID NOT GO FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 03/02/05.

2004 · 1 incident

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNDER BAGHOUSE, TRIED TO CATCH THE AUGER COVER FROM FALLING INTO DUST, SLIPPED OFF LADDER.

2003 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLINKER CRUSHER PLUGGED UP, EE RAN TO SHUT IT OFF, SLIPPED IN A HOLE, TWISTED KNEE.

Struck by falling object

JACK HAMMERING IN COOLER, A PIECE OF CONCRETE FELL ON HIS RT. FOOT.

2002 · 13 incidents

Unclassified, insufficient data

AGGRAVATION OF PREVIOUS BACK INJURY DUE TO NO TREATMENT FOR 3 1/2 MONTHS.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHIFTING SUPERSACK OF SODIUM BICARB ON HOLDER ABOVE ROTARY FEEDER LEFT TO RIGHT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN ABDOMEN.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENDING OVER SHOVELING, THIS IS A REOCCURENCE FROM HIS 8-13-02 INJURY. PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

Struck against a moving object

DRIVING THE 972 CAT LOADER, RAN INTO A POTHOLE GOING 5 MPH. INJURED LOWER BACK.

Struck against stationary object

HAMMERING LOCK NUT OFF A BEARING WITH A CHISEL AND HAMMER. HAND SLIPPED CUTTING HIS 5TH FINGER. RECEIVED 4 STITCHES.

Contact with electrical current

OPENED ELECTRICAL CABINET WITH POWER ON, PUSHED RE-SET BUTTON, FINGER SLIPPED OFF AND TOUCHED 240 VOLT LIVE WIRE.

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

CHANGING PULLEY ON MOTOR, GLOVE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELTS PULLING RIGHT HAND. RECEIVED STITCHES.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CHANGING SCREENS INSIDE OF SCREEN DECK, TWISTED WRONG WAY WHILE PUSHING SIDES OF NEW SCREEN.

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

REMOVING SCREENS- HAND WAS BETWEEN SCREEN AND WALL. SOMEONE PULLED SCREEN, PUSHED IT AGAINST HAND- CUT FINGER- RECEIVED STITCHES.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING A PUMP, HIS RIGHT ARM STARTED HURTING.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED WHILE SHOVELING, TWISTED LOWER BACK.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING CHUNK FROM HIGHWALL IN HOPPER WHEN A CHUNK FROM THE TOP STRUCK SIDE OF HEAD, HIT RIGHT SHOULDER & LANDED ON RIGHT FOOT.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN EXCAVATOR TO CLEAN TRACKS, FOOT SLIPPED & EE CAUGHT HIMSELF FROM FALLING WITH HIS LEFT ARM. FELT ARM TIGHTEN UP & PAIN IN THE ARM.

2001 · 4 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAWING THROUGH A PIPE, METAL SLIVER WENT INTO RIGHT EYE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING BRICK OUT OF KILN, BENDING OVER WHEN BACK WENT OUT. THIS IS AN OLD INJURY FROM 1-11-96.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO ACCIDENT TO REPORT-ELBOW TENDONITIS. THIS IS A REACTIVATION OF A PREVIOUSLY REPORTED INJURY (2-16-95).

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING BOARD UNDER GEAR, FINGER GOT CAUGHT RECEIVED STITCHES.

2000 · 7 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING DOWN OFF GROVE HE SLIPPED ON STEPS THAT HAD OIL ON THEM. HIS BACK HAD BEEN BOTHERING HIMFOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE SLIPPING DUE TO PREVIOUS CLAIM #93-34381.

Struck by falling object

WORKING ON KILN, PIECE OF METAL FELL ON HAND, RECEIVED STITCHES.

Struck against stationary object

SHOVELING UNDER BX SCREEN DECK. SCREEN SHUT OFF AND STARTED TO OVERFLOW. TRIED TO RUN OUT OF THE WAY OF FALLING MATERIAL WHEN STURCK A BEAM WITH HIS BACK.

Fall from ladders

CLIMBING LADDER, SLID OUT FROM UDNER AND FELL ABOUT 15' TO CEMENT FLOOR.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING CHUNK FROM DRAG, WHEN IT FELL ON HIS HAND; STRAINED MIDDLE FINGER HAD SPLINT PUT ON IT.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN FRAME AND PULLEY, CUT ON RIGHT HAND, RECEIVED STITCHES.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVEL HANDLE KNOCKED SAFETY GLASSES OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE - RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION DROPS.