Mining Incidents

Walls Materials Plant 2Metal/Nonmetal

Walls Materials · Surface
Fort Jefferson, Darke County, OH · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3301384
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2000–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2024 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing zip ties from cable bundle and cut gloved hand with razor knife requiring stitches. Employee returned to work the same day with no work restrictions or modifications.

2015 · 1 incident

Fall from ladders

Miner was performing maintenance on primary takeout belt gear box. Lost balance while on ladder and fell +/- 3 feet spraining ankle.

2008 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Miner was unplugging rocks jammed in jaw crusher when two large rocks shifted pinching little finger on left hand

2004 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND.

2001 · 2 incidents

Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A STEP LADDE,R HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET TO GROUND.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PICKING UP A BELT ROLLER TO LOAD ON WELDING TRAILER. WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

2000 · 4 incidents

Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE'S WERE REMOVING TABLE SHOE'S FROM SPOKANE CRUSHER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A SLIVER OF STEEL FLEW OFF AND EMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEE'S FOREARM.

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

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BEHIND A PACKED PICK-UP WHEN ANTOHER EMPLOYEE PULLED UP BEHIND HIM IN PIT TRUCK TO PARK, THE PIT TRUCK ROLLED FORWARD PINCHING HIS KNEE BETWEEN THE TWO BUMPERS.

Fall from machine

EE WAS WORKING ON ROCK BOX, ABOVE DRY SCREEN, CUTTING OUT LOWER SHELF. BOX FLIPPED, THROWING EE.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

PULLING SAMPLES OUT OF CONVEYOR 60-70 LIFTED UP AND HAD SHARP PAINS IN LOWER BACK.