Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner was dismounting ladder on 980 G FEL. Right knee buckled when miner placed right foot on ground. Miner was on flat clean surface.
CirclevilleMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2001–2013
- Latest incident
- Dec 2013
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2013 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
Miner one was attempting to break miner two's fall as miner two was descending from a conveyor. Miner one was successful in breaking miner two's fall, and in the process, miner one received a torn bicep to the right arm.
2005 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE USING A 4-LB. HAMMER TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE ANGLE IRON ON A 70-FT. PORTABLE CONVEYOR, EE MISSED THE ANGLE AND STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB. 5 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
2001 · 2 incidents
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
REBUILDING SPOKANE CRUSHER, LINING UP THE TOP SHOE COVER PLATE. IT SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS 3RD AND 4TH RINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
A 150# ROCK GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND MOTOR MOUNT. HE GOT IT UNWEDGED AND ROLLED IT OFF THE BELT. NEXT SHIFT HE COMPLAINED OF SERIOUS LOWER BACK PAIN. HE WAS SENT TO CLINIC TO BE EXAMINED BY A DR. DIAGNOSIS WITH RIGHT LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN. DR. PUT HIM OF RESTRICTED WORK DUTIES OF NO CLIMBING, LIFTING, AND REPETITIVE USE OF PEDALS. EE TOOK PLANT OPERATOR POSITION BECAUSE IT MEETS HI