Contact with electrical current
Attempting to reverse the direction of a conveyor motor.
BowersvilleMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2002–2024
- Latest incident
- Aug 2024
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2024 · 2 incidents
Accident type, without injuries
Contractor drill rig caught fire. 2 extinguishers deployed. 911 called. Fire department extinguished.
2005 · 1 incident
Flash burns (welding)
Two employees were welding in close quarters and one employee suffered from flash burns to his eyes
2003 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TRYING TO CATCH SELF FROM FALLING FROM LADDER ON 988B LOADER. BENT RIGHT ARM AND RIGHT THUMB BACK AND HYPER EXTENDED THEM.
2002 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TWO MEN WERE WORKING TO FREE A BIG ROCK STUCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER THROAT BY THROWING OTHER ROCKS BEHIND IT TO HOPEFULLY WEDGE AGAINST IT TO BREAK IT LOOSE. WHILE DOING SO, A ROCK ABOUT 75-100LB CAME LOOSE FROM THE ROCKS PILED IN THE FEEDER. IT SLID DOWN THE PILE AND CAUGHT ONE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN IT AND THE STEEL FEED THROAT OF THE CRUSHER, BREAKING HIS LEFT THUMB.