Mining Incidents

Pawnee QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Pawnee, Pawnee County, OK · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401308
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
2001–2018
Latest incident
Jul 2018
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2018 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

WAS DOING CLEANUP AND BACKED INTO A BEAM. SCRATCHED LOWER BACK.

Contact with heat

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING UP EQUIPMENT WHEN FELT CHEST PAIN AND SHOCKING IN LEFT HAND.

2016 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHANGING RETURN ROLLER ON BELT #13, STRAINED TOO HARD AND PULLED A MUSCLE.

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

Pulling out equalizer bar when the chain slipped and mashed finger and hand.

2014 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hitting bar with sledge hammer and missed. Follow through pinched right index finger between hammer handle and bar.

2013 · 1 incident

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

Digging rocks out of pantleg chute. Pulling one rock out and another rock fell over smashing his left thumb between the two rocks. Fracture left first distal phalanx. Finger splint applied.

2012 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Employee was upset by a phone call giving him bad news about a death in his family, punched the tire of his loader and broke his hand.

Struck by falling object

Sliding hinged steel plate onto axle hinge. Plate slipped and fell on finger.

2010 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was flipping in south double screen chute. Three gates hung together and flipped as one, catching his finger between two gates.

Struck against a moving object

Employee indicates that repeated jostling around from operating loader has caused him to have lower back problems.

2008 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was holding a piece of rubber for another EE, other EE was using a knife to split and the knife slipped and EE's right thumb was cut.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was carrying a 5 gallon bucket of rock chips and felt a sharp pain in his left side, which persisted until treatment.

2007 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was sliding into pant leg chute/he grabbed the rail to stop his slide & strained his left shoulder and neck.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee rubbed his L forearm against a burr underneath fuel tank support frame.

2005 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing a flat tire on a truck and strained his lower back - did not appear to be a serious injury, but led to employee having lower back surgery 8/3/05 - will be off work 6-8 weeks.

2004 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKING ON A BELT TAIL PULLEY WITH ANOTHER EE USING A COME-ALONG; CABLE FOR COME-ALONG BROKE & SMASHED HIS LEFT HAND.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE'S FOOT SLIPPED ON ICE AS HE STARTED TO CLIMB INTO HIS LOADER AND HE PULLED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

2003 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE PRIMARY JAW, SLIPPED, AND TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.

2001 · 2 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING DOWN A STEEP SLOPE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE TAIL PULLEY ON BELT &PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER.