Mining Incidents

Tucker Hill MillMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Imerys S A
Lakeview, Lake County, OR · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503433
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
52
Years on record
2000–2018
Latest incident
Jan 2018
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

52 on file

2018 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee was putting buckets on the elevator and a piece of ware plate broke loose from above which fell to the bottom landing on EE's leg/ankle causing a compound fracture and breaking the leg/ankle.

2014 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Attempting to slide 150 pound block up a conveyor frame into place to splice belt and tore muscle in right arm.

Struck against a moving object

Truck was exiting the access road to the mine and overturned. Driver had minor bruising to his shoulder.

2013 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Dumping fine material with dump truck and closing hooks didn't open to lock down back door on dump bed. Employee put his hand in between door & bed of dump box when hooks opened up smashing little finger.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was in route from the Tucker Hill Quarry to Highway 31 when he failed to negotiate a turn due to excessive speed and rolled his vehicle. Employee was not using his safety equipment(seatbelt) and hurt his elbow

2012 · 1 incident

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

Moving big jammed rock and slipped smashing finger.

2009 · 2 incidents

Fall from machine

Moving scrap to lower storage, was stepping down from loader tripped backward over a pipe in the tall grass landing on back.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepped off of panel trailer after shutting down for lunch and felt bad pain in left ankle.

2008 · 1 incident

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

Closing bottom slide gate on railcar and smashed right thumb.

2007 · 1 incident

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

Attempting to hook up rail cars when rail mover ran over the inside of his right foot.

2006 · 2 incidents

Struck by flying object

Grinding a piece of metal with safety glasses on and some got in his eye.

Struck by falling object

Moving metal sheets & sheets fell & hit right hand.

2005 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hopper door on railcar was stuck open; he put rail bar in the roller but it would not close so he stomped the bar with his foot and his boot was wet and it slipped off and hit him in the chin.

2004 · 9 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS TRYING TO REMOVE LARGER ROCKS FROM THE JAW FROM BEHIND THE SAFETY BAR & ONE SLIPPED & SMASHED THE MIDDLE FINGER ON THE RT. HAND.

Struck by flying object

CHANGING SCREENS IN SCREEN DECK; WIND PICKED UP. DUST ENTERED GOGGLES AND GOT INTO RIGHT EYE.

Struck by flying object

Employee was cleaning out railcar and perlite went into face and into safety glasses into eye.

Struck by flying object

It was a windy night, worker was performing normal job duties and perlite blew through vent, had holes in goggles and went into right eye, flushed out eye but perlite would not come out.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO TAKE THE MUDFLAPS OFF BACK OF TRAILER, THE DRIVER OF THE TRAILER STARTED TO BACK UP & IT CAUGHT HIS RT. HAND BETWEEN FLAPS, HANGER TIRES AND LANDING GEAR. THUS RESULTING IN 3 SMASHED FINGERS, WHICH WERE JUST BRUISED & NOT BROKEN.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS CLEANING OUT RAILCAR & PERLITE GOT ONTO GOGGLES & WENT INTO AIR VENTS OF GOGGLES & THE PERLITE DUST GOT INTO HIS EYE.

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE CONTROL ROOM AND TOOK OFF HARD HAT AND PERLITE WENT INTO RIGHT EYE.

Struck by flying object

NORMAL WORK BEING PERFORMED, PERLITE GOT INTO EYE.

No Value Found

WORKER RELEASED BAGHOUSE FROM BOBCAT AND WIND BLEW PERTLITE INTO CAB OF THE BOBCAT AND PERLITE WENT INTO EYE.

2003 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

TOOK GOGGLES OFF AND PERLITE FELL INTO HIS EYE.

2002 · 4 incidents

Struck by flying object

HE WAS CLEANING RAILCAR WITH BRUSH ON HIS BACK- WHEN PERLITE FELL INTO HIS EYE.

Struck by flying object

HEAVY WIND BLEW PERLITE INTO EYE. HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON.

Struck by flying object

TAKING SAMPLES AND WIND BLEW PERITE IN EYE.

2001 · 16 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS CLOSING RAILCAR HOOD AND GOT KNOCKED OFF BY LOADOUT HOOD.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE RUBBED HIS EYE AND PERLITE WAS ON HIS HANDS. IT THEN GOT IN HIS EYE.

Struck by falling object

I WAS CHANGING THE ELEVATOR BUCKETS AND PERLITE FELL BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO MY EYES.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WIND WAS BLOWING WHEN I WAS CLEANING UP. I GOT ROCK IN MY EYE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK FELL OFF TOP OF HOPPER ON ROCK CRUSHER, HIT GUARD RAIL AND TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON THE CAT 950 LOADER. I WENT TO PULL MYSELF UP TO A SITTING POSITION. I PULLED SOMETHING IN MY LEFT SHOULDER AND OR BACK.

Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SWEEPING THE ROOF OF THE LOADOUT HE WAS WALKING ON THE TOP AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL THROUGH THE SKYLIGHT. HE HIT THE CROSSBEAM ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVLING OUT BC1 AND PERLITE WENT INTO HIS EYE.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PICKING UP A PIECE OF METAL (200 POUNDS) HE WAS LOADING IT ONTO THE BUCKET OF THE BOBCAT TO TRANSPORT IT. THE METAL SLID BACK ONTO HIS HAND CRUSHING HIS MIDDLE FINGER.

Struck by flying object

THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND BLEW PERLITE DUST AND ROCK INTO HIS EYE.

Struck by flying object

HE WAS WORKING OUTSIDE WHEN THE WIND BLEW FINE PARTICLES OF PERLITE IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE SAFETY GLASSES HE WAS WEARING WERE COVERED IN PERLITE WHEN HE TOOK THEM OFF TO WIPE THEM OFF AND GOT PERLITE IN HIS EYE.

Struck by flying object

DURING ROUTINE WORK WIND BLEW PERLITE INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

Struck by flying object

PERLITE FLEW IN HIS EYE WHEN WALKING AROUND PLANT DURING HIS SHIFT.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS HAMMERING A CHISEL AND MISSED IT, HITTING HIS FINGER INSTEAD.

Struck by flying object

WORKING ON AUGHR ON TOP OF SILOS. WIND PICKED UP AND BLEW DUST IN HIS EYE.

2000 · 9 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING TRUCK & ROCK FLEW INTO EYE

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WIND BLEW PERLITE PRODUCT INTO RIGHT EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING A FILTER IN THE BAG HOUSE, WIND BLEW PERLITE DUST INTO EYSE

Struck by flying object

OPERATING BOBCAT GOING UNDER CONVEYER AND DUST BLEW INTO EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING USED.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PARTICLE FLEW INTO EYE, SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PERLITE BLEW INTO EYES WHILE WALKING BY PLANT SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING AND WIND BLEW PERLITE INTO EYE.

Struck by flying object

HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON, BUT STILL GOT ROCK IN EYE. WIND BLEW PERLITE INTO RIGHT EYE.

Struck by flying object

EE WAS WORKING INSIDE A BUILING ON THE SCALPING SCREENS, CUT & DUST FLEW INTO HIS EYES