Mining Incidents

GrandfallsMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by W L Ross & Co LLC
Monahans, Ward County, TX · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4101916
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2012–2020
Latest incident
Jan 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2020 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

An employee was attempting to feed the hopper with a loader and the bucket was low to the ground. When EE turned EE's bucket the top side of the bucket scraped the ground which caused the loader to come to an abrupt stop. (The employee admitted to not wearing seat belt during time of incident.) The impact caused the employee to strike the windshield with EE's head and shoulder.

2019 · 2 incidents

Contact with heat

An employee was working outside handing coworkers tools to fix a problem on the crusher and started to feel the effects of the heat.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

An employee was pushing on a pipe wrench and felt a pop in EE's arm.

2013 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working with a wrench on a loader, wrench slipped striking employee on his left hand. Expenses and pay was handled by employer, Report Only to Texas Mutual.

2012 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on a repair on the plant when the return roller slipped and mashed left middle finger. He was taken to the ER. Finger was broken but returned to full duty on 6/11/12.