Mining Incidents

HUNTSVILLE PLANTMetal/Nonmetal

Huntsville, Walker County, TX · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103329
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Jun 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2004 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE 2 EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING V BELTS ON SHAKER SCREEN, PULLEY SLIPPED & CAUGHT 1 EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN V BELTS AND SHIVE. THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND WAS HURT. HIS 4TH (RING FINGER) WAS SEVERELY MASHED AND IT CUT THE END OF HIS 5TH(PINKY FINGER) OFF AT THE FIRST JOINT.

2003 · 1 incident

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

EE WAS REMOVING ROLLER FROM DOZER. HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL ROLLER OFF MACHINE. ONE END OF ROLLER SLIPPED AND PINNED HIS HAND. THE EE S FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLER AND ROCK ON THE GROUND. THE EE S FINGER GOT BROKE AS A RESULT. EE FINISHED JOB, THEN HE REALIZED THE FINGER WAS BROKE.

2000 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A BAR TO LOOSEN ROCK THAT WAS STUCK IN A CHUTE. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT THE EE IN HIS MOUTH BREAKING A TOOTH.