Mining Incidents

Ellinger PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Fayetville, Fayette County, TX · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104154
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2014–2017
Latest incident
Dec 2017
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2017 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing pin in hydraulic cylinder on John Deere excavator, EE stuck finger in there to make sure everything was lined up correctly. When cylinder was picked up, it caught EE's right index finger.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in the process of replacing polyurethane screen when they hit it with a hammer. Hammer bounced off screen and the handle caught employee's right index finger.

2015 · 3 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Operator was pulling on engine clutch lever, right hand slipped and right thumb got cut on air cleaner.

Struck against a moving object

Operator was engaging clutch on dragline, his left hand slipped and left thumb got cut on guard.

Struck by flying object

Employee was replacing bucket teeth on dragline bucket, when employee hit tooth directly with sledgehammer a piece of hard surfacing got submitted into left leg.

2014 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a conveyor belt when his utility knife slipped and he cut his leg.