Mining Incidents

Portable Plant No 1Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Kory Keller
Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, TX · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104323
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2014–2017
Latest incident
Jan 2017
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2017 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee disregarded direct orders during maintenance, left group and walked around to a belt, removed the safety cover and was manually rotating the belt when power was restored to the belt. Employee's left thumb was sucked between the belt and pulley causing a severe laceration. Due to the severity, the thumb was further amputated at the hospital.

2014 · 3 incidents

Struck by falling object

Hydraulic Jack fell on employee's right side of the foot hurting little toe. Employee return to work same day.

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

EE was working on conveyor belt and belt hit his left thumb. His thumb was caught between ladder and belt crushing it.

Fall onto or against objects

While EE was working on the crusher, he slipped and fall in between the belt and a sharp edge. He got a cut on the right side of lower abdomen.