Mining Incidents

Weir QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Georgetown, Williamson County, TX · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104360
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

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

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE DRIVE BELTS ON FEEDER OF PRIMARY CRUSHER. DURING THIS PROCEDURE EE S 5TH FINGER ON LEFT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN SHEAVE AND BELT RESULTING IN LACERATION AND BROK EN BONES OF LEFT HAND FIFTH FINGER.

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO CONVEYOR BELT WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS ACTION TO THE OPERATOR. START SEQUENCE WAS ALREADY INACTED. EMPLOYEE TRAVELED UP BELT AND WAS EJECTED ONTO STOCKPILE APPROX 5'. AN OTHER EMPLOYEE TRIED TO WARN AND INTERVENE.

2002 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

WHILE CLEANING TAIL PULLEY, A ROCK FELL FROM AN OVERHEAD CONVEYOR THAT RUNS ABOVE THE AREA ACTUALLY BEING WORKED ON. MINER WAS STRUCK ON LEFT THIGH, RESULTING IN A CONTUSION.