Mining Incidents

Matbon IncMetal/Nonmetal

Matbon Inc · Surface
Controlled by James M Boney
Chico, Wise County, TX · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104384
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2005–2007
Latest incident
Nov 2007
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2007 · 5 incidents

Struck by falling object

EE was helping maintance change a screen on shaker #3. He was lifting the screen and lost his footing. When he slipped the screen fell on his left hand cutting left ring and middle finger.

Struck by falling object

Employee was trying to unjam the hopper at sand plant by hitting it with a hammer. He did not see the rock on top. The vibration knocked the rock off and hit him in the head causing a concussion and a bruised spinal column.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stopped her truck and got out to move a ten inch rock at dump site. While she was getting back in her truck she said her back popped.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a torn piece off the primary conveyor belt. His knife slipped and cut the top of his left hand.

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

Employee was cleaning his loader bucket. A rock was wedged between loader bucket and cutting edge. Employee was using a bar to knock it out. When the rock popped out the cutting edge popped back knocking the bar back against the bucket with his hand between bar and bucket.

2006 · 4 incidents

Fall from machine

Employee was standing on belt frame to grease feeder bearings and did not lock out belt. The belt was bumped causing employee to slip damaging his left foot or shin and spraining his ankle.

Contact with hot objects or substances

Hot metal went around glasses and touched eye.

Contact with hot objects or substances

Hot metal went around glasses and touched eye.

Struck by falling object

A jack fell off the jaw and hit his head.

2005 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS GOING TO BACK DOZER & WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOOK BEHIND HIM HE RAN OVER SOME ROCKS & TWISTED THE RT. SIDE OF HIS BACK.

Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE FAILED TO RECOGNIZE TRIP HAZARD.