Mining Incidents

PLANT #31 Metal/Non-Metal

Juneau County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702649

MSHA record for PLANT #31 (mine ID 4702649). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
32
Years on record
1987–1998
Latest incident
Apr 1998
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

32 on file

1998 · 1 incident

1997 · 3 incidents

July 15, 1997 WI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE INDICATES THAT HIS HANDS GET NUMB AND TINGLE WHEN DRIVING OR OPERATING THE FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE SHIFTS FORWARD AND REVERSE LEVER HIS L WRIST AND ELBOW ARE SYMPTOMATIC

April 28, 1997 WI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH ON THE JAWOF THE CRUSHER, THE EE JERKED ON THE WRENCH ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN MORE THE JERKING MOTION HE ALLEGES INJURED HIS SHOULDER.

1996 · 1 incident

May 17, 1996 WI · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRAVELING AND WALKING ALONG SIDE THE AIR TRACK DRILL. HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND THE TRACK OF THE DRILL TRAVELED OVER HIS FOOT.

1995 · 1 incident

October 12, 1995 WI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management OTHER
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ON BREAK WHEN HE WAS OBSERVED BY OTHER EMPLOYEE APPRENTLY GASPING WITH LABORED BREATHING. OTHER EMPLOYEE SUMMONED HELPA ND CPR WAS PERRFORMED. LATER IN THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

1993 · 1 incident

December 6, 1993 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER POUNDING SCREENS ON THE SCREEN DECK FIRST THING IN THE MORNIGN HE FIRST NOTICED HIS BACK. DISCOMFORT. AFTER PERFORMING HIS REGULAR DUTY OF OPERATING FRONT END LOADER FOR THIS REMAINED OF THE DAY HIS BACK DISCOMFORT HAD GOTTEN WORSE.

1992 · 1 incident

September 14, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Struck against stationary object

HE INDICATED HE GOT UP GROM HIS FRONT END LOADER SEAT TO LEAVE THE CAB, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE CAB FRAME CAUSING THE NECK AND LEG PAIN.

1991 · 3 incidents

1990 · 9 incidents

October 27, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY

EE REPORTS THAT HE AND TWO OTHERS WERE WELDING ON A LOADER BUCKET. IN THE COURSE OF THIS JOB HE WAS EXPOSED TO OCCASIONAL WELDING FLASHES FROM THE OTHER WELDERS. LATER THAT EVENING HE SOUGHT M EDICAL ATTENTION AS A RESULT OF PAIN AND SWELLING IN HIS EYES.

October 12, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME REPORTS THAT WHILE DRIVING A WEDGE IN THE BASE OF THE CONE CRUSHING PLANT, A CORNER OF THE WEDGE BROKE OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

August 24, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Unclassified, insufficient data

HE REPORTS A FOREIGN BODY OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN IN HIS RIGHT EYE, FOR WHICH HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION TO REMOVE.

July 6, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

METAL SLIVER FROM JAW CRUSHER ENTERED EMPL RIGHT EYE.. HE REPORTS HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT TIME.

July 3, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOZER OPERATOR CLIMBING DOWN OFF MACHINE FOOT SLIPPED & WENT BETWEEN PUSH ARM & TRACK RESULTING IN INJURY.

March 27, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY

A ROCK FLOW FROM THE JAW OF THIS CRUSHER AND WAS DEFLECTED WHICH STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD, JUST INSIDE THE HAIR LINE.

1989 · 5 incidents

November 9, 1989 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANGING THE JAW OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER A PRY BAR WHICH WAS BEING USED SLIPPED AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE FOREHEAD.

October 13, 1989 WI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Struck by falling object

WHILE LIFTING A SHEET OF IRON WITH LOADER AND CHAIN THE EYE BROKE LOOSE FROM THE SHEET OF IRON CAUSING IT TO DROP. HE WAS TRYING TO TURN THE SHEET AT THE TIME AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN IT STRUCK HIM ON HIS RIGHT ARM CAUSING LACERATIONS TO THE RIGHT BICEP AND FOREARM WITH BRUISES.

July 28, 1989 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE

I,NAME WAS REPAIRING A ROLLER ON THE CONVEYOR WHILE RESTING ON THE BELT. A TROCKER DROVE HIS DUMP TRUCK UNDER THE CONVEYOR TO LOAD. WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WORKING ON THE CONVEYOR. THE TRUCK DRIVE TURNED THE BELT ON. I,NAME WAS COVNEYED UP AND DUMPED INTO THE DUMP BOX.

May 11, 1989 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REATTACH A WIRE CABLE TO THE YOKE ON THE SHOVEL BUCKET,CLAIMANT BENT THE CABLE TO PUSH IT INTO THE YOKE AND WHEN HE ADJUSTED HIS GRIP ON THE CABLE IT SPRUNG BACK STRIKING H IM IN THE MOUTH.

1988 · 5 incidents

December 2, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PLACING A SCREAMING UNIT AND CONVEYOR TOGETHER IN PREPARATION FOR PRODUCTION HIS LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE TWO UNITS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FINGERS IE NOTED BELOW.

February 3, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

FRACTURED SCHAP2ID AND FRACTURE R 3RD METATARSAL WHILE MAKING PREPARATION FOR SPOTTING THE CONTROL STACK ONTO CRUSHER PLATFORM I NAME STOPPED ONTO THE FPLATFORM AND THE WELDS APPARENTUS BROKE AND HE FELL TO3THE GROUND.

January 12, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I. NAME CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN A PIPE WRENCH AND METAL OBFECT ON CRUSHING UNIT WHILE CANGING SCREENS.--LACERATION AND CRUSH INJURY TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

1987 · 2 incidents

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