Mining Incidents

Plant #27Metal/Nonmetal

Tomah, La Crosse County, WI · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702651
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2005
Latest incident
Mar 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

As Employee was binding down the load he felt a pop in his low back and could not stand straight.

2003 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE LACERATED HIS LEFT THUMB WHILE CUTTING WATER HOSE.

2002 · 1 incident

Unclassified, insufficient data

EE REPORTS THAT HE HAD SWELLING IN HIS LEFT KNEE ON 6-5-02 AFTER CHANGING OIL IN MOTORS. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT AND HAD CC FLUID REMOVED FROM HIS KNEE.

2001 · 3 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BOUNCING IN HIS LOADER OVER ROUGH TERRAIN MUSH OF THE DAY, CAUSING PAIN IN BACK & LEGS.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE PICKING UP A PALLET OF ROLLERS, EE STRAINED HIS BACK. PAIN GOT WORSE OVER TIME, CAUSING HIM TO SEEK TREATMENT.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN CHANGING THE IMPACT BARS ONTHE MILL. EE STRUCK HIS HAND W/HAMMER. HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE A BOLT W/HAMMER AND PUNCH.

2000 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN CLIMBING UP THE LADDER OF LOADER EE MISSED A RUNG OF THE LADDER. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH RIGHT ARM, TWISTING HIS BODY. HIS SHOULDER POPPED AND HE COULD NOT RAISE HIS ARM ALL DAY. SOUGHT ME DICAL TREATMENT BUT HAD NO LOSS TIME.