Mining Incidents

PLANT #49Metal/Nonmetal

Portable, La Crosse County, WI · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703149
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL APART A HYDRAULIC QUICK COUPLER WHICH WAS DOWN IN AN AWKWARD LOCATION.HE WAS PULLING ON THE HOSE WHEN HR FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES THAT RESULTED IN SHARP PAIN IN THAT AREA OF THE BACK.

2001 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EXTENDING THE WHEELS ON THE STACKING CONVEYOR, EE INSERTED THE PIN WHICH RESULTED IN PINCHING HIS THUMB.

2000 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANGING SCREENS EE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE BACK PAIN & STIFFNESS IN HIS LOWER BACK SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION BUT DID NOT LOSE TIME FROM WORK