Mining Incidents

DL-2Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Kurt Bechthold
Portable, Waukesha County, WI · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703654
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2015–2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee performing maintenance on drag line brakes. Struck RT arm on expanded metal guard which caused a laceration. Employee sought medical treatment same day, received sutures. Reporting within 10 days.

2024 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee manually adjusting over travel of hoist rope on dragline & felt pain in RT shoulder. Employee sought medical treatment and was given a cortisone injection and referred to PT.

2016 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Manually pounding a metal t-post into the ground using a metal post pounder,lifted the pounder too high missing the post and hitting the post with fingers in between the post and the pounder causing the injury cutting from the tip to the fist knuckle on Index & Middle fingers on Left Hand.

2015 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Employee was mowing with a riding mower per perpendicular to the slope. Due to the steepness the mower slip and the deck caught causing it to roll over several times landing on the employee causing bruising and strains to his lower extremities.