Mining Incidents

Bell Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dewitt Byron R
Aiken County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800639

MSHA record for Bell Mine (mine ID 3800639). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1990–1995
Latest incident
May 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1995 · 1 incident

May 27, 1995 SC · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beech Island Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED AND EMPLOYEE WERE UNHOOKING A CABLE PULLEY FROM SAND CONVEYOR. EE WAS PULLING PIN AND INJURED WAS STANDING ON SIDE OF CONVEYOR WHEN THE PULLEY SWUNG DOWN AND SMASHED INJURED'S FINGER B ETWEEN PULLEY AND VALLEY ROLLER. EMPLOYEE FAILED TO USE PROPER SAFETY FEATURES.

1992 · 1 incident

November 4, 1992 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beech Island Sand & Gravel · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WEATHER/SLIPPERY

1990 · 3 incidents

October 2, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W R Bonsal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LOADING 80 POUND SMAPLE BAGS INTO BED OF PICKUP TRUCK FOR SHIPMENT.

May 16, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
W R Bonsal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING BACKDUMP, DROVE B/DUMP INTO BUTT IN ROAD JARRING LOWER BACK, EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO WORK ON 5/17 COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO N. AUGUSTA MED AND WAS THEN SENT TO A CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN 2 TYPES OF MEDICATION.

January 29, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W R Bonsal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH VISEGRIP PLYERS. VISEGRIP PLYERS POPPED OFF HITTING THE RIGHT HAND THUMB.

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