AS HE WAS GETTING ON THE DOZER, HE SLIPPED AND HIS RT SHIN HIT THE TRACKS ON THE DOZER.
CEDAR GROVE: 16 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for CEDAR GROVE (mine ID 2200546). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1983–1996
- Latest incident
- May 1996
- Dale Polk & Son Inc 1982 to 1990
- Blain Sand & Gravel Inc 1990 to present
CEDAR GROVE sits in Adams County, Mississippi, where the Census mining category is 2.0% of county employment.
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Reportable incidents
16 on file1996 · 3 incidents
EMP WAS BACKING THE TRUCK UP AND THE STOP BLOCK GAVE AWAY. THE TRUCK BACKED INTO THE HOPPER.
EMP WAS BETWEEN 2 OTHER MEN AND THEY WERE ALL THREE WELDING ON 5-15-96. ON 5-16-96 HIS EYES WERESORE AND VERY RED.
1994 · 1 incident
HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE KNIFE HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND BELOW THE THUMB.
1993 · 1 incident
ROCK FLEW FROM SHAKER INTO RIGHT EYE.
1992 · 3 incidents
CHANGING BEARING IN BALDE MILL-THE BOLTS ON SAHFT CUT HIS LEFT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE.
STEPPED IN HOLE TWISTED BACK.
REPAIRING SCREEN ON SHAKER WHEN HE HIT HIS KNEE ON THE CROSSBAR.
1991 · 4 incidents
GRINDING WITH GOGGLES ON. RUST FLEW UP AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
WE WERE CHANGING IMPELLARS OUT ON THE SAND PUMP I NAME MOVED THE FACE WEAR PLATE & DROPPED IT ONTO THE SUCTION LINER MASHED HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE T WO PIECES
HE AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CARRYING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE.THE GROUND WAS WET.HE SLIPPED AND DROPPED THE OXYGEN BOTTLE ON HIS LEFT FOOT,HURTING HIS LITTLE TOE.
WORKING ON LOADER DIGGING OUT A BANK WHEN THE BANK CAVED IN AND HIT THE LOADER THREWING HIM UP AND HITTING THE TOP OF THE LOADER.
1990 · 2 incidents
EMPL WAS WORKING ON LOG WASHER WHEN PIECE FO RUST FLEW UP & HIT HIM IN RIGHT EYE.
THEY WERE JUMPSTARTING BACKHOE. HH GOT HIS FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND CAUGHT IN THE ALTERNATOR BELT. OPERATOR DIDN'T HERE HIM SAY "HOLD IT, LET HIM CHECK THE ALTERNATOR BELT". WHEN EMPLOYEE GRAB BED THE BELT, OPERATOR STARTED THE MACHINE, RESULTING IN INJURY TO HIS FINGERS.
1984 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE HAS A CONTUSION TO RIGHT WRIST HE WAS THROWING SAND ROCKS FROM SHAKER AND THREW ONE TO HARD AND SPRUNG WRIST
1983 · 1 incident
CHANGING SCREEN ON WASHER. WHILE SLIDING A 11/4" SCREEN ON WASHER, RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT UNDER SCREEN AND REMOVED TOP LAYER OF SKIN FROM INDEX FINGER.