THE VICTIM WAS OPERATING A FRONT-END LOADER. AFTER FINISHING LOADING THE TRUCK HE RETURNED TO THE PLANT AREA ON A LEVEL ROAD. HE RAN OFF THE ROAD ON THE LEFT SIDE. HE APPARENTLY TIED TO EXIT F ROM THE LOADER ON THE RIGHT SIDE. HE WAS RUN OVER WHEELS.
ESCAMBIA PITS: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for ESCAMBIA PITS (mine ID 0100689). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1985–1995
- Latest incident
- Aug 1995
- Fore Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to present
ESCAMBIA PITS sits in Escambia County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
16 on file (excluding fatalities above)1995 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB ONTO LOADER & STRUCK RIGHT KNEE ON STEP
1992 · 4 incidents
ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE DEBRIS FROM PUMPING NOZZLE JAMMED LEFT HAND AGAINST NOZZLE
TEARING DOWN RIG STEPPED ONTO SCRAP PIEE OF LUMBER PUNTURE WOUND TO RIGHT FOOT.
ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER BARGE MANUALLY WITH ROPE STRAINED HIMSELF.
ATTEMPTING TO WEDGE AWOODEN OBJEC TAGAINST MACHINE, FLEW BACK ON RIGHT KNUCKLES.
1991 · 1 incident
SCREENS ON TOWER WERE CLOGGED EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING ON THEM WITH A HAMMER STRUCK KNEE WITH HAMMER. HE WAS ALONE ON TOWER.
1990 · 5 incidents
ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN BELT THAT HAD PARTIALLY TURNED IN V-PULLEY.
MAKING REPAIR OR ADJUSTMENT TO EQUIPMENT WITHOUT COVER. EXPOSED TO SUN.
INSTALLING BLADE OF ROAD GRADER-BOLT HEAD WORN SHARP-WAS PRESSING IT INTO HOLE IN BLADE WHEN HELPER BEGAN TIGHTENING NUT WITH AIR WRENCH.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED INTO HEAVY DEPOSIT OF MUD AT PLANT AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTRICATE HIMSELF. SPRAINING RIGHT KNEE.
EMPL CLEANING AROUND AREA SO IT COULD BE DREDGED,LIFTED STICK OF TIMBER TO THROW INTO FIRE,TURNED TO LEFT AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
1989 · 2 incidents
WAS REMOVING WHEELS FROM FRONT LOADER USING HEAVY WRINCH-DROPPED IT ON HIS TOE THIS WAS IN REPAIR SHOP
DREDGE PUMP OPERATOR WORKING ALONE PULLED ON ANCHOR ROPE TO CHANGE LOCATION OF BARGE FOOT SLIPPED ON DECK EMPLOYEE IN FALLING GRASPED A TIMBER THAT HAD A PROFRUDING NAIL HEAD CAUSING LACERATIO N OF RT HAND
1988 · 2 incidents
HOSE BLEW OFF OF PRIMINS PUMP, EMPLOYEE ASSTISTED IN PLACING IT BACK ONTO PUMP. IT BLEW OFF AGAIN AND FORCED HIS HAND AGAINST METAL LACERATION TO KNUCKLE ON LEFT HAND.
CABLE HAD SLIPPED OFF SHEAVE, EMPLOYEE PUT IT IN PLACE BY GRASPIN CABLE, THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE AND SHEAVE.
1985 · 1 incident
STARTED UP LOADING RAMP WITH LOADED BUCKET RAISED-MOTOR STALLED-MACHINE ROLLED BACKWARDS ND TURNED OVER PINNING OPERATORS LEGS-RIGHT LEG FRACTURED AND LEFT FOOT FRACTURED-MINER DAMAGE.