The crew was working on pulling power cables getting the plant set up. When two employees were pulling cable through a hopper extension. One employee was pulling cable with their hand resting on the back of the conveyor. The hopper extension slipped out of workers causing it to fall onto the resting employees fingers lacerating their middle, ring, and pinky finger.
Fabtech3455 Metal/Non-Metal
Independence Excavating
· Surface
Controlled by
Vic DiGeronimo Jr
Smithland,
Livingston County,
KY
·
Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1519978
MSHA record for Fabtech3455 (mine ID 1519978). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2025
- Latest incident
- Oct 2025
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 2,013 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2025 · 1 incident
Independence Excavating · Struck by falling object
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