EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL WHILE SPRAYING WEEDS.
HAMMOND WASH PLANT: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for HAMMOND WASH PLANT (mine ID 2100050). 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
- 1989–1990
- Latest incident
- May 1990
Ownership history
- Kappers Construction Company Inc 1950 to 1986
- Kappers Aggregates Inc 1986 to 1989
- Patterson Quarries-Div/Mathy Construction Co 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
HAMMOND WASH PLANT sits in Wabasha County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Wabasha County, Minnesota · Population 21,519
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$80,133
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file1990 · 1 incident
May 29, 1990
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Patterson Quarries-Div/Mathy Construction Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface
1989 · 4 incidents
September 14, 1989
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patterson Quarries-Div/Mathy Construction Co · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SET UP A ROCK CRUSHER WHEN HE DROPPED A BLOCK OF WOOD ON HIS RIGHT FOOT BREAKING #2 BONE.
August 3, 1989
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Patterson Quarries-Div/Mathy Construction Co · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER WHILE MOVING HOPPER AT QUARRY
June 12, 1989
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kappers Aggregates Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EMPL WAS GETTING INTO LOADER WITH LUNCH BUCKET AND SLIPPPED ON STEP
May 18, 1989
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kappers Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE TAKING A WOODEN TIE TO SUPPORT THE BACK OF THE BREAKER UNIT CLAIMANT BENT OVER TO PUT THE TIE IN PLACE AND FELT A SNAP IN THE LOWER BACK.