Mining Incidents

HAMMOND WASH PLANT: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Wabasha County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2100050

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
  1. Kappers Construction Company Inc 1950 to 1986
  2. Kappers Aggregates Inc 1986 to 1989
  3. 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
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 file

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 4 incidents

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.