EE WAS INSTALLING STARTER IN LOADER WHEN HE MASHED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN FRAME AND STARTER, RESULTING IN A FRACTURE.
HARNER PIT: 17 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for HARNER PIT (mine ID 1202037). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1991–1996
- Latest incident
- Nov 1996
- Fairfield Builders Supply Corp 1988 to 1995
- Vulcan Materials Company 1995 to present
HARNER PIT sits in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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
17 on file1996 · 1 incident
1995 · 5 incidents
CUTTING AND WELDING AND A PIECE OF RUSTED METAL POPPED AND FLEW UNDER THE WELDING HOOD AND INTO THE LEFT EYE.
FOREIGN OBJECT/SAND BLOWN INTO EYE.
PICKING CLAY OFF OF SCREEN. ROCK CAME DOWN AND SMASHED HIS FINGER.
TAKING PIPE PLUG OUT WITH A PRYBAR. BAR SLIPPED AND THUMB HIT I-BEAM.
MECHANINC WAS ASSEMBLING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER IN A MACHINE WHEN THE LADDER EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON SHIFTED & EMPLOYEE FELL FROM LADDER.
1994 · 5 incidents
DISENGAGING CLUTCH ON PORTABLE PLANT ENGINE. REACHED THRU TO DISENGAGE AND HIT ARM ON ANGLE.
FLASH BURN TO EYES FROM WELDING RAYS. EE GOT UP TO COME TO WORK ON 9-28-94 AND HAD TROUBLE SEEING.
EE WAS USING A 3LB SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A TRACK PIN BACK INTO ITS POSITON AND WHEN HE SWUNG HE MISSED PIN STRIKING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
SORE BACK WAS NOTED SOMETIME IN APRIL. PAIN PERSISTED. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR. ON 5-13-94.
OCCURED WHILE APPLYING HARD SURFACE WELD TO BUCKET RAISED WELDING HOOD AND WELD POPPED SENDING A FOREIGN OBJECT INTO LEFT EYE.
1993 · 3 incidents
EE STEPPED OFF OF FRONT-END LOADER INTO A SNOW COVERED HOLE AND TWISTED ANKLE.
EE WAS USING CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE DAMAGED PIN FROM EARTH MOVER. GREASE FITTING BLEW UP FROM HEAT. DRIVING A PIECE OF STEEL INTO FINGER.
PULLING DRAGLINE CABLE AROUND DRUM, WEDGE THAT HOLDS CABLE ON DRUM POPPED OUT STRIKING EE ON FOREHEAD.
1992 · 2 incidents
CLEANING THREADS ON BOLT WITH ELEC. GRAINDER WHEEL ON GRINDER. PULLED BOLT AND LITTLE FINGER INTO AND BEHIND GRINDING WHEEL AND GUARD ON ELEC. BGRINDER.
49959NG BEARING OFF OF SHAFT WITH HAMMER.PIECE OF STEEL CAME OFF SHAFT INTO LEFT FOREARM.
1991 · 1 incident
HOIST BRAKE RELEASED PREMATURELY DUE TO DAMPNESS STRIKING RT FOOT OF THE EMPLOYEE