EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING A DITCH & REMOVING DEBRIS FROM DRAIN PIPE HE EXPERIENCED MUSCLE SPASMS IN THE LOWER BACK
Heritage Minerals Incorporated: 16 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Heritage Minerals Incorporated (mine ID 2800719). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1987–1990
- Latest incident
- Jan 1990
- Asarco Inc 1950 to 1982
- Humphreys Mineral Industries Inc 1982 to 1986
- Mineral Recovery Inc 1986 to 1987
- Heritage Minerals Inc 1987 to present
Heritage Minerals Incorporated sits in Ocean County, New Jersey, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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
16 on file1990 · 1 incident
1989 · 6 incidents
WHILE PULVERIZING FROZEN FEED, EE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO GRASP A HEATER PIPE WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM FALLING.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A FEED ELEVATOR BELT OT RESPLICE SAME, WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE FELL DOWN FIVE STEPS WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AN OIL SPOT OF STAIR CASE
EMPL REMOVING 4" BLACK PLASTIC PIPE FROM 55 GAL DRUM.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASCENDING AND DESCENDING SCAFFOLD FOR REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF FIVE ELBOW (WEATHER WAS EXTREMELY COLD).
EMPL DESCENDING STAIRWAY WHEN HE TWISTED AND SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.
1988 · 8 incidents
WHILE WORKING ON SLURRY PUMP EMPLOYEE LOOKED UP & IN DOING SO PERSONNEL ON THE UPPER LEVEL WORKING CAUSED SAND PARTICLES TO FALL BELOW
WHILE ASCENDING STAIRWAY TO THE #1 TOWER,EMPLOYEE BANGED HIS KNEE TO THE FIRST STEP.
EMPLOYEE DOES NOT RECALL SPECIFIC INCIDENT WAS HAVING PAINS AND WHEN EVALUATED BY PHYSICIAN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT EMPLOYEE WAS SUFFERING FROM A HERNIA
EMPL CUTTING WINGS OF NEW FEED HOPPER WHEN BLOWN SAND AND FLASH BURNS CAUSED EYES-BOTH-TO BE SCRATCHED.
EMPLOYEE WAS ENROUTE TO BATHROOM AND WALKED BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF SPIRALS WHEN HE STEPPED INTO AN OPENING GRATING WAS REMOVED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL
EMPLOYEE WALKING UP STAIRWAY SLIPPED ON LAST STEP WENT TO GRAB RAILING BUT LOST BALANCE AND F ELL BACKWARDS ALLEDGELY HURTING BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM THE WET MILL BUILDING WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE ON A POSSIBLE ICE CHUNK
EMPLOYEE PROCEE8ED TOWARD THE DISC FEEDER ON AN INCLINED WALKWAY WHEN PRIOR TO REACHING THE DISC FEEDER ROOM HE SLIPPED AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
1987 · 1 incident
EMPL CRAWLED IN7O CONFINED AREA TO INSERT BOLT INTO UNDERCARRIAGE AND SIDE PANEL OF A/C SCREEN.HAD TO MANUVER BODY -FELT SHARP APIN AT LOWER PORTION OF RIGHT RIB CAGE.