INJURED WAS CHANGING OUT AN OXYGEN BOTTLE ONT EH WELDING TRUCK BY HIMSELF WHEN HE PICKE DUP THE OXYGEN BOTTLE BY HIMSELF HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
Maddox Pit: 15 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Maddox Pit (mine ID 0100841). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1984–1992
- Latest incident
- Jan 1992
- R & S Materials Inc 1950 to 1985
- R & S Materials Inc 1985 to 1990
- Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc 1990 to 1994
- Jenkins Brick Company 1994 to present
Maddox Pit sits in Montgomery County, Alabama, 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
15 on file1992 · 1 incident
1991 · 2 incidents
EE WAS GETTING TOOLS FROM THE BACK OF THE PICK UP TRUCK WHEN HE WAS GETTING OUT HE HAD TO STEP OVER THE TAILGATE HIS FOOT HAD GREASE AND MUD ON THE SHOE AND WHEN HIS FOOT MADE CONTACT WITH THE BUMPER IT SLIPPED OF CAUSING HIM TO FALL STRADDLE OF THE TAILGATE BRUSING HIS SCROTUM.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING CABLE ON WINCH MOVED TO PICK UP ANTOEHR PART AND SLIPPED AND FELL INTO A PLASTIC SS GALLORY DRUM THAT HAD BEEN CUT IN HALF TO BE USED TO STORE PARTS.
1990 · 1 incident
INJURED WAS DRIVING A PIN OUT OF THE BOOM ARM OF A 271 CLARK LOADER. WHEN THE PIN CAME LOOSE, HE WAS APPLING PRESSURE TO THE PIN. THUS CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HAND ON THE BOOM OF THE END L OADER.
1988 · 5 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AT AN ANGLE AND SPARK GOT IN HIS EAR. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR BURN TO INSIDE OF EAR.
WHILE ADJUSTING BANDS ON CLUTCH HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF OF WRENCH HITTING ON HOUSING.
CLEANING LOADER BUCKET WITH SHOVEL WHEN HAND SLIPPED ON THE SHOVEL STRIKING RT HAND ON HANDLE OF SHOVEL. REPORTING DUE TO THE FACT HE REC. A PRESCRIBED DRUG.
MECHANIC WAS REMOVING A CLUTCH HOUSING WHEN IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS FOOT
SUPERINTENDANT WAS TRYING TO START BOAT MOTOR WHEN PULL CORD BROKE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE WELDING MACHINE BEHIND HIM, WITH HIS RT HAND.
1987 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS TI9ING CABLE THAT HAD BROKEN BACK TOGETHER WHEN PIPECE OF CABLE PUNCTURED HIS HANDS. FINGERS ON RIGHT AND LEFT HAND.
1986 · 3 incidents
USING BAR TO IN8TALL BEARING ON SAND SCREW.BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.
CLIMBING UP ON 5OADER FELL AND TWISTED BACK.
REPLACING CABLE3ON DRAGLINE GOT PIECE OF STEEL IN HAND
1985 · 1 incident
SMASHED HAND UNLOADING TRUCK.
1984 · 1 incident
EMP WAS GOING UP LADDER ON SHAKER LOST FOOTING AND FELL ABOUT 4 FT TO GROUND