Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER RC-6: 11 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Mooney'S Inc · Surface
Controlled by Monson Wayne
Yellow Medicine County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2102543

MSHA record for PORTABLE CRUSHER RC-6 (mine ID 2102543). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1989–1996
Latest incident
Jun 1996
Ownership history
  1. Mooney'S Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHER RC-6 sits in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota · Population 9,509
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,573
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1996 · 1 incident

June 3, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mooney'S Inc · Struck by flying object

DRILLING OUT A BOLT ON TRACK, BLEW OUT THE HOLE, PIECE FLEW IN HIS EAR.

1994 · 4 incidents

September 30, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mooney'S Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIS LOWER BACK WENT OUT-HURT BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES AND NECK. RUNNIGN DOZER IN THE PIT FEEDING THE TRAP-GOING BACK TO PICK UP LOAD, HIT RIDGE,T HREW HIM IN SEAT-BACK WENT OUT.

September 21, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mooney'S Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE CRUSHER WAS PLUGING UP & HE RAN OVER TO SHUT OFF THE CONTROL PANEL STEPPED WRONG ON ROCK FELL DOWN HURT KNEE HURT INSIDE OF RIGHT KNEE LEGIMENTS ETC

August 2, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mooney'S Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOWER BACK INJURY CAUSING PAIN AND NAUSEA, HE WAS INJURED WHEN CLIMBING INSIDE OF A SCREEN WHEN IT WAS DOWN.

July 14, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mooney'S Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING GRAVEL FROM UNDER A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT

1993 · 1 incident

June 5, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mooney'S Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

SIDE OF STRIPPING PILE CAVED IN ON TOP OF DOZER (C-3) EE WAS REMOVING DIRT FROM AROUND THE EXHAUST STACK AND BURNT HIS RIGHT ARM.

1991 · 2 incidents

August 19, 1991 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mooney'S Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED OFF LEDGE OF CRUSHER-SPRAINED ANKLE.

August 8, 1991 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mooney'S Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

1ST TIME-STANDING IN MUD THROWING 4" SUCTION HOSE IN TWISTED BACK 2ND-TIME SHOVELING IN DOGHOUSE.

1990 · 2 incidents

November 26, 1990 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mooney'S Inc · Fall from machine

FELL OFF OF THE CONVEYOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT DAY WERE A LIGHT RAIN TURNING TO ICE

November 26, 1990 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mooney'S Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED OFF THE CRUSHER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE A LIGHT RAIN TURNING TO ICE LATER

1989 · 1 incident

May 2, 1989 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mooney'S Inc · Fall from machine

HE ACCIDENTALLY SLIPPED OFF A TIRE WHILE WORKING ON THE CONVEYOR & BROKE HIS ANKLE