EE WAS PLACING A PLANK ON A PONTOON AND SAND DIGGER WHEN THE PLANK SLIPPED. EE COMPENSATED BY PUTTING HIMSELF ON SOLID GORUND WHEN THE PLANK SLIPPED AGAIN. A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON HIT THE EE IN THE CHEST AND CHIN. THE ANGLE IRON PUT A CUT IN THE EE S CHIN.
Scandia Pit No 2: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Scandia Pit No 2 (mine ID 1400638). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1988–1991
- Latest incident
- Nov 1991
- Alsop Sand Company Inc 1950 to present
Scandia Pit No 2 sits in Republic County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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
9 on file1991 · 5 incidents
EE WAS WAITING TO UNLOAD A TRUCK WHEN THE EE SLIPPED ON SOME MUD AND ICE. THIS RESULTED IN AN INJURY TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A LOAD OF ROCK FROM HIS DUMP TRUCK WHEN THE TAILGATE OF THE TRUCK SHUT ON THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND. THE EMPLOYEE CUT HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND. EACH FINGER REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN DIFFERENTIAL DRAIN PLUG ON THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL OF A CATEPILLAR 966 LOADER IN ORDER TO DRAIN THE OIL.THE WRENCH BEING USED SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARD HI TTING HIS HEAD ON THE LOADER HOIST ARM.THIS CAUSED A LIGHT CONCUSSION TO THE BACK OF THE EMPLOYEES HEAD.
WHILE DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY CABLE FROM THE BATTERY O A 175 LOADER THE EMPLOYEES WEDDING RING WAS GROUNDED BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE LOADER & THE BATTERY CAUSING THE LEFT HAD RING FINGER TO BE BURNED AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE RING IS WORN
1990 · 1 incident
WHILE TIGHTENING THE BOLTS ON A JET PUMP WHICH IS USED ON A DREDGE, THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND SMASHED THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGERNAIL BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE JET PUMP AND THE WRENCH. THE FINGERNAIL WA S EXTRACTED FROM THE RING FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND OF THE EMPLOYEE.
1989 · 1 incident
BARREL WAS BEING MOVED AND ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BARREL AND WALL.
1988 · 2 incidents
THE DREDGE SHIFTED SUDDENLY AND HIS HAND WAS THRUST BETWEEN TWO GEARS ON A WINCH THE END OF THE LITTLE FINGER ON THE R HAND WAS SEVERED
HE FELL WHILE CLIMBING OVER A PUMP.