HE WAS MOVING TO GET BEHIND THE LOADER DURING A PRODUCTION SHOT WHEN A PIECE OF FLY ROCK FLEW TOWARD HIS LOCATION AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT KNEE. LOADER WAS APPROX. 400 YARDS FROM THE SHOT.
Scott County Limestone: 14 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Scott County Limestone (mine ID 1515561). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Years on record
- 1986–1988
- Latest incident
- Sep 1988
- Scott County Limestone 1986 to present
Scott County Limestone sits in Scott County, Kentucky, 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
14 on file1988 · 4 incidents
CRUSHER HAD JAMMED AND HE WAS THROWING LARGE ROCK OUT OF CRUSHER TO GET IT UNJAMMED AND HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER STOMACH
HE WAS USING A WIRE CABLE TO GET THE CONE CRUSHER UNJAMMED AND A PIECE OF THE CBLE STUCK IN THE INDEX FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING BLOOD POSIONING OFTHE BONE.
HE WAS HELPING 5NOTHER MAN SORT SCREENS, WHEN THEY WERE STRIGHTENING THE BACK SCREENS THE REST OF THEM FELL OVER ON HIM BRUISING HIS BACK.
1987 · 8 incidents
HE WAS GRINDING3ON A METAL WHEN SOME OF THE METAL SHAVINGS FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
STEPPING ONTO T9UCK SLIPPED ON STEP AND FELL ON HIS BACK.
HE WAS FILLING 5 TRUCK WITH ROCK FROM THE ROCK BINS WHEN DUST BLEW IN HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING AN INFECTION.
HE WAS CLEANING3A BELT ROLLER ON THE CRUSHER WITH A HAMMER THE HAMMER CAUGHT ON THE BELT AND THE BELT DRAGGED HIS RT HAND INTO THE CRUSHER ROLLER CRUSHING HIS FINGERS AND TEARING THE PALM OF H IS HAND 3
HE WAS GETTING 3N HIS PICK UP TRUCK, HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE DOOR CAUSING A CUT TO THE FOREHEAD.
HE WAS TRYING T2 DISLODGE SOME ROCK FROM THE FEEDER AND WHEN THE ROCKS CAME LOOSE THEY FELL ON THE TOP PART OF HIS RIGHT HAND BRUISING IT.
THE JAW CRUSHER3WAS SHUT DOWN SO I.NAME WAS CLEANING OUT AROUND IT WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF A LEDGE STRIKING HIM ON THE LOWER BACK
HE WAS SHOVELIN1 ROCK FROM UNDER BIN WHEN ROCK FELL OFF CONVEYOR BELT STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT HAND
1986 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING NEAR PRIMARY CRUSHER-AS HE STEPPED OVER A ROCK,HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING KNEE TO TWIST.
HE WAS HELPING 1UT BRACKETS ON CONVEYOR BELT WHEN BOLT SLIPPED CAUSING 3RD FINGER ON LEFT HAND TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND STEEL PIECE RESULTING IN BROKEN FINGER.