Mining Incidents

Active Minerals International LLCMining Incidents in 2009

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Active Minerals International LLC operations in 2009. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2009
1
Total incidents
4
Year
2009

Top incident classifications

  1. 01POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  3. 03SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  4. 04MACHINERY1 incident

All incidents in 2009

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee followed none of the safety & company policies. Allowed his girlfriend on the property and up in the cab of the loader. Also, evidence is pointing to drugs or alcohol. Awaiting the toxicology report.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was restacking a half of pallet of 50 lbs bags, when he felt something pull. On 5/27/2009 he was diagnosed with a hernia.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was riding a railcar when the car came to a stop. The employee jumped off and sprained his left ankle. The reason the report was not done at that time was that it was not viewed as receiving medical treatment beyond first aid. After further investigation it was determined that, it was recordable.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee's finger got pinched between the paddle and the door way on the scott dryer, the employee was wearing protective gloves at the time.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Active Minerals International LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.