Mining Incidents

Capitol Aggregates, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2004

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Capitol Aggregates, Inc. operations in 2004. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2004
0
Total incidents
8
Year
2004

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  3. 03POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
  4. 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2004

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee did not lock-out/tagout the piece of equipment he was working on.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee had a difficult time opening the hood from a piece of equipment. He strained his back lifting the hood.

Fall down stairs

Employee slipped due to overburden of rocks on stairs. Poor housekeeping.

Struck against a moving object

Lost control of haul unit vehicle while driving to the pit.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee stepped on a rock causing him to slip.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While dismantling crusher; twisted back while using pry bar.

Struck by falling object

Employee did not know proper usage of air seat. Caused some soreness on tailbone,

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While removing a pipe at gound level, he claims that while kneeling to remove four bolts on the flung, he went to get up and felt pain to the top of left knee.

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 Capitol Aggregates, Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.