Mining Incidents

Capitol Aggregates, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2012

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Capitol Aggregates, Inc. operations in 2012. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2012
0
Total incidents
8
Year
2012

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  3. 03MACHINERY1 incident
  4. 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  5. 05STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 incident

All incidents in 2012

Contact with hot objects or substances

Alleges, that on Friday while he was welding he felt something hot. Boot is not burnt on the outside, No indication of burn. (Note: employee is diabetic and is not seeking Dr. treatment as of today).

Fall down stairs

While walking down the stairs, two steps from the bottom/or landing his left ankle twisted causing him to fall and while landing on the floor, a hammer that he had on his right hand hit his right leg on the thigh.

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

While working a steel shaft on a work bench, was moving the shaft into position. The work bench had holes on the table, the bolt nearest the hole fall-in while his left hand was under the shaft base which smashed his left middle finger at the first joint.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was trying to loosen a bolt, when the bolt broke loose he hit his left knuckle middle finger on a stud.

Struck against stationary object

Employee stepped on a wooden pallet, the pallet board broke causing him to roll his right ankle.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The IP attempted to handle a 20 foot long piece of square tubing alone. The IP had the tubing on his shoulder, lost his balance, and strained his back. The IP was restricted to modified duty and issued prescriptions on 3/28. Injury was determined reportable on 3/29.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While walking on uneven ground, he rolled his right ankle.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was reaching out to grip the door handle, when someone else opened the door from the inside. The door handle hit his left hand.

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.