Mining Incidents

G S MATERIALS INCMining Incidents in 2008

All MSHA-reportable accidents at G S MATERIALS INC operations in 2008. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2008
0
Total incidents
3
Year
2008

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  3. 03OTHER1 incident

All incidents in 2008

Fall from machine

Employee was climbing into dump truck, his foot slipped on bottom step and he fell onto his back. Low back pain, hip pain and muscle strain.

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

Employee was opening door on water pipe and water pressure shut door, employees fingers caught in door. Cut to middle finger on right hand requiring sutures and no right handed work for two weeks.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was complaining of chest pain after he signed out at 4 pm and he asked the office clerk to call EMS. Extent of illness unknown.

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 G S MATERIALS INC's numeric MSHA operator ID.