Mining Incidents

G S MATERIALS INCMining Incidents in 2009

All MSHA-reportable accidents at G S MATERIALS INC operations in 2009. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2009
0
Total incidents
3
Year
2009

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  2. 02STRIKING OR BUMPING1 incident

All incidents in 2009

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

Mechanic was working on Mack road truck adjusting clutch. He asked the other mechanic to depress clutch from inside the cab. The mechanic had not moved his hand when he asked the other mechanic to depress clutch and when the clutch was depressed the mechanic caught his middle finger on his right hand severing the top of his finger .

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pulled left calf muscle when climbing up onto trackhoe.

Struck against stationary object

Mechanic/operator was working between two buildings. A window & frame was propped up against building. The window was sitting at angle and the operator walked into it and cut his leg on the frame corner.

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.