Mining Incidents

G S MATERIALS INCMining Incidents in 2010

All MSHA-reportable accidents at G S MATERIALS INC operations in 2010. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2010
0
Total incidents
4
Year
2010

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2010

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was priming pump, the pump float moved and flipped. Employee jumped over railing that was around pump. He caught the back of his leg on the railing. He landed in the water. He was wearing a life jacket and pump was disconnected from the power and was locked out.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting track with pry bar. Possible strain to right rotator cuff.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was performing maintenance tasks when he twisted his right wrist while installing a gear box at the plant.

Struck by flying object

Employee reported on 3/25/2010 that he thought he had something in his eye. Epithelial abrasion to right eye.

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.