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GCC Rio Grande, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2003

All MSHA-reportable accidents at GCC Rio Grande, Inc. operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2003
0
Total incidents
2
Year
2003

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  2. 02MACHINERY1 incident

All incidents in 2003

GCC Rio Grande, Inc.
Struck by falling object

INJURED EE WAS WORKING WITH WITNESS TO REPLACE THE FREIGHT ELEVATOR DOOR COUNTERWEIGHT CABLE ON THE CABLE'S PULLEY. INJURED EE HAD BEEN HOLDING UP THE COUNTERWEIGHT AND RELEASED THE COUNTERWEI GHT WHEN THE WITNESS HAD TAKEN CONTROL OF THE COUNTERWEIGHT USING THE CABLE FROM ABOVE. THE WEIGHT DROPPED WHEN THE CABLE SLIPPED FROM THE CONTROL OF THE WITNESS, HITTING THE LEFT INDEX FINGE

GCC Rio Grande, Inc.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED EE WAS REPLACING A HUB LINER IN THE NO.1RAW MILL SEPARATOR, USING A 1/2"" ELECTRIC IMPACTWRENCH. WHEN THE WRENCH CORD BECAME HUNG UP THE EE PULLED UP ON THE CORD IN AN ATTEMPT TO FREE T HE CORD. THE CORD CAME FREE AND THE PLUG AT THE END OF THE CORD STRUCK THE EE IN THE TOOTH.

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 GCC Rio Grande, Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.