Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee stepped off of stairway onto a concrete slab and twisted their ankle. This resulted in a hairline fracture to the bone.
GCC Rio Grande, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2010
All MSHA-reportable accidents at GCC Rio Grande, Inc. operations in 2010. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2010
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Year
- 2010
Top incident classifications
- 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
- 02HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
- 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
- 04POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
- 05OTHER1 incident
All incidents in 2010
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Ee was cutting a rubber hose with a utility knife when the blade slipped, cutting his hand. Injury required sutures.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was replacing a bearing, when it fell out of a face and struck him in the nose.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was standing by the train tracks when he heard a metalic sound coming from the railcar wheels. He realized the sound was coming from the wheel chock and bent down to move it. At the time, the train was being moved, and the ladder of the railcar struck him in the head, causing a scrape to his right ear.
(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was working a routine shift in the control room when he felt he had heart burn at 4 AM. When he returned home at 7:30 AM, he looked pale and his spouse took him to the hospital. The attending physicians determined he had suffered a heart attack.