Mill Manlift gearbox broke. Miner was entrapped in manlift for 38 minutes. Miner egressed out emergency exit of manlift roof.
GCC Rio Grande, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2025
All MSHA-reportable accidents at GCC Rio Grande, Inc. operations in 2025. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2025
- 1
- Total incidents
- 6
- Year
- 2025
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
- 02ENTRAPMENT1 incident
- 03POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
- 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
All incidents in 2025
Accident type, without injuries
Struck against a moving object
A delivery driver employed by a water supply vendor was in route to the facility when the tanker truck overturned and slid off the road. Investigation ongoing
Struck by flying object
Miner was cleaning the tower using a bar and a sledgehammer. Miner hit the bar with a hammer; a piece of metal broke off and flew into the miner's eye.
Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
Miner was shoveling rock into buckets at the tail end of the limestone tunnel and hauling the buckets outside the tunnel to dump. Miner hurt their lower back in the process.
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Employee was pushing forks together on a telehandler when EE felt a pain in EE's left bicep.
Struck by falling object
Employee was torqueing studs at Finish Mill. Employee dropped nut on foot.