Mining Incidents

Harshman Construction LLCMining Incidents in 2020

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Harshman Construction LLC operations in 2020. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2020
1
Total incidents
4
Year
2020

Top incident classifications

  1. 01FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 incident
  2. 02HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  4. 04OTHER1 incident

All incidents in 2020

Struck by rolling or sliding object

An individual was standing in the vicinity of a stockpile when material sloughed off from the stockpile and engulfed them.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was securing a load with a chain and lever binder. When applying force to lever binder to bind the chain tightly, finger got pinched in lever.

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

IE and another employee had moved the guard on the surge bin out of the way to access and disassemble the gearbox to replace the seals. The guard swung down and back into place, smashing IE's pinky finger.

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner was on knees reaching for a wooden block to put under the equipment when pain started and it was severe enough to make miner stop.

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 Harshman Construction LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.