Struck by flying object
Employee states water valve was leaking. When EE attempted to tighten the fire valve it blew off and struck EE in face and mouth area. EE was transported outside to an awaiting ambulance and transported to a hospital.
Kingston Mining, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2023
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Kingston Mining, Inc. operations in 2023. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2023
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Year
- 2023
Top incident classifications
- 01EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE1 incident
- 02POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
- 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
- 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
- 05DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS1 incident
All incidents in 2023
Struck against stationary object
Employee stated that when they were tramming a rubber tired ride through a curtain that it knocked their safety glasses off and the curtain came in contact with their eye.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was unloading a fork for an IT28 fork loader from the bed of a flatbed pickup truck. When EE slid the fork back and it cleared the end of the truck bed, the fork rolled and pinched the tip of EE's right pinky finger between the fork and the truck bed. Result was a simple fracture to the tip of EE's right pinky finger.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The employee stated was cutting the jacket on a cable when the knife slipped and cut hand.
Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
The operator was notified on 2/9/2023 that the employee has been diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis.