Mining Incidents

Mitsubishi Cement CorpMining Incidents in 2023

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Mitsubishi Cement Corp operations in 2023. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2023
0
Total incidents
8
Year
2023

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
  2. 02MACHINERY3 incidents
  3. 03NONPOWERED HAULAGE1 incident
  4. 04SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident

All incidents in 2023

Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee opened a poke hole on the hot air slide. It immediately went positive. The force blew off EE's hood and burned EE's neck and ear.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Was lifting a hoist on a platform in the tower and EE reinjured a hernia.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was staging grease drums, one pulled away and they stopped it with their right arm and their elbow popped an pain ensued.

Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was moving a cart down a ramp when the items on the cart slid and lacerated left hand.

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

Finger was pinched by a roller on the tire system.

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

Smashed finger when lance slipped inside poke hole over refractory.

Fall from ladders

Employee was using ladder, slipped and fell approximately 12 feet.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operating the drill over a period of six months caused an injury on the right palm.

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 Mitsubishi Cement Corp's numeric MSHA operator ID.