Mining Incidents

Oconee CountyMining Incidents in 2001

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Oconee County operations in 2001. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2001
0
Total incidents
1
Year
2001

Top incident classifications

  1. 01MACHINERY1 incident

All incidents in 2001

Struck by falling object

EE WAS CUTTING A WORN WEAR PLATE FROM A KAWASAKI LOADER BUCKET WITH A CARBON ARCH WELDER. HE CUT ONE SIDE FREE AND STARTED TO CUT THE OTHER SIDE WHEN THE PLATE GAVE WAY AND FELL ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE AREA OF HISBOOT. THERE WAS A SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND AND A FRACTURE OF TWO BONES IN THE FOOT THAT REQUIRED SURGICAL REPAIR.

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 Oconee County's numeric MSHA operator ID.