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Plaza Materials CompanyMining Incidents in 2002

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Plaza Materials Company operations in 2002. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2002
1
Total incidents
2
Year
2002

Top incident classifications

  1. 01ELECTRICAL1 incident
  2. 02DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)1 incident

All incidents in 2002

Plaza Materials Company
Contact with electrical current

EE WAS WELDING A PLATE ON TOPOF THE 3-DECK SCREEN. AT ABOUT 1855 HE SCREAMED. COWORKER WAS WORKING BELOW HIM AND HE RAN TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. HE IN TURN YELLED FOR THE SUPERVISOR. THEY FOUND EE LYING ON THE SCREEN WITH THE WELDING STINGER ON TOP OF HIM. COWORKER THREW THE STINGER OFF, RAN AND TURNED THE WELDER OFF. HE CAME BACK, CHECKED AND FOUND A PULSE. HE THEN RAN AND CALLED 91

Plaza Materials Company
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE'S LEFT SHOULDER BECAME SORE & NUMB- HE DOES NOT KNOW WHEN IT HAPPENED, OR WHAT HE DID TO INJURE IT. AFTER SEEING SEVERAL DR.'S, IT APPEARS HE HAS TENDINITIS IN HIS SHOULDER.

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 Plaza Materials Company's numeric MSHA operator ID.