Mining Incidents

Plaza Materials CompanyMining Incidents in 2004

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Plaza Materials Company operations in 2004. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2004
0
Total incidents
2
Year
2004

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  2. 02FIRE1 incident

All incidents in 2004

Over-exertion in lifting objects

employee was pulling a clay ball from belt and hurt his back

Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO FILL GAS POWERED PUMP WITH GAS. HE OPENED THE SPOUT ON THE SAFETY-CAN AND GAS SPEWED ONTO THE HOT MOTOR AND CAUGHT FIRE. HE WAS BURNED OVER HIS LEFT ARM AND LEFT EAR LOBE

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.