Mining Incidents

Rogers Group, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2018

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Rogers Group, Inc. operations in 2018. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2018
0
Total incidents
18
Year
2018

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS7 incidents
  2. 02POWERED HAULAGE3 incidents
  3. 03MACHINERY2 incidents
  4. 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 incidents
  5. 05EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE1 incident

All incidents in 2018

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was performing task of flipping the chute gate at the finishing screen to re-direct material onto another conveyor.

Struck by flying object

Employee was using high pressure water hose to wash out a pan feeder when the pressure of the hose caused the nozzle to flip back and strike employee above R-eye socket.

Struck by flying object

Contractor was replacing a rubber suspension boot for a water truck and it ruptured, causing pieces of rubber to strike worker in the face. It broke worker's palate and eye socket.

Struck against a moving object

While driving haul truck loaded with rock, miner engaged manual brake retarder which resulted in locking up rear wheels and put truck in uncontrollable slide. Truck came to stop at end of haul road and ran into a pile of material.

Struck by flying object

The rock breaker was breaking oversize down small enough to run to primary crusher. A rock came back and hit the cylinder and then ricocheted back toward the cab entering the cab hitting employee in the right side of the head.

Struck by falling object

Rock fell & hit blaster while loading shot in man basket.

Struck against a moving object

Employee strained back while operating loader. This claim is questionable but currently meets the definition of a reportable injury.

Struck against a moving object

Employee strained EE's back while operating mobile equipment through the day. The exact cause of the strain is undetermined. EE reported discomfort on 03/29/2018 but did not request medical treatment until April 2, 2018.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

On 3/20/18, employee strained their back while lifting 40 / 50 lb. bags of ANFO. EE reported the strain on 3/21/18 but choose not to seek medical treatment until 3/28/18 at which time it was deemed reportable. This is being reported within the 10-day reporting requirement of the injury being deemed reportable.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Climbing onto dozer and twisted back.

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

Employees lifting cab on Bobcat. Front door left open. Door slammed, smashing one employee's right little finger. Employee taken to ER. Xrays revealed no broken bones. Finger nail was removed by ER doctor, wound clenaed; bandaged. Pain meds prescribed; tetnus shot given. Employee released to return to work.

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

Employee was prying a hinge bolt from the clamping section of a Hazemag crusher.

Struck by falling object

Employee working under truck and unknown object hit eye.

Struck by flying object

On 07/11/2018 while doing routine shop maintenance the employee realized something was in EE's eye. EE attempted to wash EE's eye out but did not report the incident. On 07/12/2018 EE went to the doctor who removed a piece of dirt from EE's eye. The employee was not wearing EE's safety glasses.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Used razor knife to cut plastic strap off box and cut right forearm.

Fall from machine

Attempted to step out of truck at scale, fell and hit the ground.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using 10 1/2' burning bar cutting loader bucket tooth out of crusher. When tooth released the pressure pushed the burn bar holder into face causing small laceration on cheek close to right eye

Contact with heat

Loading a shot - started to fill ill.

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 Rogers Group, Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.