Mining Incidents

Small Mine Development, LLCMining Incidents in 2011

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Small Mine Development, LLC operations in 2011. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2011
0
Total incidents
5
Year
2011

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2011

Fall from machine

Fell from a man-basket fracturing his left leg.

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

After cleaning shot Crete re-mix truck he was replacing the lid, when he caught his thumb between the truck and the lid, cutting his thumb. His received sutures.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing re-mix lid when it slipped cutting his index and middle finger requiring sutures.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting liner with hook blade knife. Liner was cold and harder to cut than normal. Employee slipped and cut his left thigh.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

A stack of wire (13) was lying against the rib. When employee removed one wire, the others fell on him, knocking him unconscious for a short time. He received a concussion.

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 Small Mine Development, LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.