Mining Incidents

Sterling MaterialsMining Incidents in 2019

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Sterling Materials operations in 2019. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2019
0
Total incidents
3
Year
2019

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  2. 02HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2019

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was kneeling on conveyor belt and slipped, EE rolled off into the frame work where EE's leg got caught.

Struck by flying object

Employee was using hammer to remove steel coupler from drill and a piece of the coupler splintered off and lodged in employees right index finger.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was shoveling rock and felt a pain in the abdomen. Incident reported 02/04/2019.

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 Sterling Materials's numeric MSHA operator ID.