Mining Incidents

Walker Sand and GravelMining Incidents in 2020

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Walker Sand and Gravel operations in 2020. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2020
0
Total incidents
3
Year
2020

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  2. 02MACHINERY1 incident
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2020

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was tasked to clean out a screen box adjacent to the #2 screen, that got overloaded with materials. As they finished, they climbed down the ladder after cleaning off screen component and felt light discomfort in the right knee.

Struck by flying object

Miner was using a oxy-acetylene torch when debris blew into an eye past the safety glasses

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

While cleaning screens the prybar slipped and smashed employee's finger (employee was wearing gloves) first aid was administered at scene but further aid was needed and employee was taken to Work Med

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 Walker Sand and Gravel's numeric MSHA operator ID.