Mining Incidents

Walker Sand and GravelMining Incidents in 2023

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Walker Sand and Gravel operations in 2023. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2023
0
Total incidents
6
Year
2023

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  4. 04OTHER1 incident

All incidents in 2023

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

April 19, 2023, Employee was doing maintenance on a Hydraulic ram when the ram slipped when attaching the ram striking the employees left hand causing injury.

Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was using marking paint to create a new berm that runs along the high wall. As the employee was marking the area along the high wall, this is when the EE fell from the high wall approximately 14 feet from the top of the high wall to the point where the EE laid at rest at the bottom of the high wall.

Fall from ladders

EE rolled left ankle when descending down the control room ladder.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was cutting rubber mold when the knife slipped and cut EE's hand.

Struck by flying object

Employee was cleaning the magnet when the wind blew and dust and Metal shavings got behind EE's safety glasses and into EE's eyes

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

EE thumb was caught between two flanges when assembling.

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.