Mining Incidents

McCook Lime PlantMetal/Nonmetal

McCook, Cook County, IL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1100227
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Dec 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2002 · 5 incidents

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO CLIMB INTO LOADER, LOST GRIP ON HANDRAIL AND SLIPPED SIDEWAYS. HE PUT HIS HAND OUT TO STOP HIS FALL AND FRACTURED HIS LEFT WRIST.

Fall down stairs

EE WAS CARRYING A SMALL TRANSMISSION BOX, WEIGHING APPROX 20# DOWN THE STEPS. HE MISJUDGED THE LAST STEP AND FELL. AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT, HE REQUESTED TO SEE A DOCTOR, THAT HIS ANKLE WAS HURTING.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

LOOSE FINE HIGH CAL DUST CAME INTO SKID-STEER LOADER CAB, HITTING EE FULL FRONT. EE EXITED THECAB, INTO A 8""-12"" H20/LIME PH13. EE THEN RAN TO WASH HOUSE TO SHOWER

Struck by flying object

EE WAS ADJUSTING KILN WHEN A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND BLEW A FOREIGN OBJECT INTO HIS EYE. HE WENT TO THE CLINIC FOR TREATMENT WHERE THEY REMOVED A PIECE OF STEEL THAT WAS EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT EYE.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING WEIGHT OF A TRUCK AND WHEN HE STEPPED BACKWARDS HE STUMBLED OVER LOOSE LANDSCAPING BLOCKS. EE BROKE HIS FALL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, SUSTAINING A MINOR FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT WRIST.

2000 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 10-3-00 EE NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE HAD SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND WHEN EXAMINED NOTHING WAS FOUND. THE NEXT DAY HE WENT ANOTHER DR. AND WA S PUT ON LITE DUTY WORK, FOR A SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE. AFTER AN INVESTIGATION THE INCIDENT IS FOUND TO BE COMPENSABLE.

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

EE WAS HELPING REPLACE THE ROLLERS IN A BOWL MILL. AS THE ROLLERS WERE PULLED INTO PLACE. THE EE PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE ROLLERS AND THE MILL HOUSING. THE ROLLERS SLIPPED INTO PLACE PINCHING, HIS THUMB AND INDEX FINGER. HE WAS RELEASED IMMEDIATELY BY HOISTING THE ROLLER AWAY FROM THE MILL.