Mining Incidents

Lemont Quarry & MillMetal/Nonmetal

Romeoville, Will County, IL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101546
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2004 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING DOWN INCLINE IN AN EMPTY TRUCK & HIT A POT HOLE, STRAINING BACK. THE ORIGINAL INJURY WAS CLASSIFIED AS FIRST AID BUT BECAME A LOST TIME AFTER 5/12/04, A DR.'S VISIT & PHYSICAL THERAPY WERE PRESCRIBED.

2003 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS DOING REPAIRS INSIDE CRUSHER, PLACED HIS HAND ON BRASS SOCKET RING AND CUT FINGER ON SHARP EDGE.

2002 · 3 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EE OPERATING LOADER TO REBUILD BERM ON RAMP, LOST POWER, BRAKES & HYDRAULICS - ROLLED FORWARD OVER EDGE OF RAMP, LOADER ROLLED ONTO LEFT SIDE & SLID ABOUT 20' TO REST ON BENCH.

Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING A JAM IN OR UNDER THE JAW CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK SLIPPED OR ROLLED OVER PINCHING HIS HAND AND BREAKING ONE FINGER.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

AFTER INSPECTING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN A LOADEREE STARTED WALKING BACK TOWARDS THE SHOP. EE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS TREATED FOR A FRACTURED ANKLE WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY.

2001 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MANUALLY PULLING CONVEYER BELT OVER THE DRIVE PULLEY OF A CONVEYER USING THE V-BELTS ON THE DRIVE ASSEMBLY TO TURN THE HEAD PULLEY WHEN HIS LEFT THUMB BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO OF THE V-BELTS. THE UNIT WAS LOCKED OUT AND EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES. EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRUISED THUMB,AND THUMB WAS PUT IN A SPLINT.