Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was standing in the doorway of the equipment room talking to a co-worker and EE turned to walk away and when EE took a step, EE heard a pop and felt a burning pain in EE's right foot.
Macon County QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Decatur, Macon County, IL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103028
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2023
- Latest incident
- Feb 2023
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2023 · 1 incident
2005 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE was adjusting packing on booster pump when the wrench slipped and pinched his finger between the wrench and pump base.
2002 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
EE WAS REMOVING 75# BUCKET FROM SCALES, LOST GRIP ON BUCKET & BUCKET FELL ON LEFT FOOT.
Accident type, without injuries
MANAGEMENT ARRIVED AT THE MINE SITE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SANGAMON RIVER HAD OVERFLOWED INTO THE LAKE, RAISING THE LEVEL SUFFICIENTLY TO STOPPRODUCTION WITH THE DREDGE.
2000 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE ALONG WITH ANOTHER EE, WAS MOVING A CUTTING LIP INTO POSITION TO ATTACH TO AN ENDLOADER BUCKET. THEY EACH HAD AHOLD OF ONE END OF THE LIP. THE OTHER EE LET GO OF HIS END WITHOUT GIVING ANY WARNING AND INJURED EE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE LIP AND THE SHOP FLOOR.