Mining Incidents

Kokomo QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Kokomo, Howard County, IN · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1200142
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2002–2022
Latest incident
Feb 2022
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2022 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee mashed finger while tapping a beam in place with sledgehammer, resulting in a fracture.

2019 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was holding a plate to replace it on a crusher when another employee contacted EE's thumb with a sledge hammer.

2011 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a pry bar when it slipped and smashed his left ringer finger on a head box.

2010 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee slipped on step and twisted Left ankle

2008 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was standing on a conveyor walkway when he stepped backwards awkwardly and twisted his knee.

2005 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting steel when he tried to catch a falling piece of metal it smashed his finger between the metal and a C channel support.

2002 · 2 incidents

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

EE WAS USING A WRENCH TO TURN A PIECE OF EQUIP WHEN IT TURNED ABRUPTLY PINCHING HIS HAND AGAINST ANOTHER PARTON THE EQUIP CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 5 SUTURES.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A COME-ALONG TO PULL A PART INTO PLACE WHEN THE HANDLE CAME APART HITTING HIM IN THE JAW.