Mining Incidents

Tower QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Leavenworth, Crawford County, IN · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1201438
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
25
Years on record
2000–2020
Latest incident
Oct 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

25 on file

2020 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was assisting with cleaning out the jaw crusher. Pulling up buckets of rock caused some pain in EE's left elbow. EE was taken to OMP for evaluation and placed on work restrictions.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was trying to move a larger rock with the loader. The rock slid out of the bucket causing the back end of the loader to slam down, jarring the operator. The employee was taken to OMP for evaluation and placed on restricted duty.

2017 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

EE was driving a pit 60 Ton Euclid from the jaw back to the pit empty. EE blacked out, due to personal medical reasons, and drove through a berm & off a 20 foot descent and wreck injuring face and leg with sutures. EE was buckled in.

2016 · 1 incident

Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Welder was salvaging parts off old Scale. Stepped on I-beam. Employee was located 16-18 inches off the ground, and employee stepped on I-beam, lost footing and fell cutting top of left hand and fracturing right shoulder.

2011 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE stepped to the ground when getting out of the crane and sprained his ankle.

Struck against a moving object

While operating the haul truck, ee was jolted when a load from the loader bucket was dumped into the truck resulting in head and neck pain.

2008 · 1 incident

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

Changing a drill steel on a drill. Caught his hand between th edrill steel and the drill steel rack, causing an abrasion to his left hand.

2006 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pushing a pin into a cylinder fitting with a hydraulic jack, when the jack slipped off the pin and struck him on the chin causing a laceration requiring sutures.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Picked up a rock in the roadway and strained his back.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Victim was helping unroll a tarp on a truck. He lost his footing and fell to the ground resulting in a back strain.

2005 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

stepped off of a d8 dozer and felt a sharp pain in his back resulting in a strained back muscle.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPING DOWN FROM A LOADER & HIS HAND SLIPPED ON THE WET HANDRAIL CAUSING HIS ARM TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HANDRAIL & THE HOOD OF THE LOADER. THIS RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENDING OVER TO LIFT TOOLS OFF OF PARTS TRUCK & STRAINED GROIN AREA.

2004 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS STEERING A TRUCK THAT WAS BEING PUSHED BY A LOADER. BED OF THE TRUCK SLIPPED OFF THE LOADER BUCKET JARRING THE EE INSIDE THE CAB CAUSING A BACK STRAIN.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CARRYING 2 FIVE-GALLON BUCKETS OF USED OIL AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

2002 · 3 incidents

Fall onto or against objects

VICTIM WAS WORKING INSIDE OF THE CAB OF A LOADER. HE WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR. AS HE WAS RAISING HIMSELF UP ON ONE HAND HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON HIS LEFT ARM STRIKING A SHARP EDGE ON THE DOOR FRAME CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT FOREARM REQUIRING STITCHES.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

USING A PRYBAR TO PRY ON A MOTOR. THE PRYBAR SLIPPED OFF THE MOTOR CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HIS HEAD ON CONCRETE CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS HEAD BEHIND HIS EAR REQUIRING SUTURES.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS BENT OVER UNDER A 6"" IBEAM TO TURN ON A WATER VALVE. WHEN HE STOOD UP HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE STEEL IBEAM CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS SCALP REQUIRING SUTURES.

2001 · 5 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER TO CLEAN A LOADER. HE HIT HIS FOOT WITH THE WAND AND THE STREAM OF WATER WENT THROUGH A SEAM IN HIS BOOT AND STRUCK HIS FOOT CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RIGH T FOOT.

Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE REMOVE BOLTS & NUTS FROM A SCREEN DECK, ABOUT 7' HIGH. ONE OF THE NUTS DROPPED AND HIT THE VICTIM IN THE MOUTH, CAUSING A BUSTED LIP AND LOOSENED BRIDGEWORK INHIS MOUTH (REFERRED TO DENTIST).

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS USING A SHOVEL TO REMOVE LOOSE MATERIAL IN THE SCREENING AREA WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS CLEANING A SECTION OF A DOZER CUTTING EDGE. HE TURNED IT OVER AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE EDGEAND ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT RING FINGER REQUIRIN G SUTURES.

Struck by rolling or sliding object

VICTIM WAS REMOVING A COUPLING FROM A PIECE OF 3INCH CONDUIT WHEN ANOTHER PIECE OF CONDUIT ROLLED ONTO HIS FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRINGSUTURES.

2000 · 2 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE TRIPPED ON HIS LOOSE SHOE SOLE & FELL BETWEENHIS STOCKPILE TRUCK & A CATWALK CAUSING A BRUISED LEG. HE WAS TAKING MEDICATION FOR 2 DAYS WHICHPREVENTED HIM FROM WORKING

Struck by falling object

A ROCK FELL OFF OF TRUCK AND STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE MOUTH REQUIRING SUTURES TO HIS LIP.