Mining Incidents

Noblesville Sand & GravelMetal/Nonmetal

Noblesville, Hamilton County, IN · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1201994
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2000–2020
Latest incident
May 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2020 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

Employee contacted a gas line while cleaning out a drainage pipe

2018 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling a gate handle when it awkwardly bent EE's wrist resulting in injury

2016 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a utility knife to cut belting material when it slipped and cut hand.

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

Employee was moving a drum of oil when EE's finger was pinched causing a laceration.

2007 · 1 incident

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

Employee was assiting to install a pipe under a splitter box when his finger was caught between the pipe and the flange bolts.

2005 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was attempting to shut the tailgate of a pickup truck when he jammed his thumb resulting in a fracture!

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was cleaning rocks off a catwalk and strained his back. (EE was kicking/pushing the rocks off with his foot.)

2004 · 2 incidents

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking on dredge when he slipped and hit his knee on a pipe.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was running to shut off a pump when he tripped and landed on his shoulder.

2003 · 5 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS YARD WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOME ICE TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

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

EMPLOYEE WAS ALIGNING A BOLT IN A HOLE WHEN HE USED THE AIR IMPACT WRENCH IT SMASHED THE TIP OF HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOLT HEAD AND THE SLOT.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND UNDER CRUSHER BELT REMOVING OLD PARTS WHICH HIS HAND WAS STRUCK BY A CLEAN OUT DOOR.

Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS CUTTING A METAL PATCH AND SLAG POPPED INSIDE HIS RIGHT GLOVE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF BELT MATERIAL WHEN HE TRIPPED AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

2002 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING ON DREDGE DECK WHEN STEPPED ON A HOSE & TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING DIGGING POINTS ON THE CUTTER HEAD AND WHILE TAPPING A POINT ON TO THE HOLDER, A PIECE BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE JAW.

2000 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE CUT THUMB ON SHARP PIECE OF GRATING IN A SAND CLASSIFIER.