Mining Incidents

Norris Aggregate Products Co. -Plant #70Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Brady D Meldrem
Bethany, Andrew County, MO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2301939
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2007 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was attempting to lift a tire with the truck hoist. He unhooked the hook from the truck and was holding it out to clear the truck. He accidently engaged the hoist while still holding the hook and caught his finger between the hook and the truck. He fractued his finger and needed surgery to repair torn tendons.

2006 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Injured employee was pulling on a piece of angle iron to straigten it out. The angle iron broke at the weld causing him to fall on his ankle. Will require surgery.

2004 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was unhooking a chain that was used to pull a stuck haul truck out of the mud with a front-end loader. The loader operator started to pull away. The employee motioned for him to stop. The loader was stopped abruptly which caused the bucket to dip. The employee's foot was under the bucket when it dipped. The employee sustained broken bones in three toes.

2003 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

CHANGING SCREEN ON EL JAY SCREEN BOX BOLT THAT HALF THEM IN PLACE WERE BEING REMOVED WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH AND A BAR WAS BEING USED TO PRY THE SCREEN TRAIL AWAY FROMT HE SIDE OF THE SCREEN TO TRY AND KEEP A BOLT FROM SPINNING IN THE RAIL AND THE BOLT WAS REMOVED TO THE BOX SLIPPED, CAUSED OTHER TO LOSE HIS BALANCE FALLING BACKWARDS ONTO THE SCREEN AND THE BAR FLEW OUT OF HIS HAND T

2001 · 1 incident

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

EE STEPPED ON HINGED LADDER GOING TO IMPACT MOTOR, HE PLACED HIS HAND BEHINED LADDER AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN LADDER AND FRAME AND BROKE THE TIP OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.