Mining Incidents

Higdon MineMetal/Nonmetal

The Doe Run Company · Underground
Controlled by Renco Group
Fredericktown, Perry County, MO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302168
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2019
Latest incident
Mar 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2019 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Went into dog house to fill out paperwork. Finished paperwork, went to walk out of trailer and hit head on the low hanging cross beam. Happened in dog house.

2000 · 1 incident

Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS COMPLETING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WHEN A CONDUCTOR TO GROUND SHORT OCCURRED IN A SEPARATE ENCLOSED JUNCTION BOX. A SMALL SCREW HAD ABRADED THE CONDUCTOR INSULATION. A GROUNDED C ONDUCTOR CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL FLASH BURN IN HISLEFT HAND AND FOREARM, 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS.