The employee was assisting in lifting the stationary jaw from the jaw crusher and sitting the jaw on to the floor. The rail trolley and chain hoist being used fell from the beam to which it was attached. The trolley fell on to the employees left hand, which he was using to guide the jaw, and cut the middle finger of his left hand.
PLANT #1Metal/Nonmetal
Unimin Corp · Surface
Controlled by Covia Holdings LLC
Burnsville, Yancey County, NC · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3100678
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2003–2010
- Latest incident
- Jun 2010
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2010 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
2009 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The miner was attempting to loosen the bar bolts on a chainsaw when the bar wrench handle broke and the miners' hand struck the chainsaw chain which cut through his glove and cut the middle finger on his left hand.
2008 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The miner was removing a build up of material at the feed hopper to the cone crusher, using a metal pry bar. His finger was caught between the bar and the edge of the hopper, injuring his finger.
2003 · 1 incident
Struck by flying object
THE EE WAS GRINDING ON A BRAKE ROTOR, WHEN FINISHED HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.