Mining Incidents

Edmund SandMetal/Nonmetal

Edmund, Lexington County, SC · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800662
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2003–2019
Latest incident
Oct 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2019 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A rope broke while pulling a feed belt. The rope hit and cut an employee's hand.

2018 · 4 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Employee struck right knee while descending down the dewatering screen resulting in a contusion.

Unclassified, insufficient data

Employees changing bearing on belt in rain and an unspecified injury possibly to absorption energy occurred.

Unclassified, insufficient data

Employees changing bearing on belt in rain and an unspecified injury possibly to absorption energy occurred.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee pulling tire and felt pop in right shoulder.

2015 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was picking up a hydraulic pump motor off of a waist high table to place in the back of a pickup truck. Once the pump was up the EE twisted at the waist and strained his back

2012 · 2 incidents

Contact with hot objects or substances

A hydraulic valve unexpectedly ruptured, probably caused by metal fatigue.

Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee not thinking removed a hot radiator cap on generator.

2010 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was pulling a knife from pocket and the blade came open and cut his finger.

2009 · 1 incident

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

Was prying with a crow bar on a motor with fingers got between crow bar and motor

2006 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hammering a piece of pipe, he hit his index finger.

2003 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS ADJUSTING WIPER BELT AND GOT FINGERS BETWEEN SPRING LOADED WIPER AND CONVEYOR BELT.

Struck against stationary object

SHOVELING DIRT FROM UNDER MACHINE. RAISED UP, HIT HEAD ON METAL PIECE AND CUT HEAD.