Mining Incidents

Altair PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Altair, Colorado County, TX · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4104375
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2005–2018
Latest incident
Jan 2018
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2018 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

The employee was cutting a stockpile with a front end loader when a large chunk of frozen road gravel fell from the top of the stockpile onto the front of the loader and into the cab. The employee suffered minor cuts on the right hand and lower back pain from removing material from their lap in order to exit loader.

2015 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Employee suffered an injury to her neck/rotator cuff. She attempted to reach across her body and behind her to retrieve a paper and her chair came out from underneath her and she grabbed the wall to break her fall and suffered a shoulder injury. She reported the incident to her manager but refused medical treatment. She went to the doctor on 8/10/15 for treatment.

2013 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

He was using a shovel to clean around a flat conveyor (sand) when he felt a sharp pain in his back.

2008 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE lifted up the safety guard and inserted a tree limb with lubricant into the bull gear while it was operating. The gear pulled the tree limb along with his hand into the two gears. He reacted by pulling his arm away. The gears had mutilated his right hand off up to his wrist.

2005 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a piece of belt and the knife slipped cutting the top of his hand. Had eight stitches.