Mining Incidents

Claremore Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

APAC-Central, Inc · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Claremore, Rogers County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3400410

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2000–2008
Latest incident
Jan 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
8
significant & substantial
$41,111
proposed penalties
$18,011
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q4 294 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 612 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,768 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,785 1 0 264.2
2012 Q2 2,260 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded
March 24, 2004 OK · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Bellco Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Apparently the victim attempted to install drill steel with the mast vertical and the drill head rotating. The victim became entangled in the rotating drill steel when the steel cross threaded in the drill collar.

April 25, 2000 OK · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Bellco Materials Inc · Struck by powered moving object

LOADER OPERATOR OTHER INFORMED HIS FOREMAN, EE THAT HIS LOADER HAD AN OIL LEAK. EE TOLD OTHER THAT HE COULDN'T FIND THE LEAK, CLIMBED DOWN, WENT TO HIS PICKUP TRUCK FOR A FLASHLIGHT, RETURNED, & CLIMBED UNDER THE LOADER TO LOOK FOR LEAK. OTHER THINKING THEY WERE DONE, CLOSED THE COWLING, GET INTO THE CAB, AND PUT THE LOADER IN REVERSE. EE HEARING THE BACKUP ALARM, UNSUCESSFULLY TRI

Reportable incidents

13 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2008 · 1 incident

January 9, 2008 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
APAC-Oklahoma Inc · Fall from ladders

While greasing belt on wash plant, ladder gave way and ee fell to the ground hitting his elbow.

2007 · 1 incident

December 26, 2007 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Bellco Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Repetitive Movement operating equipment (loader). Accumulative trauma over time, 37 years as loader operator. No lost time until surgery.

2006 · 1 incident

April 24, 2006 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bellco Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Repetitive movement of operating equipment, accumulative trauma over time. No lost time until 7-05-06 when he had surgery.

2005 · 2 incidents

July 9, 2005 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellco Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepped off ladder to ground while doing maintenance.

June 6, 2005 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellco Materials Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON EQUIPMENT, HE SLIPPED AND FELL, SCRAPING HIS BACK AGAINST THE EQUIPMENT.

2004 · 1 incident

2003 · 2 incidents

June 7, 2003 OK · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bellco Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE ON A CONVEYER WHEN A 1 1/2 INCH SQUARE TUBING FELL AND HIT EE ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.

2002 · 1 incident

February 22, 2002 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bellco Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PRYING ON BEARING WITH CAT BAR, CAT BAR SLIPPED, A SLIVER OF METAL WENT INTO THE EYE.

2001 · 1 incident

April 19, 2001 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bellco Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

TOO MUCH ROCK IN BUCKET, SHOOK BUCKET TO REMOVE EXCESS ROCK; 1 8"-10" ROCK BOUNCED OUT OF BUCKET AND HIT AND CRACKED WINDSHIELD. MINUTE PARTICLES OF GLASS WENT INTO HIS EYE.

2000 · 3 incidents

August 4, 2000 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bellco Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING TUBE OF GREASE IN GRASE GUN. METAL RIN ON TUBE CUT HIS FINGER.

July 14, 2000 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellco Materials Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS ENTERING FRONT OF SKID LOADER, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE STRUCK HIS ARM ON SHARP OBJECT ON ROLL OVER PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE OF MACHINE.

February 7, 2000 OK · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bellco Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A COME-ALONG, ON A TAIL PULLEY SECTION, THE COME-ALONG STRIPPED A TOOTH CAUSING THE HANDLE TO HIS HIS ARM WHERE THE ELBOW BENDS.