Mining Incidents

Oshkosh Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Oshkosh, Winnebago County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4700220

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2005–2012
Latest incident
Mar 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
29
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,105
proposed penalties
$3,105
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
2012 Q4 3,651 4 0 1095.6
2012 Q3 3,621 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,931 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,174 6 1 5110.7
2011 Q4 1,348 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,407 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,625 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 933 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2012 · 1 incident

March 19, 2012 WI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Struck against a moving object

Contractor EE moving overburden from one area of pit to another was descending the SW ramp empty when lost control of the Terex TA35. The truck drove into the W.berm/boulders which redirected him to the E.berm where truck drove up and thru berm resulting in truck upset & landing on the level below. EE was seen at hospital and released with minor injuries.

2008 · 1 incident

July 17, 2008 WI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee had pulled on a wrench to tighten a hex head nut. He then took a last pull to cinch tighten the nut, when the wrench slipped off the grade 5 nut. The employee fell back to the same level injuring buttock.

2005 · 1 incident

May 13, 2005 WI · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Poor equipment design and poor lubrication practice led to unsafe acts of positioning and securing suspended object. Unsafe acts compounded by failure to recognize the hazard.