Mining Incidents

Oneonta QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Darlene Garner Abts
Oneonta, Blount County, AL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0100644
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2005
Latest incident
Apr 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2005 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING ROCK FROM THE BOBCAT AND OTHER EE PICKED UP OTHER END OF ROCK. EE RIGHT THUMB WAS BETWEEN ROCK AND BOBCAT

2004 · 2 incidents

Struck by powered moving object

INJURED PARTY WAS TALKING TO BOBCAT OPERATOR & THE OPERATOR MOVED THE MACHINE BEFORE THE PERSON WAS CLEAR. THE RT. FORK OF THE MACHINE HIT HIS RT. LEG. OPERATOR ERROR.

No Value Found

PUSHING LIMESTONE THROUGH BANDSAW, PULLED A MUSCLE IN STOMACH.

2003 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING A ROCK OVER ON ROLLERS NO LIFTING AND HAD A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. HE TOLD CO WORKERS IT WAS AN OLD INJURY AND HE KNEW WHAT TO DO . HAD WIFE PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HIM TO ER. HE FILED ON HIS OWN INSURANCE. E.R. REPORT STATED HE MOVED WRONG AND HAD LOWER BACK PAIN.

2001 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ONE PERSON HOLDING STEEL WITH OTHER MAN USING HAMMER TO HIT STEEL TO SPLIT ROCK. INJURED USING HAMMER HIT STEEL, STEEL BROKE FORM MALL GOING INTO INJURED'S LEG(RIGHT LEG BELOW KNEE) CAUSE OF A CCIDENT STEEL TOOL BROKE.(CHIP BROKE OFF HAMMER)

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAW OPERATOR WAS TURNING SAW BED. UNKNOWN REASONBED TURNED SLIGHTLY THEN JAMMED CAUSING HAND AND WRIST TO BE TURNED OVER. ORIGINAL INJURY DIAGNOSED AS A DISLOCATED THUMB. X-RAY SHOWED A BROKEN WRIST.

2000 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

EE WAS LIFTING LIMESTONE KEYS FROM A PALLET ONTOA WORK BENCH. HE WAS LIFTING 3 KEYS (16 LB EACH)AT A TIME. HE SAT THE KEYS ON THE WORK BENCH. BEING OVERCENTERED, TWO OF THE KEYS FELL ONTO HIS RIGHT PALM CAUSING A BRUISE.