Mining Incidents

Summit QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Blountsville, Blount County, AL · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0102743
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2006–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2018 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Dislodging rock in jaw crusher with a pry bar when hand slipped off striking feeder wall

Struck against a moving object

Employee was sitting in haul truck waiting for Trac hoe to load with boulders, when a boulder was dropped on tail end of truck causing the bed to raise and then slam down rocking the cab hurting employee back

2014 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting co-worker putting a guard back on a tail pulley. Co-worker had to use a sledge hammer to seat guard and when he struck guard hammer head came off striking employee in left arm.

2013 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Pulling pull cord on air compressor.

2006 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING EXCESS MATERIALS FROM UNDER JAW CRUSHER(WHILE IN OPERATION) WHEN HIS SHIRT BECAME ENTANGLED IN BELT DRIVE SHAFT TO FEEDER CAUSING SKIN UNDER HIS ARM TO BECOME DETACHED ALONG WITH SCRAPES AND ABRASIONS