Struck against a moving object
The employee was hauling material down a steep slope at the quarry when they lost use of the brakes and the vehicle turned over, resulting in a fractured finger.
Blount Springs Sand PlantMetal/Nonmetal
Wiregrass Construction Company, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Construction Partners Inc
Cullman, Blount County, AL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103047
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2001–2025
- Latest incident
- Oct 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2025 · 1 incident
2005 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK
Fall from machine
EE alleges to have fallen while attempting to climb onto a track hoe
2002 · 1 incident
(Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE RADIOS SCALE HOUSE AND REQUESTED HELP AND AN AMBULANCE. EE THEN PROCEEDED TO PARK HIS LOADER, MINE SUPERVISOR AND SCALEPERSON RESPONDED TO HIM TO RENDER AID, CALLED EMS MINER TREATED BY PARAMEDICS ON SEEN, STABILIZED AND TRANSPORTED TO WOODLAND E.R.
2001 · 1 incident
Fall onto or against objects
EE HAD DISMOUNTED HIS HOE, AND WAS WALKING OVER TO CHECK HIS AREA WHERE DIGGING, & FELL AGAINST A SHARP ROCK LACERATING HIS RIGHT FOREARM.