Employee repelled into the primary feed hopper using welding leads. A quick connection came apart in the welding lead causing him to fall. He hit his mouth on a rock resulting in two chipped teeth and one cracked tooth.
Alabaster QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Surface
Alabaster, Shelby County, AL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103068
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2000–2006
- Latest incident
- Nov 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2006 · 1 incident
Fall onto or against objects
2003 · 1 incident
Fall onto or against objects
STUMBLED WHEN PULLING A 1 1/2 WATER HOSE AND HIT HIS RT KNEE ON A CONCRETE BASE PAD. HE FRACTURED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
2002 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING CURTAIN LINERS IN CRUSHER &DROPPED ONE ON HIS RIGHT RING FINGER SMASHING THE NAIL. IT REQUIRED ONE STITCH.
2001 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
EE WAS REPLACING THE REAR END OF THE EUCLID R-40ROCK TRUCK AND HIS HAND SLIPPED CUTTING HIS 3RD FINGER ON RIGHT HAND REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.
2000 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING STARTER FROM WATER TRUCK, FELT PAIN IN R SHOULDER.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS PICKING UP A PIECE TO PUT ON THE ROCK HAMMER AND IT SLIPPED SMASHING HIS MEDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND AND IT TORE THE NAIL OFF.