Mining Incidents

SKYLINE QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Wayne C Williams
STAFFORD SPRINGS, Tolland County, CT · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0600266
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
27
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Jul 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

27 on file

2004 · 1 incident

Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE slipped and fell during lock out/tag out procedure on an excavator. He was on the catwalk above the tracks when his foot slipped off and he fell to the dirt below (he said his boots were wet). He broke his left hip and femur.

2003 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

EE WAS HAND SPLITTING STONE WITH SLEDGEHAMMER: A PIECE OF STEEL SPLINTERED OFF WHEN HE HIT CHISEL AND IMBEDDED IN HIS FOREHEAD, RIGHT ABOVE SAFETY GLASSES.

2002 · 3 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS MOVING A STONE WHEN HE LOST FOOTING ON SNOW & ICE. HE FELL ON GROUND AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

ON MONDAY JAN. 7 EE FELL TWICE ON ICE/SNOW BY THE CUT MACHINE. HE FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON HIS SHOULDER. HE THOUGHT HE'D BE O.K. BUT WORKING WITH STONE WAS BOTHERING HIM. CAME TO OFFICE ON TH URSDAY AT NOON ASKING TO SEE DOCTOR WHO DIAGNOSED STRAIN/TENDONITIS IN LEFT SHOULDER.

2001 · 13 incidents

Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE TOSSED A ROCK INTO A STONE CAGE, A PIECE CAME OFF BACK AT HIM, AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH, WHICH CRACKED HIS TOOTH.

Struck by flying object

REPORTED TO OFFICE ON WED 12/26/01 AT 4:40 PM. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING STONE, A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM THE HAMMERHEAD SPLINTERED OFF AND IMBEDDED IN HIS LOWER LIP.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

REPORTED TO OFFICE ON THURS 12/27/01 AT 9:40 AM.EMPLOYEE LIFTING STONE ONTO UNILOADER WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK.

Struck by flying object

EE AND OTHER WORKING AT CUTTING MACHINE. HE PULLED LEVER AND WENT TO STEP BACK AS THE MACHINE STARTED TO PUT PRESSURE ONT HE STONE-A CORNER SHATTERED SENDING A PIECE OF STONE OFF EDGE, WHICH H IT EE IN THE FOREHEAD, RIGHT ABOVE THIS SAFETY GLASSES ONT HE RIGHT SIDE.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS STOCKPILING STONE WHEN HE LIFTED A STONE HIS RIGHT SIDE STARTED TO HURT. HE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT 10/30/01 BUT SAID IT HAPPENED ONE MONTHPRIOR.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PICKING BIG ROCKS OFF THE 3/4"" STONE PILE, PUT HIS RIGHT HAND DOWN ON PILE. A ROCK PUNCTURED THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING IMMEDIATE SWELLING.

Struck by flying object

HE SAID HE WAS SPLITTING STONE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF STONE IMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT ARM BY ELBOW. THE HAMMER SPLINTERED OFF AND

Struck by flying object

HE WAS SPLITTRING STONE USING A SLEDGEHAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL SHOT OFF HAMMER AND HIT EE ON TOP LEFT SIDE OF HEAD.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT FLASHING WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN HE CUT THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A 1"" LONG LACERATION.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE EXCAVATOR WHEN HE TWISTED TO GET OFF AND HE FELT HIS LEFT SHOULDER POP.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REACHING OVER TO GET ANOTHER ROCK WHEN A CO-WORKER PUSHED ANOTHER ROCK OVER THE TOP. EE'S FINGER GOT CAUGHT SO WHEN HE PULLED HIS HAND OUT THE ROCK SLICED HIS FINGER.

Struck by flying object

HE WAS SPLITTING ROCK USING A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL SHOT OFF THE HAMMER. HE THOUGHT THE PIECE ENTERED HIS CHEST BUT THE DOCTOR DID NOT FIND THE PIECE.

Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING STONE WITH A HAMMER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK SHOT INTO HIS RIGHT INNER FOREARM.

2000 · 9 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING STONE USING A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF HAMMER AND WENT INTO HIS THIGH.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS SPLITTING STONE WHEN A STONE SLIPPED AND HE WENT TO GRAB IT WHEN IT PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN ANOTHER ROCK. WHEN HE PULLED HIS HAND OUT HE CUT HIS THUMB ON LOWER MEATY PART

Fall from ladders

HE WAS FUELING THE ROCK TRUCK & WHEN HE FINISHEDHE WENT TO RETURN THE NOZZLE TO THE FUEL TANK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE LADDER & HIS FINGER WAS SMASHED INTO A STEEL BAR.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS STACKING ROCKS, HE PICKED UPA HEAVIER ROCK AND IT HURT HIS WRIST. HE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY DIRECT TRAUMA HOWEVER, THE PAIN HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS STOCK PILING STONE IN A CAGE WHEN HE LIFTED A LARGE STONE AND FELT HIS LOWER BACK PULL.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS STOCK PILING STONE WHEN HE TURNED HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE EDGE OF A ROCK TWISTING ANKLE CAUSING A BRUISE.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS LOOSENING BOLTS ON HYDRAULIC WHEN A SHARP PAIN WENT THROUGH HIS NECK AND DOWN HIS RIGHT ARM. THE PAIN DID GO AWAY THEN ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATER HE POPPED A SEAL OFF A PART AND THE SHARP PAIN CAME BACK THROUGH HIS NECK LEAVING A TINGLING FEELING IN HIS FINGERS.

Struck by falling object

THE EE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A ROCK THAT FELL OFF THE CONVEYOR WHEN ANOTHER ROCK CAME DOWN BELT AND FELL ONTO HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A SLIGHT CONTUSION.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS TAKING ROCKS OFF CONVEYOR WHEN HE TWISTED HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LEFT CHEST MUSCLE AREA CAUSING PAIN IN HIS CHEST AND NUMBNESS IN HIS HAND.