Employee body discovered at approx. 7:30AM. Employee had not clocked in. Death due to suicide - see attached coroners and sheriff deputy report.
Highpoint QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2018–2024
- Latest incident
- Feb 2024
Reportable incidents
6 on file2024 · 1 incident
2022 · 2 incidents
Employee was getting out of the fuel truck and twisted knee.
Employee was standing on the ground when picking up pin that goes into quarried block. When employee picked up the pin strained back.
2021 · 1 incident
Employee was standing on scaffold which was on the ground. The cable on the crane caught the corner of the DTH drill when the scaffold was being raised. When the 4 way cables were being raised this is when the DTH drill rolled over onto employees right leg. Employee had a bruised leg from accident.
2019 · 1 incident
Employee was leaning on a piece of steel, when the steel broke the jack hammer fell about two feet and landed on employee's right foot. Employee went to Elbert Industrial Medicine for treatment. Injury resulted in the foot being very bruised and swollen. Employee is on light duty work at the quarry until foot is healed.