Mining Incidents

HARPERS QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal

Elberton, Oglethorpe County, GA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900035
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2022
Latest incident
Nov 2022
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2022 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

slipped and fell backwards. hardhat came off during fall and hit the back of EE's head on a truck bed. taken immediately to the medical center for evaluation.

2012 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

Miner was leaving crane to go to lunch and stepped down on outrigger and slipped and fell three feet to quarry floor. Injuries sustained were abrasions to left cheek and left ankle. Bruising to left thigh. Concussion.

2008 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Miner was breaking down a granite block and there was a crack that did an oval around the back of the block when the block broke down the block slid into the mine and the miner followed.