Mining Incidents

Monarch Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Oglethorpe County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900746

MSHA record for Monarch Quarry (mine ID 0900746). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1989–1991
Latest incident
Jul 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

July 11, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Century Granite Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPOSITIONING A WOODEN LADDER AGAINST A GRANITE WALL WHEN HE MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE LADDER AND THE WALL.THIS OCCURRED ABOUT 12 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE LEVEL ON AN OPEN PIT D IMENSION STONE QUARRY.

January 28, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Century Granite Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNHOOKING DOGS AFTER MOVING AIR TANK WITH CRANE- MASHED FINGER.

1990 · 3 incidents

September 27, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Century Granite Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON BLOCK STORAGE YARD AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A NAIL PROTRUDING. THE NAIL PENETRATED THE SOLE OF HIS SHOE AND INTO HIS FOOT.

September 20, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Century Granite Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED PERSON IS AN EMPLOYEE (DRIVER) FOR TRUCKING CONTRACTOR. HE WAS SITTING IN THE CAB OF A TRUCK-TRACTOR WHILE A BLOCK WAS BEING LOADED ONTO HIS TRAILER. THE DOGS (LIFTING HOOKS) PULLED OU T OF THE BLOCK WHILE IT WAS ABOUT 16" ABOVE THE FLOOR OF THE TRAILER. THE RESULTING IMPACT JARRED THE TRUCK CAUSING THE DRIVER'S HEAD TO HIT THE TOP OF THE CAB.

June 13, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Century Granite Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LIFTING BLOCK WITH DERRICK.

1989 · 1 incident

October 6, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Century Granite Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP OXYGEN CYLINDER AND SWUNG IT AROUND CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CYLINDER AND PIECE OF GRANITE.

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