Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE WAS USING A BLOW PIPE TO CLEAN SAW BLOCK. HE FELL ABOUT WAIST HIGH & HIT THE SIDE OF HIS FACE WITH A HARD IMPACT.
Granstone, Inc.Metal/Nonmetal
Granstone, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Darlene H Dye
Carlton, Oglethorpe County, GA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900766
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2002–2003
- Latest incident
- Aug 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2003 · 2 incidents
Struck by rolling or sliding object
ROCK WAS SITTING ON SLOPE WHEN WORKERS UPPLED PIECE IN FRONT OF THE ROCK. THE ROCK SLID & CUT THE WORKER ON THE LEG.
2002 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE GOUT CHAIN BEING USED HAD A TWIST IN IT. THE OPERATOR PICKED UP THE BLOCK BEFORE FLAGMAN COULD STOP HIM. THIS CAUSED THE CHAIN TO BREAK AND A SMALL PART OF THE CHAIN PUNCTURED THE LOWER AR M.