MSHA record for Millstone Blue Quarry (mine ID 0900880). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EMPL RUNNING A LOADER WHEN ROCK SLIPPED OFF FORKS AND EMPL HIT LEG ON STEERING WHEEL.LEFT LEG BRUISED LEG.
WHILE RUNNING SLOT DRILL, AIRHOSE CAME OFF (CUPPLING STILL ATTACHED), WHIPPED AROUND AND HIT LEFT LEG IN ANKLE AREA.
WENT TO TURN BURNER OFF SLIPPED ON TRAC FELL TWISTING ANKLE
STEPPED IN SOME OIL & GREASE CAUSIGN SHOES TO BE SLIPPERY. STEPPED ON GRANITE, SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT WRIST.
PICKING DRILL UP. THE DRILL SWUNG BACK AND PINNED EE UP AGAINST THE WALL.
THE INJURY OCCURED WHILE THE PERSON WAS HELPING ALIGN AND LEVEL AN AUTOMATIC BURNER UNIT THAT WAS STILL ATTACHED TO A MOVIL CRANE. THE INJURED PERSON WAS USING A WOODEN 4 X 4 APPROX 5 FT LONG TO LIFT ONE SECTION OF TRACK SO THAT WOODEN BLOCKS COULD BE PLACED UNDER IT. THE 4 X 4 WAS RESTING ON A SMALL ROCK, AND WHEN HE HAD THE TRACK PICKED UP, THE ROCK SHIFTED. THE WEIGHT OF THE
SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND FELL AND HIT HIS FACE ON THE CORNER OF THE BURNER.
I.NAME WAS PUTTING IN DOG HOLE WHEN BIT BROKE AND CUT HIS HAND.
CLIMBING ON BLOCK AND DRILL SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND. 10-15 POUND DRILL DROPPED FROM A DISTANCE OF 1-1 1/2 FT UPON LEFT INDEX FINGER.
WORKER SLIPPED ON MUDDY FLOOR OF WORKING AREA,FELL & BRUISED HIP AND/OR BACK.WAS ABLE TO GET UP AND WALK AROUND BUT APPEARED TO BE IN PAIN.
WORKER WAS DRILLING DOG HOLE WITH JACKHAMMER WHEN SMALL ROCK CHIP HIT HIM IN EYE. WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT TIME.
WHILE GETTING A TOOL OUT OF A TOOL BOX THAT IS MOUNTED IN A TRUCK THE LID SWUNG OPEN AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.
EMPL STATED THAT HE PICKED UP ON THE BLOCK AND FELT A SHARP PAIN INHIS BACK WHILE WORKING ON LEDGE NO 1
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A FELLOW EMPLOYEE TO MOVE SOME PIECES OF GROUT FROM AROUND THE WORK AREA IN #6 LOC. WHILE LIFTING A PIECE OF GRANITE, I.NAME CO-WORKER DROPPED HIS END OF THE LOAD CAUSING HIM TO MASH HIS FINGER UNDER THE GRANITE PIECE.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE SOME PIECES OF GROUT MATERIAL FROM AROUND THE WALKAREAS OF THE #3 HOLE WORK SITE,WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ABCK.HE CONTINUED WORKING,FINISHED SHIFT .AND FELT DISCOMFORT AT NIGHT.HE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT ON DATE OF OCCURRENCE AND THE DOCTOR'S TREATMENT WAS FOR STRAIN.
TRACK DRILL WAS BEING MOVED FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER BY 992-B LOADER. INJURED PERSON WAS STEADING DRILL AND SIGNALED OPERATOR TO LOWER IT TO GROUND. THE FRILL WAS LOWERE ONTO HIS FOOT CAUS ING BRUISE, HE WAS WEARING SAFETY SHOES.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING WEDGES WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HE MISSED A WEDGE,THUS STRIKING THE SOLID ROCK WHICH CAUSED THE AHMMER TO BOUNCE BACK STTRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD.THE AHMMER KNOCKED HIS SAF ETY HATT OFF LACERATING FOREHEAD 8 STITCHES WERE NEEDED.
EMPLOYEE STUMBED AND FELL AS HE TRIED TO BREAK FALL WITH ARMS,FRACTURING LEFT WRIST.EMPLOYEE WAS ON LEVEL GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND JOB SITE WHERE HE STEPPED NTO A POT HOLE SPRAINING HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE FROM A TRUCK WHEN THE BOTTLE SLIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS FINGER AND ALSO A SMALL PIECE OF STONE CAUSING THE CUT TO HIS FINGER.
HEAVY WINDS WERE BLOWING ON DAY OF KNJURY. EMP WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN GRANITE WITH JACKHAMMER WHILE THE CRANE WAS LIFTING EMPTY CHAIN HOOKS OUT OF QUARRY AND THE WIND FORCED THE BOOM OF CRANE AROUND IN DIRECTION OF EMP CAUSING THE CHAIN HOOKS TO BUMP EMP ON THE HEAD
HEAVY WINDS WERE BLOWING ON DAY OF INJURY EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN GRANITE WITH A JACKHAMMER WHILE THE CRANE WAS LIFTING EMPTY CHAIN HOOKS OUT OF QUARRY AND THE WIND FORCED THE BOOM OF CRANE AROUND IN THE DIRECTION OF EMPLOYEE CAUSING THE CHAIN HOOKS TO BUMP EMPLOYEE NO THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS BR9AKING A PIECE OF STONE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS HO2KING CHAIN HOOK ON DERRICK TO GRANITE SAWBLOCK WHEN HOOK SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS
JACK HAMMER FEL5 OFF GRANITE WALL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEES RIGHT FOOT.
FOREIGN BODY IN3LEFT EYE. AIR HOSE HIT IN LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING WEDGE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON A DRILL LEVELING PLATFORM WHE EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF APPROX 3 FT EMPLOYEE FELL
OPERATOR PLACED3BURNER IN HOLDER RACK WHILE LIT AND WALKED IN FRONT OF BURNER TO INSPECT CHANNEL. BURNER FLAME MADE CONTACT WITH OPERATERS CLOTHES AND LEG. SERIOUS BURN WAS INFLICTED ON FRO NT LOWER LEG. 3
BLOWING OFF PLATFORM WITH AIR HOSE AIR HOSE SLIPPED OUT OF HAND AND HIT EMP UNDER RT EYE
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