Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MAN WAS DRIVING 922B LOADER DOWN A ROAD WITH A STEEP GRADE. FOR UNKNOWN REASON, LOST CONTROL AND THE LOADER TURNED OVER AND THE RAPS SAFETY CAB FAILED AND COLLAPSED CAUSING FATALITY.
Rocky Mountain Quartzite QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
Northern Stone Supply Inc · Surface
Controlled by Greg Osterhout
OAKLEY, Cassia County, ID · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1000648
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2008
- Latest incident
- Jul 2008
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
4 on file (excluding fatalities above)2008 · 1 incident
Fall from machine
EE climbed up on to an excavator track and grabbed on to the door handle. The door was not latched, it swung open. As a result he fell to the ground landing on his right arm and shoulder, resulting in a break to his arm.
2006 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Worker palletizing stone & dropped on his finger, fracturing finger. Required minor surgery to pin finger.
2005 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
WORKER BANDING STONE ON PALLET, STONE SLIPPED OFF OF PALLET AND FELL ON FOOT. RIGHT FOOT FRACTURE.
Struck by rolling or sliding object
Worker was splitting large piece of stone when the top layer slid off of main piece & hit his arm. Right radius fracture - required surgery.