Struck by falling object
Miner lost grip on a piece of flagstone while stacking it on a pallet causing the piece to fall and hit their leg.
Portable 1Metal/Nonmetal
Star Stone Quarries Inc · Surface
Controlled by Lon A Thomas
Oakley, Cassia County, ID · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1001960
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2005–2020
- Latest incident
- Sep 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2020 · 2 incidents
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
While stacking flagstone on a pallet miner smashed finger.
2005 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
WHILE NAILING BOARD TO FINISH PALLETIZING ROCK, ROCK SHIFTED AND FELL ON EMPLOYEE KNOCKING HIM OVER AND ROCK FELL ON HIS FOOT, CRUSHING HIS SECOND TOE ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
Struck by falling object
WHEN PALLETIZING ROCK, THE ROCK SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS FOREARM WITH THE EDGE OF THE ROCK, RESULTING IN A CUT ON HIS FOREARM REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.