Mining Incidents

Ashland QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
PEABODY, Middlesex County, MA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1900001
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Jul 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2004 · 6 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A 30 LB PIECE OF STEEL ONTO A PALLET AND FELT A POP IN UPPER LEFT ARM.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING DEBRIS FROM UNDER CRUSHER - LOOSE STRAND OF A PIECE OF OLD CABLE IN DEBRIS PENETRATED GLOVE AND PUNCTURED RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING UP LADDER OF 988F (37-108) SLIPPED ON LADDER AND FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP A PIECE OF STEEL - FELT PAIN IN BACK. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: IMPROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUE.

Struck by flying object

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO JUMP START A PIECE OF MOBIL EQUIPMENT A PORTABLE JUMP STARTER EXPLODED. THIS WAS A NEW UNIT AND APPARENTLY DEFECTIVE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE STRIKING A BAR WITH A HAMMER MISSED STRIKING RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

2002 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE WORKING ON A CHUTE A HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT LEG IN THE SHIN AREA.

2001 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WALKINGON UNEVEN GROUND.

2000 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

WHILE BEING LOADED OPERATOR WAS SEVERLY JARRED, RESTAINING, A NECK INJURY.