Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Left index finger pinched between rock and guillotine. Needed extensive suturing.
SUGARLEDGE STONE QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal
SISYPHUS STONE COMPANY, INC · Surface
Controlled by Bryce Ribken
Cummington, Hampshire County, MA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1901136
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2004–2022
- Latest incident
- Aug 2022
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2022 · 1 incident
2013 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
employee was walking across yard toward coffee break and stepped on golf ball sized rock, rolling and injuring tendons in his ankle.
2005 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was working the stone processor and got left ring finger caught between safety guard and a stone. Finger nearly amputated. Middle phalange fractured and dislocated. At this time it is expected that he will not lose the finger.
2004 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE MOVED LARGE STONES BY HAND WITHOUT ASKING CO-WORKERS FOR HELP. DEVELOPED GROIN PAIN & HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR & WENT HOME. DR. DIAGNOSED EPIDIDIMITIS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AGGRAVATED BY LIFTING. RETURNED TO WORK 9/15/04 AFTER COMPLETING ANTIBIOTICS & EE WAS ON LIGHT DUTY FOR 2 WEEKS.