Mining Incidents

Rockwood Quarry LLCMetal/Nonmetal

Newport, Monroe County, MI · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002666
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2001–2010
Latest incident
Nov 2010
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2010 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting steel c-channel plate, strained muscle in left upper arm.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Seizure Type Symptons.

2008 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Greasing, reached down to pick up fitting that fell on pile of dirt. When reaching down to pick up fitting, finger got pinched between moving conveyor and frame.

Struck by falling object

Changing oil #2 cone crusher lube tank, moving 55 gallon oil barrel. Employee was tipping oil drum on edge to load on loader bucket. Injured slipped on ice, losing control, grip, on barrel, thus causing drum to fall on right foot.

2004 · 2 incidents

Flash burns (welding)

Helping the welder weld looked at the flash. Flash burn.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

When reparing jaw, removing old bolt with sledge hammer, bolt hit on forehead causing a cut

2001 · 1 incident

Contact with hot objects or substances

REPLACING THREADED ROD ON TAIL PULLEY AT THE STACKER USING TORCHES, WELDER, AIR COMPRESSOR.