Struck by falling object
Employee was assisting with the removal of a pond pump motor, when the pump fell and struck the employee in the left arm resulting in a fracture of the left arm.
Yancey QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
Blue Water Industries II LLC · Surface
Controlled by Blue Water Industries Holdings 2 LLC
Burnsville, Yancey County, NC · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3101790
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2024
- Latest incident
- Feb 2024
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2024 · 1 incident
2000 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ON TO A BOLT TO HOLD IN PLACE WHILE A FELOOW EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON THE BOLT TO PUT IN PLACE. HAMMER HIT EMPLYEE'S RIGHT HAND, MOSTLY LITTLE FINGER. INJURED EMPLOYEE WA S WEARING A GLOVE FOR PROTECTION.