EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM ONE LOCATION OF THE QUARRY TO ANOTHER WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL OVER LOOSE SHOT ROCKS. THE FALL CAUSED HIM TO CUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM ON A SHARP ROCK.
Blue Ball Stone Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Blue Ball Stone Quarry (mine ID 3600027). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1986–1990
- Latest incident
- Oct 1990
Reportable incidents
9 on file1990 · 2 incidents
WAS TIGHTENING BOLT & SPRING TO STATIONARY JAW IN PRIMARY CRUSHER. BOLT BROKE & HIT VICTIM ON FOREHEAD INFLICTING TWO CUTS ON FOREHEAD.
1989 · 1 incident
OXYGEN LINE ON OXY-ACETYLENE TORCH RUPTURED AND BURNED RIGHT FOREARM OF EMPL.
1988 · 2 incidents
VICTIM WAS A CUSTOMER. VICTIM, A REP. FROM A CUSTOMER, WAS HIT IN LEFT EYE AREA BY A STONE PROPELLED, BY A WHEEL OF A TEREX LOADER.
THERE WAS WET MATERIAL IN THE CAGE MILL.THE EMPLOYEE HAD TO CLEAN OUT THE CAGE MILL,WHILE DOING THIS,THE BAR THAT HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS UPPER SHOULDER ON THE DOOR OF T HE CAGE MILL.
1987 · 2 incidents
WAS PUTTING FUE5 IN THE LOADER & BUMPED KNEE.
HE WAS SPRAYING3A CONVEYOR BELT BECAUSE IT WAS FROZEN. AS HE WAS SPRAYING THE BELT THE CAN GOT CAUGHT IN THE PULLEY WHEEL. AS HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE CAN OUT HIS HAND GOT BRUISED.
1986 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING ONE BREAKER PLATE HE WAS TRYING TO PUT IT INTO THE BUCKET OF A LADER-TOWARDS ITS INSTALLATION IN A CAGE MILL
EMPLOYEE WAS CH9CKING ON A WATER PUMP, DISCONNECTED A WATER PIPE, BLOW OFF NUT, THUS RELEASED A SMALL JET OF HOT WATER. THE WATER WAS HOT PROB. 15 190 F DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF THE PUMP, WHICH THE EMPLOYEE W5S INVESTIGATING.
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