Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
The driller was shaking the drill to get it to move and felt a pain in his left shoulder.
KERSHAW PINKMetal/Nonmetal
Georgia Stone Management LLC · Surface
Controlled by Donald Conte
Kershaw, SC, Kershaw County, SC · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800020
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2001–2013
- Latest incident
- Dec 2013
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2013 · 1 incident
2011 · 1 incident
Fall from ladders
Climbing up a ladder to a height of between 4-5'. When on the last step before stepping off of the ladder it folded and the EE fell approx. 4' to the ground injuring his back and twisted his ankle.
2006 · 1 incident
Struck by flying object
Hit pulling dog with hammer to set dog in place, to put granite block from floor. Small piece of metal struck in nose and would not come out. Piece of metal was approx. 1/8"" long.
2002 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
DRILLING HOLE NEXT TO A GRANITE WALL WHEN DRILL SLIPPED MASHING FINGER AGAINST WALL.
2001 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRIVING WEDGE WITH SLEDGEHAMMER WHEN WEDGE SLIPPED, CAUSING HAMMER TO SLIDE OFF WEDGE, CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN HAMMER AND WEDGE.