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Orangeburg Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CSR Ltd
Orangeburg County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800640

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1989–1995
Latest incident
Apr 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1995 · 1 incident

April 10, 1995 SC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Aggregates Company · Struck by powered moving object

INJURED WAS RIDING IN THE CAB OF A LOADED HAUL TRUCK (35 TON), GIVING NEW TASK DRIVER TRAINING TO ANOTHER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. AN EMPTY 35 TON HAUL TRUCK WAS REENTERING THE PIT AND COLLIDED WITH THE LOADED TRUCK NEAR THE CENTER OF THE QUARRY PIT FLOOR. BASED ON WITNESS INFORMATION, THE DRIVER OF THE EMPTY TRUCK MAY HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL SINCE THIS AREA OF THE PIT

1992 · 1 incident

1990 · 4 incidents

September 5, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Southern Aggregates Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER CRUSHER WITH A SHOVEL AND A WHEELBARROW.AFTER A FEW LOADS WITH THE WHEELBARROW HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AND LEGS.

July 15, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Southern Aggregates Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONTRACT WELDER WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOWER CRUSHING GRATE INTO PLACE WHEN IT HUNG ON A PIECE OF SCRAP METAL HE ATTEMPTED TO CUT METAL OUT OF THE WAY WHEN HE DID THE BOOM ON THE BOOM TRUCK SUPPORT ING THE GRATE DRAGGED SEVERAL INCHES CAUSING THE GRATE TO CRUSH THE LEFT HAND.

May 25, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Aggregates Company · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME REPLACING HYDRAULIC HOSE ON LOADER WHEN HE HIT AND CUT ELBOW.IT BECAME TENDER AND INFECTED OVER THE WEEKEND.

February 23, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Aggregates Company · Fall onto or against objects

HAUL TRUCK OPERATR WAS CLEANING HIS VECHILE WITH A PRESSURE WASHER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL CUTTING HIS LEFT HAND UNDER HIS THUMB. THE CUT REQUIRED 7 STITCHES.

1989 · 1 incident

August 23, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Aggregates Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RT SIDE WINDOW OF LOADER SUDDENLY OPENED AFTER HITTING A HOLE OPERATOR WENT TO CLOSE WINDOW & CAUGHT HIS RT THUMB IN THE WINDOW HINDGE CUTTING THE TOP RT SIDE OF HIS THUMB