Fall onto or against objects
Employee working on crusher repairs coming down ladder at end of shift slipped on second to last rung of ladder, stumbled and hit/fell into air compressor tongue resulting in bruised left flank.
Endsley QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
Tennessee Marble Company · Surface
Controlled by Monica J Gawet
Friendsville, Blount County, TN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003142
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2005–2015
- Latest incident
- Mar 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2015 · 1 incident
2014 · 1 incident
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee slipped on wet/muddy marble and caught himself before he landed on the ground, pulled himself up quickly. Complained of lower back pain whether moving or not.
2006 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
EE was handling a piece of marble (using an overhead crane) to get it ready to cut. The marble slipped out of the slings and EE tried to stop its fall. The stone fell and hit his middle left finger.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was lifting and moving a pump from the plant storage area to the quarry and thinks he may have caused a back problem which he reported 45-60 days later. He went home around 11:30am.
2005 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE CLAIMS TO HAVE HURT SHOULDER/NECK/BACK LIFTING A PIECE OF MARBLE.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WORKING AT THE ""SPEEDY S"" MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF MARBLE FELL OFF AND HIT RIGHT KNEE