Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STATES HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE EXCAVATOR, WHEN HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND, HIS LT. FOOT TWISTED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM, CAUSING A FOOT FRACTURE.
RUPERT QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal
Sheldon Slate Products Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by John M Tatko Jr
Rupert, Bennington County, VT · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300145
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2001–2002
- Latest incident
- Sep 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2002 · 1 incident
2001 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
WHILE MOVING A PIECE OF STONE, THE STONE SPLIT APART AND A PIECE FELL ON THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT, FRACTURING IT.