Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING SLATE SHINGLES WHEN A ""JOINT"" OR WEAKNESS IN THE STONE OPENED UP.
Debonis Quarry RoadMetal/Nonmetal
Colored Slate Products Company · Surface
Controlled by Michael J Tatko Jr
Wells, Rutland County, VT · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300353
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2002
- Latest incident
- Apr 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2002 · 1 incident
2000 · 2 incidents
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS PUSHING SLATE BLOCKS DOWN ROLLER CONVEYOR WHEN A COWORKER ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST HIM. COWORKER TURNED POWER ROLLERS ON TO ADVANCE BLOCKS INTO MILL OPERASTION. INJURED EE WRONGLY USED FREE SPINNING ROLLERS AS A MEANS TO STABILIZE HIMSELF TO PUSH BLOCKS DOWN CONVEYORS. HIS HAND WAS PINCHED BY A BLOCK ENTERING SAWING AREA.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A ROOFING SHINGLE WHILE PALLETIZING WHEN IT BROKE AND PENETRATED HIS GLOVE CAUSING A LACERATION.