Employee was removing hydraulic line on Volvo loader. He had raised the bucket, remove front cover, taken 3 bolts out of line. The line then blew off then the main boom cylinder came down on top of him pinning him between differential and boom causing accident.
01 MINEMetal/Nonmetal
Rockbridge Stone Products Inc · Surface
Controlled by Roy D Simmons Jr
Glasgow, Rockbridge County, VA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4400067
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2002–2013
- Latest incident
- May 2013
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedStruck by falling object
Reportable incidents
5 on file (excluding fatalities above)2013 · 1 incident
(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Subject was not feeling well due to a accident at home that happened several weeks ago. Had a nail puncture right temple area.(reason behind calling rescue squad). Subject was sitting in break room; tingling in limbs, dizzy & light headed, tunnel vision, rapid pulse rate, heavy breathing, stumbling around. Subject said he felt like he was going to pass out.
2011 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Person was attempting to threw block of wood onto conveyor, block was wet causing block to slip back and injure finger.
2006 · 1 incident
Struck by flying object
The crusher was out of adjustment. EE went to put in return rotor and plate flew back and hit his thumb.