Struck by falling object
Employee was assisting replace loader bucket cutting edge. Cutting edge fell on his right leg.
Off-Site CrushingMetal/Nonmetal
Rockydale Quarries Corporation · Surface
Controlled by Willis Trust
Staunton, Augusta County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407191
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2010–2013
- Latest incident
- Nov 2013
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2013 · 1 incident
2011 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was nailing concrete forms together while in a kneeling position. When he stood up, he said he had a sharp pain in his lower back.
2010 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was inside lowering chain to another employee when weight of chain became too much for him to hold. When the chain un-rolled and fell to the ground, it caught his right thumb. Small abrasions and a sprain resulted.