Mining Incidents

Adairsville Quarry: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Bartow County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900992

MSHA record for Adairsville Quarry (mine ID 0900992). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–1988
Latest incident
Apr 1988
Ownership history
  1. Vulcan Materials Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Adairsville Quarry sits in Bartow County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Bartow County, Georgia · Population 111,153
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$79,431
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1988 · 1 incident

April 5, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Materials Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNSTOP JAW CRUSHER HE WAS MOVING ROCKS BY HAND AND AS HE WAS MOVING ONE HE PINNED THE RING FINGER ON HIS RT HAND THIS RESULTED IN A MASHED AND CUT FINGER THAT REQUIR ED 5 STITCHES

1987 · 2 incidents

August 18, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE REPAIRING3T RAVEL SHAFT THE PRY BAR SLIPPED CAUSING MANS HAND TO STRIKE HIS HAND ON THE GEAR OF THE TRAVEL SHAFT CUT BACK OF LEFT HAND REQUIRING 6 STITCHES

February 3, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE STARTING 1AS GENERATOR CRANR ROPE JERKED THROUGH HAND CUTTING RIGHT INDEX FINGER.INJURY REQUIRED SIX STITCHES.