A PICE OF ROCK WAS CAUGHT IN THE JAWS OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER WHICH EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PRY LOOSE,USING A WEDGE ATTACHED TO A METAL CHAIN.THE WEDGE GOT PULLED IN THE JAW CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE S LEFT AHND TO BE PRESSED HARD AGINST THE EDGE OF THE PLATFORM RAILING WHERE HE WAS STANDING,RESULTING IN DEEP CUTS ON TWO FINGERS OF HIS LEFT AHND.
Ashland Granite Pit Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Ashland Granite Pit (mine ID 0404629). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1989
- Latest incident
- May 1989
Reportable incidents
2 on file1989 · 2 incidents
EMPL STATED THAT WHILE GOING DOWNHILL OPERATING A CAT 988B LOADER THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK HE LOST CONTROL OF THE MACHINE AND WENT OVER EMBANKMENT EMPL CAME TO THE OFFICE COMPLAINING OF ACUTE P AIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
The full compliance file on Ashland Granite Pit
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.