Caprice Blue Quarry Inc · Fall from ladders
WORKER WAS JUST ABOUT TO DESCEND INTO THE QUARRY ON A LADDER WHEN HE FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE QUARRY.WORKER FELL APPROXIMATELY 20-24 FEET.
CAPRICE QUARRY: 2 recorded fatalities Metal/Non-Metal
Childs & Childs Granite Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Kurt M Swenson
Oglethorpe County,
GA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900457
MSHA record for CAPRICE QUARRY (mine ID 0900457). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1989–1996
- Latest incident
- Feb 1996
Ownership history
- Peppers Granite Company Inc 1950 to 1989
- Caprice Blue Quarry Inc 1989 to 1997
- Childs & Childs Granite Company Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
CAPRICE QUARRY sits in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Oglethorpe County, Georgia · Population 15,221
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,784
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Fatalities at this mine
2 recorded
Peppers Granite Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I.NAME HAD WALKED BEHIND HIS TRUCK TO LOOK AT A BLOCK OF GRANITE. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE WHERE IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED BACK TRAPPING I.NAME BETWEEN THE GRANITE AND THE TRU CK AND RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.
Reportable incidents
6 on file (excluding fatalities above)1996 · 2 incidents
Caprice Blue Quarry Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THREE MEN WERE DRILLING HOLES IN A SECTION THAT HAD BEEN BURNE DOUT. THEY WERE WORKING FROM A PLATFORM SUSPENDED FROM A CRANE DRILLING HORIZONTALLY. A CORNER OF TH EBURNED SECTION GAVE WAY , PUSHING THE PLATFORM AWAY FROM THE ROCK ABRUPTLY, CAUSING THREE MEN TO FALL APPROX 8' LANDING ON ROCK SURFACE. TWO WERE INJURED.
Caprice Blue Quarry Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
3 MEN WERE DRILLING HOLES IN A SECTION THAT HAD BEEN BURNED OUT. THEY WERE WORKING FROM A PLATFORM SUSPENDED FROM A CRANE DRILLING HORIZONTALLY.A CORNER OF THE BURNED OUT SECTION GAVE WAY, PUS HING THE PLATFORM AWAY FROM THE ROCK ABRUPTLY, CAUSING 3 MEN TO FALL APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET LANDING ON ROCK SURFACE. 2 WERE INJURED.
1993 · 1 incident
Caprice Blue Quarry Inc · Fall onto or against objects
HE WAS RUNNING A PLUG DRILL. THE BIT BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO A ROCK WALL WITH HIS ARM CAUSING DAMAGE TO HIS ELBOW.
1991 · 2 incidents
Caprice Blue Quarry Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ON THE LEDGE THE CHANNEL BLOCK HAD A SLOPE TO IT. HE STEPPED ONTO THE CHANNEL BLOCK. THERE WAS LOOSE GRAVEL ON THE CHANNEL BLOCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND LOOSE HIS BALANCE. HE DID NOT F ALL COMPLETELY TO THE GROUND. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF, THEREFORE TWISTING AHD JURKING HIS LOWER BACK.
April 18, 1991
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
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Caprice Blue Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME WAS PICKING UP LOOSE GRANITE WHEN A VERY SHARP PIECE OF GRANITE SLIPPED IN HIS HANDS CUTTING T ABOUT 2 INCHES
1990 · 1 incident
Caprice Blue Quarry Inc · Struck against stationary object
STEPPED ON NAIL WITH LEFT FOOT. CELLULITIS LEFT FOOT.