Continental Granite Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EE WAS ENGAGED IN DRILLING HOLES WITH SINKER DRILL WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BROKE THE WEIGHT OF THE DRILL CAUSE THE EE TO LARGE FORWARD STRIKING THE BROKEN STEEL WITH HIS RIGHT LEG.
Continental Blue Quarry: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Royalty Granite Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
Kurt M Swenson
Elbert County,
GA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900991
MSHA record for Continental Blue Quarry (mine ID 0900991). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1987–1990
- Latest incident
- Apr 1990
Ownership history
- Continental Granite Inc 1986 to 1992
- Royalty Granite Corp 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Continental Blue Quarry sits in Elbert County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.Elbert County, Georgia · Population 19,725
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$49,727
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1990 · 1 incident
1989 · 2 incidents
June 12, 1989
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Continental Granite Inc · Flash burns (welding)
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING INT EH CAB OF A 992 B CAT FRONT END LOADER. A MECHANIC WAS DOING SOME REPAIR WORK ON THE FORKS OF THE MACHINE WITH A WELDER. THE EMPLOYEE WATCHED THE WELDING ARC WHILE R EPAIRS WERE BEING DONE, AND RECEIVED BURNS TO BOTH EYES. INSTRUCTED EMPLOYEE ON PROPER PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW WHEN WORKING AROUND SOMEONE WELDING.
March 29, 1989
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Continental Granite Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPL WALKED IN FRONT OF JET FLAME HANDLED BURNER WHICH WAS LIT AND IN RACK THUS BURNING R CALF
1988 · 2 incidents
Continental Granite Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WITH HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS WAS HELPING FELLOW EMPLOYEE MOVE A 55 GAL DRUM OF OIL STRAINING MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK
Continental Granite Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON AN INCLINE FACE AT QUARRY SITE. PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
1987 · 1 incident
Continental Granite Inc · Struck by falling object
PIECE OF GRANIT9 FELL ON RIGHT FOOT.