Mining Incidents

DAHLONEGA QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Blairsville, Lumpkin County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900690

MSHA record for DAHLONEGA QUARRY (mine ID 0900690). 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
1985–2000
Latest incident
May 2000
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
13
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 13 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 1,457 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,508 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2000 · 1 incident

May 20, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HELPING TRUCK DRIVER FASTER TRAILER TO ROAD TRACTOR THE PIN DID NOT ENGAGE. EE STEPPED FORWARD TO HIT PIN WITH HAMMER AND PUT FOOT UNDER CORNER OF TRAILER DRIVER LET TRAILER DOWN. TRAIL ER SMASHED AND BROKE TOES ON RIGHT FOOT.

1990 · 1 incident

October 31, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Colwell Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A 4" GRINDER DISK BROKE OFF THE GRINDER AND WENT INTO LEFT ARM, CAUSING LACERATION.

1985 · 1 incident

October 10, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Colwell Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS TRYING TO FREE A CONVEYOR BELT OF A ROCK STUCK UNDER THE ROLLER WHEN THE BELT TURNED BACKWARD AND CRUSHED 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND

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