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Fairmount Quarry: 15 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Fairmount Quarry (mine ID 0900578). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1983–1990
- Latest incident
- Mar 1990
- Dalton Rock Products Company 1950 to 1985
- Vulcan Materials Company 1985 to present
Fairmount Quarry sits in Gordon County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
15 on file1990 · 1 incident
1989 · 3 incidents
EMPL WAS DRIVING TRUCK TO PIT & BACK TO JAW SAID TRUCK WAS BOTTOMING OUT JARRING BACK PARKED TRUCK AT SHOP ABOUT 2:00 PM.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE FIELD READING WELL CHARTS & GOT BIT BY AN INSECT HE THOUGHT IT WAS A SPIDER BUT DID NOT SEE WHAT IT WAS HIS ARM SWELLED UP SO WENT TO DOC & HAD IT CHECKED OUT
PULLING ON A STACK OF LUMBER THAT WAS BANDED GOTHOLD OF BAND & IT CUT THE MIDDLE FINGER ON RT HAND
1988 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE A PIECE OF RUBBER IN THE BACK OF THE SCREEN. HE WAS USING HIS HANDS AND HEAD TO MAKE IT GO INTO PLACE. HE STRAINED HIS NECK AS A RESULT OF BUTTING THE PIEC E OF RUBBER WITH HIS HEAD.
USING A WATER HOSE TO WASH OUT UNDER HAMMERMILL SLIPPED ON SLOB AND SKINNED HIS KNEE WHEN HE LOADED ON IT NOTE ALL HE GOT WAS A SCRATCH ON HIS KNEE BUT ON 5-12-088 HE HAD TO GO TTO THE DOCTO RS WITH IT AND GET FLUID DRAINED OFF IT
FILLING HYDRAUL3C TANK THROUGH RETURN LINE FILTER HOLE WHICH IS THE WAY THE OPER MANUAL SAYS TO FILL TANK.PRESSURE BUILT UP IN TANK WHEN HOSE WAS REMOVED HOT OIL WAS BLOWN OUT ON HIS RIGHT HAN D.OIL HEATER WA8 SET AT 80 DEG.F.OIL WAS LOW CAUSING OIL TO HEAT UP AND GET HOT.
1987 · 2 incidents
WHILE REPLACING3SPRINGS ON #4 SCREEN TOWER PRY BAR SLIPPED STRIKNG MAN THE PRY BAR WAS BEING USED TO COMPRES SPRING IN ORDER TO PLACE SPRING CAP AND NUT
WHILE LIFTING 100 LB BAGS OF BEN-NITE EMPL LOST HIS BALANCE PULLING MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.
1986 · 1 incident
WHILE ATTEMPTIN1 TO MAKE A CUT IN CONVEYOR BELT TO SPLICE BELT BACK TOGETHER KNIFE SLIPPED STABBING MAN IN LEFT LEG ABOVE KNEE CUT REQUIRED THREE STITCHES
1983 · 5 incidents
PARKED TRUCK TOO CLOSE TO WATER TRUCK - WHEN GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK HIT HOSE HOLDER ON WATER TRUCK CAUSING CUT TO UPPER RIGHT SIDE STITCHES REQUIRED
CHANGING OIL BARRELS ON GREASE TRUCK,SLIPPED ON GREASE AND FELL -BRUISED SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER AT CRUSHER AND FELL OFF.
WELDING @BURNS - RIGHT EYE
WORKING ON GOVERNOR ON WELDER-REACHING FOR SPRING AND FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN FAN CUTTING RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.