H B Slate Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS SWING HAMMER TO CLEAVE ROCK WHEN HAMMER HIT HIS HAND INSTEAD OF CHISSEL
Frog Hollow Quarry: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
H B Slate Products
· Surface
Controlled by
Deborah Bassett
Rutland County,
VT
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300419
MSHA record for Frog Hollow Quarry (mine ID 4300419). 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
- 1988–1990
- Latest incident
- Apr 1990
Ownership history
- H B Slate Products 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Frog Hollow Quarry sits in Rutland County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.Rutland County, Vermont · Population 60,484
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,778
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 · 3 incidents
H B Slate Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS SPLITTING WHEN SLATE RUBISH WENT TO THROW OUT CAUGHT GLOVE & CUT FINGER.
March 5, 1990
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H B Slate Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CHISSEL SLIPPED FROM ROCK WHEN SWING AT IT WHEN IT DID HE HIT HIS 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS(LEFT) WITH HAMMER.
1989 · 2 incidents
June 14, 1989
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H B Slate Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SPLITTING STONE DID NOT HAVE GLOVES ON.,
May 19, 1989
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H B Slate Products · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
NOT WEARING GLOVES CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN STONE AND CHISEL.
1988 · 1 incident
August 3, 1988
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
H B Slate Products · Struck by flying object
STEEL EITHER FLEW FROM ELECTRIC DRILL OR WAS WIPED INTO EYE AS OAR WAS VERY HOT SMALL SCRATCHED ON EYE