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Leesburg Quarry: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Cherokee County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102860

MSHA record for Leesburg Quarry (mine ID 0102860). 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
1990–1993
Latest incident
Jun 1993
Ownership history
  1. Covington Stone Company 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Leesburg Quarry sits in Cherokee County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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.
Cherokee County, Alabama · Population 25,224
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,769
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

June 11, 1993 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Covington Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS USING AN IRON PIPE TO PRY LOOSE A LARGE STONE THAT WAS LODGED IN THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. THE IRON PIPE SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK AND STRUCK THE EE ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD THE TEMPLE AREA CAUS ING A CONCUSION OF THE SKULL INFECTED INNER EAR INFLAMATION IN BACK THE EYE.

January 4, 1993 AL · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Covington Stone Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING CHECKING EQUIPMENT & MAINTENANCE CLOSE TO AUTOMATED WELDER DURING COURSE OF DAY FLASHES FROM WELDER BURNED T HE EMPLOYEES EYES

1992 · 1 incident

June 27, 1992 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Covington Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING OUT A 5 HP ELECTRIC MOTOR TO THE CONVEYOR. WHEN THE MOTOR WAS LOOSE, HE STOOPED OVER, INSTEAD OF SQUATTING, TO PICK UP THE MOTOR AND HURT HIS BACK. THE INJURY WAS C ONSIDERED MINOR DUE TO THE FACT THE INJURY OCCURRED ON SAT. MORNING AND WASN'T REPORTED UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.

1990 · 3 incidents

August 21, 1990 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Covington Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS CLIMBING ONTO CRANE S TRACK TO REACH THE CAB. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE TRACK AND SPRAIN THE LEFT ANKLE. SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN THE EQUIPMENT THE EE HAD STEPPED IN GREASE WHICH WAS STI LL ON THE SOLE OF HIS SHOE.

July 2, 1990 AL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Covington Stone Company · Flash burns (welding)

THE AUTOMATIC WELDER WAS IN OPERATION BUILDING UP THE ROLLERS ON SECONDARY CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE CHECKED THE WELDING PROCESS, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WITHOUT HIS HOOD IN PLACE.

May 29, 1990 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Covington Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS OPERATING PRIMARY CRUSHER WHEN ROCK BRIDGE OCCURRED. EMPL MOVED TO GRIZZLY AREA TO ATTAH LIFTING CHAIN WHILE ATTACHING CHAIN BRIDGE MOVED. ROCK APPROX 200 LBS HIT LEFT LEG. IMPACT CAU SED BY ROCK LEFT EMPL WITH ABRASION & BRUISE ONOUTSIDE OF LEFT LEG.