GOING INTO ROCK HOLE WITH LOADER HIT LARGE ROCK JARRED BACK.
Mc Minn County Quarry: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Mc Minn County Quarry (mine ID 4000072). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1983–1988
- Latest incident
- Aug 1988
- Mc Minn County Highway Department 1950 to present
Mc Minn County Quarry sits in McMinn County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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
5 on file1988 · 3 incidents
BENDING PLATES IN CHUTE WITHS LEDGE HAMMER HIT LEFT KNEE.
LOADING BACK PLATE ONTO TRUCK MASHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
1984 · 1 incident
HELPING INSTALL SHAKER SCREENS AT CRUSHER,EMPL THUMB WAS CAUGHT PULLING EMPL THUMB HAND & WRIST BACKWARDS.SCREENS ARE USED TO CHANGE AND SORT SIZE OF CRUSHED ROCK AND ARE 5\ X 5\.EMPL CONT TO WORK REST OF DAY BUT DURING NIGHT HAND BACAME VERY PAINFUL AND SWOLLEN.WENT TO EMERG RM FOR TREATMENT AND WAS DISMISSED BY I.NAME.SLIGHT SPRAIN AND MISSED 2 DAYS OF WORK.
1983 · 1 incident
EMPL FELL HEAD FIRST INTO JAWS OF CRUSHER FROM CATWALK.FELL 6-7\ LANDING ON HEAD ON ROCKS.SUFFERED LACERATION OF SCALP,FACE AND BROKEN NOSE.HAD BEEN CLEANING GRATES OF JAW CRUSHER WITH HOOK,ST RAIGHTENED UP AND FELL FROM PLATFORM DOWN.CRUSHER IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF.EMPL TAKEN TO HOSPITAL ..ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL.SURGERY PERFORMED ON NOSE...