MSHA record for Monarch Quarry (mine ID 0900746). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Monarch Quarry.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPOSITIONING A WOODEN LADDER AGAINST A GRANITE WALL WHEN HE MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE LADDER AND THE WALL.THIS OCCURRED ABOUT 12 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE LEVEL ON AN OPEN PIT D IMENSION STONE QUARRY.
UNHOOKING DOGS AFTER MOVING AIR TANK WITH CRANE- MASHED FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON BLOCK STORAGE YARD AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A NAIL PROTRUDING. THE NAIL PENETRATED THE SOLE OF HIS SHOE AND INTO HIS FOOT.
INJURED PERSON IS AN EMPLOYEE (DRIVER) FOR TRUCKING CONTRACTOR. HE WAS SITTING IN THE CAB OF A TRUCK-TRACTOR WHILE A BLOCK WAS BEING LOADED ONTO HIS TRAILER. THE DOGS (LIFTING HOOKS) PULLED OU T OF THE BLOCK WHILE IT WAS ABOUT 16" ABOVE THE FLOOR OF THE TRAILER. THE RESULTING IMPACT JARRED THE TRUCK CAUSING THE DRIVER'S HEAD TO HIT THE TOP OF THE CAB.
LIFTING BLOCK WITH DERRICK.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP OXYGEN CYLINDER AND SWUNG IT AROUND CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CYLINDER AND PIECE OF GRANITE.