SHE WAS REMOVING STONE FROM FEEDER THAT WAS PLUGGED TO PUT IN CRUSHER WHEN SHE CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN TWO ROCKS MASHING, BRUISING, FINGER.
Rock Hill Quarry: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Rock Hill Quarry (mine ID 4000110). 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
- 1988–1989
- Latest incident
- Aug 1989
Ownership history
- Vulcan Materials Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Rock Hill Quarry sits in Humphreys County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.Humphreys County, Tennessee · Population 19,074
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$59,333
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file1989 · 2 incidents
August 8, 1989
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Materials Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 30, 1989
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant
OTHER
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SCREEN TOWER AND BINS BEING DISMANTLED HIGH WIND CAUSED MOTION OF THE TOWER, SUPPORTS GAVE WAY AND TOWER COLLAPSED METAL BEAM STRUCK EE ON THE LEFT FOOT. AND HEAD.
1988 · 3 incidents
November 18, 1988
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Materials Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE LARGE ROCK PINNED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER UNDER ROCK
Vulcan Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLING LARGE ROCK OUT OF JAW CRUSHER.
Vulcan Materials Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WALKED DRILL ON ROCK MACHINE SLID ONTO FOOT.