JUMPED UP ON ROCK TO PUT HOOKS ON ROCK AND HIT HIS RT SHINN CUTTING IT.
White Camellia Granite Company: 19 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for White Camellia Granite Company (mine ID 3102077). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 19
- Years on record
- 1991–1994
- Latest incident
- Oct 1994
- White Camellia Granite Company 1991 to present
White Camellia Granite Company sits in Rowan County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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
19 on file1994 · 5 incidents
CLEANING UP GROUT ROCK & HURT BACK.
CLEANING GROUT, PICKED UP A PIECE AND WAS WALKING, SLIPPED ON MUDDY SURFACE AND TWISTED HIS BACK
TRIMMING ROCK SET PLUG DRILL ON ROCK & DRILL SLIPPED OFF ROCK & HIT LEFT INDEX FINGER
WORKING TOP GROUT ROCK AT S END OF QUARRY DRILLING BLAST HOLES. MADE A SHOT, CHECKED AREA AND FOUND 1 HOLE THAT DIDN'T GO OFF. HE THEN DRILLED IN THE SAME HOLE AFTER BEING TOLD NOT TO AND THE CHARGE WENT OFF.
1993 · 3 incidents
WALKING DOWN A ROCK AND LAST STEP TRIPPED, FELL FORWARD AND HIS RIGHT HAND WENT INTO A PILE OF ROCK DUST WHERE A SMALL ROCK CUT HIS WRIST.
TOOK A WRONG STEP & STEPPED OFF A BLOCK OF GRANITE TRIED TO BREAK HIS FALL & INJURED SHOULDER
LIFTING A PIECE OF ROCK, STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER PART OF ABDOMEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
1992 · 7 incidents
95149ED WAS TRIMMING A BLOCK AND AS THE BLOCK BROKE IT DROPPED DOWN 3 INCHES, AND LODGED IN HIS RIGHT FOOT IN BETWEEN THE TWO BLOCKS.
95275CTING ROCK STEPPED TO R PC OF ROCK CUT HIS R LOWER LEG
INJURED WAS WORKING WITH HIS BACK TURNED TO OTHER EMPLOYEE WORKING ROCK SLID OFF PILE AND CAUGHT HIM ON RIGHT FOOT.ROCK WEIGHT 75 TO 100 LBS.
HOLDING A CLEAVER WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF, SHOT UP AND SHOT INTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF INJURED'S FACE.
EE WAS BURNING AND A PIECE OF STEEL WITH GREASE ON IT FLEW INTO HIS EYE.
EE WAS STANDING ON A METAL LADDER USED AS A SCAFFLE WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HIT THE LEVER BUTTON ON LOADER CAUSING THE BUCKET TO HIT THE LADDER CAUSING EE TO FELL & LAND ON HIS L RIB CAGE.
A ROCK CHIP FLEW UP IN HIS EYE. HE RUBBED HIS EYE CAUSING IT TO SCRATCH HIS EYE AND CAUSING AN INFECTION.
1991 · 4 incidents
I NAME WAS GOING OUT OF THE QUARRY OFFICE WHEN HE STEPPED ON TO THE ROCK STEPS THE TOP STEP HAD AN UNEVEN PART ON IT CAUSING I NAME TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE & FALL ON TO HIS LEFT ANKLE HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE
EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO PUSH ROCKS INTO THE WATER CAUSING A STRAIN ON RIGHT LOWER BACK.
EE WAS REMOVING A PIPE OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. OTHER EE STARTED TO CARRY IT TO THE PIPE STORAGE HE THEN TRIPPED ON HOLE FALLING TO HIS LEFT ANDTHROWING THE PIPE AWAY FROM HIM TO HIS RIGHT H E THEN FELL AND THE PIPE FELL ON TOP OF HIS LEFTANKLE FRACTURING IT.
EMPL WAS CARRYING PIPE ALONG WITH ANOTHER EMPL WHEN OTHER EMPL DROPPED END CAUSING EMPL TO STRAIN BACK.