All MSHA-reportable accidents at B G Hoadley Quarries Inc operations in 2000. Fatalities appear first.
EE WAS DIGGING OUT BLOCKS FROM BLOCK STACK. HE HAD REMOVED TWO BLOCKS FROM THE STACK, AND PARKED HIS OADER ABOUT 15 FEET AWAY FROM THE BLOCKS. HE THEN GOT OUT OF THE LOADER TO EXAMINE THE TWO BLOCKS WHICH WERE ABOUT 4 FEET APART. THE BACK BLOCK WAS UNSTABLE AND TIPPED FORWARD FATALLY CRUSHING HIM BETWEEN IT AND THE FRONT BLOCK.
EMPLOYEE THREW A PIECE OF WOOD HWILE BLOCKING QUARRY SAW TRACK AND TWISTED HIS LOWER LUMBAR MUSCLE. HE HAD BEEN TRAINED ON PROPER LIFTIN GAND LUMBER HANDLING TECHNIQUES.
EE WAS STANEING BY HIS SAW WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, SPRAINING HIS LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP QUARRY SAW DRAG (ELECTRICAL) CABLE AND FELT SHARP PAIN ON RIGHT SIDE OF BACK. HE WAS DIAGNOSED TO HAVE RIGHT THORETIC STRAIN.
EE BENT DOWN AND PICKED UP A PIECE OF BLOCKING TIMBER, THEN STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE THREW IT.
EE WAS TAKING DRILL BIT OFF OF DRILL WHEN THE DRILL BIT ROLLED AND CUT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING LIMESTONE BLOCK WITH A PICK TO BRACE THE BLOCK ON THE SAW WHEN DUST FROM BLOCK ENTERED EYE AROUND THE SIDE OF SAFETY GLASSES.