Cold Spring Granite CompanyMining Incidents in 2012

Employee alleges he was unhooking sound booth and felt pain in his mid back. He sought chiropractic treatment later that day. Chiropractor took him off of work - unknown restrictions. Lost time injury.

Employee was welding in grout truck box & needed more steel. While going down ladder, ladder slid out from bottom & employee fell to the ground (about 11 feet). Laceration on top of head - two staples, mild concussion; also badly bruised left buttock and left leg.

Employee was scrapping an old 475C Loader, cutting what's called a ""dog bone"" which supports the quick tach. When cut through, quick tach fell about 6"", pinning employee's left foot underneath. It smashed his steel toed boot and fractured four of his toes on his left foot. Scrapping metal was new to employee, mainly runs trim drill @ Charcoal.

Employee was doing maintenance, using ladder to access collector. He descended ladder with wrench in hand, missed bottom step, lost his balance, grabbed for ladder with hand he was holding wrench in, missed the ladder rung and hit himself in the mouth with the wrench. Recently experiencing pain and a dental visit revealed some damage to both his top and bottom front teeth.

Employee opened a wooden box used for storage, whatever they were (bees, hornets or wasps) came out of the box, one stung his left hand. By the next day, his hand, fingers and wrist were swollen so he chose to see a doctor, receiving a prescription for treatment of the sting.

Employee was working at the Rockville boneyard, cutting up steel for scrap. Piece of steel tipped over and punctured her left leg, requiring stitches.