Mining Incidents

Cold Spring Granite CompanyMining Incidents in 2025

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Cold Spring Granite Company operations in 2025. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2025
1
Total incidents
9
Year
2025

Top incident classifications

  1. 01MACHINERY2 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  3. 03SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  4. 04OTHER2 incidents
  5. 05DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)1 incident

All incidents in 2025

Struck against a moving object

Operator was backing up close to the edge at a berm and was facing the opposite way. Operator was pulled backwards by the counter weight, operator attempted to turn the machine to stop it from rolling into the ditch.

Struck by falling object

Employee was lifting a water bag off of trailer, it slipped from EE's hand and hit EE's right foot/ big toe.

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was taking a blown hydraulic hose off from the front of rock drill, when the fitting broke loose, EE lost EE's footing and fell into slab bedding causing left great toe fracture and left shin laceration. Area where employee was standing was slippery due to the blown fitting.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trimming excess aluminum honey comb off of panels using 10lb Sawzall. Process involves a lot of bending, twisting which caused back strain. Injury was not reported until 8/21/25 when they were treated for back strain.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking from compressor to truck when they slipped in mud and rolled their left ankle. Treated and released to modified duty, no lost time, no lost wages restrictions being accommodated.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pulling the pins changing out quick attach on loader, went to set one down slipped out of grip and twisted left wrist.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee's annual hearing test determined they have a Standard Threshold Shift in their right ear.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee's annual audiometric test determined EE has a Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in EE's left ear.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee's annual audiometric test determined EE has a Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in EE's left ear.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Cold Spring Granite Company's numeric MSHA operator ID.