Mining Incidents

Eden Stone Co., LLCMining Incidents in 2005

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Eden Stone Co., LLC operations in 2005. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2005
0
Total incidents
33
Year
2005

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS22 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON7 incidents
  3. 03POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
  4. 04STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT2 incidents

All incidents in 2005

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was catching, and the stone broke in half and caused a pinky laceration on right hand.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

was exiting his forklift and he stepped wrong on his foot and twisted his ankle.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE slipped when he was putting a stone onto a pallet and jarred his lower back.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was stacking stones and got his finger caught between two stones.

Fall from machine

EE was fueling her forklift and fell off the step. She twisted her right ankle and bruised the right knuckle on her ring finger.

Struck by falling object

Stone fell on right pointer finger, slicing tip of the finger.

Struck by falling object

Stone stuck in the conveyor belt. EE pulled up metal trip bar to remove stone. Trip bar dropped on his hand when he took the stone out & caused a fracture to left middle finger.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was taking a stone off of the conveyor belt and was going to stack it on a pallet. It slipped out of his hands and when he tried to catch it, he caught his right pinky finger between two stones.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting a stone, he felt a pull in right groin area.

Struck by falling object

A stone fell on his arm.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

was lifting a stone and felt a pull in his back

Struck against a moving object

Was a passenger in a pick up truck and the truck hit a bump and the employee's knee hit the dashboard in the truck.

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was pushing a stone onto a pallet and the pallet broke. His leg went forward and he struck his right knee, resulting in swelling.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was stacking stone from conveyor onto pallet and then felt a pull in his lower back.

Struck against stationary object

Stacking stone onto pallets. Employee stepped on a little stone and sprained his ankle.

Struck by falling object

Employee was helping coworker move some flagstone from one pallet to another. Employee tripped, causing the stone to fall on him. It cut his left ring finger.

Struck against stationary object

Cut his elbow on a stone.

Struck against stationary object

He stepped on a stone and hurt his lower back on the left side. He was diagnosed with a buttock/hamstring strain.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While placing a stone onto a pallet he felt his left lower back pull, causing pain.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

He pinched left index finger betwee two stones.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was walking in work area and he tripped on a hole in the concrete. He felt a pull in his lower back... He was diagnosed with lumber strain.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stone was dropped and when he tried to handle it, the stone hit his right hand (4th finger).

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

said he crushed his finger in between two stones.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was stacking stones onto a pallet and he felt a pull in his lower back and leg.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was working normal job and his back got a sudden extreme pain in it. We sent him to urgent care.

Struck against stationary object

Cut his forearm on the side of a stone that was on a pallet.

Struck against stationary object

He was stacking stones onto pallets...& he pushed a stone back and it broke. His arm scraped the stone. He was diagnosed with a deep abrasion to the right forearm.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

He fell and landed on the right side of his right knee.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was walking back for his lunch break and he twisted his ankle.

Struck by flying object

While palletizing stone a piece of stone flew up and got under his saftey glasses. Went to the doctor who removed the stone from his eye.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was stacking stones onto a pallet & when he turned he caught the corner of a stone on his lower right leg. He was diagnosed with a puncture wound to the lower right leg.

Struck by falling object

He was working underneath a truck and a piece of debris got into his ear.

Struck by flying object

Employee was catching a stone when a piece of stone flew up and hit him in the eye. The foreign body was removed from his cornea at Aurora clinic.

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 Eden Stone Co., LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.