Struck by falling object
Miner was splitting a piece of stone with a chisel and hammer when a piece of stone broke off and fell on EE's left foot. EE's left foot received a hematoma bruise.
Eden Stone Co., LLCMining Incidents in 2019
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Eden Stone Co., LLC operations in 2019. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2019
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Year
- 2019
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
- 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
- 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
- 04EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE1 incident
All incidents in 2019
Fall from machine
A truck driver/mine employee was on trailer supervising the loading of the trailer. EE took a few steps backward and fell off the trailer and landed on neck. EE sustained a fracture of the seventh cervical vertebra.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Miner was stacking a piece of stone on a pallet when a finger was pinched between two pieces of stone. Miner received a crushing injury to the tip of the little finger and the finger nail bed.
Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Miner was filling the propane tank on EE's forklift from a bulk propane tank. As EE disconnected the filling hose, the pin in either the filling nozzle or the forklift propane tank stuck open allowing propane to escape under pressure. The propane hit the back of the miner's hands and caused freeze burns resulting in skin loss on the back of the right and left hands.