Struck by falling object
Miner was picking up a piece of stone from a conveyor belt when a large piece of stone fell onto miner's right hand.
Eden Stone Co., LLCMining Incidents in 2022
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Eden Stone Co., LLC operations in 2022. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2022
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Year
- 2022
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
- 02POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
- 03MACHINERY1 incident
- 04DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)1 incident
All incidents in 2022
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Miner picked up a piece of stone from the conveyor belt of a stone splitting machine. EE turned to place the stone on a steel table and smashed EE's finger between the table and the stone.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Miner was stacking stone on a pallet by hand when miner felt a pull in wrist. It got worse overnight so miner was sent to the clinic. Miner suffered a strain of left wrist and was placed on restricted duty.
Struck against a moving object
The miner was driving a loader with the bucket very close to the ground. The bucket hit a stone and stopped abruptly. Although EE was wearing seatbelt, EE's upper body lurched forward and EE's head struck a switch on the ROPS pillar. EE was cut above right eye and required stitches.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner was attempting to re-attach a blower guard in the loader. EE's finger got too close to the blower fan and was cut by the fan blade.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner developed trigger thumb of right hand from doing repetitive motion tasks over 20 year career repairing mining equipment.