Mining Incidents

Holston River Quarry IncMining Incidents in 2003

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Holston River Quarry Inc operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2003
0
Total incidents
2
Year
2003

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident

All incidents in 2003

Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

PLANT DOWN DOING MAINTENANCE AND CLEANUP. EE WAS AT JAW CRUSHER DOING CLEANUP ON THE JAW CRUSHER PLATFORM. HE WAS SITTING DOWN HITTING ROCKS WITH A HAMMER TO KNOCK THEM THRU THE PLATFORM. EE S TATES HE FELL THROUGH THE HANDRAIL, HANDRAIL HASA MID RAIL. EE FELL APPROX. 15'. HE HAS A CUT TO LEFT HAND WHICH NEEDED STITCHES, CUT ON BACK OF HEAD AND BROKEN RIBS.

Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND PLANT WITH A SHOVEL. HE SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL INTO HANDLE OF SHOVEL. THE HANDLE HIT HIS RIBS FRACTURING TWO RIBS.

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 Holston River Quarry Inc's numeric MSHA operator ID.