Mining Incidents

Holston River Quarry IncMining Incidents in 2016

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Holston River Quarry Inc operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2016
1
Total incidents
2
Year
2016

Top incident classifications

  1. 01MACHINERY1 incident
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2016

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

On 9/21/16, evidence suggests that the victim, an experienced mechanic, may have been attempting to remove or loosen the top drive power head, spindle cap on the drill machine to replace damaged seals by attempting to use a pipe wrench and hydraulics of the drill machine, which are controlled by levers in cab next to platform. Victim struck in torso by pipe wrench. No eyewitness.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was changing a light bulb in the control panel at our pug mill plant. The bulb broke causing a laceration to right index finger tip. Laceration required stitches.

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.