Struck against stationary object
Loading rock into crusher. Loader hit buried rock causing loader to stop suddenly. Operator had seat belt on but face went forward striking back up camera view screen
Blue Ridge QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
CalMat Co. · Surface
Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Hopland, Mendocino County, CA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405355
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2015–2020
- Latest incident
- Jun 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2020 · 1 incident
2016 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
Customer was driving the empty truck down the quarry road when it toppled over and rolled 200 feet down and driver was thrown from truck as EE did not have a seatbelt on. Accident pending California Highway Patrol (CHP) report. Not our employee, was a customer.
2015 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was removing a bolt on a 330CL Excavator to change out attachments and when the bolt broke loose his left thumb was smashed between the wrench and the boom. His left thumb began to swell after a while. A co-worker and the employee talked and decided to be safe to have his left thumb looked at.