Mining Incidents

Forest Park QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Forest Park, Clayton County, GA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900012
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2001–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2026 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee alleged that EE wiped EE's eye and inadvertently transferred something from EE's glove into EE's eye.

2025 · 5 incidents

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was changing springs on the 8x20 screen. Employee was trying to remove the spring when the chain broke allowing the spring to pinch a finger.

Struck against a moving object

Employee alleged that they injured their shoulder while running the loader on 6/2/2025 but did not report this injury until 7/2/2025 and became reportable due to restrictions on 7/3/25.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was descending into the pit when they lost control of the water truck they were operating. Employee attempted to turn up an old ramp and overturned the truck. As a result, the employee sustained two fractured vertebrae.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was exiting a service truck when they slipped and twisted their left ankle.

Struck against stationary object

Employee alleged that EE twisted EE's ankle on a rock as EE was walking to EE's truck.

2024 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was descending steps when they rolled their ankle.

Struck by falling object

Employee was cleaning the pin/locking mechanism on a skid steer bucket, when the pin retracted, the bucket came off and struck the employee's foot.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee struck their finger with a hammer causing a minor laceration. The doctor gave the employee a splint.

2013 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a impact wrench with is right hand to break a bolt on a cylinder rod end, he was holding the socket with his left hand for balance and as the bolt backed out it cut his finger.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Employee was removing the old worn teeth on a 988H loader bucket, when he struck the tooth with a hammer and a piece of metal broke free and lodged in the employee's upper right thigh. Eight stitches were required to remove the metal fragment.

2004 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Worker was standing under scalper conveyer platform, removed his hard hat to wipe sweat from his forehead and worker on platform kicked a rock off the platform while walking, the rock struck worker's head causing laceration requiring stitches.

2001 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPENING THE TAILGATE FROM THE DUMP TRUCK. THE TRUCK ROLLED BACK AND EE WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE TRUCK AND A PILE OF DIRT.