Mining Incidents

Rabun QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Rabun Gap, Rabun County, GA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900054
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2001–2021
Latest incident
Aug 2021
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2021 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee lacerated finger while performing maintenance on a hose.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee lacerated arm while removing jaw die wedge.

2014 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Employee was in the process of removing a belt clamp when a piece of metal struck his arm.

2011 · 1 incident

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee had a periodic screening chest x-ray read by two B-readers using the ILO procedures. The x-ray characterized as consistent with pneumoconiosis with readings of 2/1 and 1/1. Damage or impairment cannot be determined solely by reading chest x-ray films. This report is being submitted to satisfy MSHA program policy letter P92-III-2.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Was struck in the leg by a rock that skipped off the ground from a blasting incident.

2004 · 1 incident

Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS WELDING ON CRUSHER; SLAG FELL ONTO LEFT BOOT AND WENT IN BETWEEN TONGUE OF BOOT AND DOWN INTO BOOT.

2001 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPENING A GATE EE LIFTED THE 1 1/2"" TUBING TO SLIDE UP OR DOWN INSIDE ALLOWING IT TO REST ON TOP OF THE 2"" TUBING. AS HE WAS PUSHING THE GATE OPEN THE 1 1/2"" TUBING FELL CATCHING HIS RIG HT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE 2"" TUBING AND THE FLAT BAR.