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ROCKMART QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal

Rockmart, Polk County, GA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901045
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2012
Latest incident
Aug 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2012 · 1 incident

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was struck by cable attached to pole being moved by dozer.

2011 · 1 incident

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee's hand was caught between crusher frame and tension rod on jaw crusher as he was loosening the bolt.

2006 · 1 incident

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee backed up to propane heater and clothes caught fire burning the back of cover-alls, fleece jacket, denim shirt, and T-shirt and burned back of employee.

2003 · 1 incident

Vulcan Materials Company
No Value Found

EE STATES STANDING BY TRUCK LOWERING HOSE IN HOLE AND A VEHICLE PASSED BY KICKING UP A ROCK. THE ROCK HIT HER RT. ELBOW.

2002 · 2 incidents

Vulcan Materials Company
Struck against stationary object

EE STATES: WALKING TO GET CAPS FROM DEWATERING TRUCK AND MY ANKLE TWISTED ON LOOSE ROCK.

Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS EXITING SCREEN WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. BECAME LOST ITME ON 4-24-02.

2000 · 2 incidents

Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO OPEN INSPECTION DOORS TO INSPECT WEAR PLATES ON SPOKANE CRUSHER, EE WAS USING A 3' PRYBAR IN HANDLES. PRYBAR SLIPPED AND HIT EE IN LEFT SIDE OF CHIN.

Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER 5A CONVEYOR STALLED, EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEXFINGER WAS PINCHED WHILE CHECKING IF THE DRIVE MOTOR HAD LOCKED DOWN.