Mining Incidents

Appling QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Groveton, Columbia County, GA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901083
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2004–2015
Latest incident
Feb 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2015 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Employee was observing track-hoe work at the sand-screw drain line. A piece of Metal that was pinched in the track-hoe track was thrown and struck the employee on the cheek approximately 1 inch under the Safety glasses causing a cut requiring stitches and removal of a piece of metal approx. 10X8mm and 3mm thick.

2014 · 1 incident

Fall from ladders

Employee was climbing down from a ladder that was on un-level ground when he fell to the ground. He braced his fall with his left arm causing pain in his left shoulder. The orthopedic doctor finally did a MRI and let us know there was a rotor cuff tear the end of August.

2008 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

While exiting the oil containment structure, the employee slipped and fell, dislocating the little finger on his right hand.

2005 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

EE CLAIMS BACK INJURY WHILE OPERATING AN R-35 HAUL TRUCK IN THE PIT. WHILE DRIVING INTO THE PIT, THE TRUCK STRUCK A POT HOLE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO RISE AND FALL SUDDENLY, RESULTING IN THE INJURY.

2004 · 3 incidents

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

While moving some sections of screen cloth, the employee's thumb was pinched between the sections, bruising the nail. The employee experienced significant pain and the nail was drilled to relieve the pressure.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LADDER WAS PLACED ON LOOSE MATERIAL & BECAME UNSTABLE CAUSING A FALL. REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT WAS WORN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT & CAME OFF DURRING FALL ALLOWING THE UNBOLTED GRILL OF THE TRACTOR THAT THE EE TRIED TO GRAB FOR TO COME OFF & IT STRUCK & CUT HIS HEAD.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving off road truck. She said while being loaded a rock fell in the back of the truck and bounced her up. When she came down she hurt her back and is having numbness from hip to knee on the left side. She went to a doctor on the 17th. She is still out of work.