Mining Incidents

ForsythMetal/Nonmetal

Cumming, Forsyth County, GA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901124
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2005–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Two EEs had been tasked with relocating a portable dewatering pump due to insufficient rainfall over the past few months. The EE's were uncoupling the intake line when the hose fell, and the metal flange locking collar struck the EE's hand. The EE suffered a laceration during the event and immediately went to the clinic, where they received five stitches and restricted work duty.

2020 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was fixing a faulty door that would not stay shut in the scale house. Miner was using a utility knife to cut wooden shims. The knife slipped off the shim and lacerated miner's inner thigh. Conditions in the scale house were a controlled environment. The cut received 10 stitches to close, and the miner came back to work on the same day for normal duties.

2005 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

EE WAS CHECKING TRUCK BEFORE BEGINNING OF SHIFT. AS EE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF THE A25C, MISSED THE STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND, TURNING LEFT ANKLE WHICH SWELLED IMMEDIATELY.