Mining Incidents

Sparta QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Sparta, Hancock County, GA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901210
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2011–2022
Latest incident
Aug 2022
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2022 · 1 incident

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

Employee was descending the access ladder under the cone crusher as the employees finger got caught on a bolt that holds together the safety gate to the hydraulic console platform.

2021 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Employee sustained laceration to neck while changing attachment on excavator.

2020 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was loading a blast hole with a loading pole when the pole broke and cut right hand.

2019 · 2 incidents

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

The employee pinched left thumb between the top wedge and the top of the jaw causing a subungual hematoma.

Fall from machine

While attempting to adjust the light on the cab of 990 loader, the employee fell 10 feet fracturing femur.

2015 · 1 incident

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee said he had been experiencing diarrhea for approximately two weeks and became ill at work. Ambulance was called and took him to hospital. He was diagnosed with dehydration due to diarrhea. Employee was given fluids and medicine for diarrhea and is doing well.

2013 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee strained his back while picking up and moving a rock out of the road.

2012 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Dismounting a loader and strained the lower back.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee strained his lower back / pulled a muscle when stepped off of a crusher platform. The platform is 12 - 14 inches higher than the surrounding ground level.

2011 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

Crane operator was inspecting the winch (drum) on the crane. After inspecting the winch, the operator was climbing back to the cab of the crane when he slipped and fell approx. 8' to the ground below. Operator sustained laceration to his head and a fracture to his hip and wrist.