Mining Incidents

HICKORY QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal

Hickory, Catawba County, NC · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3100043
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Trespasser entered mine property and while attempting to climb down from bench 5 to bench 6, slipped and fell approximately 40 feet breaking both legs.

2013 · 2 incidents

Contact with heat

Employee was changing screen cloth on number 3 screen, when he became weak. He notified his coworkers at which point they stop working and attended to him. They believed his sugar was low, but it ended up being heat related.

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

An employee was changing v-belts on the portable plant. The motor was lowered to reduce tension, but some tension on the belts still remained. As the employee removed the belts the tip of his finger got caught in a pinch point between the belt and the wheel, this required the employee to have a couple of stitches on the tip of his finger.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

The employee was putting an electrical wire on the solenoid of the fuel pump which had come off. In doing this process, the EE scraped his left forearm against a bolt which had weld on it, which sliced his arm open. He was taken to the DR. & received 6 stitches. He then returned to work with no restrictions. He was working on a Ingersol-Rand drill.

2005 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

Employee fueled his haul truck at the end of his shift, and after he parked his equipment he did not dismount properly. He jumped from the step instead of climbing down landing on his left leg. Employee suffered a strained left knee, recieved medical treatment however this did not result in a lost time.

2000 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING AT THE JAW CRUSHER, HE CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM ON A PIECE OF METAL BURR. IT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.

Struck against a moving object

OFF ROAD HAUL TRUCK ROLLED FROM PARKED POSITION ITNO LOAD OUT BIN AND SMITH SETZER AND SONS OCCUPIED CUSTOMER TRUCK. BIN AND CUSTOEMR'S TRUCK WERE DEMOLISHED.