Mining Incidents

Georgia Stone, Buckhorn PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Pageland, Chesterfield County, SC · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800715
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2007–2018
Latest incident
Apr 2018
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2018 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee was working on a hydraulic console on a crusher. As the crusher was shutting down the lid to the console fell as the employee was putting hand on the console. The lid hit the employee's hand which caused a laceration with 4 stitches.

2016 · 2 incidents

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

The silo feeding the 68 SBS crusher was bridged over the discharge feeder. After attempting to unclog the material with a sledge hammer on back of chute which didn't work. The employee unclogged the chute using 2X4. As the chute unclogged a rock hit the 2X4 caused it to smash employee's finger against chute.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting installing a conveyor belt. The belt got stuck and employee attached a belt clamp and cable jack to try to free the belt. While cranking down on the jack the clamp slipped from the belt causing the employee to lose EE's balance, plant left foot & fracture a small bone in the ankle. Employee was transported to the hospital, treated and released.

2015 · 1 incident

Flash burns (welding)

Employee was welding and received flash burn to eyes.

2014 · 1 incident

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

Two employee's were was setting a liner on a cone head. A telehandler was resting the liner on the head. As it did, the liner slid off of the cone and rolled on the ground pinching an employees leg between it and concrete blocks that the crusher sits on resulting in a broken left leg.

2012 · 3 incidents

Struck by falling object

Taking old toggle seat out of the jaw plant to change it and it was heavier than expected. The seat got stuck, another employee wiggled it to get it loose and when it broke free it fell and the employee that was hurt could not hold it and it came down on the employees leg making a small laceration on left leg.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was using a wrench to tighten a bolt on a Hitachi excavator and the wrench slipped off and hit him in the lip.

Struck by flying object

The employee was using a torch to cut a piece of metal off of a loader bucket when the metal struck his nose causing a laceration.

2011 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was using a walk behind skid steer, cleaning material out from under conveyors at the screen tower. Went to turn around and stumbled, which caused him to fall and land on a water valve assembly. The valve assembly punctured his right calf.

2010 · 2 incidents

Struck by powered moving object

Employee was cleaning around plant with a small hand controlled compact mini-loader (Dingo) and backed it into his right leg bruising his foot and ankle.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing screens on pep screen. Two other employees were told by the employee installing the screens to hand it to him and release it. When the two employees released the screen, the employee inside grabbed it and it slipped out of his hands and down onto his right leg pinching it between the screen and the cross member of the pep screen.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

EE was using a 1-1/2"" impact wrench, his hand slipped on the wrench and the locking pin punctured his right hand with a small puncture between fingers.

2008 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Plant operator was cutting a piece of skirt board rubber with a knife. The knife came out of the rubber and cut his thumb. Knife sliced the top of his thumb requiring minor surgery to repair the tendon.

2007 · 1 incident

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

Primary operator was greasing Jaw crusher. Mechanic was working on rock breaker. He did not realize that the breaker was under hydraulic pressure or that he was below greasing. He was checking a leak on a hydraulic line and when the hydraulic oil leaked out the hammer lowered and pinched operator who was below. No broken bones or internal injuries to operator.