Mining Incidents

Martin Marietta - Mt. Athos QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Concord, Campbell County, VA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4400106
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2001–2021
Latest incident
Jun 2021
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2021 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee was putting new gears in a shaker. The gears slipped off of the shaft and employee's right thumb got caught between the gears and the shaft when they fell. Employee's right thumb was fractured and cut.

2007 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a piece of buckrubbber for VS-2 screen with a lock blade razor knife. The employees left arm was posting down on the rubber and the right hand was holding the knife. As the employee was cutting the rubber, the knife became stuck. The employee pulled back on the knife causing the knife to unhinge, slip from the cutting surface, and cut the left forearm.

2006 · 2 incidents

Fall down stairs

Employee was performing maintenance work on CC-2. He was ascending the stairs to access the crusher when he fell up the stairs striking his knee.

Fall from machine

Employee was climbing down from the loader after noticing his strobe light was not on. As he was climbing down the ladder he reached to shut the door and as he did, the hand holding the rail slid off and he fell to the ground. The fall caused bruises to his back and the doctor assigned him to miss 2 days of work.

2002 · 1 incident

Fall from ladders

HE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER ONTO THE SCAFFOLD (APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET IN THE AIR) WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE BROKE HIS LEFT LEG.

2001 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

A ROCK FELL FROM BIN ABOUT 14' AND STRUCK EE IN HARD HAT- BOUNCED OFF AND STRUCK HIS NECK AND BACK.

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WA SWINGING AN 8 LB. HAMMER TRYING TO KNOCK ABOLT OUT OF A CRUSHER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HISSIDE.