Lithonia/Pine Mountain Quarry — Accidents

Total: 15 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/30/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted The employee was operating a wheel loader to move Type III stone to the stockpile yard. While digging into the pile, the loader jolted as the bucket came to a stop, and the operator felt pain in neck...
03/21/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Operator was scooping GAB from the pile when the top of the pile sloughed off and filled the bucket, causing the loader to lose balance and tip forward. The operator quickly dropped the bucket, causi...
11/15/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting the metal shipping straps that were securing a new roll of conveyor belt. The employee placed themselves in front of the band while cutting it with a pair of needle nose pliers wi...
03/25/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 314d lost Injured employee was removing a wear plate from a feeder. As a weld was being cut free with a torch, a secondary weld failed, allowing the steel plate to release, striking the employee on top of the l...
01/14/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Maintenance man was taking out bad mechanical laces on M10-2. EE had finishing the job and was cutting the outer edge of the belt to keep it from catching. During this process ee was using a standar...
08/15/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Pond sand pipe clogged up. Using a pipe to unstop the pipe. the pipe was approximately 10 feet long with a 90 degree bend in it 18 inches long. When ee was done with the pipe he threw it across his...
08/19/2014 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None While reporting to work, an employee of a tenant suffered a fatal cardiac episode. The tenant is not associated with Hanson Aggregates and is not involved in the mining process.
11/29/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None This particular incident was determined to be non-work related as the victim's final cause of death was determined by the Medical Examiner' s office to be a brain aneurysm. Incident was found to be no...
05/15/2007 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee walking from his personal vehicle towards the time clock office when a stray dog ran under his foot, causing him to turn his ankle and fall to the pavement.
01/08/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee clearing up under a crushing tower when a stray rock bounced down and struck him on the back of the neck.
08/22/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Haul truck was backed in position to be loaded by pit loader. An upper section (20?) of the 50 feet pit wall fell and struck the right side rail of haul truck bed. This damaged the side of the haul tr...
07/28/2006 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Pit Loader Operator was filling up the grease canister on his 990 loader. As EE reached up to connect the grease line from the shop, to the line that runs to the tank on the loader, his hard hat fell...
03/08/2004 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted The employee was using a sledge hammer to dislodge jammed rock located in the jaw feeder's chute. He was hitting the outside of the chute with the sledge hammer when his knuckle struck (caught betwee...
09/23/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS USING THE 988G LOADER TO BACKFILL HOLES WHEN HE RAN OVER A LARGE HOLE. THE LOADER ""JARRED"" CAUSING HIM TO BE SHARPLY MOVED FORWARD AND BACK. DOCTOR ISSUED WORK RESTRICTIONS AND A NECK B...
07/16/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING UP SPILLAGE WITH A WATER HOSE WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TURNED UP THE WATER PRESSURE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND STRIKE A NEARBY CONVEYOR FRAME WITH HIS LEFT KNEE. DOCTOR ISSU...