Virginia Black Granite Inc. — Accidents

Total: 8 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/09/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Individual Fore finger and Glove trapped under wedge while setting Granite block for Trimming
08/20/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost General Miner was drilling with Jack Hammer, Drill Steel Broke and Jack Hammer fell on Foot, Dislocating One Toe requiring Stitches remaining smaller toes were badly bruised.
06/17/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Replacing New Roller on Excavator, Roller Slipped and caught Middle finger Damaging it, Treated Cut after removing finger from Glove and sent Employee to ER
08/31/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Injury was minor, Miner slipped on Rock and grazed open Knee, Miner was taken to hospital and Treated and Discharged for minor injury.
05/18/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee moving drill strained back.
02/02/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was splitting granite block with feathers and wedges upon splitting the piece of stone employee was standing on shifted unexpectedly causing employee to loose balance falling forward onto adj...
09/27/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 187d lost Uneven floor in the area employee was injured. Loose gravel, slipped and fell, injured elbow while trying to break the fall.
05/26/2016 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted While starting a new hole 33mm before the drill bit broke into the surface of the rock EE shifted weight and in doing so let off on down pressure and the drill steel bounced out of the bit and the tip...