Mining Incidents

Waterman Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Frazier Quarry Inc · Surface
Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4400042

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2005–2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
25
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,474
proposed penalties
$2,474
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3 6,409 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 111 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,495 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,424 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,801 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,887 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,790 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,447 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2011 · 1 incident

June 9, 2011 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Frazier Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting rubber with a utility knife for installation on a pulley. Utility knife slipped and cut his thigh. *Note* Employee states that he was cutting away from body.

2009 · 1 incident

October 8, 2009 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frazier Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

Employee reports that has he was moving dimension stone rocks in a production area, two rocks pinched his right middle finger. The result was a fracture in his finger tip.

2007 · 2 incidents

June 12, 2007 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frazier Quarry Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee mentions that he was placing processed stone on to pallets and felt a quivering in the center of his lower back before it gave out on 6/12/07. The employee thought he was simply tired and sore. After rest and over a week of time his back was still sore with pain extending down his right leg. Incident reported on 6/21/07 to a Foreman.

June 1, 2007 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Frazier Quarry Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was standing outside of his assigned CAT 771D Off - Road Haul Truck and mentioned that a gust of wind blew some fugitive dust around which entered his right eye. He reported the incident to a Foreman on Monday, 6/4/2007. He was treated by a physician and a corneal abrasion of the right eye was diagnosis. Employee was given antibiotics.

2005 · 1 incident

December 29, 2005 VA · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Frazier Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was reaching from the exit belt side of the rock splitter machine underneath of the veneer gauge to remove a stone and mentions that his right pinkie finger was smashed between a rock being processed by the machine and the veneer gauge. *NOTE* He was wearing his leather gloves at the time of the incident.