1010 Queen Creek #1 — Accidents
Total: 20 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/25/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 30d restricted | Employee was barring out the cone. Material gave way suddenly and employee hit arm against the cone. Received x-ray after continued pain and was diagnosed with a fracture. Reportable as of 3/30. |
| 09/21/2022 | MACHINERY | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 13d restricted | EE was using the power washer to clean the concrete area where the water truck fills up. It is believed that EE was spraying off EE's work boots (an unsafe act) when the hot pressurized water entered... |
| 07/07/2021 | DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 2d lost | Employee worked all day, but, around 3:00pm, complained of not feeling well due to the heat. Employee went home and began throwing up, then went to the ER for the heat related illness. Lost time as of... |
| 05/17/2021 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 30d restricted | The injured employee was preparing to mount the cab of a flatbed truck. When EE placed EE's foot and tried to hoist self up, EE's leg twisted, which caused EE to fall. EE sustained a knee injury and w... |
| 04/22/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Injured employee was assisting with changing screens with another employee at the wash plant. In the process, the employee caught EE's finger on the sharp edge of the screen. EE's finger was lacerated... |
| 02/04/2020 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 7d lost | The miner was dismounting loader in the lube bay when the miner stepped on a fuel hose. This caused miner's knee to buckle and miner to fall to the ground. The miner sustained a knee sprain. |
| 05/29/2019 | OTHER | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | The miner was driving a haul truck. When the miner got out of the truck, they tweaked their back. Lost time accident as of 5-30-19. |
| 05/06/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 6d lost | The employee was shoveling mud from under a conveyor belt. The employee twisted to toss a shovel-full of mud off of the shovel when the employee's back tightened up on employee. Back strain. Became a... |
| 05/02/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | The employee was shoveling dirt from under a conveyor belt. As EE twisted to throw a shovel-full over EE's shoulder, EE felt a pop in the shoulder. Shoulder strain. Became a lost time accident on 5/3/... |
| 02/09/2019 | FIRE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 24d lost | The miner was tapping out a sheared bolt on a motor housing and using PB Blaster to tap it out. When that didn't work, the miner began to torch the metal to loosen it. The residual PB Blaster flashed... |
| 01/25/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | The employee entered the cab of the excavator, sat in the seat, and was closing the door when employee left a finger in the door jamb too long and closed the door on thumb. Lost time as of 1/28/2019. |
| 07/24/2018 | NONPOWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 24d lost | The employee was dumping a wheelbarrow full of sand when the wheelbarrow tipped too far forward and caused the employee to strain their midsection in the process. The employee worked until 7/30/2018,... |
| 04/09/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 86d lost | The employee was performing a workplace exam at the wash plant. When the employee stepped up and walked on a concrete platform for a piece of equipment, employee's foot slid out and employee almost di... |
| 10/11/2016 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 14d lost | The miner was operating a crushing spread. The miner went to the top deck of the cone crusher to check if the cone was operating normally. The miner didn't follow proper procedure in this case. The mi... |
| 08/15/2016 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 28d lost | Employee was walking in the wash plant tunnel. Per the employee, wasn't watching where was going and tripped on a small pile of dirt. Employee has a back injury. Lost time accident as of 8/28/2016. |
| 06/23/2016 | ELECTRICAL | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 13d lost | Employee was changing a fuse in a bucket inside of the Wash Plant trailer (MCC). The employee shut down the bucket, opened the bucket, reactivated the bucket, removed and replaced one fuse and upon re... |
| 04/22/2014 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 20d restricted | The employee was using a two-handed sledgehammer to move material in a feeder by striking the sides of the feeder. As the employee swung the sledgehammer over his head, he felt a ""pop"" in his left s... |
| 10/22/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | The employee was adjusting a spring on a screen. While trying to get it into position the spring shifted cutting off the tip of his thumb between the spring and the cup. He was taken by us to hosiptal... |
| 07/30/2012 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 15d restricted | The employee was walking down the wash plant screen stairs when he slipped and went to catch himself and hurt his hand. Employee was sent to Fast Med, was released back to work on 8/1/2012 he experien... |
| 08/29/2006 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 6d lost | EE was using D8T Cat. Dozer w/Semi-U dozer blade w/approx 3050 total hrs on machine. He failed to stop machine & reverse unit to climb back up slope he'd just dozed the material from. His failure to c... |