3M Arch Street Quarry — Accidents

Total: 13 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/05/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Miner claims being jarred around in primary loader caused c/o left wrist and left elbow pain/numbness and pain also in right wrist.
05/18/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 97d restricted An employee was operating a Skid Steer. The employee went in to scoop up a pile of fines and ran into something solid. This caused the skid steer to come to a sudden stop. This caused the employee's a...
04/27/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 37d restricted POOR ERGONOMICS IN KOMOTSU FRONT END LOADER CAUSING SYMPTOMS OF TINGLING, NUMBNESS, AND PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST AND ELBOW. SUBSEQUENT DIAGNOSIS OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
03/16/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted While the employee was descending a 16' aluminum ladder, the legs of the ladder slipped, causing the EE to wrap his arm around a ladder rung pinching his arm between the ladder & the wall the ladder w...
12/22/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted USING 8 LB SLEDGE HAMMER, TRYING TO REMOVE NAIL STAKE HIT STAKE LOW, NAIL STAKE KICKED BACK AND HIT PINKY FINGER POSSIBLE FRACTURE.
11/12/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR ON A FLATBED TRUCK WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS ELBOW ON METAL TRUCK FRAME.
02/13/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted WHILE SECURING AN ACETLENE BOTTLE ON A TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOTTLE AND THE SECURING CLAMP.
10/16/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE WALKING THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIS LEFT ANKLE TO TWIST.
09/25/2002 POWERED HAULAGE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE CLAIMS THAT REPETITIVE JERKING FROM CONTINUOUS LOADER OPERATIONS HAD CAUSED INJURY TO THE EE'S NECK.
06/14/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost EE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF GRATING, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON HIS WRIST, FRACTURING IT.
09/30/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost SHOULDER POPPED WHEN LIFTED HIS END OF FEED GATE FROM FLOOR TO CONVEYOR. REPORTED ACCIDENT ON 10-2-00. SEEN MD ON 10-2-00. HAD MRI ON 10-6 WHICH SHOWED LEFT SHO7LDER BUBRAL TEAR. CONTINUED TO -ERFORM...
09/25/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM A/C CRUSHER, WHEN ROCK FROM LOADER FELL AND STRUCK EE IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT CALF OF LEG. EE SUSTAINED MINOR ABRASIONS AND A CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK (EE PERFORMED REG ULAR DU...
07/25/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EMPLOYEE STATES GRADUAL INCREASE OF PAIN IN LOW BACK OVER TWO WEEKS. BOUNCING IN HAUL TRUCK HAS INCREASED PAIN. REPORTED 8/8/00. TO DOCTOR ON 8/10/00.