Academy Black — Accidents
Total: 12 accidents | Fatalities: 1
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/07/2026 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Employee was measuring a boulder, while navigating through the area employee was stepping up on boulders to see the shape, they felt pain in left groin area. Employee returned to work with restriction... |
| 07/29/2025 | MACHINERY | FATALITY | Fatal | Operator was backing up close to the edge at a berm and was facing the opposite way. Operator was pulled backwards by the counter weight, operator attempted to turn the machine to stop it from rolling... |
| 06/30/2023 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was holding pendant with left hand, using right hand to wedge head of the boom on the rock buggy so it wouldn't damage unit over the weekend. Head of boom smashed finger while employee was us... |
| 03/22/2023 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 81d lost, 28d restricted | Employee was working on quarry drill chain tension, pulling downward on chain to get out slack, when chain broke. Right arm bicep popped and muscle pain started with difficulty moving arm. No lost tim... |
| 09/09/2022 | FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 11d restricted | After breaking stone, employee walked in behind standing roughback to retrieve a wedge. They started walking out and roughback opened up and fell towards them, trapping their lower right leg/ankle und... |
| 04/08/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was installing metal pins on excavator bucket, left hand was on bucket, pin was resting on piece of wood. Removed wood piece, pin dropped unexpectedly, crushing tip of left middle finger. Med... |
| 10/27/2021 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Employee had hearing test. It was determined employee has a Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in the left ear. |
| 08/22/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 12d restricted | Employee was prying a part granite vertical slab with pry bar, attempting to place a wooden wedge between the slabs, when the pry bar slipped, rapidly closing slab back up, pinching tip of left index... |
| 07/16/2014 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was operating derrick, applying brake of boom to keep load in control. Could feel pressure under knee cap, right knee got swollen. Employee continued to work, knee cap continued to bother him... |
| 06/12/2013 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 263d lost | Employee was wedging stone, using a 60# wedge driver on 5' (22#) wedges, then pulling wedges out again. Does this repeatedly all day long. Felt pain in lower back, left side. |
| 08/04/2003 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 48d restricted | BASICALLY, EMPLOYEE STUMBLED OVER HIS OWN FEET WHEN HE WALKED AROUND THE LEG OF THE DERRICK WHILE HE WAS ON THE GROUND. |
| 05/29/2002 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | CLIMBING OFF ROCK ON LADDER - LADDER SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO FALL. |