Baxter County Quarry — Accidents

Total: 18 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/15/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost unloading plate steel from loader bucket. plate got stuck. hooked chain on it. pulled on chain, plate slid out of the bucket. struck EE on top of right knee with front/outside corner.
02/22/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 39d lost, 51d restricted Employee stated was moving a 55 gallon barrel of oil by hand when EE felt something pop in right shoulder. Employee stated did not want medical attention, just wanted to document the incident.
09/03/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 206d lost Employee was driving a dump truck moving rock material from the pit area to the load point for the crusher when he stated that he hit a dip in the travel way and jarred his neck. Employee works at the...
06/04/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using an air-wrench to loosen nuts on the stripper bar; when the nut broke loose the air-wrench released and smashed the employees finger between the air-wrench and the side of the crushe...
05/18/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee/Miner was centering the new belt that had just been installed when he pulled a muscle in his lower back. He is scheduled to return to work on Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 after his follow-up docto...
04/16/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing rocks that had gotten jammed in the crusher; as he was removing the rocks, one of them shifted and smashed his left pinky finger between the rock and the crusher plate.
05/29/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Miner was adjusting the tail pulley and dust fell in his face, when he removed his safety glasses and was wiping the dust off his face some dust got into his eyes.
10/03/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 160d lost Dump truck driver was getting out of his truck, missed the bottom step and fell approximately 3 feet injuring hip and back
07/18/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 14d restricted Operator was getting onto the dozer when he missed the hand grip and fell backwards landing against a pickup truck parked next to the dozer. The operator incurred minor injuries to his back and left l...
01/14/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At about 745 a.m. employeee, a contractor for explosive energies, went to open a side door of his work truck. When the door lock opened the latch hit him in the mouth and cut his lip. He was taken to...
08/20/2003 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 1d lost HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO BECOMEILL AND EXTREMELY EXHAUSTED.
04/17/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO VALUE FOUND None EE WAS REMOVING HYDRAULIC LINE WHEN PRESSURE RELEASED CAUSING HYDRAULIC FLUID AND DEBRIS TO COMEIN CONTACT WITH FACE AND RIGHT EYE. EE STATED HEWAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME.
03/31/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 5d restricted EE WAS PROPING UP AN IRON PLATE TO MEASURE WHEN THE PLATE FELL ON HIS LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE. NOTE: THE MACHINARY WAS COMPLETELY LOCKED OUT AND SHUTDOWN WHEN INJURY OCCURRED.
03/28/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost EE WAS ENGAGED IN SCOOPING UP A PILE OF LOOSE ROCK TO LOAD INTO DUMP TRUCK WHEN THE BUCKET OF FRONT END LOADER STRUCK A SOLID ROCK LEDGE JERKING EE FORWARD INSIDE OF CAB. EE WAS WEARING SEAT B ELT RES...
06/28/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS ASSISTING OTHER EE WHEN HE WAS HIT ON FOREHEAD WITH A METAL PIPE WHILE TRYING TO TURN PULLEY ON CRUSHER EQUIPMENT.
08/14/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WORKING IN AN AREA WHERE ROCKS/DEBRIS WAS NOT CLEARED. INJURED EE WAS PICKING UP A SAMALL PIECE 0F METAL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS AND TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE .
07/10/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED EE WALKED IN BEHIND EE WHO WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE A TAIL PULLEY WITH A STEEL BAR, WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AWAY STRIKING INJURED EE IN THE MOUTH CUTTING HIS LOWER LIP.
02/05/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted EE WAS SECURING A SIGN POST WITH HIS HANDS WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER BUCKET TO DRIVE THE POST INTO THE GROUND WHEN THE POST SLIPPED AWAY FROM UNDERNEATH THE BUCKET FORCIBLY STR IKING H...