Belvedere Plant — Accidents
Total: 42 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/07/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 18d restricted | While standing near a loader, the employee jumped back and twisted EE's ankle when the loader moved forward. |
| 06/23/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | Employee lost footing and when they grabbed the rail to steady themselves, they strained their right shoulder. |
| 04/24/2025 | FIRE | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | While performing maintenance work, an employee was welding a patch on the tub of the shaker when they noticed a fire coming from below the shaker. Sparks from the welding, ignited the conveyor belt. |
| 03/26/2025 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 32d restricted | Employee was tightening a bolt on a tail pulley and once EE was done, EE noticed mild pain in right shoulder. Incident was not reported to EE's supervisor until the following week. Diagnosed with righ... |
| 02/24/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 14d lost, 10d restricted | Employee was in the process of dismantling a gear drive when the steel pivot base frame on which it was setting collapsed onto EE's chest. |
| 02/12/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | Employee was attempting to remove snow when EE slipped and landed on their right hip. |
| 03/19/2024 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was was working on a final drive (mobile equipment). Employee struck the housing to loosen it. A shard of metal broke off striking employee's right shin. |
| 01/25/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 12d lost, 28d restricted | The employee attempted to break up frozen clumps of sand in a hopper with their hand and while doing so, their hand twisted in an awkward position resulting in a wrist sprain. |
| 12/13/2023 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) | None | Lifting floor grate and felt a pull in their back. |
| 07/28/2023 | NONPOWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 20d restricted | Employee was attempting to move a wheelbarrow, when they felt a pull in their back. EE received medical attention at a panel physician the day of the incident and was cleared to return to work with no... |
| 03/20/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 4d lost, 2d restricted | Employee (mechanic) was changing cutting edge on 982M loader. Edge was on the forks of telehandler and employee was prying up edge with a bar to get the right side up. When the edge started to go over... |
| 12/16/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 4d lost, 13d restricted | Employee was doing a plant start up at the wet plant and was shoveling wet material out from manual drop magnet/bucket elevator and felt a pull/sharp pain in lower back. |
| 03/04/2021 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using grinder to cut metal, the grinder kicked back and struck EE's left wrist. The employee received a laceration to their left wrist. |
| 12/21/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 21d restricted | Employee slipped on ice and fell while fueling a piece of equipment. |
| 10/26/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 4d lost, 45d restricted | The employee lost grip of tail pulley and struck their left big toe. The employee suffered a fractured left big toe. |
| 02/24/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 23d restricted | Employee got finger pinched in between two guardrails, while re-installing a catwalk. |
| 02/06/2020 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee got metal slag in the corner of their eye, while other employee was using a grinder. |
| 05/16/2019 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was operating a Caterpillar 992C loader in the South Pit. As they were driving the machine, they reached up with left hand to adjust the airflow coming out of an overhead air conditioning vent. As... |
| 02/22/2019 | MACHINERY | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 186d lost, 586d restricted | Employee inadvertently failed to remove lifting strap from truck crane to excavator bucket. When excavator backed away it raised front wheels of truck with mechanic inside truck. Strap then broke and... |
| 06/22/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 24d restricted | Employee assisted another employee lifting a drain pan after emptying diesel fuel into pan. When EE lifted pan EE felt a pull in back. Diagnosed with a muscle strain in the back. |
| 03/23/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 12d lost | Employee was cleaning the tracks of excavator off with a shovel and felt a pop in left shoulder. |
| 03/08/2017 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 31d lost, 45d restricted | Employee was operating a 980G loading a customer truck. While the loader was still in reverse backing away from the truck. Operator depressed the brake / clutch and the loader shifted from reverse to... |
| 01/16/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EMPLOYEE WAS RETRIEVING AN ACETYLENE BOTTLE FROM CAGE WHEN THE BOTTLE SLIPPED AND PINNED EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE BOTTLE AND CAGE. CONTUSION AND LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER. |
| 11/02/2016 | FIRE | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Employees were welding a patch on a chute and plastic liner caught fire. Employees discharged 1 fire extinguisher and quickly realized they needed to call 911. The fire department responded and exting... |
| 08/20/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 42d lost | Employee cut finger on a fan blade inside the cab of a CAT 992 loader. |
| 10/02/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 17d restricted | Employee was working on a CAT skid steer. He was trying to engage the bucket locking handle. Bucket swung out and struck employee on the right ankle. |
| 03/21/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was unpacking a lighting ballast out of the box when he lacerated his right index finger on a safety latch that was on ballast. Required 2 stitches |
| 12/31/2013 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was removing a conveyor when he struck his left shoulder on the side of it. |
| 01/28/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 16d restricted | Employee was assisting 3 other employees to lift a set of clothing lockers up 3 steps. During lift he felt a sharp pain in his right bicep area. He was diagnosed with a bicep tendon tear that will req... |
| 10/18/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 109d lost, 33d restricted | Employee was trouble shooting a brake problem on a scraper. Mechanic found a hose that seemed to be leaking air. He loosened the line slightly to try and reseat the line, while doing so the line poppe... |
| 07/05/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | Employee was applying jumper cables to a crane when the clamp slipped off battery post onto his right index finger. |
| 07/09/2011 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 17d lost | Walking on uneven terrain, tripped over rock in path. Lacerated and fractured left hand index finger. |
| 07/07/2011 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | Employee was using a pry bar to unjam a rock from the lump kicker. The pry bar kicked back and struck him in the right side of his face causing a facial fracture. |
| 06/21/2010 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 17d restricted | Employee was pulling a wear plate into position to line up holes. The plate snapped up crushing the right hand ring finger between wear plate and bucket. |
| 03/11/2009 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Employee was hooking up clevises to a lifting hook, which he gained access by climbing up a ladder on the inside. After hooking up clevises he decided to jump off an 8' high tank to the ground. He str... |
| 12/27/2007 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 42d lost | Employee was cleaning under counterweight with a shovel, when his knee gave out. |
| 10/11/2007 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | Employee was using a pry bar to dig clay out of the feeder when the pry bar gave way and smashed employees finger. Contusion to left middle finger. |
| 05/23/2005 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 20d restricted | Employee was cutting off a roller with a torch. When roller got cut through it accidentally fell on employees right hand and lacerated hand and fractured his index finger. |
| 12/14/2004 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 62d lost | Employee was refueling his dozer when he slipped and came down on his left knee. Contusion to knee at this point but has to follow up with a specialist. |
| 11/04/2002 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | EE WAS OBSERVING THE #3 PIT CONVEYOR LINE. WHILE OBSERVING HE WAS WALKING DOWN HILL & SLIPPED IN MUD, HE SAID HE HEARD SOMETHING POP IN HIS LEFT FOOT. DIAGNOSED WITH A SPRAINED LEFT FOOT/ANKLE . |
| 08/26/2002 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 13d lost | EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG PIT CONVEYOR LINE STARTING UP LINE AND SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL. |
| 10/11/2001 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | REMOVING OLD SILT FENCH. PULLING ON SILT FENCE WHEN RIGHT ARM MUSCLE HURT HEN SWELLED UP. |