Best Sand - Chardon — Accidents

Total: 41 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/26/2025 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None shift supervisor noticed top of telephone pole in Quarry on fire while doing rounds.
08/16/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was opening bags with knife and cut EE's shin
03/15/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None carpel tunnel due to years of running loader
03/15/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 8d restricted Employee was hanging 50lb empty bags on loading spout and felt a pop/pull in EE's right forearm. Massaged it for a while and continued working thru EE's shift. Came back the next day worked half a s...
08/03/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Working on bend pulley on overlay conveyor, load shifted and caught maintenance workers index finger. EE was able to pull finger out of the glove, but the tip of the finger was bleeding and first aid...
12/14/2017 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee found a conveyor motor was turning but the gear reducer was not as the V-belt was slipping. The employee removed the guard and pulled the V-belt to add tension when the belt started and pu...
05/19/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Driller and drill helper were attempting to take off drill bit from pipe when drill pipe unscrewed from top head and fell down on helper
07/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was caring a bag of sand on his shoulder. A wind gust blew a sand particle into his eye. The employee was wearing safety glasses as required. The employee did not report the incident until he retur...
03/24/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While hanging bags on a paper bag sealer in the Open mouth bagging area the employees right hand middle finger was pinched causing a laceration. No stitches were required. Employee was placed on limit...
01/14/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was operating the Bagging Machine when he noticed his hand was swollen. He put Ice on the hand. He went to the clinic to have it checked out. He was diagnosed with a Mild Strain to the Extens...
07/31/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping the lift truck operator lift a 6"" x 25' rubber hose out of a storage rack when his right index finger got caught between the fork of the lift truck and a steel support on the rac...
07/21/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking through the maintenance shop, another employee was grinding on a steel screen frame. The injured employee received grinding dust in his right eye under his safety glasses. The emp...
05/20/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling steel brackets using a drill press. The steel caught and spun around hitting the employees left hand causing a laceration on the palm requiring 5 stitches.
01/08/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Driver slipped on snowpile and fell down, hitting a pile of ice.
04/27/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was installing a hydraulic motor on a portable screening machine. Due to oily conditions, the motor slipped from the employees hands and when he attempted to catch the motor, his finger wa...
08/29/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 1/21/09, Best Sand was notified through the BWC that Injured EE had been seen by a doctor due to numbness, tingling and pains in his hands and fingers. The doctors report listed the initial diagnos...
06/04/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted The employee was using a spud bar attempting to dislodge jammed rocks from primary crusher jaws, when a large rock fell from top of pile, striking the bar causing it to swing and hit him in the right...
12/03/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None A non-employee over the road truck driver claims that she slipped while climbing down the ladder of her air-can trailer and fell approx 6' to the lower level of her trailer. Non-employee suffered seve...
02/02/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 5d restricted EE was climbing a rope ladder to exit a bin, lost his grip and fell about 20 feet. EMS was called and a lower access door was removed. After EMS exam EE walked out of the bin and was transported to th...
07/01/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE was installing windshield in 980G loader with with a helper. He was standing on the Z-bar linkage on the right side of the machine holding the windshield while helper was on the opposite side hold...
05/08/2006 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was walking under an overhead conveyor inspecting the belt splice as it was moving along. The employee with head and eyes turned upward, walked into the tail pulley guard of another conv...
04/05/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was cutting out a plastic backing plate for a wet location electrical box. He held the plate in his left hand while using a utility knife with his right hand to cut out the tabs. The knif...
10/12/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON FATALITY Fatal The worker fell from the bag plant roof where he had been cleaning to the truck dock approximately 17 feet below. The specific explanations for being near the edge or for falling are unknown. Weather...
05/16/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Employee was removing urethane buckets from an elevator. He was using a grinder to cut the bolts. The grinder wheel contacted the bucket enough to create fumes which he breathed. He later stated he di...
03/31/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was removing the bottom access panel of the rosin dryer elevator which had plugged up with wet sand. After removing the clips that held the panel on, EE removed the door. As he wa...
03/21/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was in the cab of stock truck, when he noticed the passenger side door was open. EE not thinking placed his left hand on the door post of the hinged side and reached with his right hand slamming th...
12/15/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Employee was walking across a snow-covered roadway and slipped and fell on to the frozen ground. He finished working his shift and his regular shift the next day. He did not report to work on 12/17/04...
10/01/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was installing a screen frame in the wet mill using an open end wrench. The wrench slipped off of the bolt head and EE's hand struck the edge of the frame creating a laceration wound that required...
06/30/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None victim was stacking 50lb. bags of sand on a pallet. victim reached out for a bag that was falling on to stacking table and the bag hit the tip of his ring finger on his left hand and bent it backwards...
05/24/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Landon was picking up an empty pallet and turned to place it on the bag table when he felt a sharp pain in his lower right abdomen area. Landon went to an emergency room where he was diagnosed with a...
01/21/2004 POWERED HAULAGE INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None A NON EMPLOYEE TRUCK DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO HELP THE TOWMOTOR OPERATOR WHO WAS STUCK ON THE ICE ON THE LOADING DOCK. HE WAS PUSHING ON THE LOAD CAGE AS THE TOWMOTOR DRIVER ROCKED THE TOWMOTO R BACK...
07/19/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 15d restricted EE WAS STEERING SCRAP CEMENT MIXER TO JUNK PILE. THE MIXER TRUCK WAS BEING PUSHED FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER EE IN A 980G LOADER ON LEVEL GROUND AT LESS THAN 2 MPH. APPARENTLY THE RIGHT FRONT LOAD ER TIRE...
04/30/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS SHOVELING AROUND THE CRUSHER WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON AN ANGLE IRON LADDER SUPPORT. HE RECEIVED THREE STITCHES TO CLOSE THE LACERATION. HE WAS NOT WEARING A HARD HAT AT THE TIME. WHEN AS KED WHY...
03/10/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None A NON-EMPLOYEE OVER THE ROAD TRUCK DRIVER WAS WALKING ON THE GROUND AROUND HIS FLAT-BED TRAILER WHEN HE CLAIMS HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE & FELL. HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE AND COULD NOT WALK. HE W AS TRAN...
12/03/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS DOING SOME CLEAN-UP WORK, BREAKING UPART SOME PALLETS WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. HE HIT A PALLET BOARD THAT BROKE AND FLEW UP, HITTING HIM IN THE MOUTH AND CUTTING HIS LOWER LIP.
01/05/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost EE WAS PULLING ON A 3/4"" DRIVE TORQUE WRENCH TIGHTENING THE REAR WHEEL LUG NUTS ON 769-C CAT HAUL TRUCK AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK.
12/01/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 75d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDER THE DRY SAND CONVEYER AT THE ROSIN DRYER, REACHED UP AND GRABBED A HOLD OF THE CONVEYER FRAME SO HE WOULD NOT LOSE HIS BALANCE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
07/25/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AT THE ROSIN DRYER-110 ROOMAREA WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY STRUCK AN ARC WHILE HIS HOOD WAS UP. HE WAS TREATED FOR WELDING FLASH INHIS LEFT EYE.
06/23/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WORKING AT THE ROCK, CRUSHER PRIMARY JAW AND CRUSHER BELT AREA, AND STOOD UP AFTER REMOVING HIS HARD HAT SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND HIT HIS HEAD ON AN ELECTRICAL IS CONNECT BOX.
05/30/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 37d lost, 30d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING QUIKLY FROM THE TURF PLANT, TO SHUT OFF HIS EQUIPMENT. HE STEPPED INTO A SMALL HOLE IN THE GROUND, WHICH JARRED HIS BACK. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH 2 BULGING DISCS IN HIS BACK .
02/18/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WALKING TO GET HIS CAR AND SLIPPED ON THE ICE IN THE EE PARKING LOT. HE FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE BUMPER OF ANOTHER EE CAR. HE RECEIVED SEVEN STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.