Big Oak Plant — Accidents

Total: 22 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/04/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None It was a clear summer morning. Miner was working in a group replacing the impeller on a pump that had gone out.
01/13/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Clear day. Miner was walking on a soft surface walkway that was clear of debris and hurt their foot.
08/05/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON FATALITY Fatal Improper procedure performed, improper PPE, and not following SOP. *A customer truck driver fell from a large container mounted on the trailer of the truck while descending the container. The custome...
05/25/2022 OTHER INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None We do not know if there is a recordable injury as no information has been provided after several attempts have been made to gather information. I do not know if there is an injury, the nature of it, o...
05/14/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating Scraper. Employee went to check the cab filter while the machine was running, employee's left hand was caught between the door and the A/C blower motor catching ring finger and...
04/21/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was going up to the upper level at the wet plant to complete a work order. The work order was to check a valve for operations. The valve was already taken off, it was open. Employee was in th...
02/17/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was coming down the ladder after greasing the elevator. While climbing down a foot slipped. Employee grabbed ahold of the ladder rung so they would not fall and felt their arm pop. Employee s...
11/23/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None EE was pulling on a V-belt while installing it onto a pump motor sheave. When the V-belt slipped on to the sheave, EE's right hand middle finger got pinched between the belt and the sheave. When EE pu...
11/06/2021 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee bent down at the waist to inspect a loader pin, when EE stood EE's back tensed up and EE couldn't move.
01/25/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee
08/19/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Technician was removing a blade from a John Deere 772G Motor Grader when the back of the bolt slipped out of the carriage and onto EE's finger. The air impact wrench continued to spin the bolt, which...
08/07/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 4d restricted Employee was installing a conveyor belt take up pulley. While pushing the pulley into position, the pulley fell and struck the employee on EE's left arm and ankles.
04/17/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was sliding out the bottom screen of a Screen Deck with a co-worker when employee felt a sharp pain in lower back.
11/05/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE was lifting a lid to a bag house. EE was lifting with one hand while grabbing on to a hand rail with the other hand and as they sat the lid back down is when they started complaining of back pain....
03/07/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was shoveling sand at the end of shift and reported to supervisor that back was sore. EE completed shift and went on 3 days off. Upon returning, employee was fine and operated a loader, unt...
09/17/2018 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using the porta-john toilet when ee felt discomfort to the lower right outside calf muscle. The employee indicated that ee was bitten by a spider. There was no evidence of any type of ins...
09/15/2018 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While Shoveling sand away from a hopper on the backside, sand fell from the hopper onto the shoulder, neck and head area of the employee
08/22/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was fueling equipment when the diesel fuel hose failed. The hose developed a hole causing diesel fuel to come in contact with the employee's eyes. The employee was wearing safety glasses at t...
06/23/2018 NONPOWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal On June 23, 2018 at approximately 9:20 am an employee mounted a pair of slow moving rail cars to apply the brakes. The employee fell and was struck by the pair of freewheeling hopper rail cars. The em...
03/08/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Two employees were digging out sand beneath a conveyor that carries fine sand from the Hydrosizer to the sand pile. The employees were attempting to locate a power line to repair a short. One operat...
01/11/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee sat down in a chair that then collapsed. As the employee fell to the floor a rivet from the chair cut the employee's left forearm near the elbow.
09/06/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 55d lost, 25d restricted IW was removing mounting links. This required frame to be blocked from vertical and forward movement, but was only blocked vertically by IW. When last pin was removed elevator frame rolled forward pi...