Black Mountain Quarry — Accidents

Total: 166 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/03/2008 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was lubricating gear box wearing safety glasses, turned his head and dust blew into face.
11/28/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Primary crusher was overloaded and seized while 350 h.p. drive motor continued to run causing the drive belt to catch on fire. MSHA was called at 7:20 pm; fire was out by 7:25 p.m.
10/29/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Smoke was discovered on the back side of the coal pile at 7:50 a.m. and reported to control room operator who sent a utility person to dig out the smoldering coal. The utility operator, using the loa...
10/28/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning K2 tower with spud bar. While knocking chunk loose employee smashed hand between bar and air cannon, breaking bone in #2 finger on right hand.
10/22/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Smoke was discovered on the back side of the coal pile at 6:24 a.m. and reported to control room operator who sent a utility person to dig out the smoldering coal. The utility operator, using the loa...
09/30/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A small area of smouldering coal was discovered on the back side of the primary coal pile. The smouldering coal was dug out and extinguished by 9:23 a.m. the same day.
09/07/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was climbing on a 988 loader when he slipped due to wet boots. Employee caught himself, preventing a fall but strained his back.
08/31/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was cleaning feed shelf on K2 tower when he felt a pinch in his lower back.
06/01/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Employee was cleaning the K2 preheat tower with a spud bar. Material struck bar causing bar to hit the employee's face causing 2 small fractures.
05/01/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The victim (contractor) and 2 Cemex employees were trying to clear a plug from the K2 preheat tower. As the plug broke free hot material discharged out the Cardox port and impinged on the victim caus...
03/11/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 9d restricted Employee was standing on steel platform designed to catch slag. Platform broke loose from weld under weight of EE and other employee. Employee hit back on on roll press housing leading to bruises on...
03/10/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted While setting the K2 burner pipe in position, employee used hand to align the adjustment pin. The burner pipe shifted and caught his middle and index finger of left hand.
03/02/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting bolts overhead with a torch. Slag fell on to the employee. The employee stopped cutting and removed his goggles to clean the built up slag off of them and a piece of slag fell i...
02/03/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was stepping off a forklift and lost footing on wet ground. The employee refused medical treatment on 2/3/07. Employee was transferred to another job site when on 2/6/07 he requested medical...
01/28/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was stepping off the pinion stand to connect the ground when he twisted his left ankle. He was placed on restricted work.
01/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was walking up stairs carrying a shovel and twisted his back while turning a corner.