Bridgeport Stone Plant — Accidents

Total: 136 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/29/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted While walking, employee stepped on a unstable area of rocks and water; the rocks shifted causing his right ankle to twist.
09/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was exiting a transportation van. He received a laceration to his right hand from one of the side doors as he was opening it.
07/24/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted A morning dew was covering the hand rail and platform where the employee was performing a job. After completing the task, she started to exit the landing when her right foot slipped and she landed on...
06/25/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A ROPE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO A HARD SUCTION LINE. ROPE BROKE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO GROUND STRIKING HIS RIGHT ELBOW. EMPLOYEE WENT ON LIGHT DUITY FOR 3 DAYS AND THE PLANT W...
03/15/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 56d restricted Mechanic was removing bolts from the connection of the mast and boom on the Drill. Thumb was pinched between the plate of the mast and trunion.
03/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Two employees were working at the C-10 conveyor. One was cleaning debris under the conveyor with the water hose. As he threw the hose over the belt, the valve on the hose hit the belt and turned on c...
02/27/2007 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted This employee felt some discomfort to his left knee. He went to see the Dr and the Dr put him on some anti-inflamatories and tylenol; no light duity needed. This employee had surgery done on 6/21/07 t...
02/16/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On February 16, 2007, EE was driving a wedge in between the shaft and the round roller that is being used to roll up belts. The round roller is made up of pressed wood and as EE had the wedge in posit...
01/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 25d restricted Employee was attempting to straighten out the grizzly bars in the primary crusher (feeder #2). As this task was being done, the grizzly bar rolled over onto the employees left arm causing a deep lacer...
12/26/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 2d restricted Employee was working on the classifier at the sand plant and he was coming down the catwalk and slipped and fell into the handrail striking his left side of his chest area. The tempture was freezing a...
12/17/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was walking on catwalk when he turned his right ankle.
10/11/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Was washing out Scrubber and slipped. Harness caught him and strained his left groin.
08/01/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was welding a guard into place and struck an arc with his hood up then placed his hood down
07/19/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of belting with a utility knife and the knife slipped cutting his left forearm. Employee recieved 3 stitches.
07/13/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee was shoveling out a railcar and said he felt pain in his upper back. He contacted his supervisor and the supervisor took him to the doctor.
06/09/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Tail Pulley Shifted while changing it out
05/08/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Fell off fuel truck while fueling diesel pumps. Fractured one vertebrae in his neck.
02/07/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 33d restricted Employee was in the process of cleaning out a chute plug with a pry bar. When the product broke free it struck the pry bar which in turn caused the pry bar to strike the employee in the jaw. The emplo...
01/14/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE WAS WASHING AT THE SAND PLANT AND GOT SLURRY WATER SPLASHED IN BOTH EYES. EE DID HAVE ALL PPE ON AT THIS TIME. THE SLURRY WATER SCRATCHED HIS EYES. DR GAVE 4 DAYS RESTRICTED DUTY.
01/12/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was bent over cutting packing away from baring and felt sharp pain in his lower back.
12/14/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was bending down to pick up water hose and he felt pain in his lower back. He was taken to Dr. and Diagnosis was lower back strain.
07/20/2005 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He was entering his loader and some dust blew in under his safety glasses. We atempted to wash it out of his left eye and were unable to. We went to the dr and the dr put some drops in his left eye an...
06/03/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was holding a wrench on the back side of bolt while it was being tightened from the other side and the wrench caught his left little finger between the wrench and belt frame.
03/10/2005 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cleaning up after a job and stated that he felt somthing in his left eye he washed his eye 3 times and said that it still felt like somthing was in his eye he was taken to the Dr. the Dr. state...
12/14/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted While walking between two screens employee stepped wrong and twisted his left ankle.
12/08/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While changing out rollers Employee was climbing back on to a cat-walk and sliped hiting his right knee on a hand rail.
12/06/2004 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working on a feeder when he felt something get in his right eye. He washed it X4 with no help. He went to the Dr and the Dr removed foreign body from his right eye. EE had on all his PPE at the...
09/28/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving an acetylene bottle and lost his grip letting it slip catching his right third digit between the bottle and a trailer.
09/28/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted He was closeing a Valve on a slurry line and tore his bicep in his right arm
08/27/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Ee was removing a choker from the back of a loader that look to not have any pressure and it sprang out and hit him just above the right eye causing a small lac. to the forhead that took 11 stiches no...
05/14/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was cleaning out empty rail cars when it was struck by additonal empty rail cars causing a strain to the back secondary to the jaring.
05/10/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning out a head pully shut with a prybar when the prybar sliped hitting his tooth and chiping it.
04/22/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Employee states that while he was runing the clean-up loader his back started to get stiff and sore. He also stated that he was sore the next morning. After seeing the doctor the doctor stated he had...
04/21/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted He was operating a bobcat and he stated that it locked up jaring him around causing him strain his right shoulder
03/08/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was sitting in haul truck being loaded by a loader he states that the rock shook the truck and caused him to strain his lower back
02/10/2004 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was using a come-along to move a motor into place when it sliped causing him to lose his balance and strick his head on a pice of angle iron straining his neck
02/09/2004 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was in the process of replacing troughing rollers when the roller fell over ontop of his right thumb. This caused the employee to receive a smash causing laceration that required stiches.
01/31/2004 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE WAS OPENING DOOR WHEN THE WIND CAUGHT THE DOOR SLAMING IT ON HIS FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
01/05/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HELPING REPLACE 3""VALVE ON THE DISCHARGE SIDE OF SLURY PUMP HE WAS HOLDING THE VALVE WHILE IT WAS BEING WELDED. EE RECEIVED ARC FLASH BURNS TO THE EYES.
12/19/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING 48"" TROUGHING IDLER UPON CATWALK TO BE PUT ON AFTER SETTING IDLERS DOWN. EMPLOYEE UNHOOKED CHAIN FROM IDLERS ONE OF THE IDLERS STARTED TO FALL OFF THE CATWALK. EMPLOYEE RE ACHED...
11/12/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE DRILL RIG. AS HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND AND PUT HIS WEIGHT ON THE FOOT THAT WAS ON THE GROUND, THE ROCK HE WAS STEPPING ONTO SHIFTED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL, ROLLING HI S RIGHT...
11/10/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE WAS SPLICING CONVEYOR BELT WHEN WORK WAS COMPLETED EE WAS GATHERING TOOLS WHEN THE BELT CLAMPS FELL OVER ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT. EE WAS TAKEN TODR FOR XRAYS & TREATMENT ON 11/10/03. EE WAS PLA CED ON...
11/03/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 47d restricted EE WAS CHANGING TROUGHING IDLERS OUT ON A CONVEYOR WHILE THE EE WAS PULLING THE OLD IDLER OUT HEATTEMPTED TO DROP THE OLD IDLER TO THE GROUND ITHIT EE'S RIGHT FOOT. EE WAS TAKEN TO DR TO HAVE IT XRAYE...
10/24/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE ALLEGED THAT WHILE BEING LOADED WITH BOULDERS THE LOADER OPERATOR DUMPED THE ROCKS TO HARD CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SHAKE AND INJURING THE EE'S BACK. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 10-23-03 SHIFT BU T HAPPE...
09/10/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 18d restricted EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER A SCRUBBER TO CLEAR OUT A SLURRY LINE WHEN HE SLIPPED LOSING HIS FOOTING & HE FELL ABOUT 31 FT DOWN THE DISCHARGE CHUTE. EE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT . RECEI...
08/21/2003 ELECTRICAL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 68d restricted EE WAS REPLACING WIRING THAT HAD BURNED INTO. THE EE HAD CHECKED THE POWER TO SEE IF IT WAS SAFE TO WORK ONT HE BREAKER BOX THAT MORNING. HE AND OTHER EE WERE REPLAICNG THE WIRING AND CONDUIT ON FP-30...
08/15/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS AT C-11 CONVEYOR LIFTING IDLERS UP TO THE HEAD PULLEY AREA WITH A CRANE. AFTER THE IDLERS WERE LIFTED TO THE CATWALK THE EE UNHOOK THEM FROM THE CHAIN THE IDLERS FELL OVER CATCHING HIS HAND BET...
08/04/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS TAKEN A SIGN OF THE PRINTER HOUSE DOOR. WHEN EE STEPPED DOWN, EE TWISTED LEFT ANKLE. EE WAS TAKEN TO DR ON 8-4-03. EE WAS FITTED WITH BRACE WAS INSTRUCTED TO WEAR BRACE TILL RELEASED BY DR ON 8...
07/02/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS HELPING INSTALL A 54: RETURN IDLER ON A FIELD CONVEYOR. THE EE HAD ONE END PUT IN AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE OTHER END IN WHEN THE CHAIN THEY WERE USING TO HELP LIFT THE IDLER IN PLA CE SLIP...
05/24/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE WAS WORKING AT THE PUMP BARGE TRYING TO RESTART THE PUMP FOR PLANTS TO START UP. STORMS HAD MOVED IN EARLY THAT MORNING KNOCKING THE POWER OUT FOR A SHORT TIME, EE HAD STARTED THE PUMPS AND WAS WAL...