Butler Quarry — Accidents
Total: 37 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/19/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 17d lost, 7d restricted | Material slid and fell striking employee's left leg/knee. |
| 12/14/2023 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 5d restricted | Employee twisted knee on right leg when slippery conditions caused employee to lose footing on CO9 chute while washing out CO8 conveyor. |
| 08/31/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using a pry-bar to dislodge a rock at the chute at CO5. The pry-bar slipped and smashed EE's little left finger between the pry-bar and another rock. After employee was evaluated by a phy... |
| 08/06/2022 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | Employee was attempting to bend light back out after it had been bent previously by someone else. Pipe wrench slipped and hit other hand that was on the boom injuring EE's finger. |
| 09/23/2021 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | pulling up piece of cat walk with chain hoist, employee had stopped applying pressure the neck of hoist on end of chain broke allowing hoist to strike employee in face. employee was taken by superviso... |
| 09/10/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Was adjusting strap on pipe slid and made contact with employee's left hand. Employee was seen at E R on 9/10/20 missed work on 9/11/20 and returned to duty on 9/12/20 |
| 02/19/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 64d restricted | EE stepped out of truck to retrieve ticket slipped caught foot between rail on scale and step of truck resulting in lumbar strain ee was put on restricted duty 02/28/2019 I was notified of this accide... |
| 10/02/2017 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 10d restricted | operating the 914 loader doing cleanup hit rough spot jamming back |
| 09/30/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee wrote that they were cutting a belt with the utility knife when it slipped off of the belt and punctured leg. Employee went to St. Elizabeth Health care and received four stiches, returned ba... |
| 01/28/2016 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 11d restricted | Employee crouched on one knee cutting a recoil spring. Spring popped causing employee to jump back on left foot spraining foot. |
| 10/26/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | Employee was cleaning out chute of the C 0 3 belt line while doing that his back froze up and started to hurt |
| 04/09/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 69d lost | The injured said that he was cleaning up tunnel #4. He had finished hosing the tunnel and was dragging the hose with him as he left. He tripped on a rock and fell forward into the superstructure of... |
| 02/25/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 22d lost | Injured was exiting the water truck and slipped from the top step because of material built up on steps. Injured slipped approximately 4 feet and twisted his left ankle when he landed. |
| 01/18/2013 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 21d restricted | The injured miner was attempting to move a rock with another miner who had wedged a jackhammer under the rock. The miner removed the jackhammer and the rock fell back to the ground smashing the injur... |
| 05/23/2011 | OTHER | INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES | 12d lost | Customer truck had arrived at the quarry and was being loaded his first load of the morning. Notified his employer that he was having chest discomfort. His employer sent him to mine office. |
| 11/24/2009 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | IW was working near primary screening operation. A large rock came off screen and hit IW on head. He was wearing hard hat and the suspension system in hard compressed and when it did it lacerated IW... |
| 11/04/2009 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | IW was assisting co-worker in preparing steel for welding, when a piece of rust came off of metal and went into left eye. |
| 10/30/2009 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 170d lost | IW was attempting to free a cable by kicking the cable |
| 08/12/2009 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | IW was cutting down tree with chainsaw, the tree fell into second tree causing first tree to kick back, hitting chainsaw and making the chainsaw hit employees right leg. |
| 07/31/2009 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | IW was closing drawer on file cabinet, drawer hung up, won't slide in and IW lifted right side of drawer and felt something ""pop"" in her left arm. |
| 07/02/2009 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While using a spud bar to clean out the syntron at Plant #1, the spud bar slipped causing the injured worker's left index finger to be pinched between the bar and the roof. |
| 04/15/2008 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Cutting a belt. |
| 07/25/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | 65d lost | IW's left little finger was smashed between two gears. |
| 05/15/2007 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Injured worker was in the proximity of another maintenance worker, who was grinding on steel plate. |
| 05/08/2007 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | IW walked into a protruding piece of steel that was stacked on a service truck. |
| 04/19/2007 | OTHER | INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES | 1d lost | Employee was exhibiting signs of breathing difficulty; he was having difficulty standing and moving/slurring his speech. BP was taken: 220/124. No injury on job just an onset of these conditions. H... |
| 04/05/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | IW WAS REPLACING SCREENING MEDIA AND SLIPPED DOWN DISCHARGE CHUTE |
| 02/15/2007 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Grinding steel plate to remove slag. |
| 12/12/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 28d lost | moving a piece of 1/4"" plate steel; slipped from grip and fell on right foot |
| 12/12/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | moving a piece of 1/4"" plate steel; slipped from grip and fell on right foot |
| 01/17/2005 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 149d lost | IW was stndng on the lft side of the trlr. The drvr chked the side mirror, he saw IW begin to walk away from the trlr. The drvr then noticed a pu truck approaching on the rt side. The drvr looked to s... |
| 11/30/2004 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was loading a steel plate onto the flatbed welding truck with a helper. The plate twisted and fell onto his finger, mashing and cutting the last knuckle area of his finger. |
| 07/12/2002 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING MUD OUT OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER'S FEEDER FLOOR UTILIZING A SHORT SPUD BAR AND A 10 LB SLEDGE HAMMER. HOLDING BAR WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND HOLDING THE HAMMER WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, EE... |
| 05/14/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS FUELING TANKS ON FUEL TRUCK AND HAD FINISHED ONE COMPARTMENT. WHEN CLOSING LID, HE PINCHED RT MIDDLE FINGER AT NAIL BETWEEN LID AND MAIN BODY. EE REPORTED IT IMMEDIATELY BUT IT REQUIRED NO FIRS... |
| 04/23/2002 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 10d restricted | EE WAS DRIVING STOCKPILE TRUCK AT #1 PLANT WHEN COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN. HE BELIEVES THAT MOTION/RIDE OF TRUCK CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN LOWER BACK. EE HAD SEEN A DOCTOR BUT NO CONCLUSIVE RES ULTS WE... |
| 04/11/2000 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 96d lost | EE S PLANT WAS IDLED THEREFORE EE WAS SENT WITH WATERTRUCK TO PIT TO WASH OUT RADIATOR OF FRONT END LOADER. EE RAISED RIGHT REAR COMPARTMENT HOOD AND TOOK WATER HOSE TO WASH OUT RADIATOR. AS E E WAS B... |
| 04/06/2000 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WENT TO CLEAN CHUTE THAT STOPPED UP AT 610 PLANT EE WAS USING A BAR (METAL BAR APPROX 6'LONG APPROX 15LBS IN WT ONE END IS FLATTENEND SPAD TO&OTHER IS TAMPING END)TO CLEAN HOLE. UPON COMPLE TION HE... |