Canarico Quarries — Accidents

Total: 28 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/09/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost EE works for Securitas Security Services of PR, a company contracted to provide security services. EE claims that EE fell from a four-track in front of the entrance to the shop. This fall caused EE in...
12/16/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost When the door of the machine was closed, the middle finger of the right hand was caught.
03/07/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost He was working on the removal of a cover focus. When cover focus loosen pricking his finger between the cover and railing of the manlift.
01/30/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost He suffered a cut on the finger of the right hand. This happened while cutting chain with acetylene the D-11N. He put his hand on the chain that stay suspended in the final drive, but by cutting the l...
10/28/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost He slipped down from the excavator 330 L injuring his face.
09/10/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee climbed the stairs on a dump truck that was loading material beneath a storage silo to verify the quantity of material being loaded. While descending down the stairs, employee's wedding ring...
09/07/2007 MACHINERY FATALITY Fatal For unexplained reasons, the miner gained access to a secondary road, adjacent from where he was instructed to do road maintenance. Miner removed berm and came too close to road edge, loosing control...
06/11/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost While employee was lubricating some part of a Caterpillar Loader 988, he signaled the operator of the loader to move the bucket of the loader. When the operator moved the bucket, the employee got his...
06/09/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Allegedly, while employee was tighting a nut in an equipment tire's rim, the wrench left his hand and struck the employee's left eye. The employee received first aid including six stitches.
08/21/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee was removing a hydraulic hose from an excavator. After hose was removed, the employee's hand continued to travel because of the force exerted to remove the hose, hitting the excavator boom's...
07/11/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost While employee was using a hammer & a bar to remove the pins off the bucket of an excavator, he felt pain on his right elbow.
04/04/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost EE FELT BACK PAIN AND WENT TO THE STATES WORKMANS COMPENSATION FUND
01/10/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 105d lost The operator claims that while he was operating a hydraulic excavator, the machine made an abrupt movement and he felt pain in his lower back.
02/24/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost Allegedly, EE was changing a drill rod of the drilling machine and felt pain in his lower back.
11/04/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost HE WAS GOING TO LIFT A WOOD PALLET AND HE GOT PINCH WITH NAIL IN HIS LEFT HAND.
03/03/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 279d lost AFTER GETTING HIS TRUCK LOADED, EE GOT UP ON TRUCK TO COVER THE MATERIAL. HE WAS TOLD BY ANOTHER EE TO COME DOWN AND THEY BOTH WOULD COVER IT. WHILE COMING DOWN, HE FELL TO THE GROUND. HE TOLD WITNESS...
10/07/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost CHECKING THE TAILGATE OF A DUMP TRUCK HE SLIPPED AND THE TAILGATE FELL AND PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER.
07/12/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost EE WAS ABSENT THE DAY BEFORE 7-11-02 BECAUSE HE HAD A BACKACHE. THE NEXT DAY HE CAME TO WORK THE NEXT DAY BUT HE STILL HAD THE BACKACHE, WHILE GETTING READY ONE OF THE LOADERS WHICH HE WAS GOI NG TO W...
06/04/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost CHECKING A PORTABLE COMPRESSOR THAT HAD TURNED OFF BECAUSE THE COMPRESSOR NEEDED WATER. WHEN TAKING OFF THE TOP, THE EMPLOYEE THOUGHT IT WAS COLD ALREADY BUT THE WATER WAS STILL HOT AND BURNT HIS LEFT...
05/10/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO TAKE OUT A PART FROM THE TRUCK WHICH COULD NOT COME OUT. WHEN HE FINALLY WAS ABLE TO TAKE IT OUT HE PULLED IT AND CUT HIS INDEX FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
02/13/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost HE WAS COMING DOWN THE STAIRS TO DRINK WATER & SLIPPED HURTING HIS WRIST OF HIS RT. HAND.
10/01/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost CLEANING THE PLANT AREA OF THE QUARRY WENT TO PICK UP A PIECE OF SCREEN AND SLIPPED WITH HIS OWN FOOT, FELL AND HURT HIS LEFT WRIST.
09/28/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost HE WAS WORKING WITH A DUMP TRAILER AND A PIECE OF METAL FELL FROM THE DUMP, HITTING HIS LEFT SHOULDER. PUTTING DUMP TRAILER ON THE HITCH.
01/02/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost CLEANING A HOLE, NEXT TO HIM WAS A HOSE WITH OILFOR THE DRILLING MACHINE (TAMROCK RANGER 700). THE HOSE SPLASHED SOME OIL INTO HIS EYE.
10/11/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost CHANGING A TIRE. HURT HIS BACK. WENT TO A PRIVATE DR. DID NOT REPORT IT TO THE OFFICE UNTIL 10-17-00.
09/13/2000 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal A FATA ACCIDENT ACCOURED IN THE BC-03 PRIMARY CRUSHER AREA. THE GEHL MODEL 3825 SKID STEER LOADER OPEARTOR WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE BUCKET ARM AND FRONT FRAME CRUSHIG HIS HEAD.
04/15/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost SLIPPED AND HURT LEFT FOOT, HAD SAFETY BOOTS.
02/14/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost LIFTING A BAG OF AMONIA OF 55 PDS. TO PUT IN THE PICK-UP TO PROCEDE WITH A BLASTING HURT HIS BACK.