County Road B Quarry — Accidents

Total: 89 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/01/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Bending & Lifting - low back pain
11/09/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Minor was using a hammer & chisel to split limestone when he struck his middle finger on the right hand smashing it.
07/19/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was carring a piece of limestone to be transferred onto a pallet, when he twisted wrong to set it in place.
05/06/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 5d restricted While stacking a piece of quarry limestone on a pallet, miner lost his footing and slipped on the uneven quarry floor. He then dropped the stone on his left leg just above the knee and twisted his le...
03/26/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Minor was transferring limestone from the ground & then stacking it on pallets when he later noticed his back was hurting. No significant injury at the time just continuous bending, lifting, & twisti...
02/19/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 5d restricted Miner was transferring a piece of limestone from the scale to a pallet when his toe got tripped up on the front of the pallet. Miner stumbled and jolted his back while bending and holding the stone,...
10/30/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted Employee was using a 2-6 lb hammer to split raw stone material. His left foot/leg was raised for leverage while he was swinging. As the stone broke the chisel moved and he hit his ankle/foot with th...
10/24/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was using a 2-6 lb hammer to break a limestone slab apart. His left foot/leg was raised for leverage while he was swinging, and he hit his foot.
08/29/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 20d restricted Employee reported lower back pain on 9/19/06.
08/23/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 3d restricted Employee was lifting a piece of limestone when he felt a pull in his lower groin area.
08/23/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was chiseling on a limestone slab when a piece of metal from the chisel flew into his left leg and embedded.
08/21/2006 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 2d restricted Employee reported leg pain in upper part of left leg. Unknown activity when / why pain started.
08/16/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading the conveyor table with limestone slabs and a small piece got stuck in the rollers, so he tried to slide the piece loose and his hand got pinched between the rollers.
07/18/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was feeding the conveyor with limestone from a pallet when the pallet gave out, the stone fell onto left leg & foot resulting in a large, deep laceration to his left leg & a contusion to his...
07/10/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tranferring limestone from pallet to conveyor, when limestone dropped on right leg causing laceration
07/07/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 6d restricted Employee was walking through dark maintenance shop & stepped on a piece of angle iron & twisted left foot - resulting in fracture in foot.
06/22/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While transferring stone from one pallet to another, stone broke and fell on knee and upper leg.
06/21/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While tranferring limestone from wood pallet to landscape truck, stone spun pinching finger between the top limestone & limestone underneath.
06/13/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None while transferring limestone slab from pallet to feeding the conveyor, the pallet shifted and the stone was farther out on pallet and leg brushed against causing an abrasion
06/01/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None while feeding the conveyor with limestone slabs, a piece gave out and it dropped on left foot
05/19/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Repetitive lifting of limestone caused lumbar strain
04/25/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None while stacking limestone on pallets employee dropped a limestone slab on right foot
04/14/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee was chiseling a piece of limestone, when a foreign body flew into left eye.
09/09/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was hitting a piece of stone with a sledge hammer and he noticed he couldn't bend or grasp anything when he was done.
08/24/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was striking a piece of stone with a hammer & chisel and a piece of stone chipped off and flew up and hit him in the nose and sliced it open.
08/05/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was chiseling off a 1"" layer of stone when a piece flew up and hit him in the arm and sliced it open.
07/28/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was striking a piece of stone with a hammer and a piece of stone chipped off and enbedded in right cheek.
10/05/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EE WAS DRIVING THE WATER TRUCK UP AN INCLINE. TRUCK STOPPED RUNNING, THEN STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS HITTING A WALL. EE HEAD SLAMMED INTO THE BACK WINDOW RESULTING IN HEAD AND NECK PAIN.
08/25/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE CUT HIS RT. FOREARM ON A PIECE OF METAL THAT HAD BECOME JAGGED FROM CONTINUALLY BEING HIT BY STONE.
08/07/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost SMASHED LT. RING FINGER BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF STONE.
06/07/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A SMALL PIECE OF STONE THAT WAS BEING SPLIT HIT EMPLOYEE'S EYEBROW.
05/06/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 9d restricted EE WAS LIFTING PIECES OF STONE FROM A PALLET AND PUTTING THE PIECES ON A CONVEYOR BELT TO BE CUT. EE FINISHED THE WORK DAY. THE NEXT DAY HE SAID HIS BACK WAS SORE & WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR. HE SH OULD NO...
04/11/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING PIECES OF STONE (APPROX 20 LBS) EACH OFF A PALLET AND PLACING ON THE CONVEYER BELT WHEN HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN ANOTHER PIECE.
04/02/2003 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 5d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF STONE WITH HYDRA SPLIT. AS HE PUSHED A PIECE INTO THE MACHINE IT GOT CAUGHT ON THE ROLLERS AND HE JAMMED HIS ARM.
08/12/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING STONE ON PALLETS WHEN HE CUT HIS LEG ON A PIECE OF STONE THAT WAS ALREADY ON A PALLET. EMPLOYEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO WEAR LONG PANTS.
06/28/2002 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS STACKING CUT STONE ON A PALLET WHILE WALKING BETWEEN TWO PALLETS HE CUT HIS LEG ON A PIECE THAT WAS ALREADY STACKED ON A PALLET.
02/18/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF STONE. AS HE PUSHED A PIECE INTO MACHINE HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF STONE & CAUGHT & CUT HIS LT. FOREARM. EE WAS TOLD TO MAKE SURE HE HAS A GOOD GRIP ON STONE.
09/04/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 9d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO SPLIT OPEN A PIECE OF STONE WITH A HAMMER AND WEDGE WHEN HE HIT THE STONE A PIECE BROKE OFF AND HIS NATURAL INSTINCTWAS TO TRY AND CATCH IT. HE SHOULD HAVE LET THE PIECE FALL TO...
05/02/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING STONE FROM CONVEYOR & STACKING ON PALLET. HE CUT ARM ON A PIECE THAT WAS STICKING OFF PALLETS. EMPLOYEES WERE REINFORCED TO MAKE SURE STONE IS STACKED SQUARELY ON PALLETS SO NOT...