Downingtown Quarry — Accidents

Total: 67 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/19/2026 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Miner exited work truck to begin drilling. Slipped and fell on ice/snow following snowfall.
07/07/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 10d restricted Employee was moving a section of 12"" hose with the telehandler. They attempted to extend the boom out to place it down while on an uneven surface. The outriggers were not extended and the vehicle rol...
03/11/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was repositioning PPE when a small piece of metal went into right eye. After flushing eye, employee received medical treatment for a scratch to cornea.
02/29/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted Employee was erecting steel and placed hand in pinch point causing a laceration to the tip of the left ring finger without damage to the fingernail requiring stitches.
02/15/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 340d lost Employee's right little finger was caught between digging bar and back plate resulting in a laceration requiring stitches and a fracture to the finger.
11/16/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employees hand was pinched between a metal plate and the magnet on C6 Conveyor.
05/24/2023 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 4d restricted Felt a pop in knee while exiting rear of straight truck
05/22/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tying rebar mat on the ground and tripped. Employee got laceration to right arm from falling on end of rebar.
10/12/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted Employee was operating a Haul Truck when the truck bounced, causing injury to employee's back.
08/20/2022 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 115d lost Tested voltage using wrong equipment creating an arc which burned employee.
10/29/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While cleaning material around the access hatch on C1 Conveyor the employee lifted the hatch and twisted their back. Employee felt pain in their back but did not report it to management until 11/1/202...
09/17/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Employee injured their left pinky finger while placing an outrigger support plate back on the crane.
01/29/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee using a pedestal grinder in shop when EE's right thumb contacted the grinding wheel. Employee was treated at hospital and released.
06/04/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 10d restricted Employee was cleaning between Screen 6 & 7 when employee attempted to move a metal plate on the ground. Employee felt a pop in their groin. Employee was taken to clinic for evaluation.
06/02/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 74d restricted Employee attempted to remove a stuck safety chain on a crane block. The workers finger got caught in the block and resulted in a injury to EE's left hand.
04/27/2020 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 160d lost, 123d restricted Employee was welding on a metal strip which was caught in a feed chute of a crusher. The metal was cut free and sprung out hitting the employee and knocking the employee backwards.
08/14/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 280d restricted While pushing a piece of plywood employee felt pop in right shoulder.
04/25/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted While placing lifting strap on pipe employee experienced a strain to lower back.
01/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Miner was working on bearing housing when they felt a pop in the lower back.
08/01/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee received a slight bruise to EE's right leg while moving a metal plate on top of a crusher.
03/08/2018 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 31d lost, 62d restricted A hydraulic hose on the employee's service truck outrigger got caught. The employee reached in to free the hose. EE began to retract the outrigger to gain slack in the hose and did not realize that a...
02/21/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 9d restricted While adjusting crusher setting employee tripped over cable strung between crusher assembly and loader. Employee fell onto walkway causing contusion on left knee.
11/08/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was attempting to rotate the rotor inside the primary crusher. EE said had heard a pop in back. It got stiff.
11/07/2017 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was rushing out of the lunchroom to avoid clocking in late and struck head on the corner of the door, causing a laceration and bump.
10/05/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing up a berm to check water flow and a rock shifted causing employee to lose footing and fell forward with hand extended causing a laceration between pinky and ring finger. Required...
01/12/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 353d lost, 104d restricted EE was assisting on the repair of a broken water pipe under the secondary tower. After they were finished EE was walking under the tower and got foot caught in hoses causing EE to trip and fall resul...
12/12/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was taking a conveyer pulley off a pallet. EE squatted and bent down to lift one end up and roll it off the pallet. As EE did EE twisted slightly causing EE to have pain in the lower left s...
07/21/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was cleaning a spray nozzle on S-17 while standing on the catwalk alongside screen frame. Employee's foot slipped on the wet surface of the catwalk and wedged between the catwalk and screen...
04/07/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While ee was priming the fuel pump at tank 1 EE put fuel into the priming tube of the pump. Started the pump and went up on the truck to see if it primed. It didn't act like it primed so EE went bac...
09/21/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was removing the drain plug on the transmission of a piece of mobile equipment. While performing this task the employee strained his left shoulder.
07/13/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted While employee was climbing the steps on a Caterpillar 777 Haul Truck the employee strained his lower back.
04/28/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 47d restricted Removing pipe flange from SP-5 rental pump, employee was holding flange so co-worker could get a bolt out when bolt came out flange fell to the ground pinching employee's left index finger between fal...
11/10/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee had picked up a drum of wire in order to place it on turn table. He lost his grip on it. When he tried to catch it, he felt a pull
07/07/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Occupational illness had a standard threshold shift in hearing evaluation of 26 decibels.
05/14/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 28d restricted While attempting to lift a cover plate to expose a broken hydraulic hose on a 980 Cat loader employee felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. He was treated for an abdomen strain & returned to restricted du...
05/28/2011 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While the IW was inspecting a siphon line on a water pump an insect crawled up his shirt sleeve. The insect bit the IW on the shoulder. This incident was reported by the IW 3 days after it occurred....
04/20/2011 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was removing a gear box from a stacking conveyor. As the IE was standing on the conveyor, the conveyor frame broke and the IE was struck in the right arm by a hand shovel that bec...
04/20/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 75d lost, 14d restricted IE was standing on a conveyor catwalk when the conveyor frame broke. Sudden drop of the conveyor caused the employee to fall. As employee was falling he grabbed the handrail and strained his shoulder...
07/26/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 232d lost Employee was assisting on blast crew as a driver & laborer. He was attempting to exit the rear of a straight van truck. He was using the rear door and door frame as hand holds & was reaching with foot...
05/03/2010 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 15d restricted EE was pushing a wheel barrel and was too close to an Ibeam. He bumped into it and hit his hand.
03/01/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 7d restricted Employee reported on 3-1-2010 he felt pain in right groin while assisting in lifting a steel plate..he did not request medical treament at the time of report. 12 days later he did seek medical treame...
09/11/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 40d lost Employee is still complaining of pain in left thumb.....Went to the doctors again and this time put him on modified duty.
08/07/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Trip over door jamb going into building.
07/30/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing down from conveyor head pulley chute and slipped off of a shaft for the flop gate. His leg scraped against the shaft as he fell and scraped his leg causing lacerations.
01/19/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Pain in the left thumb. Employee went to his own family doctor and then referred to the company's doctor. Doctor says it is trigger thumb from repeating motion by pulling on the handle to loader.
11/10/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was getting off bobcat when his right foot got caught between the frame of the bobcat and frame of the bucket causing injured ee to fall striking his knee on the top of the bucket, which caus...
08/21/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Conveyor belt needed a small piece cut off of it. Employee had a utility knife, pulling it towards himself slipping off of belt & cutting himself.
05/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 10d restricted When working on a hose line under a haul truck, ee twisted his body while trying to reach a hose and pulled his lower back muscle.
10/18/2007 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE was helping co-worker with welding a plate for shaker 2 & something went into employee's left eye causing pain. He then went to Occupational Health & they referred him to eye doctor. He has a scrat...
05/10/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EE was washing off a concrete pad with a high pressure water hose, when hose broke and struck EE in the leg, causing injury.