Drummond Dolomite, Inc. — Accidents
Total: 69 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/29/2026 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | EE was hauling tailing pond waste in a Volvo A60. When the EE attempted to dump the material about 30 tons remained frozen in the box and when putting the box back down it slammed hard, shaking the ca... |
| 10/20/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | ee was assisting with a belt pull. When pushing on the belt, felt a pop in EE's knee. was evaluated and was put off work. |
| 10/06/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | ee was climbing up stairs; reached out to grab the handrail and felt pain in middle back area. |
| 08/23/2025 | ENTRAPMENT | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 5d lost, 11d restricted | after drawing out feeder chute and running it dry, ee locked out belt and feeder and crawled up into chute to investigate a potential obstruction. After poking around with a pry bar, material from the... |
| 08/02/2025 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 56d lost | employee was using a long pry bar to hit the side of the chute to help clear the built up stone. EE was twisting while struck the chute and felt a sharp pain in EE's lower back. |
| 07/29/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | ee was moving a diesel pump in the quarry. ee picked up the suction hose and felt a strain in their back. |
| 12/08/2024 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was walking across the parking lot when EE slipped on the ice and fell. EE's face made contact with the ground, causing EE's safety glasses to push into EE's forehead resulting in a small laceratio... |
| 11/01/2024 | MACHINERY | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 24d restricted | EE was using a torch to cut the cutting edge on a loader, a large piece of it fell and landed on EE's left foot resulting in a fracture. |
| 06/10/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE picked up a large stone to remove it from the roadway. As EE picked it up, it broke into pieces. A sharp edge of the stone cut the ee's finger. Laceration requires stitches. No further restriction... |
| 05/08/2024 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | EE lost control of haul truck & veered off haul road. Operator sustained minor bruising from seatbelt. Cause of incident under investigation - weather conditions unfavorable at the time. |
| 01/31/2024 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 351d lost | On 2-1-24 EE reported to EE's foreman that on the previous work day1-31-24, EE's buttocks were burned to the point of blisters. EE said these were caused by the seat warmer. When asked why EE did not... |
| 07/28/2021 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 17d lost | Injured was returning to the quarry with unloaded Cat tractor/trailer haul truck. Injured was momentarily distracted by an unidentified object on the left side of the haul road which caused EE to dri... |
| 06/07/2021 | OTHER | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 9d lost | A team of 4 employees was putting a pulley on #1 scalper. When ratcheting on a chain fall, the pulley slid/moved. Injured was not directly engaged with the pulley, but jumped backward when the pulle... |
| 08/26/2020 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 22d restricted | Injured was using a bar to clear a chute at the 21 ft. crusher when EE felt pain in the wrist. Injured did not report the incident until 08/31 when EE requested medical treatment. |
| 09/30/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Employee states that as EE was walking from EE's vehicle to the office to clock in, EE tripped over a piece of wood sticking out of the ground from a sign post that had previously broken. As EE fell,... |
| 06/04/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | Employee was accessing a haul truck by means of a cable type 3 step ladder when EE's foot slipped off the step and EE took the brunt of EE's weight with EE's left arm resulting with a strain to upper... |
| 04/24/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 103d lost, 102d restricted | Miner was performing clean-up activities using a water hose in a limited headroom area. As the miner was washing, EE hit head which caused EE to fall to the deck and breaking left leg, requiring surg... |
| 10/19/2018 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Employee suffered muscle strain and severe bruising after steering shaft broke on 768C haul truck. Broken shaft ripped supplemental steering harness out as well, leaving driver only able to hold on a... |
| 09/28/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 11d restricted | Employee was attempting to clear some material that had rolled under the trailer wheels of the truck and could not be reached with the equipment at hand. As ee exerted some force against the rock, ee... |
| 10/03/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 38d restricted | Employee was operating a hand flow gate in boat loading tunnel. Gate was stiff and employee felt a sharp pain in left shoulder. |
| 08/11/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 57d lost | Injured was greasing bearing on #2 conveyor top catwalk when the board he was walking on broke. |
| 06/22/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Injured was chipping slag after welding on a haul truck box when a piece of slag flew up and struck his eye lid. |
| 06/10/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While removing a hydraulic hose on L-480 (#31), hose flipped out of clamps and the hose had a tag end that was sharp and struck injured in the face/nose. |
| 06/05/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While taking a production check, caring a bag of stone, injured slipped when walking down catwalk (#6 Boom) and landed on his posterior (rear end). |
| 12/05/2014 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The injured employee was assisting in setting cables on the mill 7 ft crusher when the bulldozer operator was signaled to go ""back"". However, the operator thought he was signaled to go ""forward"",... |
| 09/18/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 6d lost | When reaching for oil can in back of pickup truck the injured felt strain to right side of ribs. |
| 08/22/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While in the ship garage changing a tire the injured was hooked on sharp steel. |
| 07/17/2014 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The injured was die grinding stainless steel parts in the maintenance shop. After grinding he looked up and metal fleck' s that were on his safety glasses fell into his eye. |
| 04/09/2014 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While jacking up (#40) 2003 Komatsu Haul Truck the injured employee stood up, hard hat flipped off, and walked into right front fender. |
| 03/04/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | The injured employee was getting out of his work truck by the gas pumps when he slipped on ice, hurting his back. |
| 10/09/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 5d restricted | The injured cut his knuckle of pointer finger on left hand while checking screens on Fine Tower, middle screen. |
| 09/18/2013 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 265d lost | The injured employee was driving production haul truck #43 when he went off the side of the haul road. |
| 08/08/2013 | OTHER | INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES | 1d lost | While operating #41 992 K Cat Wheel Loader loading production haul trucks, the injured employee was observed by one of the truck drivers as being in a stroke like condition. |
| 04/30/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 56d lost | While driving production haul truck #35, the injured employee attempted to move a rock approximately 30' X 30"" from the haul road. |
| 11/21/2012 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 10d lost | While welding cracks in the primary crusher main frame, the injured was doing a lot of twisting and turning and felt pain in his hip with increasing pain. |
| 11/13/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The injured EE was removing decorative rocks in front of the office. While putting the rocks in the bucket of the loader, he lost his grip on the rock and the rock smashed his left index finger. |
| 09/11/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 14d lost | Injury was putting Hydraulic Oil in #65 (1990 Kobelco K912 Excavator LC Mark II). When injured lifted a 5-Gal. can to pour into funnel he claims injuring his back. |
| 07/18/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | While loading some junk tires, the injured EE twisted wrong and hurt his back. |
| 06/29/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 9d lost | While installing 20 FT. of 2"" suction hose in pit pond, the injured was pushing hose and extended reach. Feet being in mud, twisted back. |
| 04/06/2012 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The injured was half way back into the surge tunnel inspecting and cataloging rust trip cable supports to replace when he tripped and fell. Nothing obvious on the floor. |
| 03/07/2012 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 50d lost, 32d restricted | Injured fell about 5 Ft. from the ladder he was working from. He was at the 92"" Screen Tower laying out holes to move a beam when the feet of the ladder slipped, and he fell to the ground landing on... |
| 03/06/2012 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The injured was half way back into the surge tunnel inspecting and cataloging rust trip cable supports to replace when he tripped and fell. Nothing obvious on the floor. |
| 09/29/2011 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The injured EE was grinding steel on the cutting table, about waist high, when a piece of steel came up from the grinding wheel and went up behind from the bottom of his safety glasses, lodging in his... |
| 06/24/2009 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 16d lost, 11d restricted | The injured was removing a trougher at the tail end of the weigh belt with a pry bar, his hand slipped into guard. |
| 05/16/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | The injured was removing a rock from the haul road when he felt pain in his groin. |
| 10/15/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Injured advised doctor that he was lifting rock from the crusher, when he experienced a burning sensation in the groin area. |
| 10/09/2007 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Injured was pulling out a drill tube with pliers when the pliers slipped off the tube striking the injured in the mouth and head. |
| 10/09/2007 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Ee was removing 6"" PVC pipe sections from the top of boreholes that were stuck in the muck & used a pair of pliers to try & gain a better grip. The ee was standing directly over the pipe using both h... |
| 08/14/2007 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The injured employee was removing rusted metal from back of #29 Mack truck using a 6"" angle grinder and pliers when he cut his hand while reaching over the grinder with the pliers to remove the metal... |
| 04/26/2007 | OTHER | INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES | 39d lost | The injured was cleaning the desks at the office using an aerosal spray, when she experienced a sore throat, difficulty breathing and a pain in her lower chest. |