Earthworks Site #1 — Accidents

Total: 79 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/19/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING LUMBER WITH A CHOP SAW AND THE BLADE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
06/11/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was stacking product on a pallet. He was trying to force a piece of stone in between two others and the piece suddenly went between them. When the stone slipped in between them it caught hi...
05/29/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was getting ready to hone a piece of stone. He realized his grinder was unplugged. He then plugged the grinder in and the paddle switch was stuck. This led to the grinder taking off and ca...
09/23/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing bolts on machine when the wrench broke and he fell on the ground. He landed on his left arm.
07/18/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 4d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A SLAB FROM THE SAW BAY. HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO LIFT A SLAB IN ORDER TO BLOCK IT UP FOR THE CRANE STRAPS. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED OUT AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE...
04/16/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 40d restricted Employee was entering case 95xt skid steer when slabs by the machine fell over and caught the employee's foot between the skid steer and the stone.
03/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING STONE ON PALLET WHEN THE STONE BROKE AND FELL ONTO HIS MIDDLE FINGER.
02/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling frozen rocks when they came loose and jammed back onto his finger.
12/06/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was honing stone and made contact with disc before the grinder stopped turning.
10/04/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 126d lost EE was stepping across an empty pallet, when a board broke and his foot fell through the pallet, twisting his right knee.
07/09/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee alleges he was running stone through splitter & was not paying close enough attention to where his hands were. He brought the chisels down and caught his hand in between the slab and the chis...
04/30/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 10d restricted Contract worker was throwing away a piece of scrap stone into a rock bin and pinched the tip of his little finger off between the rock and steel bin wall.
02/23/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee alleger he was getting out of the 95 xt case skidstear and his foot got stuck in the mast as he was exiting the machine to fuel it. It caused him to spin around and strike his back on the fro...
07/31/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee alleges he had his hand resting on a pallet and a rock sitting on the pallet fell over onto his hand. The stone that fell over was shaped like a tall building brick.
03/26/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 28d restricted Removing rock from end feed of park industries splitter. Co-worker had placed 3 lb hammer in slot on conveyor. Smashed hand between rock and hammer head that was sticking up from the out feed belt.
03/14/2008 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 18d restricted Had hand on stone between two stones looking towards end of belt. Operator moved conveyor forward and rocks hit together, smashing his finger.
02/26/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was ending his shift by wrapping the cord of a 4 1/2"" sander to prepare to put it away and he did not unplug the cord first. He accidentally hit the trigger and engaged the sander and it...
01/22/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 2d restricted The employee was standing in front of a rock that was sitting on a 4x4 that was going to be placed on a pallet. To make it mobile, an employee was in the skid steer and attempted to get out of the mac...
01/04/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 1d restricted Employee alleges he was taking a 25 ls rock from the 24"" saw and placing if on a pallet when he felt a pop in his back and the pain started medical history ceviled he had the same thing happen 4 othe...
06/17/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None The contracted employee was installing 4"" PUC pipe in the splitter plant overhead from a man lift approx 12 ft above floor and 4-5 ft from ceiling. Throughout the installation procedure PUC glue and...
06/10/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost EE HAD REMOVED GOOD ROCK FROM SAW BAY, LEAVING END PIECES STANDING. HE THEN REMOVED ANOTHER STACK OF GOOD ROCK, HITTING THE SCRAP ROCK CAUSING A DOMINO EFFECT WHILE STANDING AT THE END OF THE LAST RO...
05/19/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 228d lost EE WS SPLITTING ROCK WITH HYDRASPLITTER. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPLIT OFF A PCJ OF SCRAP OFF A STONE & LET THE TOP HEAD MOVE DOWN TO LOW TO RECOVER THE MACHINE WITH HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE ROCK. NO SAFET...
10/28/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost EE ALLEGES SHE WAS CLEANING UNDER SPLITTER OUTFEED BELT WHILE IT WAS IN THE RAISED POSITION WITH A GLOVED HAND. THE OPERATOR PUT THE BELT IN THE LOWERED POSITION WITH HER HAND IN THE WAY.
01/09/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost THREE EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING A 72' SAW BLADE. THEY PLACED THE BOTTOM OF THE BLADE ON A 4X4 AS USUAL BUT USED ONE THAT WAS ONLY 1' LONG INSTEAD OF AN 8' ONE LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. THE WE IGHT OF...
06/11/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EE ALLEGES HE WAS AIR BAGGING A SAW CUT AND HE SLIPPED IN THE SAW SLUG, GRABBED A ROCK TO CATCHHIMSELF AND CUT HIS HAND ON THE ROCK.
03/20/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost THE EE ALLEGES HE WAS REACHING UP A PILE OF ROCK TO RETRIEVE A ROCK AND HIS ANKLE TWISTED.
12/12/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A SLEDGE HAMMER WAS BEING USED TO CONSTRUCT A NEW PARTITION WALL IN THE SHOP. THE HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF THE EE'S GLOVED HANDS AND WAS FLUNG IN A PATH TO STRIKE EE BETWEEN THE EYES. HE SLUNG HI S HEAD...
10/24/2000 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost THE EE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN OR HOW HE HURT HIS BACK AT WORK, HE IS ASSUMING HE DID. HE FELT FINE AFTER WORK, WENT TO BED AND WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY WITH BACK PAIN.
01/04/2000 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE WAS TERMINATED ON JAN. 4, 2000. HE THEN IMPLIED HE HAD A HERNIA WHICH HE HAD RECEIVED WHILE WORKING FOR OUR COMPANY. AT NO TIME DID EE REPORT ANY INJURY TO SUPERVISOR OR ANYONE AT OUR MAIN OFFICE....