Espinoza Stone, Inc — Accidents
Total: 34 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/19/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 25d lost | Cleaning Saw Barn Trench. Left Shoulder hurt. |
| 04/06/2021 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 70d lost, 12d restricted | Skid steer operator was placing a block on a feed table and employee's finger got in the way. |
| 06/22/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 40d lost | Employee was loading rocks onto the thin veneer machine when lower back began to hurt and employee could not stand. Employee had previous back issues employee did not disclose before being hired to h... |
| 02/20/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES | None | A person came on site and did not let the office know they were on site. They began looking at rocks they may want to purchase and was wandering around the site unsupervised. Person was climbing on ro... |
| 12/06/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was exiting the porta-potty and rolled EE's ankle |
| 06/26/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 90d lost | The employee was stacking rocks and felt a pain in EE's chest. EE appears to have a hernia. |
| 09/09/2017 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 199d lost | Employee was running the red chopper when ee placed a small rock in the chopper to be chopped. At this time the chopper chopped the rock the employee was holding the rock with left hand the chopper ba... |
| 01/10/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Was placing a #8 rock in container at this time an employee was not looking and went to throw a rock at this time rock came in contact with said employee Right index finger causing a cut on top of and... |
| 11/07/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Rock on conveyer belt started to fall off the conveyer and employee reached for the rock causing EE to get EE's right index finger caught between rock and guard. |
| 10/27/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was helping push a rock manually with a rock bar at this time another EE started to chop a rock at this time a small rock broke off of the rock that was being chopped and came back and struck EE in... |
| 03/09/2016 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 15d lost | Employee was talking to the skid-loader driver about what rocks should be put on the rack to be chopped. Said employee was bantering with the skid-loader driver, the driver then reached up to shut the... |
| 07/24/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was getting a rock off the belt and it fell on the top of his hand causing a laceration to his finger and wrist and causing bruising |
| 07/15/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 30d lost, 77d restricted | Employee was picking up a rock that was 12"" height x 20"" length, approximately 80 pounds. He set the rock on the belt to be split and his hand was under the rock. This caused a laceration to his lef... |
| 03/23/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | EE WAS AT THE RED CHOPPER STATION TO HELP. APPROXIMATELY AROUND 2:45, HE SAT DOWN FROM WORKING ON THE CHOPPER BECAUSE OF A CRAMP IN HIS LEFT LEG. WITH HIS HEAD ON HIS ARMS, ON KNEES, WOUND UP FALLING... |
| 01/05/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 8d lost | Jessie was getting out of his loader and missed the last rung and slipped and fell. He 'tweaked' his back in catching himself. |
| 12/04/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 9d lost | DENTON WAS ""THROWING ROCK"" INTO THE BIN AND WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THE BIN BEING FULL, RATHER THAN EMPTY. HE SMASHED HIS RIGHT-MIDDLE FINGER, WHILE HOLDING A ROCK, AGAINST ROCK THAT WAS ALREADY... |
| 05/12/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 5d lost | EMPLOYEE SAYS HE WAS PICKING UP A 10"" BUFF BLOCK TO PALLETIZE AND FELT HIS BACK STRAIN. HE REPORTED TO HIS IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR, AND THEN LATER REPORTED TO THE GENERAL MANAGER AS HE WAS LEAVING EARLY... |
| 04/23/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 100d lost | EE SAYS THAT AS HE REACHED OVER TO TAKE A LARGER THAN USUAL ROCK OFF OF THE CONVEYOR TO PUT INTO THE BIN, HE FELT HIS LEFT KNEE TWIST WITH A SHARP PAIN. EE DID NOT REPORT AS AN 'ACCIDENT', AND EXPECT... |
| 10/11/2013 | OTHER | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 5d lost | Snake bite to right thumb area |
| 03/05/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 100d lost | Employee was stacking pallets and a rock fell from rock pile onto his right hand. He was taken to the ER for a possible break. |
| 12/04/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 46d lost | EE thought they were finished with the job and that no more rocks were to come off the conveyer and he turned away and one more rock came off the conveyer that rolled off and fell on his right toe. Th... |
| 08/18/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 3d lost, 5d restricted | Palatalizing rock from out of the rock bins and turned, which cause employee to pull muscle in his back. |
| 11/22/2011 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 99d lost, 22d restricted | Employee was resting his feet on the skid as he was waiting for the crew to make more product when he lowered the boom of the skid onto his feet |
| 05/05/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | 62d lost | Miner was checking the saw belt while saw WAS NOT running. His hand slipped and hand fell onto saw blade and cut his right thumb and the knuckle. Miner was taken to Hendricks Hospital in Abilene Texas... |
| 07/12/2010 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Employee was lifting rock into metal bin, rock slipped from hand and caught finger between rock and steel bin |
| 02/12/2009 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | When splitting rock, the rock came back, hitting his left hand and jammed his hand between the rocks. |
| 04/18/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was polishing a rock. He advised me that the rock spun out of his hand, mashing his right ring finger and pinkie. When asked why this wasn't reported immediately, he advised me he didn't think it w... |
| 04/16/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Other EE was piling rocks and he didn't see that EE was behind him and a rock landed on his left thumb. He was taken to Stamford Hospital where x-rays were taken. Diagnosis was a broken left thumb. Th... |
| 02/07/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 21d lost | Employee was stacking rocks on pallets at the blue spitter when he mashed his finger. |
| 01/29/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 12d lost | EE was loading Thin Veneer. He stopped working because his arm was hurting him. He told his immediate supervisor that he pulled a muscle. He was sent to the hospital in Stamford for treatment. |
| 10/29/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 13d lost | EE was standing on a pile of rocks to lift one and load it on the belt. He slipped on the rocks and when he fell the rock landed on his chest. He sustained injuries to his chest and back. He was trans... |
| 10/16/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 6d lost | EE dropped a large rock on his right foot. He was taken to the Stamford Hospital where x-rays were taken. There were three views taken with no evidence of fracture or acute deformity. |
| 07/19/2006 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 1d restricted | Employee was tightening a bolt with a crescent wrench and the wrench broke hitting him in the upper forehead. He was sent to the local doctor and treated. The clinic prescribed him pain relief medic... |
| 05/24/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | An employee was moving rock across rollers at splitter. Another employee pushed a rock pinning his finger in between the two rocks. There were no broken bones & no stitches were required. The docto... |