Foreman Quarry & Plant — Accidents

Total: 227 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/14/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to tighten a bolt when the wrench he was using slipped off of the bolt. Employees fingers were slammed between wrench and floor.
01/09/2009 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 64d restricted Employee involved in incident was walking under a 4' high catwalk that had a conduit running 6"" underneath it. As he was walking under catwalk he bumped the conduit with his head causing a neck strai...
12/31/2008 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None A quarry operator had a confirmed STS shift as part of our Hearing Conservation plan. Quarry Operator operates an enclosed haul truck 8 hours per day. The employee indicated hunting as one of his off...
12/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Installing floor plates and one fell on his foot. Lowering floor plates into place.
12/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were carrying crosstie used as cribbing. One employee dropped his end which caused the injured employee to lose control of his end and drop it on his foot. The crosstie hit the injured w...
11/18/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a padeye off of ductwork using a metabo. The blade bound up in the material that was being cut and kicked back and went over the back of the employee's left hand causing a lacerat...
10/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was connecting a brace to the bottom of a column. As the employee was connecting, the brace slipped up on the column and pinched the employees left index finger.
10/24/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a 12lb mallett to strike a 2' long 2"" wrench. Employee swung the mallett and struck his left index finger with the mallett causing the employee to smash his finger. Employee was ta...
10/03/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employe swung a lanyard around a beam. The lanyard swung around the beam and hit the employee in the mouth and chipped his front two teeth.
10/02/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee observing a concrete pour. Pump truck belonging to company handling sanitation of work sites portable toilets began backing up. The employee was behind the truck. Employee was bumped in lower...
09/18/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted EE was lifting one end of a 7' steel beam, putting on forklift, when he felt minor discomfort in lower back.
09/16/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was cleaning up/covering work materials in a laydown yard work area, when he fell backwards over a pallet of material.
09/16/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was jackhammering buildup at the base of a bucket elevator. The buildup was 16-24"" tall and was 30"" wide. As he was jackhammering from the top of the buildup to the bottom the material slou...
09/10/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was welding in a spider (basket) when slack in cable stopped and dropped spider 2 feet abruptly, jerking employee against the hand rail striking left lower rib.
09/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The injured employee was attempting to untangle a small cable when the cable moved 2 inches due to the employees bracing moving causing the employee to suffer a cut and cracked bone on the tip of his...
08/26/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was loading brick on conveyor and brick got hung up. The controls to the conveyor were on the opposite side from where employee was standing. Employee jumped over conveyor to get controls. W...
08/25/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was placing safety lanyards around I-beams. To accomplish this, the employee was swinging the lanyards around the I-beams. As one of the lanyards was swung around the I-beam, the lanyards met...
08/16/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was preparing rigging for a crane in a fabrication area. Co-workers nearby were grinding metal. The injures employee got a burr in his left eye from sparks/debris thrown by the grinder. The i...
07/23/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was handling and stacking material. Employee got a headache and began feeling ill. Employee took a break and still felt ill. Employee then informed his supervisor that he still was not feelin...
07/23/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was newly hired and not conditioned to manual labor in warm weather. Employee was compacting dirt with a sand tamper and began feeling ill. Employee informed his supervisor that he wasn't fee...
07/03/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While flying a piece of grating into place with a 2250 crane, the grating hit a piece of existing steel. This contact caused a toe board which was welded onto the grating to be knocked off. The toe bo...
07/02/2008 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee had a seizure and fell over on to his side.
07/02/2008 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was weedeating and pitching trash around jobsite. At some point the employee developed a rash that he claimed was caused by poison ivy. The employee's supervisor could not find any poison ivy...
06/19/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee stepped off a crane and twisted his knee.
06/05/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was impacting bolts on iron structure. The bolts were above the employee's head and the employee's arms were outstretched overhead. While in the process of impacting, the employee strained hi...
06/04/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking on rebar mat with 1'x2' gapsin the rebar. Rebar is 4"" above corrogate decking. He took an awkward step in a groove which caused his foot to slip on the rebar. He felt a pop in le...
05/26/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee was lifting a 50lb SWDF Bucket when he felt a burning feeling in his lower back. Employee has had a prior surgery prior to begining employment here and also a medical case on his lower ba...
05/13/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was sitting at desk, she felt insect bite on her neck. She brushed it off, it fell into her right sleeve and bit her on the right bicep. Small lumps developed at the bite mark. She did not report t...
05/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was setting a channel iron and caught right hand pinky finger between the channel iron and an angle iron.
04/30/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 101d lost Based on the information that was provided the employee was either climbing onto the machine or off the machine and slipped and fell approx 6-7 feet. It is also possible he reached the work platform a...
03/24/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Assembling a boom section to a crane, when the tower section fell, creating this incident.
03/24/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Assembling a boom section to a crane, when the tower section fell, creating this incident.
03/10/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was power washing rebar and hit his foot with the spray.
01/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was doing maint. on a crane and went to exit when he closed the door on his finger.
12/26/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 58d restricted The employee involved in the incident was attempting to make a left turn using a walk behind loader when the controls became stuck in the left turn position which caused the machine to make a full cir...
08/11/2007 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was driving a golf cart when he hit a bump and a spider fell from the golf cart canopy and bit the employee on his left cheek. Employee was taken to seek medical attention on 08/17/2007 a...
06/24/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted Employee was jackhammering build-up when his jackhammer became wedged into some build-up. When employee jerked jackhammer attempting to free it he fell backwards onto his right shoulder. Employee requ...
06/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pushing on a piece of 2"" angle iron when he felt a pop in his shoulder. Employee requested to see DR on July 16th and was returned to work at full duty. Employee was given a prescription...
05/09/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking around the front of the cooling water tower and slipped on the concrete which was wet at the time injurying his left shoulder. Employee was first taken for observation and later t...
03/24/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 69d restricted The injured employee was attempting to free a stationary roller that a belt conveyor moved tires onto. As the employee was moving the roller the belt came on and caught his hand between the head pulle...
07/06/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 54d restricted The employee was attempting to reposition a 2"" by 6"" piece of rectangualr tubing that was 20' long onto a jackstand. The tubing fell off the jackstand and pinned the employees left wrist between the...
06/10/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Employee was pulling on a trunion jack when he felt a pain in his elbow. Elbow was returned to work at full duty but his condition regressed causing the employee to have surgery on 1-3-07. The employe...
06/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was lifting a 70 lb SWDF Pail when he felt a pain in his lower back. Employee reported accident on 6/8/06 and asked to go to the Dr. on 6/19/06 and was taken that day. Employee has had two hi...
04/03/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a vent-hose (4"" VAC hose) from camlock fitting. The hose hit him in the chest causing cement dust to enter under his safety glasses and land in his right eye.
03/23/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of insulation off of a new electrical wire when the knife he was using slipped off of the wire and cut his hand. Employee was taken to a clinic and received stitches. He w...
01/13/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost Employee was walking down stairs when he felt a pop in his left knee. This resulted in a tendon tear of the left quadracep where it attaches to the knee. The Physicians said that the incident was caus...
11/14/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee was pulling a water pump out of a 1' deep hole when he felt a pain in his left shoulder. Employee had reconstructive surgery on this shoulder 10 years before.
08/24/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was using a 59lb Jackhammer when he felt a pain in his left elbow. Employee had seen his private physician two months ago concerning pain in his elbow and was diagnosed with brusitis. The Wor...
08/17/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee took 20 ml from centrifuge 5 when he tried to open it the vial ruptured acid splashed on arms, neck and a small spot below the lip-went to er and dr gave him an ointmeal to put on burns.
04/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted Employee was pulling a car tire off of a roller bed when he felt a pain in his shoulder. Employee did not seek medical attention until 4-18-04.