Fountain Quarry — Accidents

Total: 17 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/28/2021 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 70d restricted Miner was operating the CAT 349F excavator approx 25-30' from an approx 42' highwall when it sloughed causing material to cave-in the bottom and top windshield allowing material to enter the cab trapp...
08/09/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 125d restricted An EE along with IE and another labor where trying to move an aluminum piece of 12 inch pipe to get it to set correctly in coupling. As IE picked up pipe to assist EE, IE felt a sharp pain in IE's low...
09/07/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None While performing maintenance on stacker, employee struck side rail of conveyor.
09/07/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted While performing maintenance on stacker, employee struck conveyor belt and made contact with other employee.
06/26/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 153d lost, 58d restricted Employee repairing a blown hydraulic hose and slipped on surface exiting the area
06/10/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None We were working on steel line, when employee walked up beside me and pipe wrench slipped off. Employee was hit in the forehead. Took 6 stitches, then employee returned to work after leaving doctor's o...
05/26/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was repairing tracks and was driving a pin with a hammer when he was struck in the chest by a piece of metal. Reported this to management on 5/29 when he was sore in that area and was sent to...
06/09/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a section of rubber water hose with a utility knife and cut his arm requiring sutures.
07/31/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was removing a guard when it bumped his chest causing bruised ribs. Was seen by clinic on 8/2 - light duty until 8/6.
10/15/2008 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None First knowledge of incident at 8:05; reported to MSHA at 8:12. EE suffered a massive heart attack while driving from the pit to the shop. He pulled over to the side of the roadway at the top of the pi...
01/05/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was putting adapter on the bucket cutting edge of the Cat 990 loader when he was struck by a metal chip. He was driving on the adapter with a 12 lb. hammer when a chip flew off and struck him in th...
10/26/2005 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 1075d lost CHRONIC SILICOSIS. OUT OF WORK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. EMPLOYEE'S CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL ROUTINE MEDICAL SURVEILANCE. HE WAS REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST FOR FURTHER STUDY AND...
07/07/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cleaning gyratory bin, he stumbled, grabbed a chain that was hanging on a hoist and a second chanin that was on hoist struck him in the mouth, chipping front tooth.
01/22/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted EE IS A MECHANIC. HE WAS REPLACING A TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER ON A CAT 990 MACHINE. DURING THE PROCESS HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO MOVE THE TRANSMISSION FOR POSITIONING AND THE BAR SLIPPED AND SMASHED...
04/05/2003 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted THE 2 WITNESSES WERE REPLACING TRACKS ON EXCAVATOR. THE INJURED EE WAS STANDING 10-15'AWAY & RECEIVED A SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND WITH EMBEDDED METAL TO HIS RT. LEFT SHOULDER WHEN THE DRIVE SPROCKE T SLIPP...
09/12/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None MASHED FINGER IN FLOOR JACK WHILE CHANGING OIL IN PICK-UP TRUCK. THE FLOOR JACK HAS TWO HANDLES, ONE APPROC 4'LONG (FOR HAND) THE OTHER SHORT (FOR FOOT). WHEN THE LONG HANDLE COMES DOWN IT COM ES IN C...
08/25/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE CUT RIGHT LEG JUST ABOVE KNEE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHILE CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYER BELT, REQUIRED 3 STITCHES, MEDICAL ONLY, NO LOSS TIME.