Fredericksburg Quarry — Accidents
Total: 12 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/14/2023 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Annual hearing tests were performed on 2/14/2023. It was documented that employee's hearing has dropped below the threshold of EE's original baseline. On 2/20/2023, EE was sent to an audiologist to be... |
| 11/21/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 148d lost | EE was performing start of shift maintenance on KPI 4250 (Rock Crusher) attempting to add anti-freeze to the radiator the EE fell approx 5ft from the position where they were standing to the crusher d... |
| 01/04/2018 | INUNDATION | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A Leak was found in a 500 gal propane tank outside the office building. All personal were evacuated to the quarry main gate. The gate is about 1/4 mile from the office. Once the propane company had ch... |
| 08/12/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 25d lost | Employee repairing lubrication system, climbing off machine to get more parts, hung ring on step while descending to ground level. |
| 10/29/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | driller closed hand in door of drill rig and received 7 stitches on middle finger |
| 05/22/2012 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | EE was exiting heavy equipment (rock breaker Komatsu 200) at the end of his shift on Tuesday May 22nd around 6:30p.m. EE stepped from the tread of the equipment onto the step when the step broke causi... |
| 10/08/2010 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 30d restricted | Primary crusher truck dump bridged and had to throw chain under/over large rocks to break bridge. Employee proceeded to climb into the hopper to break the jam, while doing so employee stood on a rock... |
| 04/10/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 73d restricted | Employee was looking for a survey marker on a joining lease property fence line, when he tripped on a small rock causing him to fall and twist his left knee. |
| 09/07/2004 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was trying to loosen a nut on a Euclid R-35 Haul Truck. Wrench slipped knocked safety glasses off and struck employee's right eye. |
| 10/15/2003 | NO VALUE FOUND | NO VALUE FOUND | None | EMPLOYEES WERE ROLLING A VEE BELT BETWEEN A HAMMER MILL AND ELECTRIC MOTOR. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON VEE BELT AND PINCHED 4TH AND 5TH DIGITS OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN VEE BELT AND SHEEVE. |
| 06/05/2003 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | WHILE PUTTING A NEW VBELT ON THE CRUSHER, EE WASUSING A SCREWDRIVER TO ROLL THE BELT FROM ONE GROVE TO THE NEXT TO GET IT IN ALIGNMENT ON THE PULLEYE. THE SCREWDRIVER FLIPPED OUT WHEN EE ROL LED THE B... |
| 05/14/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CATWALK AND STOOD UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF PERTRUDING ANGLE IRON CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION. TWO STITCHES WERE REQUIRED. |