Glass Rock Operation — Accidents

Total: 28 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/06/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Miner reported abdominal strain on 02/06/2012 while installing a door on the fluid bed dryer. Miner was seen by physician were an existing ""old"" hernia was found. On 02/16/2012 a physician deemed...
09/26/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was starting to walk down a set of steps from the palletizer equipment, lost his balance and bent his left wrist on the handrail.
04/09/2010 OTHER INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None The victim was a truck driver for John R. Trucking Co. He was found unresponsive in the cab of his truck. 911 was called, CPR was administered by 2 EE's and an AED was brought to the scene. The AED wa...
06/09/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE was operating tramway and had to reach down to secure a door on an incoming tram bucket.Doors on the tramway buckets are designed to latch automatically after they are emptied into the discharge si...
01/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee was pushing buckets in on the empty side of the tramway, when the dispatcher released two buckets instead of one. Employee tried to stop the extra bucket by grabbing ahold of it and slid abou...
09/28/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting empty sand bags onto platform by the bagger; as he lifted the bundle he felt his back lock up, his foot slipped and he fell to the ground. He stated that he hit is leg on either...
08/30/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee experienced a std. threshold shift (greater than 25% of 2, 3, 4K testing)during his annual audiometric test conducted on 8/16/07. Test data was received on 8/30/07.
06/11/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing down from the 920 loader and had his hand on the door. His ring caught on the door hinge lacerating his ring finger.
06/05/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was emptying a bucket near Tower 2; he was striking the side of a bucket with a sledge hammer to dislodge material. A small piece of rusted metal flew off the bucket striking the employee in...
03/23/2007 MACHINERY FATALITY Fatal 4-employees were performing preventative maintenance on the aerial tram system used to transport stone from the quarry to the plant. While tensioning the steel cable used to carry the tram buckets, t...
03/23/2007 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 153d lost, 62d restricted Four employees were performing preventative maintenance on the aerial tram system used to transport stone from the quarry to the plant. While tensioning the steel cable used to carry the tram buckets,...
07/29/2006 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost Employee was walking on lower floor level in the Process Bldg. and a small amount of acid from an abandoned overhead acid pipeline system dripped onto employee's right lower arm. The line has not bee...
02/06/2006 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Operator bent down to latch a door on a tramway bucket. As he bent down he felt a pain in his lower back; he closed the door and returned to the control room. The pain persisted so he went to a chir...
12/08/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was moving a 55 gal barrel of kerosene in the Process Bldg with a chain hoist. A clasp was hooked to the barrel edge and as it was moved from the pickup truck, the clasp released and the bar...
08/02/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was stepping down from ladder and missed last step which caused him to slip to ground level. Resulted in sprain to his left ankle.
07/07/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was making adjustments to feed system above bulk bagger; he asked other employee to test system. He informed operator he was clear of machine. As machine was started, his leg became caught...
06/07/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EMPLOYEE WAS STOOPED DOWN PULLING ON CONVEYOR BELT TO POSITION IT FOR SPLICING. AS HE WAS PULLING ON BELT HE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK. DR STATED HE HAS TWO SPLIPPED DISCS, SEPARATED RIBS AND SHOULDE...
03/22/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Welder was working on elevator at ground level below bulk loading station. the 6"" dust collection hose came loose, swung down striking ee in chest and mouth. ee had a laceration to lip requiring medi...
02/25/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 167d lost Operator was on walkway at creek pump to clean screen. the walkway frame broke & the operator grabbed the railing to keep from falling. At that point he felt a pull in his rt. shoulder. He did not see...
10/09/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was placing 100# bags onto pallet at the lower dryer. He turned to place a bag onto a pallet and felt a twinge pain in his lower back area, suffered a lower back strain.
06/06/2003 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS SWEEPING FLOOR OUTSIDE TERMINAL AND STEPPED ASIDE TO LET LOADED BUCKET PASS, STEPPING ON ROCK CAUSING THE ANKLE STRAIN. HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND WAS STRUCK IN THE ARM BY THE PASSING BU CKET, C...
05/21/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS MANUALLY TURNING GATE VALVE WITH A PIPE WRENCH AND WHILE PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE VALVE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK (LOWER BACK STRAIN).
06/17/2002 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AROUND BELTS AND SHOVELING INTO A WHEEL BARROW. HE LIFTED WITH HANDLES AND STARTED UPHILL AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE HAD STRAIN TO LOWER BACK BUT DID NOT SEEK ME...
10/23/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS HOLDING A 6"" PIECE OF PLASTIC PIPE WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS CUTTING IT. A 4"" PIECE OF PIPE INSIDE THE 6"" PIECE SLIDE OUT OF 6"" PIECE CUTTING EE FINGER. THE RESULTING LACERATION REQUIRED STI TCH...
08/07/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None AS EE STEPPED ONTO CAB ENTRY STEP ON WATER TRUCK, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE STEP CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS UPPER LIP AGAINST THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE. EE NOTED HE HAD OIL ON THE BOTTOM OF WORK BO OT CAUS...
07/25/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EE WAS HELPING REMOVE SPEED REDUCER COUPLING ON LEWISTOWN MILL AND SLIPPED WHILE STEPPING OVER SPEED REDUCER. TO BREAK HIS FALL, HE REACHED OUT WITH RIGHT ARM HITTING THE FLOOR RESULTING IN A BROKEN A...
10/31/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL (RADIO ANTENNA MOUNT) IN LEFT HAND, & TURNING SCREWDRIVER IN RIGHT HAND SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED OFF SCREW INTO LEFT HAND
05/12/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE LOADING A BULK TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE BRACED HIS HAND ON A WALK-WAY AND A SHARP BURR ON THE WALK-WAY SLICED THRU HIS LEFT HAND. THE LACERA-TION REQUIRED THREE SUTURES TO CLOSE.