Grand Rivers Quarry — Accidents

Total: 87 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/14/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 5d restricted Employee was positioned on top of the transmisson of a loader to remove hydraulic filters. He had loosened a filter and was turning it the rest of the way off and suddenly had a sharp pain in his bac...
04/12/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 57d lost, 47d restricted EE was walking out of operator building; his left foot slipped on last step of stairs and twisted his knee.Dr. originally felt he would benefit from an ace bandage while his knee mended.However, when...
01/25/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost EE twisted L knee as he walked on frozen ground to restroom while doing maintenance in plant area. Initial diagnosis was bruise and strain to knee; full duty, no restrictions. On 5/19 EE complained...
09/24/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 114d lost The inside of an employee's left knee was hit by a rock that bounced off #3 crusher while he was cleaning with a water hose.
09/17/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost He was changing a cable on an automatic recoil device on a crane tagline. When the dogclutch of the recoil device was released, we believe the cable caught employee's right leg and threw him into the...
08/20/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was manually moving a piece of 100-250 lb. rip rap when another empoyee rolled a second piece of 100-250 lb. rip rap on his finger. His finger was caught between the two pieces of rip rap.
07/17/2007 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 5d restricted EE strained his back while welding a crack in an I-beam. He stated that he was in an awkward position to get to the beam.
06/21/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee fell from the ladder of his haul truck while descending. He fell app. 3-4 feet when he missed a step and caught his elbow on the bumper of the truck.
04/26/2007 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 283d lost Employee strained his back in the operator's booth while leaning over the controls of a hydraulic rock breaker.
01/10/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 123d lost, 14d restricted Employee fell app. 15' from a 32' ext. ladder when the ladder broke. He was climbing the ladder to access loose bolts that needed to be tightened.
01/08/2007 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 6d restricted Employee strained his lower back while attempting to lift an air impact wrench. He was in the process of loosening cap bolts on a crusher.
12/04/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was holding a bearing tool device over his head to replace ride cylinder bearing on a Euclid fuel truck. A second employee was using a shop hammer to hit the tool to knock bearings i...
08/15/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using an impact wrench to loosen a nut on a cutting edge of a backhoe loader bucket. The bolt dropped down out of its square slot and turned. He pushed the bolt back up into the slot an...
03/31/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee received a laceration to his left ring finger while descending drill.
02/07/2006 HOISTING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee slammed an elevator door on his left ring finger causing a fracture, laceration and loss of his finger nail.
01/07/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee sprained his right ankle when he stepped on a peice of metal when walking down a concrete walkway.
12/20/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking rebar apart. Pulling on rebar when it gave way his forearm ran across the end of another. piece of rebar. cutting his forearm.
10/25/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 2d restricted Employee strained his back when attempting to pull weeds from a drain ditch.
08/16/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost On 11-30-05 this claim was accepted as a compensable repetitive motion injury. The claim has been under investigation since 08-16-05. Employee returned to work on 12-06-05. If you have any question...
10/27/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was welding brass on the mainframe seat of an omni-cone crusher. He was in the sitting position, leaned over in the crusher welding and when he rose up, he strained his back.
09/28/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee used an air impact wrench to tighten bolts on a new liner in box. Apparently, metal was floating in the air and fell in his eye. He thought it was dust and went home at the end of his shift...
07/14/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was ascending a haul truck ladder when his right knee popped. He did not report the incident until 7-16-04. The employee did not seek medical treatment other than first aid until 7-29-04....
04/27/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None AN I-BEAM ON A FLIGHT FEEDER THAT SUPPORTED ROLLERS WAS TWISTED. EE WAS STRAIGHTENING THE I-BEAM BY APPLYING HEAT, USING A COMEALONG & A HYD. JACK. HE WAS REMOVING THE JACK AFTER THE FIRST BEAM WAS ST...
12/11/2003 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's right eye became irritated while taping holes in the pit. He can't give a specific event that caused a foreign object to be in his eye but it started bothering him around 10:30 am. He did...
10/03/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a metal shear to cut a 4""x3/8"" metal bar iron. A piece of metal sheared off and embedded in his right upper chest approximately 2 inches.
05/09/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 15d lost EE WAS REMOVING PUNCH PLATES FROM SHAKER WITH COMEALONG & CRANE. THE PLATE HUNG UP ON SHAKER WHEN LIFGED W/CRANE. EE USED LEFT HAND TO DISLODGE PLATE WHEN PLATE DISLODGED, IT CAUGHT EE'S FINGE R BETWE...
01/20/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost EE WAS REPAIRING THE REAR END HOUSING ON AN 85 TON EUCLID HAUL TRUCK WITH A CLIMAX BORING MACHINE. AFTER THE JOB WAS COMPLETE, THE EE BENT DOWN AND LIFTED THE BORING MACHINE AND STRAINED HIS B ACK.
01/08/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE RECEIVED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO HER PELVIS WHEN SHE STEPPED OFF THE LADDER ON HER 85 TON HAUL TRUCK.
10/29/2002 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None EE WAS OPERATING TRUCK #1513 A EUCLID R85B WHEN IT SUDDENLY BURST INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE COULD NOT BE EXTINGUISHED WITHIN 30 MINUTES. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO BE CALLED. EE WAS NOT INJU RED AND...
08/22/2002 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS PARKING LOT AT ROCK DOCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND SPRAINED ANKLE.
06/27/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING AN OVERHEAD HOIST TO LOWER MIDDLE DECK DISCHARGE CHUTE. THE HOIST WAS HOOKED ON A PAD EYE THAT WAS WELDED ON. THE PAD EYE BROKE AND CAME STRAIGHT UP. THE HOIST HOOK KNOCKED HIS HA RD HAT...
11/19/2000 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CHECKING TO SEE WHICH ROLLER WAS BAD ON 4712 CONVEYOR WHEN HIS CRESCENT WRENCH SLIPPED & HIS HAND WAS PULLED INTO THE ROLLER.HIS HAND WAS HUNG BETWEEN THE ROLLER & THE CONVEYOR BELT
10/27/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE WAS SQUATTING TO HOOK UP COMEALONG HIS KNEE POPPED HE DID NOT SEEK MED CARE UNTIL 10/29/00
07/13/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 134d lost EE WAS PULLING OFF TRK LINE IN 1518 CAT HAUL TRKAS SHE PUT THE TRK IN GEAR IT JERKED FORWARD CAUSING HER TO BE THROWN AGAINST THE STEERING WHEELINCIDENT NOT REPORTED AT TIME OF OCCURANCE EE CONTD TO H...
04/22/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE WAS REPLACING/REPAIRING A RADIATOR ON A 90TONEUCLID HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHEN HE WAS STANDING ON THE LADDER OF THE TRK AND STARTED TO DESCEND HE DID NOT SEEK MED ATTENTION UNTIL 5/8/00. HE H AD SURG...
02/27/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 7d restricted EE WAS OPERATING A 1-TON COME-A-LONG WHEN A CHAIN LINK BROKE ON ANOTHER COME-A-LONG. THE HEAD WHEEL BOX THAT WAS BEING LOWERED FELL AND EE FELL WITH IT. HE HIT HS CHEST, L-KNEE, A R-SIDE. X -RAYS SHOW...
01/04/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON HIS SERVICE TRUCK WHEN A GANGLIONIC CYST POPPED UP ON HIS WRIST. HE HAD THE CUST SURGICALLY REMOVED ON 1-28-2000.