Granite Canyon Quarry — Accidents

Total: 28 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/23/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Injured employee was lifting five gallon buckets of material from a pump area on the plant. EE felt abdominal pain. EE reported to supervisor that EE had a pre-existing hernia. EE was transported to a...
09/26/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 49d restricted The injured employee (IE) was participating in first aid/CPR/AED classroom training when IE experienced a personal medical event and subsequently fell to the concrete floor striking face requiring med...
06/22/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee (IE) began feeling discomfort in the left eye several hours after the end of the shift. During IE's shift, the IE was grinding on metal plates while wearing the proper PPE. The IE...
04/06/2022 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Wind picked up and blew dust into the employee's eye around EE's safety glasses. EE was evaluated the next day by a Dr. and found to have a minor abrasion. EE was prescribed prescription eye drops.
12/17/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 161d lost, 21d restricted Employee smashed left pinky and ring fingers on metal plate. The tips of the pinky and ring finger were amputated 5 days later.
01/27/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Quality Control employees was removing two 5 gallon buckets of sample material from the back of the truck at the same time and strained EE's back. EE did not report to EE's supervisor until 5 pm on 01...
11/18/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 177d lost EE was tasked with operating a 980G loader to build a new berm to allow drilling and blasting crews access to set up a new shot. The EE cleared material and opened the area to an exposed highwall edge...
08/29/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Connector was positioning a motor base for rigging to be removed. Connector was using a stever bar (pry bar) to leverage motor base.
07/10/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted EE was working inside a bin installing ceramic wear plates, using a steel hammer to set the plates in place. As the EE tapped the plate in place, a small shard of steel broke off of the plate and stru...
07/07/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was handing a handrail to another employee and lost grip. The handrail was being handed up when employee lost grip and the clip on handrail hit employee on the bridge of nose. (Handrail pipe...
06/27/2019 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking from one side to another around a rebar form and made a misstep and scraped both shins and had to 5 stitches on left shin.
04/24/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was mounting cooling unit onto crusher unit, when cooling unit shifted and pinched left ring finger, resulting in a broken left ring finger with a laceration.
01/09/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted EE was walking toward the shop, slipped on a rock on the frozen ground, fell to the ground and dislocated a shoulder.
02/20/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was walking down a stair case and asked an employee on the catwalk above to hand them their radio. The employee on the catwalk attempted to lower the radio via the mic cord. The employee o...
05/25/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 17d restricted Employee was maintaining a material chute when the steel spring back and pinched EE's finger.
01/15/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee slipped on ice/snow. The resulting injury was treated as first aid initially. Employee informed that doctors are now recommending surgery. Surgery scheduled and employee set to return to w...
06/25/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The employee was transferring from one rail car to the next when he slipped and fell landing on his shoulder. The employee reported pain in his ribs and shoulder. An MRI was taken on 07/17/15 that ind...
04/08/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Doing daily pre-shift inspection on a Cat 777 haul truck. Employee tripped and lost his balance and fell. Tried to catch himself, landed on left hand and felt pain in left shoulder. Dr. restricted us...
01/26/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was holding a bar while another employee was hitting it with a sledge hammer. The hammer glanced off the bar and struck employee in the mouth. Employee's top lip needed stitches and he has a...
08/10/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 54d restricted Employee was walking down stairs when he felt a pop and burning in his left knee around the front of his knee cap. He had sharp pain when walking, pain and swelling in his left knee with a dull ache w...
06/03/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost At the time of the incident employee was removing cutting edges from the bucket of a CAT 992C loader. To prevent the square shoulder of the bolt from slipping out of its locking lug while removing the...
03/19/2004 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A LARGE PIECE OF IRON INTO THE BACK OF A PICKUP & BUMPED HIS KNEE. THE NEXT DAY AT WORK IT HAD STARTED TO SWELL. THIS IS BEING REPORTED AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THE EE & THE C OMPANY...
06/19/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON REPLACING WORN SCREEN PANELS. HE MADE A SINGLE CUT ON A METAL BAR WITH TORCH. SPARKS IGNITED FABRIC ON LEATHER GLOVES CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON APPROX 2 SQUARE INCHES ON THE...
01/20/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 37d lost, 326d restricted STEEL BEAM FROM SCREEN DECK WAS BEING CUT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT CAME LOOSE STRIKING EE.
08/17/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 10d lost, 22d restricted THE EE HAS NOTICED ONGOING WRIST PAIN. HE SAW A PHYSICIAN ON 8-17-01 WHO TOOK HIM OFF OF WORK FROM 8/20-9/4 TO REST IT. IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AS A WORK-RELATED INJURY UNTIL 10-10-01 AT WHICH TI ME IT W...
01/02/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 114d lost EE NOTICED PAIN IN HIS LEG. THE DOCTOR ORDERED AN MRI & HAS DETERMINED THE PAIN IS CAUSED BY A RE-OCCURANCE OF A HERNIATED DISC, AN INJURY THATOCCURED ON THE JOB IN 1998 WHEN EE STEPPED IN A HOLE & TW...
08/13/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted EE WAS DOING A LOT OF SHOVELING AT THE END OF THE WEEK HE NOTICED REDNESS & SWELLING & PAIN. THE DR DIAGNOSED TENDONITIS RECOMMENED LIGHT DUTY
07/19/2000 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A BREAKER SHORTED OUT AND EXPLODED. TWO EES THAT WERE STANIDNG IN FRONT OF THE SMALLER BREAKER SUFFERED MILD TO MODERATE FLASH BURNS TO THE EYES AND FACE. ON EE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES RECEIVED A MINOR...