Greenbrier Quarry — Accidents

Total: 10 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/06/2023 ELECTRICAL FATALITY Fatal An employee operating a Caterpillar 770 haul truck hauling material to repair the road to the stripping area. As the employee dumped the load the bed contacted overhead powerlines. The employee exited...
07/10/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While an employee was splicing a 42"" conveyor belt using a belt cutter, the cutter became unbound and slipped due to the excessive force. The employee's forearm contacted a double headed nail that ca...
11/11/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was dismounting a volvo track hoe. Employee slipped and struck their face on the track and the back of their head on concrete floor. Resulted in a laceration to the nose requiring 5 stitches,...
01/18/2018 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 71d lost The rock breaker was breaking oversize down small enough to run to primary crusher. A rock came back and hit the cylinder and then ricocheted back toward the cab entering the cab hitting employee in t...
06/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Changing drill bit and steel unscrewed from striker bar it allowed steel to fall to the ground and his fingers were mashed between the ground and the drill bit.
07/03/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After grinding and welding felt eye irritation. Washed out eye. Next day (holiday) it was still bothering and he went to optometrist who removed tiny sliver of metal. Was wearing face shield and sa...
04/29/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Checking tension on drive belts and pinched finger between belt and pulley, resulting in loss of tip of left index finger and fracturing left middle finger.
06/01/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Changing a return roller. The employees thought that the brackets that hold the roller in place were on top of the frame of the convoyer but were not, they were on the bottom. One employee let his sid...
07/31/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was attempting to remove the race from the shaft of a bearing when a piece of metal broke off and penetrated into his left forearm. Two stitches was the result of having to extract the piece of me...
01/12/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EE was punching holes in pieces of belt with hammer and hole punch and had already punched out 6 holes. On the 7th hole he missed the hole punch with the 2 lb. hammer and struck his thumb on his left...