Iron Mountain Quarry — Accidents

Total: 19 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/18/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Haul truck driver got out of truck to track a conveyor belt was using a hammer to hit return roller bracket got EE's hand sucked through return roller. Lost fingernail & scraped up hand was result.
08/16/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Assisting mechanic repairing haul truck. Loosening a bolt, slipped, and cut right index finger. Three stitches required.
10/16/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 7d restricted Employee was handling a 4x4 dunnage and got a wood splinter in the palm of right hand. Employee pulled out splinter, but may not have gotten the entire splinter out. A week later employee went to do...
08/01/2018 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None We had a hose failure outside the back of the cab of our DM45 drill that broke out corner of cab window and sent some small glass fragments into the right cheek area and left forearm of the drill oper...
11/05/2017 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 28d lost, 22d restricted The individual was using a track drill on some boulders to make room for our new tunnel and while drilling was struck on the ankle/heel with a rock from drilling area.
09/18/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Cone feed belt was jammed so EE removed the guard after locking out and EE dug the rocks out of the tail pulley. It freed the stuck belt up and it rolled backwards catching EE's pry bar and EE's right...
05/01/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 291d lost Individual was exiting cab of P&H crane and caught right foot in the process of climbing down and then fell to the ground.
08/08/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Individual was a mechanic that was trying to loosen a nut on piece of equipment and EE's forefinger got between hammer and wrench causing injury.
08/05/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual was fueling up D8 Dozer and finished fueling and was climbing down from dozer with fuel hose in hand and slipped and fell.
05/25/2016 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was driving GMC fuel truck down haul road when cab locking mechanism failed and cab tilted forward and hit the ground while moving and driver used brakes to stop truck. Driver was wearing sea...
12/31/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Conditions were clear & cold w/below freezing temps @27 degrees. Subject reached overhead to pull slack out of come-a-long and his footing slipped and fell backwards with hard hat falling off. As come...
12/29/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was working overhead with a grinder & welder. Debris from grinding on forehead and when individual stood up, it worked it's way into subject's eyes behind his safety glasses.
09/30/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was installing new screens on screen #5 and reached out to grab a new screen and his feet slipped and his mid section landed against the spray bar.
06/18/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Doing belt work cutting with a box knife.
06/23/2006 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 245d lost Rock falling from elevated area struck miner below.
06/24/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cut finger on rock when snapping a shot.
01/27/2005 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 10d restricted Employee was drilling short holes; centralizer latch popped out of place so driller kicked it back into place with the heel of his left foot, resulting in a torn Achilles tendon.
09/08/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Thw worker was washing the truck scale after starting the power washer he climbed over to the side of the scale and fell to the ground.
12/05/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost USING A COMEALONG TO PUT IN A RETURN ROLLER. COMEALONG SLIPPED AND HIT EE IN THE NOSE.