Kapaa Quarry And Mill — Accidents

Total: 144 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/13/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost While pulling on a wrench with left hand and pushing the ratchet with right hand to tighten a bolt for a v-belt guard on screen 31, employee felt his shoulder pop. Possible shoulder strain/sprain.
01/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At approximately 12:15 am while inside the bowl of crusher 2, employee was hand unloading the jammed crusher of loose rocks. Several loose pieces of rock fell from an overhead chute onto employee. T...
11/09/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While working on Dozer, equipment number 2550, employee was standing on the Dozer tracks replacing hydraulic hose and o-ring, when his foot slipped off the tracks and he fell about 4 to 5 feet to the...
10/18/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 173d lost While in a skid steer loader traveling down an inclined roadway with bucket up and filled with material, employee felt that the loader was going to tip forward. Employee reacted by trying to brace hi...
07/28/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cutting through a retention bracket that held down a compressed spring, with a welding torch, the force of the spring popped up, causing a 1"" piece of the retention bracket to ricochet against...
07/20/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While servicing a 773 haul truck (equip. 1389), employee was preparing to put power steering fluid in the tank, however the cap was tight. He placed his left forearm against the muffler to gain levera...
07/13/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 240d lost While digging out material that backed up in crusher II, employee had to reach down with his left hand to pull rocks, transfer rocks into the right hand & reach up to pass the rocks out of the crusher...
04/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While opening the hood of the water truck (Equip# 669), the stop cables broke causing the hood to over extend and strike employee on the top of his head. Employee was wearing a hard hat.
03/24/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While working in Phase II, employee was operating the bench loader, moving material from the face of the wall to bring a boulder down. The boulder slid, dropped and hit the front bucket of the loader,...
01/04/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 306d lost Employee was walking on the wet concrete walkway in the feeder tunnel when he slipped and fell on to the concrete walkway. Employee stated that he fell on his left side of his body, using his left han...
12/14/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost Employee was seen wiping the windows on the CAT-773 haul truck and about 5 to 10 minutes later he was seen by the Stockpile Operator, laying on the ground in front of the haul truck. Employee sustaine...
08/16/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost While operating overhead Gantry Crane controls with right hand, employee guided and latched hook into the completed catwalk with his left hand. Upon pressing the up button to raise the catwalk, the h...
05/10/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While walking on ground level, employee slipped in muddy area and bent his right knee. Employee regained his balance and did not fall to the ground, however he heard a pop noise from his right knee.
10/23/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 9d restricted Employee and co-worker, was carrying a acetylene tank to load onto the welding truck, when co worker let go of his side and the acetylene tank crushed injury's left pinky finger against the mounting b...
10/20/2009 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost After extracting a hammer bit from crusher 2 with co worker, both EEs carried it down the stairs into a truck. While walking to the truck, injured stepped into a muddy area with surge rocks and twiste...
07/14/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While working in the tertiary plant, employee stepped onto screen #5 to retrieve a piece of wood when his left leg slipped and twisted causing pain to his left knee.
06/30/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost On 7/1/09, employee called supervisor to report that he was not coming in due to lower back pains. Employee thinks that while operating the dump loader on 6/30/09, the jerking action while driving an...
06/16/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While using the impact gun to unscrew 3/4"" flat head bolt on a backhoe bucket, employee pushed on the flat head bolt with his left hand to prevent it from spinning. The flat head bolt began to spin a...
02/17/2009 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 3d restricted On 2/17/09, employee was operating a Dozer (equip# 2550) to remove a toe (rock protrusion) that required more time and force than normal to remove. At the end of the day employees back was sore from...
02/07/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost While working with other employee relocating 6"" water hoses about 25' long, into a trench in Phase I, employee allegedly twisted and strained his back. Employee worked 8.0 hours the next day, and di...
12/18/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost While working with two other employees ratcheting a come-a-long to lift a ripper claw, the chain on the come-a-long broke and the ripper claw fell and hit employee above the right knee.
11/24/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 139d lost Employee was working with a crew of 6 people unloading bags of anfo and saran explosives from the container to the magazine container when he started to feel discomfort in his back. He continued worki...
10/17/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost While changing screens on screen #5, employee began pounding the wedge down on the screen when pieces of metal flew into his left eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses, however they were not the a...
08/29/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was unloading 55 lb bags of anfo explosives from th econtainer, passing it on to employees outside the container for most of the morning. Later in the afternoon, after loading holes for a bla...
08/03/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While carrying a screw for the diaphram up the stairs in the primary plant, employee felt his knee pop. Employee sought medical assistance on August 7, 2008.
08/02/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 180d lost While checking conveyor 3 bearings in the primary plant, EE stepped onto a pile of rock material, sunk into the material and strained his lower back. EE thought that the material was hard before he s...
04/23/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While working with another employee changing bits on drill (2641), employee's finger tips of his right hand got caught (smashed) inbetween the seem and wrench of the drill. Employee was wearing a glov...
04/08/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost While operating the 2754 Loader in phase 1 moving secondary rocks on the floor, employee drove the loader into the face of the wall and felt pain in his back. He thought that the pain would go away b...
03/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While working near crusher 4 cleaning the area, employee pulled on the water hose and strained his lower back.
03/03/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While servicing the drill, the intake hose from the bag house had filled up with mud. Employee then disconnected the hose clamp and pulled the hose off of the intake housing. In the process, employe...
02/29/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After climbing down from truck #1392, employee began walking towards the lunch room when his back froze up on him. EE believes this is an aggravation to prior injury. EE off of work on 03/03 and 03/...
02/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 248d lost While doing pre-trip or pre-check of the water truck (equipment #0668) employee alleges that the hood of the truck was stuck at the time. While pulling to get the hood open employee felt a tightness...
02/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While working with the powder crew on C-Rdge, they needed to move the container of explosives with a tractor. Employee was turning the handcrank to raise the container when his hand slipped causing h...
11/30/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 111d lost While cleaning out the bypass chute behind crusher 2, employee stepped on section of the catwalk that appeared to be rusted and fell partly through hitting his right thigh on the electrical conduits a...
11/19/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost While getting out of the truck to buy lunch, employee slipped and fell to the ground landing on his back.
10/17/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While working in the parking lot behind the lunch room cutting down trees, employee was standing behind the tree that another employee was cutting when the tree slid back and hit employee in his inner...
05/18/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 135d lost Around two weeks prior to June 1, 2007, EE claims to have suffered a lower back strain from the jerking of the body in a sitting position while operating a defective loader over a period of time. All...
04/23/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While climbing the stairs carrying a return idler weighing approximatly 40 lbs, employee felt a pop in his left knee followed by pain shortly thereafter.
03/01/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 66d lost, 24d restricted Employee was working on conveyor 7 pulling the belt over the head pully when the belt ripped causing employee to hurt his lower back. Employee filled out a injury report but did not seek medical assi...
02/22/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE hit right knee on stairway after near fall from rock on ground.
02/13/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was welding a plate for S-9 when the slag popped and entered his left eye through the safety glasses.
02/09/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While holding safety latch open on the compressor #3068, a truck backing up made contact with the compressor, smashing employee's left pointer finger between Track Bar and Tow Bar.
02/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While climbing into crusher 2 chute, Employee strained his left elbow.
12/20/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While returning to work from lunch break, employee struck his right knee on the trailor hitch of the working foreman's truck.
12/18/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While climging the ladder to enter into the cab of truck 1391, employee slipped off ladder straining his left ring finger, wrist and shoulder.
11/28/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost While walking down the stairs from the mansand room EE felt pain in his left heel. EE did not report incident and thought the pain would go away but it got worse. Reported incident on 12/22/06.
10/12/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cutting out CR-2 Bowl liner from bowl asssembly, torch flame made contact with rusted area and hot material blew back towards employees face
08/08/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost EE was assembling a hammer assembly for an air track drill. EE was attempting to screw the nut on a long bolt to hold the assembly together when the hammer dropped and smashed EE's finger on his right...
07/24/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 121d lost While working with the powder crew getting ready for an afternoon shot, EE carried two powder bags (30 # each) placed it on the gound container floor. When he turned, his back started to hurt, his leg...
05/02/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While operating the CAT 773 off-highway truck #1391 at the bottom of the quarry haul road, EE drove over a bump in the road that allegedly tossed him around in the cab. He struck his right hand on th...