Kutztown Quarry — Accidents

Total: 15 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/12/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee climbed off bed of truck and slipped on an icy tire rut and sprained right ankle
12/11/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was operating D8 bulldozer when EE ran over a large rock. The machine was jarred causing dust to fall off of the roof of the cab. A piece of dust got into EE's eye, causing a scratch to EE's eye.
10/23/2024 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted EE was moving material from a bench to be loaded onto trucks. EE had a full bucket and swung to the left rapidly, causing the rear to lift. EE tried to correct the instability by swinging back to the...
07/21/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 83d lost EE was working on blow bar on crusher. The employee pinned bar into rigging equipment lifted it and began to rotate bar before placing it into position. The blow bar disengaged from the rigging equip...
09/22/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was carrying a screen, lost balance causing right hand to slip at the edge of the screen resulting in a laceration of right little finger.
02/03/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee dismounted aerial lift successfully, started walking towards rear of machine and EE lost balance, slipped and fell to the ground injuring the right hamstring muscle.
11/16/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost After coming to a stop & looking both ways, EE crossed the road in the water truck. A passenger vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed hit the water truck at the front right tire area. The EE was t...
11/02/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EE was climbing up a ladder at the classifier when EE heard the right knee pop. The EE was not doing any unnecessary twisting on the ladder while maintaining 3 points of contact. EE indicated did not...
04/08/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost EE was climbing down the 4 rung folding ladder for conveyor belt 102 when the right foot became pinched between the last rung and a washer used to secure the ladder in an upright position when not in...
09/11/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Two employees were driving the maintenance truck down the ramp to the bottom level of the primary when the brakes went out. The truck was driven into a berm to come to a sudden stop. Both employees sh...
04/14/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing rust from the #8 chute when some rust landed on EE's eyebrow and safety glasses prior to getting into EE's right eye.
05/22/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 18d restricted Employee was removing a chain puller from the maintenance truck when it slipped out of his hand and struck him on the right shoulder.
12/01/2014 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None A miner was observed collapsing next to his service vehicle while changing his work boots after his shift was completed. EMS was called and transported the miner to a local emergency facility. The min...
02/02/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a conveyor belt when the knife slipped, cutting the back of his left hand. Employee was wearing gloves.
02/24/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of rubber during repairs to the #102 screen when the utility knife slipped and cut his left thumb.