La Havana Pit — Accidents

Total: 20 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/05/2026 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Plant employee was using a utility knife to cut holes in skirt rubber for installation on screen shaker. During the cutting process, the tip of the blade broke, causing the knife to slip and resulting...
11/07/2024 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Employee was removing angle brace from catwalk structure during its fabrication. Employee failed to seek assistance before removing final weld, however, employee proceeded to remove last weld causing...
11/09/2023 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 3d lost Employee was starting to do oil change on skid steer when EE started feeling chest pain & shortness of breath. Co-worker took EE to scale house to report issue and call 911. Ambulance came and transpo...
09/13/2023 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee fainted, spouse showed up and says this happens often when EE forgets EE's medication, so the spouse gave EE the medicine and employee began to feel better. EE suffers from high blood pressur...
02/25/2023 OTHER FATALITY Fatal 326 FL Excavator operator tracked over berm into Settling pond
02/06/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a prybar to loosen build up material from feeder due to conveyor ripping, EE was using a stabbing motion to release material using prybar and tool shifted hitting pinky finger again...
05/02/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 82d restricted Employee was shoveling spillage next to conveyor. Employee was struck on left hand with rock that came off conveyor screen. Employee did not report incident that they says occurred at 1:30PM employee...
04/04/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Employee was checking tension on drive belts from caliche plant shaker. Employee locked out equipment and grabbed ahold of belts with right hand and when they pulled the sheave it shifted, catching e...
05/06/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 75d restricted Employee was adjusting the forks on forklift, when employee moved them towards the middle one of the forks remained in the up position. Employee with left hand grabbed the chassis and with right hand...
07/02/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Employee was turning a wrench to tighten a u bolt on spray bar, the wrench came off the bolt head causing the finger to get pinched between hand and screen
12/31/2019 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE is a loader operator, as EE was climbing down from loader EE felt a pulling pain in the leg. As EE got off and proceeded to walk, that is when EE's leg gave out.
09/17/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was loosening nut on bolt and when it became loose the employee lost balance and fell back hitting EE's back on electrical box.
09/16/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 23d restricted Employee was working on Texas Crusher when EE felt some abdominal pain.
09/03/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working by cone crusher and a stone / rock hit employee on the back.
08/21/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As employee proceeded to check a feeder EE stepped on uneven ground and stepped wrong and EE's knee popped.
12/05/2018 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was struck by fallen object, asked if OK and was OK. Later that morning employee complained of some neck pain and send to clinic where employee was later released. Back to full duty on 12/7/...
04/06/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was walking off a slab when EE sprained EE's ankle
08/22/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE was cutting a conveyor belt at sand & gravel plant to get it repaired the knife ee was using accidentally slipped and cut ee in the left leg. EE was take to clinic where ee was treated and release...
02/23/2017 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted As employee was walking employee stepped on a rock, slipped and twisted employee's left leg
11/17/2015 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 28d lost, 31d restricted EE#1 was inside an Impact Crusher along with EE#2 & EE#3 changing impact crusher plates. EE#2 & EE#3 had finished the work and exited the machine but when EE#1 was about to exit the machine, he felt...