Lemon Springs Quarry — Accidents

Total: 17 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/27/2025 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Night shift EE decided to retrieve EE's RC car from the employee parking area. The EE retrieved the RC car, placed it in the company truck, and stopped by the granite sand pile. EE began operating the...
09/08/2016 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A Volvo A40G off road 6x6 truck made contact with a Komatsu PC360 excavator while approaching from the blindside of the excavator. This incident was investigated by Mine Safety and Health Inspector on...
06/10/2013 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was moving some chains and was apparently bitten by an insect. Area became inflamed and he was seen by a physician on 6/12.
05/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 63d lost, 190d restricted Employee pulled some electrical cable by hand to move it from one area to another and felt numbness and tingling in his left elbow and fingers.
03/23/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 762d lost Employee was pulling a piece of wire from in front of the haul truck he was preparing to operate. He felt a pain in his lower back and went to the clinic where he was diagnosed with a mild back sprain...
07/15/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of conveyor belt to make a patch. The utility knife slipped while he was pulling towards himself and struck the right leg just above the knee, inflicting a gash about one...
04/19/2008 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A brush and grass fire was observed on mine property and was called in to the emergency dispatcher. The Lemon Springs Fire Department was dispatched and was on scene in 17 minutes. The fire was contro...
05/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE had his finger mashed in the door of the haul truck cab. He was pulling the CB cable that was dragging inside the cab. Another EE was training on the truck. He got out of the cab & pulled slack out...
05/15/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost Ee was lifting screens to the top of the screen deck and felt an onset of back pain. He thought it was pulled muscle but when it didnt get better he went to the dr. and after it did nfot improve, an m...
02/23/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was holding a side panel of polyurethane screen deck on his right knee and trimming it with a utility knife when the knife slipped and cut his leg. The resulting laceration required four stit...
03/23/2005 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A screen fire was started during construction of the new secondary plant. Belt 26 was started & it was rubbing on the structure, so EE trimmed a small piece of metal with a torch. Some of the slag fel...
03/23/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 272d restricted While changing jaw dies on the jaw crusher, Employee was getting set up to trim an old die to fit the rock box between the feeder & the jaw. While moving this die that weighed approx.1000#, the liftin...
01/21/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost PERFORMING ROUTINE ELECTRICAL HELPER INSTALLATION TASKS. EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CARRYING CONDUIT FROM A STORAGE PILE TO THE WORK SITE. WHILE CARRYING CONDUIT ON SHOULDER, STEPPED INTO A BLIND HOLE A...
11/02/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee picking up a metal stake, when he dropped it. He tried to catch it and smashed his finger between the stake and edge of concrete.
10/26/2004 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None ERECTING SCAFFOLDING TO SUPPORT DECKING WHEN HE WALKED PAST THE I-BEAM SUPPORTED ON THE SCAFFOLDING (5'HIGH), HE BUMPED THE I-BEAM & IT FELL & STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER BACK OF HIS HEAD.
10/18/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None BRACING OFF AN 18' WALL WITH 24' LONG 2 X 4'S AS THEY WERE LIFTING THE 2 X 4'S TO LEAN AGAINST THE WALL FOR ATTACHMENT, THE 2 X 4'S ROLLED AND EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS WRIST.
04/25/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE CUT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND WRIST WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE CUTTING EDGE ON 988F WEARPLATE.HE WAS HOLDING THE BOLT UP TO STOP IT FROM TURNING. THE IMPACT WRENCH PUSHED BACK THE BOLT CAUSI NG IT T...