Marble Falls Quarry — Accidents

Total: 52 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/10/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None While attempting to climb into the cab of a 329 Cat excavator EE felt a pop in EE's left knee. EE had EE's left knee on the step and had all of EE's body weight on that knee while EE was attempting to...
07/16/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE wiped EE's eye with EE's shirt sleeve and scratched EE's eye.EE was taken to the ER, where EE was given antibiotic eye drops.
03/19/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted An employee was using the V-belts to rotate a pump by hand while troubleshooting. The employee's fingertip got pinched between the V-belts and the sheave, causing a small fracture.
10/09/2024 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 87d restricted Employee was repairing a poly pipe when some unconsolidated material from the hole employee was working in sluffed off. The material pushed employee's knee into the pipe causing pain. The employee was...
08/08/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted Employee was using a pry-bar to move an object when they felt a pop in left shoulder. The employee was not put on restriction until 8/29/24.
07/24/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 230d lost EE was operating a flop-gate when EE felt a sharp pain in right shoulder. *Became lost time 9/26/24.
06/20/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got particle in EE's eye and rubbed it and scratched EE's eye. EE was given antibiotic eye drops to prevent infection.
04/02/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Employee was removing a pump impeller from shaft with a pipe wrench. While straining to breaks threads loose employee felt a discomfort in lower abdomen. Monday morning employee reported it to mine ma...
03/29/2023 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was cutting out concave manganese wear liners from a cone crusher using an arc gouger. Employee was not wearing proper PPE and when the tip was buried employee was splashed with hot backing m...
08/02/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee closed a locomotive door on EE's finger.
07/01/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE was shoveling material and hurt shoulder.
06/26/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE was disconnecting rail cars from a locomotive and struck self in the chest with the release handle, causing pain. EE did not report the incident to management until 6/29/2022.
11/29/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's thumb was pinched while flopping a gate, between the gate handle and structure.
11/08/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was adjusting forks on a forklift and felt a pinch in neck.
07/20/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 44d restricted While washing slab off under sand screw, EE stepped off slab sinking up to thigh in soft material. In the process of digging EE out EE sprained ankle.
01/21/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE was walking back across the RR Tracks from checking car doors on the train, when they stepped down off the ballast to the road their right leg gave out.
09/07/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting conveyor belt when knife came off of belt and stuck EE in the right calf causing a 1 inch laceration.
08/13/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While guiding a drum of engine oil on to a containment pallet off of a set of forks, the drum EE was guiding pinched EE's left index finger between it and another drum that was on the pallet.
07/10/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted In removing the table of a VSI crusher the rigging was a little off center. When the table cleared the shaft it swung into employee sitting on the side of the crusher pinching their left foot/ankle be...
05/01/2018 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted In removing a drive belt guard a nut that was welded to the back plate had broken loose taking a piece of the back plate with it. When employee held a backup wrench on the nut and the impact was energ...
02/12/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 49d restricted IE and another EE were inspecting The VSI crusher. EE was on top pulling on the handle and as the door lifted IE was helping by pushing on the bottom of the lid. When the door was partially open IE th...
09/28/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a water hose to wash off a slab when water sprayed back into their face. The employee noticed a slight irritation in the right eye shortly after. The condition worsened after they a...
09/15/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A mechanic was installing a track pin with a hammer when a piece of the pin broke off and embedded into the employee's arm. The employee removed the object and was taken to urgent care where they rec...
06/08/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a 5' long bar to lock a cam on a rail car door when EE lost footing and fell forward catching self with EE's hands on the ground. The rock bar fell to the tracks and leveraged the e...
02/03/2017 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted Employee was walking quickly up two flights of stairs on Station 4 when employee felt tension in the lower left back. After making it back down the stairs to a pick-up, the tension turned into extreme...
11/22/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted After seeing a lawyer on the 21st EE's pre existing, lower back, off duty injury became an on the job un-diagnosed alleged neck injury. We took it upon ourselves to modify EE's duty until the claim co...
10/21/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 68d restricted Miner was using a 1/2 inch high torque drill when the bit hung up twisting the drill along with his hand, ultimately fracturing a bone in his hand.
12/11/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Employee was preparing rail car for loading after a light mist. When climbing into the gondola using the ladder on the end of the car his right foot slipped off a rung causing him to fall, landing on...
11/29/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was improperly riding a rail car in transit when the train came to a stop. He fell from the top of the car to the knuckle below, fracturing the small bone from his wrist to his little finger o...
03/27/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The IP attempted to handle a 20 foot long piece of square tubing alone. The IP had the tubing on his shoulder, lost his balance, and strained his back. The IP was restricted to modified duty and iss...
12/02/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted IP was attempting to reach behind a guard and hit a troughing idler with a hammer. IP does not remember exact details but sustained an injury when his LT hand passed between a troughing idler ""can""...
10/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While installing a pin on an conveyor slider bed, IP pryed up on the bed to line up the hole for the pin. As he was installing the pin, the bar holding the bed up slipped off, the pin shifted up, and...
09/16/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted IP put too much tension on a belt wiper. IP decided to relieve some of it and in this process the wrench slipped out of his hand causing it to go 180 degrees around the tensioner and strike him on the...
09/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A small piece of rock entered the IP's right eye while he was cleaning up after a belt splice. IP was wearing ANSI rated safety glasses.
05/06/2008 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 55d restricted Employee was cleaning up under stacker readying it to tram when sand buildup on the stacker frame broke lose striking him in the middle of his back. He reported the incident to management on 5/8/2008....
11/01/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 61d restricted Aggregate filled the jaw to the level of the grizzly bars and the jaw stopped. The employee placed a rock on the pile on top of the grizzlies; the rock shifted and started to roll back into the jaw....
10/17/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee believes that the injury occurred while cleaning the plant at shutdown. When finished, IP stood up and felt a slight pain in the groin area. IP believed it was a muscle cramp that did not ne...
10/16/2007 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 86d lost, 120d restricted IP was removing a damaged bed lift cylinder from a haul truck. As IP was cutting the polish rod with a torch, the rod gave way. The barrel end of the cylinder struck the IP as he was attempting to g...
09/20/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was changing screens on the wet plant at the secondary. While lifting the screen, he twisted with the object he was lifting. This caused a strain to the back and neck. Employee was later t...
07/02/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working with a crew on the primary feeder removing a timing gear. The crew was using a porta-power to pull the gear. While He was pumping on the porta-power pump, one of the bolts on the gear...
07/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted EE was working on the 42? belt with a crew of two. The crew was removing broken idlers from the conveyor. As He was removing the second idler, the idler hung up on the conveyor frame. Another employ...
06/19/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A conveyor belt was being spliced at the primary plant. EE was placing a sheet of plywood between the belt and the troughing idlers. While pushing the plywood under the belt, He lost grip on the plyw...
06/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted The employee was helping clean up a pile of scrap iron on 6/8/2007. He does not recall anything happening to have directly caused an injury, but he started feeling pain in his left arm some time later...
05/25/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 31d restricted EE stepped on top of concrete pedestal to climb up a beam. He slipped and fell 5' and sprained his wrist.
05/22/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 267d lost While removing secondary screens one of the screens shifted and struck employee on right index finger.
02/06/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 341d lost Employee was using a large wrench to loosen up conveyor belt. The employee then slipped and twisted his back.
09/15/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee (bystander) was standing away from other employees trying to unjam rock bridge in crusher. The (primary) employees were wearing faceshields. While lowering a wedge down into crusher to move...
08/15/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was holding conveyor belt up off of troughing toddlers with left hand. He then started cutting tag with right hand. This is when the utility knife came through tag and it struck him in left...
08/01/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was throwing a piece of metal into a loader bucket, the piece of metal bounced and cut his arm.
02/11/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Small piece of foreign material fell in his right ear.