Mid-Continent Quarry — Accidents

Total: 9 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/23/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 9d restricted Employee was performing a maintenance operation to replace a damaged conveyor trough. While lifting the new roller assembly, the employee lost their balance and started to fall. They braced themselves...
10/16/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 174d lost Injured Employee had driven a cold chisel into a gap on a mill journal to spread the pinch flange to remove a shaft from the journal. While attempting to remove the chisel from the gap it was dislodg...
02/07/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A contract welder was using an angle grinder to cut some material on an impact crusher. Upon completing EE's cut EE proceeded to set the grinder down and it twisted such that the grinding wheel cut t...
10/08/2017 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was moving an oxy/acetylene torch cart by pulling it away from an area where a conveyor was going to be laid down for repair. As the miner was pulling the cart ee stepped on a ro...
02/21/2017 POWERED HAULAGE ACCIDENT ONLY None Passenger vehicle was parked on east end of crushing bench in an area away from normal equipment operations. During work on the crushing bench the WA-470 loader required fuel. Operator drove loader t...
11/29/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 146d lost On 11/29/16 at approximately 16:00 two miners had powered down the equipment and locked and tagged out the equipment.? They were attempting to rotate the belt to bring the belt part number into view....
09/22/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While trying to drive a broken bit from the drum of a road header a piece of metal fractured and struck the employee in the left forearm approximately 4 inches distal of the elbow.
11/10/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While preparing to attach the come a long to a sling wrapped around the end of the motor a sliver of steel on the chain lacerated the palm of his left hand proximal of the digits of the hand and dista...
06/29/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting belting using a utility knife. The knife slipped away from the area being cut and struck the employee on his right hand. Two of his fingers were cut by the knife.