Mid-Illinois Quarry — Accidents

Total: 8 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/20/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Slipped off tracks of excavator, falling on shot rock/hair line fracture to left elbow-cuts to left knee-cuts to face.
08/02/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Miner was operating Cat haul trk when he ran off haul road striking a boulder berm that had been placed to protect trucks from a drainage ditch and culvert pipe. The truck crossed over a boulder hitti...
11/08/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Miner was fueling and greasing D8N Dozer to start stripping burden. He was bending over to grease ripper on the back of the machine, as he straightened up, he pulled a muscle in his lower back.
03/09/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Wet shot rock plugged up the Primary Crusher. I was inside of the crusher cleaning out the rock. I picked up a large rock to throw outside, the rock slipped off of the blow bar and fell on my left ind...
03/24/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost HE WAS CUTTING MOTOR AND HYDRAULIC PUMP LOOSE FROM MACHINE. WHEN THE TORCH CUT THE HYDRAULIC HOSE THERE WAS OIL RESIDUE INSIDE CAUSING A FLASH BACK.
11/08/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 96d lost THE STRONG WINDS BLEW HIS TARP ON HIS TRUCK, SO HE CLIMBED UP TO FIX IT. HIS SHOES WERE SLICK AND HE SLIPPED OFF THE TRUCK. HE SHATTERED HIS WRIST TRYING TO BREAK HIS FALL.
09/15/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost EE WHILE LOOSENING BOLTS OVER HIS HEAD WITH WRENCHS, FELT A PULL IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
05/15/2000 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 124d lost EE WAS CLEANING FINES FROM THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. WHEN HE REACHED FOR A SHOVEL HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE LATER SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND AFTER EXAMINATION IT WAS DETER MINED T...