Montana Solid Rock Quarry #3 — Accidents

Total: 9 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/28/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost In the late morning on 8/28/08, a small speck of metal got into EE's right eye. By 7 PM his right eye was very irritated and swollen. He went to ER and received medical attenion (metal sliver removed)...
07/25/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost I lifted a rock and pulled a muscle in my left knee. It felt like a cramp. I thought it would work itself out but instead the pain began to travel up into my back as the day ended. When the injury inc...
07/24/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None EE suffered a left middle finger injury. Went to DR on 7/25/08, diagnosed a fracture finger.
05/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Pulled back muscle.
04/11/2008 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Finger injured when rock popped back after going thru chopper/splitter. Reported to supervisor, Medical treatment sought immediately, medical treatment. **No sutures, glued to minimize scarring.**
01/31/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 10d restricted EE was moving material around.EE picked up a piece of scrap metal abd while walking he slipped on some ice and twisted his back, but did not fall.EE told coworker he hurt himself, but did not feel tha...
01/15/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost See attached co. will be sent to msha upon employee's return to work.
12/27/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 115d lost EE was stacking a pallet of rock when he was hit with a rock in the lower calf. When he got up he could not detect where the rock had come from. He told another EE & later his supervisor. He tried to...
08/24/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 199d lost I was operating the fork lift. Going backwards I was looking over my right shoulder. The forklift went over a large rock and bounced and jarred my back. The pain was terrible when it first happened. I...