Morton Lakes — Accidents
Total: 9 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/09/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Reported a sore wrist from using a shovel and felt a pinch in EE's wrist. EE states EE was using a shovel in a pile of aggregate to put into a 5 gallon bucket to test. EE is a quality control tech. |
| 05/28/2020 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Was swinging a hammer to hit nut to break it off and piece of metal bounced and hit employee in the face causing a laceration to the upper lip |
| 09/10/2019 | POWERED HAULAGE | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | 11d lost, 43d restricted | Employee was visually inspecting a broken grease line in a man basket (was wearing proper fall protection) on the head wheel of C-7 and failed to follow Lock/Out/Tag/Out procedures. Employee placed h... |
| 05/16/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | EE parked EE's machine to use the restroom. When EE returned to the loader, EE grabbed the handrails. When pulling self up, EE felt and heard a ""pop"" in left shoulder. EE proceeded up the ladder,... |
| 01/31/2018 | OTHER | INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES | 1d lost | Employee came up to the Scalehouse. Stated that had chest pains. We asked a few questions. EE was responsive and coherent, but pale. We decided to call the paramedics. The paramedics showed up and pu... |
| 11/27/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 23d restricted | EE was connecting a 4"" discharge line. The discharge line required Bauer fittings. The last coupling gave EE problems. This connection gave EE problems and took extra effort to seat. this is when... |
| 06/01/2017 | OTHER | INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES | 1d lost, 1d restricted | Employee called me on the company radio around 9am. Employee stated that they were having the same chest pains and tightness that they had the previous week. Decided to take them to the hospital mysel... |
| 05/25/2017 | OTHER | INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES | None | Employee finished using the restroom. EE then started complaining of tightness and pain in the chest. EE stated that EE thinks is having a heart attack. 911 was contacted, and we had medical teams di... |
| 05/26/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | Operating a Cat skid steer, employee bottomed out the seat. After deciding the skid was too small. The employee decided to use a larger piece of equipment. EE had jump start it. Putting the cover back... |