New Ulm Quarry — Accidents

Total: 12 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/15/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Two employees were driving a shaft thru a gearbox to remove it. The injured employee was holding a pipe while another employee hit the pipe with a hammer to drive the shaft out. The pipe was driven si...
03/07/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 75d restricted EE tripped while descending a ladder into the Feed hopper of the primary jaw. EE's foot got caught on the extension ladder rope, causing the fall of approximately 5 feet to the feeder floor. The ladde...
06/11/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 3d restricted Employee was cutting weeds and small trees by plant 3 cross-over and EE said EE was close to the edge of the hill. EE mis-stepped and fell down the hill landed on a small tree which penetrated EE's in...
03/01/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was hooking rigging to a cat walk for removal, and stepped in a hole made by the disassembly process. In doing so, he contacted the front edge of the hole with his shin. This cut his leg, whi...
06/02/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was grinding on the ware metal of the Volvo loader bucket. He was wearing safety glasses and a shield, but he was grinding a piece over his head and got a metal fragment in his left eye.
05/21/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted EE's were putting the crusher back together after changing liners. EE was checking the space on the main shaft when the inner liner shifted and dropped pinching his fingers.
01/06/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 41d restricted EE was lifting and stacking 50lb. bags of grit when he felt pain in his abdomen.
06/11/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT None Two EE's were changing screens on plant III. Injured EE pinched his fingers between two screens when they were clamping them in place.
06/09/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 32d lost, 14d restricted EE was lifting new screens from the manlift to the third plant screening tower, when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. The pain eased after a minute, so he kept working. The next day the pain wa...
12/05/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee bent over to pick up a 50 lb. bag of grit from the floor & he strained a muscle in his lower back.
10/26/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was driving his haul truck on the haul road when he hit a bump and turned or twisted wrong in his seat. He finished the day with some pain, but the next day was worse. He went to a chiropractor and...
03/18/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE WAS STRIPPING PLYWOOD FORMS FROM A POURED CONCRETE STRUCTURE WHEN HE FELT WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A PULLED MUSCLE.