Oconee Rock Quarry — Accidents

Total: 23 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/21/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost The employee was tightening a screen on the crushing plant. When they pulled on a bar that tightens the screen, they felt a pull in their back and tingles in their toes.
03/31/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 75d restricted Two Mobile Equipment Mechanics were removing the old cutting blades from a yard loader with a torch. They did not have it blocked from underneath as they have been instructed. When the steel fell, it...
07/09/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was assisting another employee with changing out some screens on the crushing plant. One of the screens had a sharp edge where it was worn down from the rock and had broken off. The sharp...
06/04/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 70d restricted The employee was installing an evaporator core, and while turning a nut into a tight place, the pressure of the line sprang back and bent employee's pointer finger over top of the other three fingers.
05/12/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using an excavator to dig a boulder out of the pit floor, and the bucket slipped off the boulder, jarring the excavator and causing a whiplash effect.
04/22/2020 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 29d lost, 40d restricted Was not reported until 4/27/2020. Employee stated that EE's knee hurt when getting off the loader on 4/22/2020. It was observed that EE was short of breath and sweating. EE was sent to clinic and tran...
02/25/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The employee was driving the 1991 forklift up the hill from the plant/pit area to the scale house/shop area. Halfway up the hill, the forklift stopped running & as the employee was calling someone for...
05/06/2017 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted While cutting lifting eyes with a cutting torch, the metal fell off the table. The employee reacted and grazed left shin with the torch causing 1st and 2nd degree burns to an area approximately 3"" x...
12/30/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 73d restricted Employee hit their knee on a ladder step leading to a storage bin. The employee reported the injury to the Quarry Foreman on 2/16/17, stating that they needed to see a doctor.
02/04/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted As the employee was exiting Liebherr shovel, he struck his right elbow on the machine. He did not report the injury for approx. 2.5 weeks. Upon visit with a doctor, he was diagnosed with medial epicon...
06/27/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 24d restricted The employee was removing a welder from the hitch of a pickup truck, when he sat welder down the jack stand wheel folded up and the welder struck the top of the employees left foot resulting in a hair...
09/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None Inmate laborer did not mention any problem until later in the evening after being returned to the law enforcement center. He was taken to emergency room at 6:38 pm workday ended at 3:00pm
07/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None Customer was clearing tailgate of rock from a previous load when the tailgate slipped from his hand cutting the index finger on his right hand requiring 18 stitches. Customer was seen at the quarry h...
11/13/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Miner was climbing into a backdump truck, heard his knee pop and felt pain. After sitting in the truck for 15 minutes he contacted the Quarry Foreman for assistance in getting out of the truck. Upon e...
07/07/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee sustained welder's keratitis to the outside corner of his left eye. While welding beside another employee who was also welding, he lifted the hood on his protective helmet to chip slag from t...
04/05/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE WAS ASSISTING 2 COWORKERS. THEY WERE LIFING A SCREEN OFF OF THE FORKS OF THE FORKLIFT. EE LOST HIS GRIP, FALLING BACK ONTO THE SCREEN DECK AND LANDING ON HIS BUTTOCKS.
09/14/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 188d lost WHILE PREPARING TO CHANGE THE OIL IN THE CONE CRUSHER, THE EMPLOYEE REACHED ACROSS A 55 GALLON OIL DRUM TO RELOCATE IT AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK. HE SAW A DOCTOR ON THA...
04/02/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 92d lost, 45d restricted AT THE END OF THE WORK DAY, EE WAS GETTING OUT OF A 40-TON BACK DUMP TRUCK. HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS, HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM, HE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL PULLING THE MUSCLE IN HI S RIGHT...
11/07/2002 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EMPLOYEE WAS IN A COUNTY CAR WHEN A HONEY BEE STUNG HIM ON HIS RIGHT ARM. HE HAD A ALLERGIC REACTION REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION OVERNIGHT.
04/03/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EE WAS LOOKING UP TO UNTIE A ROPE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO A CUTTING TORCH WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM A SCREEN ABOVE HIM & HIT HIM IN THE EYE.
11/30/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost EE WAS CUTTING A WORN WEAR PLATE FROM A KAWASAKI LOADER BUCKET WITH A CARBON ARCH WELDER. HE CUT ONE SIDE FREE AND STARTED TO CUT THE OTHER SIDE WHEN THE PLATE GAVE WAY AND FELL ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT FO...
11/06/2000 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal INJ CONTRACTOR WAS ON THE GROUND, OUTSIDE HIS VEHICLE JUST AFTER HIS TRUCK WAS LOADED. JUST BESIDE THE VICTIM'S TRK ANOTHER CONTRACTOR BEGANBACKING UP TO BE LOADED. THE MOVING VEHICLE WASN OT EQUIPPED...
08/07/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost WHILE DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK TO THE CRUSHER TO DUMP A LOAD OF ROCK, THE EMPLOYEE SMELLED SMOKE. HECONTINUED UP THE ROAD; THE TRUCK STALLED AND HE JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.