Palestine Quarry — Accidents
Total: 5 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/06/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | An employee classified as a stone breaker, struck a steel wedge and a small piece of steel from the wedge traveled approximately 20' striking EE in the right cheek causing a laceration. |
| 08/01/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Employee was retrieving slips & wedges from broken cut when block shifted and pinched his finger resulting in a fracture & laceration. |
| 04/30/2007 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was splitting up a cut. He had set wedges & broken the block. To relieve the pressure so he could pull the wedges, he was driving two wedges plus slips into a drill hole. One wedge bounced ou... |
| 06/10/2005 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | WHILE UNLOADING ROUGHBACKS FROM THE NARROW BELT SAW, EE SLIPPED IN THE SLURRY FROM THE SAWING OF THE STONE, TWISTING HIS BACK, HE WAS SENT TO THE DUNN WALK I CLINIC ABOUT 10AM AND WAS OFF THE REST OF... |
| 09/20/2004 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | THREE EMPLOYEES WERE LEVELING TRACK FOR THE QUARRY SAW. ONE WAS PLACING WEDGES UNDER THE TRACK WHILE ANOTHER WAS WORKING THE JACK. HE RELEASED THE TENSION ON THE JACK AT THE SAME TIME THE FIRST EMPLOY... |