Pipestone Quarry — Accidents
Total: 10 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/09/2025 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was cutting tin for a building and must have gotten filings on employee's person, the next day, a normal day off, employee felt something in eye but waited the weekend to see if it would go a... |
| 08/24/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was removing a pin from steering cylinder the pin was pushed up then slid back through pin hole striking the left middle finger and broke the finger. |
| 06/03/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 59d restricted | Employee was reinstalling grizzly bar at truck dump it rolled over the top of EE and pinned EE against a rock. EE fractured three vertebrae in back but returned to work on next scheduled shift on ligh... |
| 01/07/2020 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While an employee was driving a pin out of a roller with a hammer a small piece of metal came off of the hammer striking employee in the edge of a front tooth chipping a small corner off the tooth. I... |
| 08/26/2015 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | Two employees were welding wear parts onto an excavator bucket. The injured employee received flash burn to his eyes from the welding arc reflecting into the back of his welding hood. The employees... |
| 08/25/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While removing carriage bolts to replace cutting edges on bobcat skid loader employee used his finger to stop the bolt from turning while using an impact wrench to remove the nut. The carriage bolt ha... |
| 07/27/2007 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was grinding on a horn in an impactor when a piece of debris got in his eye under his safety glasses. |
| 07/08/2004 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS USING A CABLE COME-ALONG TO LIFT A TRANSMISSION. THE CABLE CRIMP (CLAMP) FAILED, ALLOWING THE LOAD AND CABLE TO SLIP. THE SUDDEN FAILURE CAUSED COME-ALONG FRAME TO STRIKE THE EE IN THE FACE,... |
| 05/24/2004 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 27d restricted | Two employees were changing curtain liners in the impacter (crusher). They each lifted one end of the curtain liner. Ee said he strained something. He reported pain & swelling in the groin area on 26... |
| 07/31/2001 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS HELPING DRILLER CHANGE A DRILL BIT. THE CHAIN WRENCH BROKE AND A PIECE OF IT STRUCK EE IN THE CHIN. |