Puunene Camp 10 Quarry — Accidents
Total: 41 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/10/2025 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 7d lost | Miner was unplugging a chute in the secondary finishing plant when a rock fell and hit the top of EE's right hand, causing swelling and bruising. |
| 05/24/2023 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 5d lost | Miner was standing on a plank and plank slid. |
| 09/08/2022 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 5d lost | Miner slipped and hit knee while lubricating the crusher plant before startup. |
| 03/05/2021 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Miner was using an impact drill and hand wrench to loosen bolts on a side guard rail when EE's finger got trapped between the steel frame and wrench. |
| 03/04/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Miner was throwing a chain over a beam while standing on a step ladder. Chain slipped, yanked their hand. Miner's left hand hit the ladder forcefully resulting in a laceration of the top of left thumb... |
| 07/21/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 232d lost | Miner was doing a pre work inspection on wheel loader. Miner climbed a ladder to a platform on the rear of the loader to check fluids. Miner then climbed from the platform on to the tire of the loader... |
| 07/16/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 3d lost, 2d restricted | Miner was operating a wheel loader to load the primary plant crusher when they ran over a large rock. This caused the loader to slam down with tremendous force, jarring the lower back of the miner and... |
| 03/25/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 314d lost | Miner was operating a 988 Cat Wheel Loader and strained right knee. |
| 10/29/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | Miner was trying to lift a full tank of acetylene in to the bed of service truck when they strained lower back. |
| 10/16/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 32d lost | Miner came in to the shop for a lunch break and was exiting the water wagon with EE's lunch cooler in EE's hand. EE's left foot slipped off the top step of the water wagon and fell to the ground, land... |
| 10/02/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 35d restricted | Miner stepped on an unsecured 2 X 4 wood brace support for a foundation precast, when it gave way causing miner to fall against the compacted sub-base embankment, striking the right side of ribs. Mine... |
| 09/05/2018 | MACHINERY | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 4d restricted | Miner was welding plates in the reject chutes of Tower 23 and welding overhead with head tilted in a left position within a two and a half (2.5) hour period. On 9/06/2018 ee reported pain to this lef... |
| 05/21/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 107d lost | After adjusting the Hazemag, Miner stepped onto the motor and slipped onto the working platform. EE landed on EE's right leg bearing most of EE's weight and felt immediate pain to EE's right knee. |
| 02/22/2018 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 121d lost, 88d restricted | Miner was using a 2 ton chain come-a-long to jack up a shaker and change a motor mount spring, when the come-a-long chain broke. The chain struck left elbow and the block (housing) struck right forea... |
| 09/25/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 32d lost | While Lifting a 35 gallon grease barrel from the ground onto the flatbed truck (#290), employee strained right shoulder. Barrel weighed approximately 80lbs. |
| 06/10/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While working on Tower 10, my left hand got smashed between 4' crow bar and guard rail. |
| 04/06/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 9d lost | While working at the Hazemag crusher, just finished turning the blow bar and started to remove brackets. Co-worker, proceeded to push the bracket back and ee left pinky finger was struck by the brack... |
| 03/31/2015 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 22d lost | While scrapping the ground, the loader made a sudden stop when the bucket hit a rock. The impact caused the head light to fall off the bracket and the operators body to jerk. Immediately thereafter,... |
| 03/27/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 55d lost | Mounting steel plate to conveyor belt on the shop floor. EE lifted a 4'x 8' steel plate off the floor to stand it up and slide pallet jack under it, EE felt some strain. Later that day, while mounti... |
| 06/04/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | Miner was stepping down onto the last rung of the ladder on the CAT 988B Loader (equip#2746), when the weld of the rung broke. Miner fell approximately 2 feet to the ground on his back, followed by h... |
| 12/10/2013 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Miner stepped off Tower 23 concrete slab onto uneven ground, when he fell and twisted his left knee and over extended his right foot. Miner fell on same level. |
| 04/04/2013 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 45d restricted | While operating a skid steer loader cleaning material by conveyor 34 counterweight, the bucket of the loader hit a concrete slab that was hidden under material build-up and caused the loader and opera... |
| 07/18/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 11d restricted | While trying to lift a tire from the service truck (#1291) that was lying flat on the truck bed, employee felt a sharp pain to his lower right side of his back |
| 11/18/2009 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 157d lost | Our employee broke his upper shin bone below his knee on his right leg while repairing a 988B Cat Loader for Ameron. The 4 ft. platform he used to gain access to an area to replace a pin collapsed.... |
| 10/08/2009 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | IE & another employee were working in a large discharge chute removing rocks to clear a rock jam. Employees were casting 4"" to 11"" basaltic rocks out of their respective sides of the box. The other... |
| 10/02/2009 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 5d lost | While clearing an area by Tower 23, employee was piling debris off to the side to make room for the crane when he threw a metal box tubing, which was part of an old walkway cage and the jagged edge cu... |
| 01/09/2009 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 55d lost | After punching out for the day, employee was descending down from the stairway when he lost his footing from the middle landing of the steps and tumbled down the remaining 9 steps. |
| 05/31/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 5d lost | While installing pads in the F1 feeder, EE was holding one end of the pad while other employees were inserting bolts to attach pad to the links. In the process, EE's left hand got wedged between two... |
| 05/31/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 34d lost | While installing new plates in the F2 hopper with another co-worker, employee began to install the 2nd angle iron when he noticed welding debris in the area to place angle iron. EE leaned the angle i... |
| 03/31/2008 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While refueling the D8 Dozer at the fuel station, employee was descending from the equipment with his right hand on the dozer's railing. As he reached out to grab the fuel nozzle with his left hand,... |
| 11/06/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 148d lost | While walking up the stairs on T-23, employee was pulling a 1/4"" X 95' grease hose when it got caught on an old screen lying on the ground, causing his right wrist and shoulder to jerk in a backwards... |
| 08/28/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | EE was attempting to move an extended jack stand and in the process, he released the jack stand, the force of which caught the EE's baby finger on the way down. Injury was a laceration/contusion to r... |
| 03/31/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While repairing the master screener, employee was loosening the fitting valve when it popped loose causing his right arm to jerk back and hit the frame of the machine. |
| 02/28/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | After pumping fuel, employee slipped off platform near cab door, falling approximately 2' and landed on the dozer tracks hitting his right arm on the grab handle and exterior wall of the cab. |
| 06/13/2006 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 13d restricted | While operating loader #2745 on uneven ground, back and right side ribcage area began to hurt while trying to hold self in position on the seat. The loader would stop suddenly at full turn of the ste... |
| 05/09/2005 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 3d restricted | While standing on the rock shelf in C-13 head box cleaning build up with a long hooked rod, EE felt a pain in lower back. |
| 02/17/2004 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 5d lost | EE was coming down from the top level of Tower 23 and walking on the catwalk of the second deck, when the lugs on the soles of ee's shoe got snagged in the opening on the expanded metal grating. EE s... |
| 03/28/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 84d lost | WHEN REMOVING WORN TOP PLATES OFF AS-1 TABLE, EE TRIED TO STOP A SECTION OF THE PLATE FROM FALLING; CUTTING HIS RT 5TH FINGER FROM PALM TO FINGERTIP. |
| 09/07/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | Employee strained his lower back when off-loading steel plates from pick-up truck to hazemag crusher located up flight of stairs. Originally reported as a minor incident; treated with painkiller from... |
| 08/22/2001 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | WHILE EE WAS CLEANING SECONDARY PLANT C13 CONVEYOR, BELT WAS RUNNING OFF TO ONE SIDE; COUNTERWEIGHT ROLLER HAD MUD BUILDUP. EE TRIED TO CLEAN ROLLER PULLEY WITH A SMALL HOE; WHILE HOLDING ONTO HOE HIS... |
| 06/07/2001 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 10d restricted | EE WAS CLEANING THE RETURN ROLLERS FROM C20 CONVEYOR AND HE SLIPPED. WHILE HE WAS FALLING, HE GRABBED THE SAFETY GUARD AND THE WIRE FROM THE SAFETY GUARD PUNCTURED THRU HIS GLOVE AND BETWEEN H IS TWO... |