Quikrete Mine — Accidents

Total: 22 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/10/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 305d lost Moving 50 lb pail from pallet to ship pallet. Felt something pull in lower back.
04/10/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Operator received a splinter in hand on 10th, kept working rest of shift. came to work next day, reported splinter hand caused infection in finger and minor swelling in hand. was sent to receive medic...
10/10/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee picked up an 80# bag and twisted causing a lower back strain.
06/26/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee picked up a bag of sand off the ground and felt a pain in his lower back.
09/22/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 98d restricted No apparent cause. Miner just started complaining about knee hurting. Questionable as to whether it is work related or if he injured his knee somewhere else and it is claiming work related because h...
07/29/2014 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Truck Driver was reporting to work when he experienced a fatal heart attack.
04/02/2012 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 5d restricted While operating the semi-automatic palletizer, a piece of sand got into the operators eye even though he was wearing safety glasses.
04/27/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was leaving the parking lot at a high rate of speed (according to police report) when he crashed into the rear entrance pole gate. Employee suffered cut lip and bruises.
04/27/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee claims 50# bag of sand fell from conveyor and struck him in the back. Employee did not report accident until days later after another accident. Suspect insurance fraud. Said lower back hurts.
06/01/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Employee was picking up a pallet from a pile that was chest high. He was picking pallet up, turning to the right to place pallet on ground for repair. (He did not notify supervisor of accident until 6...
05/09/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was stepping down off bag chair when her foot slipped on the round ""shaft-like"" step causing her to sprain her ankle.
05/08/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Clearing underbrush with a bulldozer the employee was struck in the forhead by a broken limb causing a laceration which required 5 stitches.
03/12/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was climbing 2 foot retaining wall surrounding fuel tank to fuel up the front end loader. Employee lost footing and slipped, hitting left leg on wall. Required 4 stitches to close wound.
09/13/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 5d restricted Employee climbed onto a conveyor to remove a jammed bag stopping the production line. Employee lost his balance and fell off of conveyor (about a 9ft drop) and landed on his shoulder and head. Emplo...
04/20/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Miner was clearing bags off of main line reject conveyor. Another miner was on top of cat walk and pushed a bag of dry mix concrete off of another conveyor. Bag of concrete fell and hit injured mine...
10/26/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM WHILE HE WAS DISMOUNTING BAGGING PLATFORM. FELL APPROX 2 FT TO PLATFORM AND HIT HIS LEG ON THE WAY DOWN. BRUISED HIP, THIGH, AND LOWER LEG.
07/25/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY None Employee was coming out of break room door as forklift was entering warehouse. Forklift driver claims victim was in his blind spot and did not see him. Forklift bumped into victim. Contusion to knee,...
07/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was picking up limb debris from Hurricane Dennis when he felt a sting in his back. Was sent to doctor. Given temporary alternate duty for 8 days for lumbar strain.
07/26/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None DRIVER WAS UNTARPING A LOAD OF BAGGED CONCRETE AT CUSTOMER'S STORE. DRIVER JUMPED DOWN FROM PALLET OF CONCRETE TO FLOOR OF FLAT BED TRAILER, TRIPPED ON TARP AND STUCK OUT HAND TO STOP HIS FALL. HE HIT...
06/16/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE WAS RE-STACKING A PALLET OF CONCRETE BAGS WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK. AFTER INVESTIGATING, IT WAS FOUND THAT EE WAS NOT LIFTING CORRECTLY AND FAILED TO WEAR HIS BACK BELT.
06/03/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 259d lost EE WAS TRAINING ON PALLETIZER AND DID NOT HAVE HIS HAND CLEAR OF THE SLIDE DOOR WHEN IT WAS CLOSED. THERE WERE 2 MEN TRAINING AND 1 TRAINER. TRAINER WAS UNAWARE EE'S HAND WAS NOT CLEAR. CONTUSION T...
02/12/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted WHILE STACKING 50# PLAY SAND, HE TWISTED WRONG.