Rapid City Quarry & Mill — Accidents

Total: 171 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/12/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 1d restricted EE was closing a gate valve on a material chute, as ee stepped down ee lost 3 points of contact when hand slipped causing ee to fall approx. 18"" onto the steel grating on the plant walkway. EE was t...
05/02/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EE had completed fueling and was climbing to operator's station to record the Equip. hours when EE lost hand hold (at about the first step above the tracks) and fell onto the ground. EE was examined...
03/09/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE finished cleaning the K-1 Tunnel and heading to the dust-off station when EE felt an object enter EE's left eye behind EE's safety goggles. EE used eye wash station, but EE's condition worsened ove...
02/24/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted EE strained EE's right shoulder while barring/chipping clinker down from the K-2 Pre-Heat Tower. EE was treated by a physician on 2/25/2016 and placed on restricted duty pending follow up and release...
12/09/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted EE was performing a walk through of K-1 Pre-Heat Tower, he was crawling through the chute when his foot slipped and as he braced himself he strained his right shoulder. EE reported incident immediatel...
11/30/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost EE exited loader to move a different piece of mobile equipment, as he was returning to the loader he was walking in the packed snow tracks of the loader and slipped. His foot slid to the edge of the...
11/19/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE was working with maintenance crew reinstalling a screen in the Hydrate Roto-Sieve.4 employees were sliding the screen into place which fits tightly screen slid suddenly and pinched his index/middle...
11/15/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost EE was cleaning out a plugged chute on K2 Preheat tower. EE was looking into cleanout port when the chute plugged again causing lime/dust to exit the port striking EE in the face/eyes. EE has been ex...
08/31/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost EE fell when he stepped off of the bottom rung of a Baghouse ladder resulting in a broken metatarsal bone in his left foot.
05/26/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was driving a front-end loader through the Quarry - he ran over a pot-hole and stated the loader seat bottomed out and injured his back.
04/14/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EE strained his right knee accessing Plant stairways/ladders-filed First Report of Injury 4-21-15. Was treated by a physician 4-28-15 and placed on light duty pending further treatments and follow-up.
03/27/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 31d restricted EE was exiting a Vac-Truck - as he stepped out of the operator's station onto the access steps he felt his knee pop. Following a Phys. appointment on 3/30/15 EE was placed on restricted duty pending a...
01/04/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE strained his back while working at Lime Load-out station. He aggravated it further while adding oil to plant equipment. EE was seen by a Chiropractor and placed on leave for 3 days for a stained b...
12/28/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was chipping out the Ducon Scrubber above the hydrator unit using an air chisel. A piece lime or scale entered his left eye behind his safety glasses and full faced mask he was wearing. EE was see...
12/04/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted A Pete Lien & Sons Concrete Delivery Driver was injured while exiting his mixer truck. The EE parked on an incline and misjudged the distance to ground level from the last step from operators station...
09/09/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was loading material bags manually onto the bagging machine. As he was putting a new bag onto the spout adjacent to a bag being filled, the bag being filled ruptured sending lime into his face and...
07/29/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost 7/29/14 Employee was assisting with a screen change, after crew was finished-EE complained of lower back/hip pain. 7/31/14 EE was seen by physician and placed on restricted duty with no work activity...
07/05/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The employee stepped down off of the Hydrate loading platform onto the top of the customer trailer to load product. EE twisted/rolled his ankle as he stepped down spraining his ankle. He was seen by...
06/20/2014 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 2d lost, 1d restricted EE was injured while retrieving a part no. from the steam fan sheave wheel removed the guard as the fan was winding down - he inadvertently contacted the belt which drew his right hand into the sheave...
06/12/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 143d lost 6/12/14 EE reported back strain from oper. FEL. EE did not see Phys. until 7/1/14-ordered off of work for 2 wk. Follow up visit on 7/15/2014 EE was cleared for light duty starting 7/22/2014. Phys. has...
06/04/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 63d lost, 220d restricted EE misstep at the top of the ladder access on a Cat haul truck as he was about to descend. He grabbed the handrail and caught himself to keep from falling and strained his shoulder in doing so. EE sa...
05/12/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE was shoveling material and felt a ""pop"" in his back, he continued to shovel until his back pain became intolerable. EE was seen by a physician and diagnosed with a lower back strain.EE has been...
04/22/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE was operating a drill press to drill a piece of steel plate, the drill bit seized causing the plate to spin which struck the EE on the left ring finger. His finger was lacerated requiring sutures -...
04/21/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE was barring/cleaning material off of interior of lime kiln walls - informed Supervisor the following day that he was suffering from muscle weakness and spasms in his shoulder-primarily on left side...
04/17/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was filling customer truck at load-out when material stopped flowing out of tank, EE thought tank was empty and directed truck to move another tank. EE failed to close gate valve-material started f...
04/07/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cleaning up material after emptying a RC Quarry bag-house into a dump truck when dust blew into his right eye. EE was wearing eye protection but the fine material was blown around them requiri...
04/03/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted Employee strained shoulder while trying to press new return roller into Hot Belt Conveyer. EE was applying pressure to roller, afterwards felt a strain in shoulder that worsened-saw phys. on 4/4 and p...
02/06/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was performing maintenance on a waste tank @ Hydrate Plant with an air wand to remove material.Lime blew back and entered his right eye around his safety glasses. EE was not wearing company provide...
02/06/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 70d restricted EE slipped on patch of dust covered ice from a leaking dust suppression line, straining his left knee. All scans were negative, EE's physician prescribed a knee brace to wear, medication for pain/swel...
12/08/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE was loading a customer truck when the chute's actuator froze in position. Material backed up into the chute and was forced out of the sample port - lime fines blew around his safety glasses and int...
11/19/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE was returning tools and items to a tool box after completing maintenance work on a conveyer. While he was lowering the tool box lid, it slipped from his hands and pinched/lacerated the middle finge...
11/01/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE suffered an eye injury when dust was blown behind his safety glasses. EE saw a physician for the injury and was treated for a corneal scratch. This injury was originally treated as a non-reportabl...
10/21/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 54d restricted EE sprained his ankle on uneven ground as he was exiting from a man-lift's operator's station. Physician has placed him on restricted duty with follow-up appointments scheduled.
09/13/2013 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted EE was performing maintenance on an auger at the Hydrate plant-he was traveling on a walk way with low head room. He was accessing a lower level (which is signed for low head room) when he failed to...
08/14/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 219d lost Dump truck driver was driving with box in the air for too long when the box struck the overhead conveyor, driver was thrown from truck onto ground & truck rolled to a stop approx 1/4 mile later. Driv...
08/13/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE was unplugging the dragline in the Lime Plant, during the procedure lime fell behind his safety glasses and entered his left eye. Injury was treated with first aid measures-physician placed EE on...
04/26/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was shoveling spilled material onto a conveyer, as he twisted he felt pain in his lower back. Was seen by a physician and placed on restricted duty and given a prescription for pain and back spasm...
02/12/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 244d restricted EE informed MGT of back pain on 2/12/2013. EE had been running a skidsteer loader/water truck-did not see physician until 2/15/2013, an MRI was scheduled for diagnosis. 2/21/2013 Phys.diag. was a bu...
01/22/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was descending stairwell and missed the second to last step from the bottom. In trying to catch himself ended up falling on his back resulting in injuries to his neck, head and chest.Phys. p...
11/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 146d lost EE was pulling out fuel line hose to re-fuel mobile equipment. He had appox. 25' of hose out when it snagged on a loader bucket. EE attempted to flip hose and free it-in doing so felt a pull/strain i...
07/13/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE was shoveling lime when a piece of lime got behind the side shield of his safety glasses and into his left eye. EE's eye was flushed with eye wash and returned to work. The following morning ther...
07/01/2012 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE has suffered from neck and shoulder pain for over 11 months prior to reporting item to MGT. EE has no lost work days/mod. duty and has continued normal work-but has not improved. EE elected surgery...
06/05/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was dismounting the Cat D10J Bull Dozer and slipped as he stepped onto the access rung on the Dozer's push arm. EE fell, resulting in bruising/contusions to his chest wall and back-placed on...
04/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a dump truck, the truck's automatic locking mechanism on the tail gate was stuck and wouldn't close. Employee attempted to free the mechanism with his hand and when the latch f...
03/16/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Miner was lifting metal cones/tubes out of a crate and placing them on a fork lift when he felt a ""pop"" in his back. The incident happened on 03/16/2012, but employee did not see a physician until...
03/14/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 5d restricted Employee strained shoulder/rotator cuff lifting drill steel from a pick-up. An initial visit to Md. place EE on restricted lifting and physical therapy-but resulted in no lost time or change in dutie...
08/17/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE was helping 2 other employees lift a 30-40lb bolt bin on top of another shorter bin. He grasped the bin with both hands from the back side of the bin. While lifting, one of the ends of the bin slip...
05/10/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While crossing rebar matting employee slipped/tripped and twisted his left knee. He reported the incident on 5/10/2011 but did not seek treatment initially. Finally in July, he sought medical treatmen...
04/02/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Our employee was using a circular saw to cut dry wood. The saw kicked back and the blade caught his coveralls causing the blade to make a cut into the fatty tissue of his abdominal area. He was treate...
10/06/2010 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 59d restricted Employee was on conveyor cutting belt with a chop saw when he slipped and the chop saw fell on his left hand. Employee received surgery to repair tendons in hand.