Rapid City Quarry & Mill — Accidents

Total: 171 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/22/2001 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WALKING OUTSIDE ON THE CONVEYOR & IT WAS WINDY. A PIECE OF METAL BLEW INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
09/15/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CLIMBING BACK DOWN AFTER STARTING HIS LOADER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM RUNG AND TWISTED WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE GROUND.
08/21/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CO-WORKER AND I WENT TO THE STORAGE SHED TO GET A FILE, WHEN WE WERE CLOSING THE DOORS A SHARP METAL FLAP STUCK INTO MY ARM ABOUT 1/4"" TO 1/2"", A SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND. THE METAL WAS A LITTLE R USTY...
08/01/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None REPETITIVE USE IN JOB.
06/24/2001 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None STEPPED ON BOARD WITH NAIL IN IT.
06/11/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 57d restricted WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO FOLD GIB IN ON OUR LINK BELT CRANE, FOLDED GIB IN PINNED BACK BRACKET ATTEMPTED TO LINE UP HOLE ON FRONT PINNED GIB SLID OFF BRACKET STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S TOP OF HARD HAT, ROLLED A...
06/11/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None HELPED ANOTHER EE SET AND SECURE JIB ON BOOM. ILL FITTING SIDE MOUNT BRACKET FOR JIB. OTHER EE SAID PULLING HINGE PINS WOULD LOOSEN IT UP ENOUGHTO PULL JIB INTO MOUNT BRACKET, THEN WE LOOSENED MOUNT B...
05/25/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING AND DRIVING OUT OLD BOLTS OFF STRUCTURE. NEXT DAY EYE WAS SORE AND EMPLOYEE WENT TO RAPID CARE AND THEN SENT HIM TO EYE CLINIC WHERE THEY REMOVED A LITTLE PIECE OF SLAG OU T OF TH...
05/10/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None PULLED BACK MUSCLES WHILE SWINGING HAMMER TO OPEN A SLIDE.
04/25/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTYING BAGHOUSES INTO DUMP TRUCK WHEN SOME DUST BLEW IN HIS EYES IRRITATING THEM.EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
03/07/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING PISTON ON PAINT GUN WHEN PISTON DROPPED ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
02/12/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 49d restricted RIGHT WRIST SWELLED UP, HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES BEFORE.
02/12/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost LOADING BLOCK ON TRAILER-2 BLOCKS CAME TOGETHER-PINCHED FOOT.
01/16/2001 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WORKING OUTSIDE ON EQUIPMENT ON A WINDY DAY. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT A GUST OF WIND BLEW A DUST CLOUD INTO HIS FACE UNDER HIS GLASSES CAUSING SOMETHING TO GET IN HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING...
01/06/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 35d lost, 12d restricted FLUME WENT OUT, WASN'T IMMEDIATELY NOTICED-KILN OPERATOR STARTED TO RELIGHT, DID NOT INSURE GAS WAS EXHAUSTED CAUSING BACKFIRE CREATING HOT AIR AND DUST WHICH IN TURN WHEN IT STEPPED TO GET OU T OF TH...
01/06/2001 FIRE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted WHEN I PUT THE TORCH INTO START THE MAIN BURNER IT HAD GAS ON THE KILN THAT HAD NOT PURGED AND IGNITED CAUSING A FLUSH BACK THAT BURNED THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE.
01/03/2001 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE SCREEN CHUTE WAS PLUGGED WITH BIG ROCKS & EEWAS UNLODGING THE BRIDGED ROCK & A BIG ROCK THATHE HAD ALREADY FREED ONTO THE CONVEYOR BELT STARTED TUMBLING BACKWARDS & HIT HIS HAND.
11/27/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WAS REASSEMBLING COAL MILL JOURNAL IN SHOP. WAS MOVING ROLL UNDER HOUSING WHEN I PULLED MUSCLES IN MY LOWER ABDOMEN.
05/15/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost DRIVING TRUCK CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS WAS HIT BY A TRAIN ON DRIVER'S SIDE.
03/22/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 18d restricted EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A CRUSHER AND STRAINED WHILE USING HIS WRENCH. RESULTED IN A STOMACH HERNIA.
02/21/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None HEARING LOSS IN BOTH EARS DUE TO LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE NOSE ON THE JOB SITE. OVER THE YEARS, EE HAS OPERATED TRUCKS, DOZERS, FRONT-END LOADER, BACKHOES, CRUSHERS, AND ROAD GRADERS.