Sabel Quarry — Accidents

Total: 123 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/02/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee is a Quarry Laborer at the Sabel Quarry. As they were helping another employee, who was driving at skidsteer at the time, place the stone on the pallet, their right ring finger was pinched be...
03/25/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 19d restricted Employee was watching rocks drop from conveyor and a rock hit his left index finger. Employee received a laceration from the accident and the doctor placed the employee on restricted duty. Employee...
11/08/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was changing the propane tank on a fork lift and the propane discharged from the tank. The tank was found to be defective.
08/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was removing stone jammed in conveyor belt. Stone on top on pile fell on employee's right forearm. Restricted duty assigned. **Employee did not seek treatment until 8/13/11**
09/27/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was getting out of skid steer. His right foot got caught on the forks causing him to fall; spraining his left ankle/foot. Employee was given a prescription.
04/21/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 49d restricted Employee was chiseling a stone. A piece broke off the stone catching his right middle finger. Restricted duty assigned.
03/03/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 35d restricted Employee was walking to break room to clock in when he slipped on the ice. He fell on his right knee which he recently had surgery on. Restricted duty assigned. Employee was suppose to report to the...
02/25/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 12d restricted Employee was cleaning up area. He slipped on the ice while picking up a stone; the stone landed on him. Diagnosis: Neck strain & occipital head injury; Restricted duty assigned
02/20/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee pinched his finger when the linkage on the control for the bottom head broke causing it to rise by itself. At the same time, the coil in the joystick that controls the top head of the machine...
02/07/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was carrying a large stone to pallet and hurt his back. Diagnosis: Back strain; Restricted duty assigned. **Employee did not report injury or seek medical treatment until 2/11/08.
02/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was helping machine operator move a stone; his finger got pinched between 2 stones. Diagnosis: Left 4th finger fracter/laceration. Restricted duty, sutures, splint.
01/29/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 14d restricted Employee was removing material from pile with a skidsteer. He hit something, causing the skidsteer to stop suddenly. The sudden stop caused pain in his back; Diagnosis: Lumbar Strain - Restricted dut...
01/23/2008 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 38d lost, 190d restricted There was no specific accident; Employee had pain in his right knee; Diagnosis: Right knee strain; Restrictions assigned; Employee had a work injury in August of 2006. which resulted in knee surgery....
11/14/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was using a cutting wheel to cut a piece of metal off a forklift rack. The wheel became jammed and fell out of employee's hands. Diagnosis: Right 2nd finger laceration. Restrictions assigned...
07/30/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 132d lost, 9d restricted Employee was wrapping a pallet of stone and felt pain in his back. Lumbar strain - Restricted duty and prescribed medications.
07/24/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was placing stone on discharge belt to be recut. His finger got caught under the stone. Fracture/Laceration requiring stitches
07/20/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was next to another employee who was chiseling a stone. A stone chip flew up and became embedded in the employee's shoulder. Shoulder puncture; prescribed antiobiotics and pain killer.
03/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee felt a strain in his back when he placed a 4"" jumper stone onto a pallet.
03/05/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was walking down the hill by the splitter shop, slipped on a patch of ice and fell on his backside. *Did not seek medical treatment until 3-6-07. Contusion of muscles - low back. Restricted d...
02/14/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 18d restricted Employee was cleaning scrap away with his bucket. The bucket got caught on something causing the skid steer to stop quickly. When this happened the EE hit his head on something inside the skid steer....
02/07/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Employee was carrying a stone and felt some pain in his back. *Didn't report injury until 2-8-07. Back strain. Off work.
01/31/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost The lever on the bobcat that is used for locking/unlocking the pin so that the operator can change from bucket to forks was frozen. The employee kept trying to get the lever to move and once it did, t...
12/11/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was picking up stones off the belt and placing them on a pallet and his back began to hurt.
11/03/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee's right shoulder became sore from pushing and pulling the stones while cutting. Right shoulder strain. Off work.
11/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 23d lost, 14d restricted EE was working in the splitter shop loading random onto the rollers, when he had a strange feeling in his midsection. He first had this feeling in April, but did not seek medical attention until Novem...
11/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted After belt piling, employee complained that he had lower bqck pain and felt his neck popping. * back strain * * restricted duty *
11/01/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was helping the ground crew in the quarry on 11-1-06. He began to feel pain in his stomach from lifting the stones. EE did not report injury until 11-10-06. Abdominal muscle stain, off work.
10/31/2006 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 24d restricted Employee's fnger was pinched between a stone and the rollers when he accidentally pushed the guide button and the guides came down.*Fracture of right middle finger. *Off work.
09/14/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was blasting in quarry when a bee flew in his glove and stung him on the wrist. The employee had a reaction. He was given a shot as well as prescription medication.
08/01/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 8d restricted Employee was carrying a stone from the table to the pallet & stepped on a small piece of stone with his left foot & twisted his left knee.
06/12/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Employee was working as a material handler. He was unloading stone from a pallet onto the rollers of the splitter. Once finished he lifted up the pallet, set it on the ground. He stood up and felt pai...
03/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was lifting a piece of stone that had fallen off the chiseling table and felt a sharp pain in the inside of his left knee. Left knee sprain. Restricted duty.
02/07/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee tried to grab a stone from the discharge belt and his fingers got pinched between the stone and belt.
01/25/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY None Employee was loading rollers with random stone and his right shoulder began to hurt. Employee did not report injury or seek medical attention until 1/26/06.
01/19/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was flipping a large stone over and the edge of the stone cut the inside of his right forearm. Forearm laceration requiring stitches. Restricted duty.
01/03/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE LEANED FORWARD TO TURN ON THE HEATER IN THE LOADER & PARTICLES FLEW OUT OF THE FAN & INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. RIGHT EYELID, FOREIGN BODY INFECTION. PRESCRIBED MEDICATION, DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREA...
12/28/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee picked up a piece of stone, twisted his body to place it on a pallet and felt pain. Employee was using improper lifting techniques. He should've rotated his body instead of twisting. Restrict...
12/21/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee lifted a stone off a skid, turned to set it on the rollers and felt a sharp pain in his back. He did not seek medical treatment until 12/22/05. Acute back strain. Employee unable to work.
12/06/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF STONE OFF THE FORKS OF THE FORKLIFT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. BACK STRAIN - OFF WORK.
11/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Pushing and pulling the stone on the rollers with his right arm has caused pain and numbness in his right shoulder and arm. Right shoulder strain - restricted duty.
11/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A STONE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS STOMACH. ABDOMINAL MUSCLE STRAIN - RESTRICTED DUTY. *EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 11/5/05.
10/17/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was putting of banding on machine. The roll slipped and the employee got his finger caught laceration and fracture of right index finger-stitches.
10/10/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was pulling a stone from the machine when the stone twisted, pinching his left thumb between the stone and the machine.
10/10/2005 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 17d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HYDRA SPLITTER. A PIECE OF THE STONE HE WAS CUTTING FLEW & HIT HIM IN THE LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.
09/08/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CUTTING STONE AND HE GOT DUST PARTICLES IN HIS EYES WHICH CAUSED IRRITATION - PRESCRIBED MEDICATION (VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS). EE NOTIFIED SUPERVISOR THE DAY IT HAPPENED. SUPERVISOR MAILED ACCID...
08/30/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was driving skidsteer when he got dust in his eye. Corneal foreign body-went to specialist-given presciption eye drops.
08/08/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was pushing stone on hydraulic splitter; felt pain in his shoulder. Right shoulder strain - restrictions.
08/05/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was stacking stone on pallet. Caught finger between two stones. Crushed finger: prescription pain medicine.
08/04/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HYDRAULIC SPLITTER WHEN A STONE FLEW BACK AND HIT HIM ON THE FINGER. SPRAINED FINGER.
07/25/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A STONE ON THE CONVEYOR BELT BROKE. A PIECE FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE LEG, RIGHT LEG LACERATION