Sierra Stone Quarry — Accidents
Total: 36 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/05/2022 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | Stepped down from low boy semi-trailer onto muddy ground. Foot slipped and twisted right knee awkwardly. Had pain the next day and went to clinic. Right knee sprain. |
| 04/30/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee exited excavator and wedding ring caught on window frame, causing a laceration to EE's left ring finger |
| 07/24/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 23d restricted | While shoveling under crusher area EE felt a ""pop"" in right groin area. |
| 06/08/2010 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE received a laceration to his left index finger that required three stitches. He was preparing for a repair on a conveyor belt. While holding a new blade for a cutting knife in his left hand, he wen... |
| 10/12/2007 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 9d restricted | While walking on flat ground to move a forklift he stepped on a rock and twisted his ankle. |
| 08/07/2006 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 17d restricted | While operating a loader, the employee was dumping material into a grizzly. The tilt control on the loader stuck allowing the bucket to roll forward hitting the bucket stops. This jarred the loader ca... |
| 07/27/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Employee was helping another employee remove a seat from a front end loader. The injured employee was in a ackward position during the removal process and strained his back. Strained Back |
| 05/05/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 12d restricted | Employee was standing with one foot on a conveyor frame and the other foot on a cross brace of the conveyor tunnel wall. While he was striking the side of a material hopper with a hammer to clear some... |
| 03/11/2006 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 59d restricted | Employee was backing a backhoe down an incline. When he hit the brakes to stop, the backhoe slid sideways, struck a bank and turned over on its side. The employee struck his left foot against the rol... |
| 01/24/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 15d restricted | Employee was walking down a slopped area, when he tripped and fell. He reached out with his right hand to break his fall, and felt a pain in his right hand. (Metacarpal fracture of right hand) |
| 01/18/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee slipped and fell against conveyor frame. (Rib Contusion) |
| 09/28/2005 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was using a bar to pry up on a pulley shaft. They had a motor and gear box suspended from a come-a-long and the lifting eye broke. When the motor and gear box dropped, the employee's fing... |
| 05/04/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 7d lost, 195d restricted | Employee was throwing a weighted rope to capture a pump float, and felt a pop in his right arm. Ruptured right bicep |
| 04/13/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | Employee was flipping a section of screen material over and strained his upper back. Thoracic strain |
| 03/30/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | Employee was shoveling on elevated platform, he twisted and felt pain in lower back. Lumbar Sprain |
| 03/22/2005 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | Employee was dismounting cat skid steer loader, slipped and hit shin and knee on loader bucket. Sprain of knee and leg. |
| 10/16/2004 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was removing a rock from a primary bypass chute, when the employee threw the rock over the side of the chute he caught his hand between the side of the chute and the rock. Left hand laceratio... |
| 10/03/2004 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was clearing a clogged material chute, he hit a large rock slab with a hammer and small peice of dirt flew up and went under his safety glasses and got into his eye. (superficial injury of c... |
| 09/28/2004 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 23d restricted | Employee was walking on walkway, stepped in dip on walkway and twisted knee. Sprained Knee (Right). |
| 08/28/2004 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | Employee was stepping up onto a ladder, and slipped, falling backwards. The fall resulted in a contusion to the back. |
| 08/12/2004 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The injured employee and another employee had a disagrement which broke out into an arguement. The arguement escalated into a physical altercation, the second employee struck with his fist to the left... |
| 07/21/2004 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | Employee was shoveling around conveyor, shovel hit conveyor belt and kicked it back striking the employee on the left forearm. Left forearm contusion. |
| 05/28/2004 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 9d lost, 150d restricted | Employee was walking to service vehicle, tripped over rock fell backwards causing left knee to twist. Employee didn't seek medical attention until 06/22/04 |
| 04/22/2004 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 3d restricted | Employee was working under a screen, when he was walking out from under the screen he stood up before he cleared the frame holding the screen and struck his head on a frame cross member, resulting in... |
| 09/15/2003 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | MINER WAS CUTTING THE BOLTS OFF A TAIL PULLEY TAKE UP SECTION, & A PIECE OF SLAG BURNT THROUGH THE STITCHING OF HIS BOOT, RESULTING IN A SMALL BURN TO THE TOP OF HIS LT. FOOT. |
| 08/30/2003 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | STOOD UP UNDER A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. |
| 06/24/2003 | NO VALUE FOUND | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 55d restricted | EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CLIMB A VERTICLE LADDER WITH A BUCKET, THE BUCKET SLIPPED AND THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH THE BUCKET AND STRAINED HIS LEFT ELBOW. TENOSYNORITIS - INFLAMATION OF TENDON SHEATH . |
| 10/08/2002 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | EE WAS INVOLVED IN LABOR WORK AND PLANT MAINTENENACE. WHILE GREASING A HEAD PULLEY, THE HOSE ON THE GREASE GUN GOT STUCK ONT HE ZERK FITTING. THE EE REACHED AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE DRIVE MOTO R TO FR... |
| 08/04/2002 | ELECTRICAL | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | REBUILDING 4000 AMP SERVICE PANEL, RECONNECTING EXISTING EQUIPMENT SERVICES, BACKFEED FROM DAMAGED CABLE ENERGIZED EQUIPMENT CAUSING PHASE TO PHASE SHORT. (MINOR FLASH BURNS) |
| 04/01/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | AFTER INSTALLING A RUBBER GROMMET AROUND WIRING AT THE CLARIFIER, THE EE WAS APPLYING RTV SILICONE AROUND THE GROMMET TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. WHILE THE EE WAS SQUEEZING THE TRIGGER ON THE CAULKIN G GUN,... |
| 02/25/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | THE EE WAS CHANGING A BEARING ON A HEAD PULLEY, THE SUPPORTS HOLDING THE HEAD PULLEY SHAFT SHIFTED AND CAUGHT THE EE'S LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE PULLEY SHAFT AND THE CONVEYOR FRAME. THE ACCIDENT R ESULTED... |
| 01/18/2002 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 164d lost, 91d restricted | WORKER WAS DELIVERING FUEL AT ALL-LIGHT AGGREGATE. HE STATED, HE TRIPPED OVER DEBRIS WHILE HE WAS HOOKING UP PUMP HOSE TO DELIVER FUEL. HE STATED THAT THE AREA HAD NO LIGHTING. |
| 01/04/2002 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A SLOPED AREA FROM THE UPPER PLANT TO THE LOWER PLANT TO PICK UP A HAUL TRUCK, HE SLIPPED AND FELL, LANDING ON HIS LEFT HIP. THE EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DEEP TISSUE BRU... |
| 06/23/2001 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING WATER TRUCK WHEN THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PUT THE VEHICLE BACK INTO GEAR WHEN HE HIT A CHUCK HOLE IN THE ROAD. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A MINOR WH... |
| 12/18/2000 | NONPOWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 30d lost | PULLING LOADED WHEELBARROW'S WHEEL OUT OF SMALL HOLE. LIFTED UP ON HANDLES AND STARTED TO PULL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. |
| 09/29/2000 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | UNPLUGGING DRILL BIT, I THOUGHT ALL AIR WAS OUT. I DISLODGED ROCKS AND THE AIR BLEW THE ROCKS ON MY ARM. |