Spec Agg Quarry — Accidents
Total: 46 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/08/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Trying to dislodge a rock 17' down a bore hole with loading poles. The rock was dislodged and the poles rebounded and hit employee under the right eyebrow. Cutting EE with a 1' cut. EE was wearing s... |
| 12/10/2024 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | 12/10/24 EE slipped and fell on ice. EE continued first aid treatment until 1/27/2025 EE was prescribed psychical therapy. |
| 08/06/2024 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 49d restricted | 8/6/2024, EE experienced unspecified back pain while operating haul truck. 8/7/2024, EE was seen at clinic, first aid only. 8/22/2024, EE condition did not improve, occupational doctor prescribed phys... |
| 12/02/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | None | Employee was attempting to dislodge a rock that was caught between the frame and arm of the #1 cone crusher. Employee grabbed a chipping hammer and hit the rock, attempting to break it, as EE contacte... |
| 10/13/2023 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | Employee was loading structural fill with CAT 982 loader, dust got into eye because the cab door was not completely closed. Employee was taken to the local clinic, diagnosed with infection of the left... |
| 08/29/2023 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 21d restricted | Employee was shoveling around the locked out tail pulley. EE climbed between the trusses of the conveyor and shoveled toward the tail pulley. The belt rolled backwards and EE placed both arms toward t... |
| 01/01/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was conducting maintenance work on a guard when at some point debris made contact with employee's eye. Employee was wearing all the required PPE including safety glasses. Towards the end of t... |
| 07/31/2019 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was changing a cutting edge on a 982 loader. The bolt head was spinning while the EE attempted to remove the nut with an impact wrench. EE placed their right hand under the head of the bolt to push... |
| 06/26/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | EE was shoveling material into 5 gallon buckets, weighing 80 lbs, then carried one bucket in each hand 30 feet upon where the EE dumped the material on to a belt. The EE experienced a strained muscle... |
| 02/25/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | EE slipped and fell due to ice while attempting to walk to service truck. |
| 09/30/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was installing a guard on a tail pulley when the guard sprung loose and struck the EE in the mouth. |
| 07/21/2017 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | A rock struck an employee in the mouth chipping/cracking their front tooth in two places. |
| 08/03/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was prying steel when the pry bar slipped and lacerated cheek. |
| 05/27/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was asked to put new tape markings on the pump hose 5058. He needed to cut old tape off. In this process, he stabbed himself between the thumb and finger. We took him to the emergency room. He ne... |
| 05/18/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Employee was swinging a large sledge hammer and missed his striking point. The missed strike caused strain on his left arm and shoulder. His left arm was put in a sling and he was give soma to help wi... |
| 06/11/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 3d lost, 88d restricted | Moving pallet box to rear of service truck, strain/tear in right arm bicep. |
| 10/28/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | Employee was replacing the plow bolts on a cutting edge of a loader bucket when his hand slipped and was cut by the edge of the plow bolt. |
| 09/12/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 29d restricted | Employee was cleaning out a chute and material fell striking him in the left shoulder. Employee was diagnosed with a contusion of the left shoulder and was issued physical therapy. |
| 09/20/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | While removing worn manganese liner from Crusher Bowl Frame, one employee was driving wedges under line with hammer, the liner popped from it's position, hitting the employee on the lower left rib cag... |
| 05/10/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Lifting buckets of crusher back and foot slipped forward and felt a pull in lower abdominal area. |
| 04/09/2007 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | Employee was using a hammer to knock a bearing out of its housing when a bearing fragment struck him on the hand. |
| 09/07/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 12d lost, 22d restricted | Employee was lifting rocks and sustained a hernia. |
| 06/14/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 10d restricted | Employee was running a maching when his thumb was caught between the shiv and the belt causing a fracture. |
| 02/18/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 47d restricted | Working on conveyor belt, slipped on ice and fell approx. 2 ft. to ground (strained back/shoulder). |
| 04/01/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 9d restricted | Moving cone motor, motor struck his leg and twisted his knee. |
| 11/02/2004 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 68d restricted | Employee tried to strike a piece of the steering arm of a haul truck in place with a hammer. Employee missed his target and hit his left middle finger. Examination by a doctor revealed a fracture in... |
| 04/14/2004 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee alleges he hit his head on the top of the loader cab on 4/14/04. The injury was not recordable at that time. Employee returned to physician on 5/13/04 claiming that injury was not healing,... |
| 12/09/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS SETTING UP TO FINISH CUTTING A PIECE OF CURVED METAL. PIECE ROTATED & HIT HIM IN THE NOSE. |
| 11/04/2003 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Employee reported injury on 11/4/03 (sore shoulder). Recent evaluation led to surgery on 4/6/04. |
| 10/24/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS INSTALLING A PART ON A SCREEN DECK EE LOST HIS GRIP CAUSING HIS THUMB TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN THE PART AND THE PART MOUNT. |
| 06/07/2003 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 29d restricted | EE WAS USING A PRYBAR TO POSITION A PULLEY FOR MAINTENANCE. THE PRYBAR SLIPPED AND THE EE HURT HIS ANKLE. THE EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 6/9/03. |
| 01/20/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 15d lost, 15d restricted | EE COMPLAINED OF LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN WHILE REPAIRING A HAUL TRUCK ENGINE. ALLEGED INJURY WAS ON 1-20-03. EE REPORTED ALLEGED INJURY ON 1-22-03. MEDICAL VERIFICATION OF INJURY WAS ON 2-14-03. |
| 07/22/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EMPLOYEE FELT SOMETHING ENTER HIS EYE FROM BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. FIRST AID EYEWASH APPLIED. EYE IRRITATION/REDNESS THE FOLLOWING MORNING - SENT TO THE CLINIC FOR EVALUATION. |
| 05/23/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | FOREIGN OBJECT EMBEDDED IN EYE |
| 03/15/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | WHILE REPAIRING CHUTE LINER HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE CORNER OF THE LINER. IT CAME & PINCHED HIS HAND ON THE DOOR BRACE. |
| 01/07/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | LIFTING OVERHEAD STRAINED BACK |
| 11/05/2001 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 3d restricted | RUNNING PIT LOADER, RAN OVER SOME ROUGH UNEVEN GROUND |
| 03/26/2001 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 34d restricted | LARGE ROCK LOADED INTO HAUL TRUCK BY OPERATOR; ROCKED THE TRUCK. EE COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN. |
| 12/29/2000 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | CUTTING STEEL FROM HOPPER, MATERIAL CAME LOOSE FROM THE SIDE. EE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE FALLING MATERIAL & HIT A HANGING GATE. |
| 12/14/2000 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | USING A HACKSAW TO CUT THE METAL ROD, BLADE SLIPPED OFF ROD CAUSING LEFT HAND TO STRIKE ROD & CUT FINGER. |
| 11/29/2000 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A BREAKER BAR & DEEP WELL SOCKET. SOCKET SLIPPED FROM BOLT HEAD & FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TOOL & STATIONARY OBJECT |
| 11/17/2000 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | HE WAS CHANGING WIPER ON FEED CONVEYOR; ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING AND LET GO OF WIPER. |
| 09/25/2000 | OTHER | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | STUNG BY A BEE / ALERGIC REACTION. |
| 08/10/2000 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | REPLACING EDGE SEGEMENTS FROM WHEEL LOADER. REMOVING BOLTS, BOLT SLIPPED AND CUT FINGER. |
| 05/01/2000 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | IN BED AREA OF BOOM TRUCK, AS HE WAS GETTING OUT, SLIPPED ON SOME GREASE AND FELL. |
| 02/15/2000 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS HELPING REMOVE A PIECE OF SCREEN CLOTH SCREEN CLOTH MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY & SMASHED HIS FINGER |