Sweetwater Quarry — Accidents
Total: 8 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/14/2025 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 24d restricted | EE reported neck/back pain. States it is due to the bouncing of the dozer while operating. It has gotten worse overtime. Chronic issue. |
| 05/27/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 13d lost, 18d restricted | Operator was setting up to fill the hydraulic oil on the Wirtgen 2200 Surface Miner. This involves hinging a plate metal cover back to access the tank cap. After the cover was hinged back, operator pl... |
| 08/06/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 7d lost, 64d restricted | Maintenance tech was replacing a faulty LCL Filter in a drive cabinet. After filter was replaced, tech was moving old filter to get it out of the electrical room. Filter has casters but they are locke... |
| 07/26/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 14d lost, 80d restricted | Employee was assisting in cleaning up around the ready line area when they were loading up broken wood and pallets into the loader bucket. The injured employee attempted to pick up a pallet that was p... |
| 09/01/2021 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 75d restricted | Before the welding could take place, maintenance had to grind off an old weld. While in operation the grinding wheel guard came loose, spun, and contacted the surface. The contact caused the grinder t... |
| 10/17/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | None | While making shop repairs to a spare mixer assembly, technician turned the internal rotor. The rotor became momentarily seized and released before the technician could remove their hand. Finger caugh... |
| 07/14/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The operator applied the socket to the segment bolt head on the D8 Dozer sprocket and was in the process of applying downward pressure when the socket came loose resulting in left thumb getting caught... |
| 10/18/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Quarry Crusher Operator was exiting the PC House at an angle twisting his left ankle when his foot encountered the ground. |