THE BRIAR HILL STONE CO. — Accidents

Total: 29 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/21/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 11d restricted Was pulling a piece of 6"" thick stone when they felt pain in the left shoulder. Stone was on rollers about 48"" off of the ground.
04/28/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 5d restricted One employee was holding a 1/2"" inch rod that was pointed on one end. The victim was holding a rubber water hose that was plugged up with sand and running the hose on and off the rod, trying to unplu...
02/08/2016 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was attempting to nail two 2x4 boards together in a right angle. EE had a smaller 2x4 standing on end with the longer 2x4 on top. Was holding them together with left hand. Brought the automatic nai...
10/24/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mill was setting the blades to make slabs out of a block of stone. Employee had tightened the blade by hitting the key. He put the pin in place to prevent the key from flying out. He then started hitt...
03/31/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was welding a 12""X1""X3/4"" piece of metal onto a mill gang cart. He was holding the piece in his R hand and welding with his L hand. He stated he heard it pop and then the welding wire bounced up...
08/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 19d restricted The machine finished splitting a 12"" x 12"" x 4"" piece of stone weighing about 50#. He was taking the stone off the rollers to palletize. In one motion he picked the stone up, turned & threw it on t...
07/23/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 17d restricted Gang Five had finished cutting the block into slabs and the cart was pulled out of the building. EE was prying the roughback out so that he could put the chain around it, when the roughback broke and...
07/14/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted EE was tightening a turnbuckle with a bar, as he pushed on the bar, the nut on the turnbuckle broke. EE fell forward and his hands landed on the concrete floor.
08/26/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted The radial arm saw has 12' rollers on each side of it. Employee put a 10' 2""x4"" on the rollers on the left side of the saw. With his left hand he grabbed the 2""x4"" from the end closest to the runn...
07/18/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 2d restricted EE WAS REPLACING A SEAT IN A 988B CAT LOADER. HE HAD REMOVED THE BOLTS AND WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE SEAT FROM WITHIN THE CAB. AS HE DID SO, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK
05/27/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 47d restricted EE WAS USING A BAR TO LOOSEN A TURNBUCKLE ON GANG #3 IN THE MILL. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL. HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS UNTIL 7/1/05 WHEN HE MISSED WORK. ON 7/5/05 I RECEIVED A FAX PU...
05/19/2005 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 7d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS USING CUTTING TORCHES TO CUT A 48"" X 16"" X 3/4"" PIECE OF METAL OUT SO THAT IT COULD BE REPLACED. HE DID THIS FOR MOST OF THE DAY. AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT HIS EYES HURT & HE COULD NOT S...
09/02/2004 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 12d restricted EE had just finished drilling a 34"" vertical hole with a track drill. He was removing the second circular drill stock when he lost control of it. As it fell he grabbed it with his right arm but the m...
07/12/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 56d restricted THE LOADER HAD JUST SET A LOAD OF SLABS IN A CART. THE LOADER THEN RELEASED THE PRESSURE OFF THE SLABS BY LOOSENING THE CABLE BALES. THE MEN THEN ADVANCED TO REMOVE THE BALES FROM AROUND THE SLABS. TH...
06/14/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was stepping off a portable platform elevated 12"" off the ground. He was wearing the extra baggy pants and as he stepped off his right pant leg caught on the platform support causing him to lose h...
09/30/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 6d restricted EE WAS WALKING ON ABOUT 2"" OF MUD ON A SANDSTONE BASE. HE WAS CARRYING A ROUND STEEL PIN 3"" X 24"" IN HIS LEFT HAND. HE STEPPED ON A FLAT PIECE OF SANDSTONE THAT HAD A LAYER OF WET CLAY ON IT. AS HE...
08/27/2003 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EE JUST FINISHED DRILLING HOLES WITH A TRACK DRILL AND WAS CREASING THE HOLES TO SCORE BOTH SIDES. HE RAISED THE DRILL OUT AND GRABBED IT WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HIS GLOVES WERE LONGER THAN HIS FI NGERS S...
11/11/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 8d restricted A PIECE OF SLAB END WEIGHING ABOUT 75# WAS SITTING ON A SET OF ROLERS ABOUT 42"" HIGH. EE PICKED UP THE PIECE AND PUT IT ON A PALLET. AS HE BENT OVER, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK TH...
10/28/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 19d lost, 7d restricted EE WAS REMOVING STONE FROM A SPLITTING MACHINE. AS HE PICKED UP A PIECE WEIGHING ABOUT 75#, THE PIECE BROKE AND ONE PIECE FELL AND HIT HIS FOOT ABOVE THE STEEL TOE.
09/23/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted EE WAS HOLDING A COPING TOOL AGAINST A PIECE OF STONE WHILE CO-WORKER HIT THE COPING TOOL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER TO SCORE THE STONE. CO-WORKER HIT THE EDGE OF THE COPING TOOL AND A SMALL PIECE O F METAL...
05/17/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE WAS HITTING THE BOTTOM OF A KEY THAT WAS HOLDING A BLADE TIGHT IN A GANG SAW SO THAT HE COULDLOOSEN THE KEY. AS HE WAS DOING THIS HE REACHED WITH HIS LT. HAND TO GRAB THE KEY, WHEN HIS HAND WAS ABO...
09/26/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost 2 EE'S WERE SPLITTING 16"" HIGH ASHLAR & STACKINGTHEM ON A PALLET. WHEN ONE WENT TO THE RESTROOM INJ EE HELPED ON THE MACHINE. 10/17/01 EE REP'D THAT HIS SHOULDER HURT. HE CON'T WITH HIS REGULA R JOB...
09/18/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 23d restricted THE BLADES ON GANG FIVE HAD BECOME WORN OUT FOR SAWING STONE SLABS. THE EES HAD REPLACED THE BLADES AND WERE HAMMERING THE KEYS IN TO TIGHTEN THE BLADES. WHILE THEY DID THIS EE'S ELBOW STARTED TO HURT...
06/05/2001 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 12d restricted EE WAS WORKING IN THE MINE PIT NEXT TO A 40' STRAIGHT VERTICAL HIGHWALL WHEN A SMALL ROCK LESS THAN AN INCH THICK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION OR L OSE WOR...
11/09/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 2d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A SIX FOOT LADDER. HE TURNED AS HE WAS STEPPING OFF THE LAST STEP. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE LAST RUNG. THIS LEG WAS IN A TWISTED MOTION AS HIS FOOT HIT THE GROUND.
10/11/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING STONE OFF OF A SPLIT MACHINE AND PUTTING ON A PALLET. AFTER ONE PIECE WAS SPLIT HE REACHED OVER THE PIECE OF STONE AND INTO THE MACHINE TO GRAB BACK OF STONE INSTEAD OF FRO NT. AS...
09/01/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 2d restricted THE MILL HAD JUST PUT TWO BLOCKS ONTO THE CART AND PUSHED IT INTO THE GANG TO BE SAWED INTO SLABS. EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF THE SWING FRAME WOULD BE ABLE TO COME DOWN PAST THE BLOCKS W ITHOUT H...
06/14/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PIPE ATTACHED TO AN AIR HOSE TO BLOW LOOSE MATERIAL OFF AN AREA THAT HAD BEEN DRILLED, IT WAS ON A SLIGHT GRADE. AS HE TOOK A STEP FORWARD HIS FOOT CAME DOWN ON A PIECE OF STONE A...
05/11/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 32d restricted EE HAD JUST FINISHED LOADING A PALLET OF WALLSTONE, HE LOWERED THE PALLET DOWN WITH THE HYDRAULIC LIFT TO THE CONVEYOR LEVEL. HE TRIED TO PUSH THE PALLET, WEIGHING ONE TON, ONTO THE ROLLERS ON THE CON...