Ventucopa Quarry — Accidents
Total: 24 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/22/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | employee cutting hose with exacto knife and slipped cutting through EE's left thumb |
| 08/24/2018 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 66d lost | miner was driving 1989 Kenworth water truck up the haul road and either shifted or stalled the water truck the truck began rolling backwards rolled into muddy conditions truck began sliding and overtu... |
| 02/10/2015 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 13d lost | Employee was cleaning hammermill and stepped on rock causing right ankle to twist. |
| 10/16/2013 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 7d lost, 120d restricted | Employee standing next to handrail by prep screen on flat ground and went to turn to walk in the opposite direction and twisted knee. |
| 06/15/2013 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 93d lost | The employee was pushing a wheel barrow full of dirt/gyp and stepped wrong on his right foot causing it to twist. |
| 02/25/2012 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 5d lost, 16d restricted | Employee stepped out of service truck and twisted left ankle. |
| 04/04/2011 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | The employee was using a come along to draw in dozer track frame to line up and insert pin for track. The come along chain broke hitting the employee in right side of jaw. He received a small cut on... |
| 06/21/2010 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 3d lost, 2d restricted | Injured person reported at 3:00 p.m that at approx. 7:45 a.m. he was shoveling and his back started hurting. He continued to work and then later got off of his escavator to move a rock and he felt som... |
| 09/19/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Moving pin to to align and put in excavator, the pin grazed up against employee's left knee/shin area. |
| 06/18/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | employee cut right middle finger required two stitches and tetnus shot returned to work same day no lost time |
| 06/05/2008 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Stepped off small berm by conveyor 9 and hurt lower back. |
| 06/02/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 5d lost | Employee climbed up to get into the dozer (to begin operating it) and twisted right knee |
| 04/05/2008 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee states he was exiting the time clock room and stepped wrong on his left foot. He has multiple fractures on top of left foot. |
| 11/07/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was removing a nut from impactor with a pipe wrench lost balance and pulled something in lower back |
| 07/25/2007 | OTHER | ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) | None | Employee was sitting down in control tower, started experiencing extreme pain to lower abdomen right side. |
| 08/29/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was cleaning out the feeder and a rock hit his finger |
| 10/03/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was re-tarping in the plant area. A piece of baling wire used to tie off the tarp poked him in the right eye. |
| 08/17/2005 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Employee was driving a 1991 325M Dresser empty up to the top of the mountain to get a load of Gypsum Rock. The road was too wet and the truck slid down the haul road in reverse rolling into a burm an... |
| 07/16/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) | None | Employee was cleaning the hammermill when a co-worker stepped on the bearing causing one of the hammers to fall on the top of his left hand. Employee had a small abrasion on the top of his left hand... |
| 07/05/2005 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 7d lost | Getting out of the Water Truck and stepped on foot wrong |
| 01/21/2005 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Dust flew into employee's left eye This was not a lost time accident the dr looked at his eye administered eye drops and wrote out a prescription for eyedrops. EE returned to work no restrictions im... |
| 08/10/2004 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was working on the # 6 belt, tightening a bolt by hand. The ratchet slipped and came back and hit the employee above the left eye. He sustained a small cut and lump above the left eye. Imm... |
| 02/06/2003 | OTHER | ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) | None | SHOULDER PAIN, CHEST PAIN ON LEFT SIDE, DIFFICULTY BREATHING. GOT HURT OFF THE JOB, PULLED A CHEST MUSCLE, NOT WORK RELATED. |
| 07/12/2001 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON RED SCREEN WHEN GRINDER SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. EE SAW THAT IT HAD UNPLUGGED FROM THE ELECTRIC SOURCE, SO HE REACHED OVER AND PLUGGED IT BACK IN. THE SWITCH ON THE GRINDER WAS STIL... |