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...