Watertown Plant — Accidents

Total: 8 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/20/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using chipping hammer while doing maintenance on stone plant Deister screen. Employee's hands were sweaty and slipped down shaft of chipping hammer, hitting screen and causing small lacer...
09/27/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE USING UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT CONVEYOR BELT. KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING THROUGH SAFETY GLOVE, LACERATING LEFT INDEX FINGER.
10/08/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE CUTTING AND SPLICING CONVEYOR BELT AT CRUSHING PLANT, USING UTILITY KNIFE AND T-SQUARE - CUT RIGHT HAND WITH UTILITY KNIFE REQUIRING STITCHES AT LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM.
03/21/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost Employee was handling lifting straps, twisted left wrist resulting in the need for surgery at a later date to repair tendon/ligament damage.
10/07/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing down the ladder of a quarry haul truck, when his foot slipped and he hit his left leg on a metal step of the haul truck, producing a laceration of the left leg just below the kne...
04/21/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost EE WAS SEATED USING LARGE WRENCH TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON CRUSHER. WHEN EE STOOD UP HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK & LEG. HE WAS ASSISTED OFF CRUSHER AND AWAITED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
05/08/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EMPLOYEE SPRAINED BACK MUSCLES WHILE REMOVING FOOTBALL SIZED STONES FROM SCREENS UNIT AT PORTABLE CRUSHER.
03/06/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 4d restricted EE WAS USING PICKAXE TO CLEAN FROZEN CHUNKS OF STONE OFF GRATES ON STONE HOPPER. EE STRAINED BACK MUSCLES WHILE DOING SO.