Weatherford Quarry — Accidents
Total: 22 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/11/2022 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Injured employee was turning to acknowledge another person and when EE turned, EE's foot was against a piece of dunnage that steel was sitting on and EE lost EE's balance. EE began falling forward but... |
| 07/15/2022 | FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 54d lost, 20d restricted | The employee was in the process of cleaning material off the concrete pad under screen #3 at approximately 11:00 am. While setting the hose on the ground, debris that had accumulated on the structure... |
| 09/25/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 111d lost, 39d restricted | As the technician was removing rim components that were seated in the tire, they fell due to the tire being upright rather than being laid flat on the ground. As they fell the technician tried to catc... |
| 12/07/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | 638d lost | Haul Trucks were hauling ?""- rock from the Stone Plant to the Asphalt Plant. Approx. 10:40am, the operator of the empty haul truck was traveling S. toward Stone Plant. The empty truck appeared to tra... |
| 12/07/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 529d lost | Haul Trucks were hauling ?""- rock from the Stone Plant to the Asphalt Plant. Approx. 10:40am, the operator of the empty haul truck was traveling S. toward Stone Plant. The empty truck appeared to tra... |
| 04/29/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 149d lost | Injured worker was working at the edge of the building, tied off at the ridge. Injured worker went back to ridge area to get blocking material. When injured worker headed back down, IW stepped throu... |
| 10/24/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | On 10/24/17, employee was walking into a tunnel & tripped over a conveyor belt laying on the ground. Employee attempted to catch self by bracing self to the wall with left hand. EE received First Aid... |
| 06/16/2016 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 573d lost | Employee's body shifted in the cab of haul truck when EE ran over a pot hole. A short time later EE experienced numbness in legs and was taken for medical treatment. EE is currently losing time. |
| 12/18/2015 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | IW was welding on a piece of equipment and as IW changed positions the welding torch flame went across his wrist between the glove and his shirt. |
| 07/26/2014 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 28d restricted | Employee was performing maintenance on conveyor using an electric drill. The drill jammed while in reverse motion catching his right hand between the drill handle and a fixed object. He sought medic... |
| 05/18/2013 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The injured was attempting to rotate an impact crusher rotor shaft to dislodge material that had it jammed using a pry bar. The pry bar slipped as he was pulling which caused his hand to impact the cr... |
| 07/24/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | A boulder too large to enter the crusher cavity was lodged on the feeder. The injured was using a steel cable to wrap around the boulder. The cable would then have been hooked to a loader bucket and... |
| 12/04/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 22d lost | After washing drill, driller had trouble with his AC unit. After finishing the hole he was drilling, he climbed up to check on the problem. On his way down with his left foot on the track of the dri... |
| 08/01/2007 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using a pry bar to help adjust a tail pulley on a stacker belt. His finger became wedged between the pry bar and the stacker belt framework, which resulted in a finger being broken. |
| 02/06/2007 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was trying to loosen and remove a tight nut. He was hitting on the handle of the box-end wrench with a small sledge hammer in an attempt to free the tight nut. The hammer deflected off the... |
| 01/11/2006 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 358d lost | 3 Factors contributing: 1. Employee has a narrowing of the spine where the injury occured. 2. Bin was packed up. 3. Injured used too heavy of a sledge hammer (8#) |
| 07/23/2004 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was cutting off bolts with a cutting torch while wearing safety glasses. ee went to dr to have metal and rust removed from eye. |
| 03/19/2004 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS UNLOADING METAL PIECES OF SHEETING, WHEN A PIECE FELL. HE JUMPED BACK AND HIT THE TRUCK. HE CAUGHT HIS NIPPLE RING ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A T-SHIRT. |
| 06/25/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS LIFTING A WIRE SCREEN (APPROX. 4'X 6'), IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS GRASP & WHEN HE REGRIPPED THE SCREEN, HE PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND, THE SKIN BETWEEN THE INDEX FINGER & THUMBS. HE RECEIVED 7 STITCHES.... |
| 06/16/2003 | NO VALUE FOUND | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO DISLODGE A ROCK A SMALLER GRAGMENT OF A ROCK FLEW OUT AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHIN. HE WAS WORKING IN THE FEEDER FOR A CRUSHER. |
| 06/03/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | HE WAS ADJUSTING CHAIN ON WABBLE FEEDER DURING REPAIR HE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE FEEDER (4'AWAYHE WAS MOVING THE CHAIN ELECTRICALLY TO GET IN PLACE- WHEN MASTER LINK BROKE & HIT EE IN UPPER LEFT SHOUL... |
| 06/03/2003 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | HE WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM WABBLER FEEDER ON OF THE WABBLER BARS THAT HE WAS STANDING ON ROLLED OVER CAUSING HIS LEG TO SLIDE DOWN BETWEEN 2- WABBLER ROLLERS. |