West Quarry — Accidents

Total: 15 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/10/2024 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 12d restricted Miner was holding a long piece of rebar, torching it, when the bottom half of the rebar fell once they cut through and landed, straight up and down, onto their right shin. Causing a 3.5'' gash in thei...
05/23/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Two miners were in the fab shop making a repair on a WA700 Hydraulic Tank. One began to weld with left arm inside the cylinder, while the other held a flashlight above with right hand. The second weld...
05/23/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Two miners were in the fab shop making a repair on a WA700 Hydraulic Tank. EE began to weld with EE's left arm inside the cylinder, while other EE held a flashlight above with right hand. The first we...
03/29/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost At approximately 11:30am, EE (newer hire) was in a scissor lift lifting and bolting sheet steel. While in the lift, the piece of sheet steel shifted and fell, jerking EE in the process. When the falli...
03/04/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 64d restricted Our employee was exiting a loader that they were cleaning and when exiting down the ladder, they missed the last step and fell onto their left ankle/foot, twisting it.
10/04/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While working under the bucket of a wheel loader noticed that one of the braces against the cylinder of the bucket was unstable. While resolving this, one of the braces came loose and struck EE in the...
01/23/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 71d lost, 60d restricted Employee was sorting 1/2"" x 4' x 4' steel sheets stacked vertically against a handrail. Employee leaned three sheets against self to access the fourth sheet in the stack when all four sheets tipped o...
10/13/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was dislodging a jam in a rock feeder when the pry bar being used shifted, causing hand to strike the surge tunnel wall.
10/23/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 40d restricted Employee lifted a section of water pipe and felt a strain in lower right abdomen. Once symptoms didn't resolve, employee sought medical treatment and diagnosed on 11/11/14 as hernia.
02/19/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 10d restricted Employee was pushing on a tail pulley and felt pain in upper right thigh. Inguinal Hernia.
10/26/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 37d restricted Employee was removing the front cover from a haul truck and fell hitting his left wrist on the ground causing a wrist fracture.
01/14/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assiting to connect crane cable to conveyor structure on ground, when he went between opening in conveyor, he slipped and his shin struck the metal cross members.
03/11/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting old conveyor belts to be used as cleanup mats and he was using a utility knife to enlarge holes and the knife slipped from his hand and cut his left palm.
01/18/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting hole in coveyor belt in order to put chain through in order to pull belt off conveyor. Utility knife was hard to pull out and when employee pulled, it struck employee in the inner...
11/05/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE CLAIMS HE WAS PUTTING A NEW BELT ON A MOTOR DRIVE & HIS RT. PINKY WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BELT & DRIVE.