WHITE ROCK QUARRIES — Accidents
Total: 133 accidents | Fatalities: 1
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/20/2026 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 9d restricted | While the employee was cleaning M-14 Crusher, a rock impacted EE's middle-left finger. |
| 01/15/2026 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 12d restricted | While pressure washing a company vehicle, EE attempted to crouch down to clean the lower portion of the vehicle when EE felt a sharp pain on EE's left knee. |
| 09/07/2025 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was welding dragline bucket chains. At some point, a small metal fragment entered EE's right eye. In the initial consultation, a doctor removed the foreign object. At a follow-up visit, antibiot... |
| 07/19/2025 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While working on the Concrete Metso Hammers, a small piece of metal shaving impacted their left forearm causing a very small laceration. |
| 05/29/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | rubber strap access step to service truck bed broke |
| 03/26/2025 | IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 18d lost | EE's cutting torch on the service truck wouldn't light. Upon inspecting the truck, EE found the acetylene quick connect had separated. When EE reached into the compartment of the truck, the acetylen... |
| 11/15/2024 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 19d restricted | Employee was walking when EE stepped into a small hole/impression in the ground. EE's right hip shift unexpectedly causing discomfort. On Monday, while on shift, EE notified the supervisor, for the fi... |
| 07/26/2024 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was removing a shaft bearing when EE struck EE's left little finger with a 4-pound hammer, sustaining a laceration requiring stitches. |
| 03/25/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | When placing the hose on the connection, the end of the hose that connects to the water hose hit employee. |
| 01/03/2024 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 59d restricted | When the employee attempted to mount a dozer, EE slipped and fell. |
| 11/08/2023 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | While EE was cleaning around the weight scales EE was bitten by an insect in EE's right buttock area. |
| 11/08/2023 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 78d restricted | As EE was dismounting a 992 pit loader EE missed the last rung of the ladder, causing EE to put all EE's body weight on EE's arm, causing a sprain to EE's left wrist. |
| 11/07/2023 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 56d restricted | EE has never reported any related Accidents, injuries or issues involving EE's shoulder. EE has been under the care of EE's primary physician for approximately 6 months. EE approached us on 11/06/23... |
| 06/22/2023 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 67d restricted | While EE was cleaning and preparing the Bohringer Crusher for maintenance, EE slipped and fell (same level) onto buttock causing some pain to EE's lower back area. EE was taken to Medical Center, for... |
| 01/17/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While employee was resetting the hammers on M48 Crusher, the tool that was been used slipped out of their hands impacting EE in the lip. |
| 09/17/2022 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 2d restricted | Picking up for the company in the rain and tripped and fell from the stairs |
| 08/31/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 55d lost, 95d restricted | EE was working / cleaning around M216 conveyor area with a water hose, when suddenly and unexpectedly EE felt a pain on EE's left knee. |
| 08/11/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 53d restricted | Working on loader assembling the center hitch, was setting rear frame on to jack stands 25 ton with 3' tubes, was adjusting the tube that sets the height, as they pulled pin that adjusts this left han... |
| 06/09/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While working on M20 conveyer, a rock bounced of the empty conveyer impacting the employees hard hat. |
| 05/03/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Employee threw welding connector, looks like a clamp, it bounced back at their nose. |
| 03/07/2022 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 17d restricted | While EE was walking to M215 Conveyor, EE stepped on a rock which caused EE to shift weight to prevent twisting ankle. This maneuver caused a strain to EE's right knee. |
| 11/11/2021 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 99d restricted | EE was working on M33 crusher when a single rock that was stuck on M26 conveyor head pulley, fell striking EE on EE's hard hat. |
| 08/31/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 28d restricted | Employee was cleaning with a water hose, the hose became tangled causing them to twist left arm. |
| 08/11/2021 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 239d lost, 8d restricted | When was working on M26 Conveyor, a rock bounced off the belt impacting the left leg (calf). EE suffered a minor contusion from the impact of the rock. |
| 02/19/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While working on the DL the EE had water drip onto forehead. The water ran under EE's safety glasses and into eye. When the EE woke up the next morning the eye was irritated. The EE was taken to the D... |
| 02/09/2021 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 3d lost, 488d restricted | EE tripped over a very small sand pile, causing EE to fall and impact the ground. The impact caused a contusion to EE's forehead, above the right eye. EE complained of neck pain, but refused medical a... |
| 09/22/2020 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 20d restricted | EE was cutting a wear plate from a 4'x8' steel sheet plate with a track torch. As EE reached the end of the final cut the plate became unstable causing it to fall impacting the floor first and then EE... |
| 09/14/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 225d lost, 24d restricted | Employee was crouched down behind MCC-1 and Approximately 13' in front of welding truck; preparing a skirt rubber for M-22 Conveyor. Driver got into the truck and began driving forward not seeing empl... |
| 09/09/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 9d restricted | EE was working on M-11 using the pressure washing truck, as EE stepped down from the truck EE's fingers got stuck between the handrail and taillight causing a laceration of the small finger in the rig... |
| 08/03/2020 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 23d lost | The utility Knife employee was using to cut a section of the conveyor belt slipped causing a laceration of right leg. |
| 08/13/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | While hosing off excess material from a portable crusher a piece of foreign matter entered employee's eye. |
| 07/23/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 17d restricted | EE lacerated the palm of left had on the belt support bracket of the Pioneer Crusher, while retrieving the belt support cross member. |
| 07/02/2019 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 12d lost | The utility knife the employee was using to cut the skirt rubber slipped causing a laceration of employee's arm. |
| 11/28/2018 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | When tightening a bolt on a liner with a pneumatic impact gun a piece of microscopic debris went under EE's safety glasses, lodging in the eye. |
| 07/17/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 8d lost, 5d restricted | Employee was replacing the wire spool of the wire feeder, when the guard/cover closed impacting their head. |
| 04/17/2018 | FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | EE was standing on the M33 Crusher Platform, when a rock (6"" -8"")fell from above bouncing off the empty M26 conveyor. The rock struck ee hard hat and right arm. |
| 06/05/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | The day following shoveling fine material, employee said they felt soreness in their back but refused a medical exam or treatment. A medical checkup was not requested until 6/27/2017 at which time the... |
| 04/20/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 40d restricted | EE slipped into a gator hole which was covered by vegetation while walking during the performance survey duties, causing knee to impact the ground and/or twist. |
| 02/09/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 10d restricted | Walking backwards while using a hose to clean a discharge ditch employee lost balance falling backwards (on the same level). Employee sprained left hand/arm trying to break fall. |
| 09/20/2016 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 36d restricted | EE slipped on the M-14 deck while walking towards the stairs. EE grabbed the handrail with right hand which prevented ee from falling but caused a strain to right shoulder as ee was successful in keep... |
| 05/17/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Employee's right thumb was crushed and nail bed damaged (nail avulsion) when EE placed their hand in the door jamb that closed unexpectedly. Diagnosis: Avulsion fracture of rt thumb; laceration of rt... |
| 01/07/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 25d restricted | A piece of anvil broke loose impacting EE leg; requiring 4 stitches; when EE struck the anvil to be removed with an 8 pound sledge hammer. |
| 10/08/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | EE hit his left knee against the dozer track while he was dismounting the Cat D6 after he had fueled the dozer. The accident occurred on 10/8/2015 but ee did not request medical attention until 10/29/... |
| 08/04/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 73d restricted | EE was moving a plate liner to work with it when his finger was caught between the liner an another piece of metal injuring his finger. |
| 02/09/2015 | EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | As employee was unscrewing the hydraulic hose on the tramping cylinder the residual pressure in the hose caused it to come off quickly, striking his finger. NOTE: Employee initially refused medical t... |
| 10/31/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 5d lost, 77d restricted | The ladder that employee was using slipped and fell as he was dismounting. |
| 09/19/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While cleaning his right shoe on the cab level platform of his Cat 988H loader, employee fell backwards down the steps. |
| 09/08/2014 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 18d restricted | Using an air impact gun to adjust V-Belts, employee sprained the tendons in his forearm. |
| 09/03/2014 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was cutting a round bar using his left hand to hold the bar and the right hand to operate the welding torch. The heat from the torch burned his left wrist. |
| 07/12/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 13d restricted | Employee was working on the M12 grizzly feeder, as he walked on the top deck he slipped and the right leg slid between the grizzly bars causing a sprain |