Wildish Sand & Gravel Co Plant #2 — Accidents
Total: 23 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/19/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 12d restricted | Lifting metal off of a forklift, twisted back |
| 03/15/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee went to move a hose and punctured finger using a wire hanging off of the hose. Employee did not use appropriate PPE |
| 12/27/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using a box cutter to cut conveyor belt in tight area, at the end of the cut, knife slipped and punctured employee's thigh through employee's jeans. |
| 02/24/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Swinging 20lb sledge hammer in process of removing bolt. Swung and missed the bolt making contact with right lower leg. Right leg contusion. |
| 11/07/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 11d restricted | While changing the discharge location on the sand line, the drop shell fell crushing EE's left index finger between the shelf and the chute. |
| 09/19/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Putting metal onto saw rollers for cutting, roller fell over pushing metal to saw and crushing right ring finger. Broken right ring finger. |
| 04/18/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 3d lost, 60d restricted | Employee was cleaning debris underneath the jaw crusher as EE was coming out EE hit EE's head and kinked EE's neck. On 4/19/22 EE felt better but was having pain that increased on 4/20/22 which start... |
| 12/11/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 20d restricted | Unhooking heavy rigging from crane, employee lifted incorrectly, and strained lower/mid back. |
| 01/10/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was adjusting forks on rough terrain forklift and smashed middle finger on right hand between fork and frame. Required 6 stitches. |
| 06/07/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Adjusting a vent valve on a new air cylinder, the existing airline was connected to the wrong port causing the new cylinder to move in the wrong direction, employee pulled EE's hand back and cut EE's... |
| 07/11/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | While removing a steel wheel rim from Scrubber Drum assembly rim fell against another metal component, miner's hand was caught between steel rim and the metal component. |
| 05/20/2014 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Splicing a belt he hit a metal tab on the template and rolled the razor into his left pointer finger requiring 3 stitches. |
| 12/07/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | He was welding at the drum of the scrubber - finishing with a few beads. Raised his hood up - chipped off a couple pieces of slag, one bounced off safety glasses into right eye. Flushed eye several t... |
| 07/28/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Conveyor spilled material onto the catwalk of the scrubber. Employee was shoveling rock off the catwalk and felt a pain in his back. The following day his back was stiff and sore and he sought medical... |
| 09/11/2010 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Grinding a piece of metal, piece of metal bounced off service truck and entered the side of his safety glasses. Grinder guard in place and safety glasses were worn. Eye flushed and thought particle... |
| 10/13/2009 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Carrying a piece of metal down the embankment, caught his right foot in the water runoff drain and twisted his right knee. Continued working rest of shift. Worked regular shift 10/14/09, knee swelle... |
| 09/22/2008 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Applying pressure with a jack, the jack slipped off the curved surface and struck employee in the face cutting his left eyebrow, nasal and lip contusions. |
| 07/25/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Cleaning oversized rock out of grizzly bars at the pit hopper. Swinging 10 lb hammer lost footing, slipped and landed on his motorola radio and a piece of steel causing a large hematoma to the right b... |
| 02/05/2007 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Coming down the 3/4-O ramp, the weight in the loader bucket caused the loader to light weight on the rear tires. The bottom of the bucket contacted the ground forcefully jolting the operator and he hi... |
| 10/11/2005 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | EE WAS REPLACING THE GRINDING WHEEL ON HIS 4"" GRINDER WITH A 40 GRIT SANDING WHEEL IN ORDER TO ROUGH UP A PIECE OF STEEL TO PUT DOWN NEW RUBBER. THE SANDING WHEEL CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE OLD PIECE... |
| 03/09/2004 | NO VALUE FOUND | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | LIFTED WELDING HOOD TO CHIP SLAG OFF A WELD. |
| 03/27/2003 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 16d restricted | FELL OFF THE BED OF THE BOOM TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED AROUND THE CONTROL PANEL FOR THE HOIST. MUDDY GROUND CONDITION & HE DIDN'T CLEAN SOLES OF BOOTS OFF ENOUGH, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP. |
| 10/01/2002 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 19d restricted | EE ACCESSED TANK FROMT HE FRONT, CRAWLING AND STRETCHING OVER BRACES AND SHOULDER HAVE BEEN WORKING FROM THE SIDES POSITION OF HIS BODY CAUSED SEPARATION OF RIB FROM CARTILAGE. |