Wrentham Quarry — Accidents

Total: 28 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/07/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted Employee was lifting scale parts off a pallet when EE's left thumb got stuck between two parts. EE went to the ER and hand specialist. EE has a break in EE's thumb.
07/31/2025 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was driving company unit L-27 mini loader when the right window swung open, then swung back and shattered causing glass to go all over employee causing minor cuts on right arm and hand. On 8/...
06/03/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost Employee was walking up steps to get to 5-1/2' cone crusher when EE tripped on the 5th step and fell hurting EE's left leg above EE's ankle. EE was brought to the emergency room by EE's supervisor and...
01/15/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was trying to turn a butterfly valve when they lost footing and fell. They felt pain in their upper back.
05/22/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was using water wash hose to clean under crusher when the water sprayed back at the employee, causing something to go into right eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses.
03/01/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was working on the #1 conveyor removing a pulley with a pry bar and the pry bar hit them on the left side of the face causing a facial contusion.
01/17/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was walking with a shovel to clear snow from a storm and slipped on ice. EE hit their head on the ground when they fell.
10/24/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost Employee was exiting Hyundai HX300 Company #E-8 excavator. When EE went to come down off the track, EE felt the ball of EE's left foot become sore. EE went to the emergency room to get checked, and th...
10/14/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using cutting torch and grinder to repair a rock crusher main frame liner, when a piece of metal went up under the face shield and safety glasses into EE's eye.
03/16/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 39d lost, 26d restricted Employee was climbing down off of loader when EE slipped and fell off the loader steps and felt pain in lower back, hip and hamstring.
12/16/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 16d restricted The miner was working on replacing a tramp release cylinder on a cone crusher, and went to use a hammer to remove a pin. The hammer slipped and hit EE's middle finger causing a cut.
08/17/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While shoveling felt a pop in right shoulder.
02/26/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While adjusting a rubber curtain with a razor knife the employee cut EE's index finger
06/15/2018 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 27d lost, 5d restricted Taking apart accumulator on Liebherr L-6 loader when pressure released and oil burst out and got in eyes. Employee also jerked back and hit head.
10/20/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 37d restricted Employee was holding a slug wrench while another employee was striking it with a hammer. Employee swinging hammer missed the wrench and hit injured employee's hand.
09/04/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While working with another employee to install a return roller, the roller slipped out of ee hands and hit him in the nose.
07/09/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee noticed eye irritation but thought it was an eyelash in eye. Never reported this to anyone at the time. Called supervisor at home at 7:00 pm to tell him he thought he had metal in eye and was...
03/09/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost One employee was on a ladder (wearing fall protection gear) when the ladder slipped out from underneath him, due to ice. The injured employee attempting to help, put the ladder back and proceeded to c...
09/06/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was performing repair work on an excavator bucket. The grinder he was operating kicked back and cut his wrist.
10/11/2012 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee began to feel back pain while driving haul truck around 10 a.m. He continued to drive and completed his shift leaving at 5 p.m. He called in at 6 a.m. the following day, said ""he could not m...
09/29/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 186d lost Repeated neck and back snapping from sudden stops when hitting unseen immovable objects while digging with a front end loader.
06/09/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was servicing a piece of heavy equipment when a foreign object flew into his eye. He has an eye abrasion with swelling.
04/23/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 296d lost Employee was working on a conveyor when the skirt board slipped down and he caught it with his arms. He suffered a torn bicep muscle on his right arm.
04/05/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was banging out screens and he got dust in his eye. He was wearing safety goggles, but somehow some dust got through.
08/03/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost While maintaining the 5 1/2 crusher employee's hand got caught between the pully and the belts. He suffered a dislocated thumb and cut finger and fracture of the finger.
09/09/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was fixing a belt splice and his finger got struck by the grinding wheel at the knuckle. His knuckle was cut and he required one stitch.
05/27/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Tightening bolts on 4 1/4 crusher after adjusting it. Felt his back pull.
06/16/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting rubber, knife hit employee in leg.