Yellow Medicine Quarry — Accidents

Total: 7 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/27/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's hand was pinched between a plate of steel and a block of wood resulting in a laceration approximately 2.5 cm that required stitches.
01/20/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting peaned material from some boltholes, when slag blew back hitting him in the chest and going around his face shield and safety glasses. He reported feeling something in his right e...
05/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was helping change urathane screens when a coworker pounding wedges lost his grip on a hammer. The hammer struck the injured employee in the nose causing a nose bleed and immediate sw...
11/02/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee presents a claim for long term hearing loss
12/17/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING EQUIPMENT IN THE WASH BAY. HE WAS STANDING ON A PLATFORM LADDER HOLDING A WAND FOR WASHING. HE STEPPED BACK THINKING THAT THE METAL WAS THERE AND THERE WAS NONE. IT WAS FO GGY AND...
08/01/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE TIRES ON LOADER. HE WAS MOVING THE JACK STAND AND PIN FELL OUT OF THE STAND, PINCHING THE POINTER FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND. PIN SMASHED FINGER TIP, REQUIRING 6 STITC HES.
11/21/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS STANDING ON A PLANK WELDING EYE BOLTS ON THE CONVEYOR OF THE CRUSHER THE PLANK BROKE AND EE FELL INTO THE CRUSHER STRAIGHT DOWN SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE NEED WHEN HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF. REQUIRI...