Employee was operating 631K Scraper. The Employee was going down the hill from the new strip and hit a dip which caused EE to lose EE's footing from the brake peddle which made the scraper accelerate speed going down the hill; when EE reached the bottom of the hill EE was able to stop the scraper but said EE had lower back pain.
Yavapai Apache Sand & RockMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 2000–2025
- Latest incident
- Sep 2025
Reportable incidents
7 on file2025 · 1 incident
2018 · 1 incident
Employee was climbing ladder to clean windshield and felt pop and pain in right shoulder.
2014 · 1 incident
637G scraper tripping over burden next to 11' highwall, working to close to berm, over burden was soft clean dirt. Scraper slid slowly over edge sideways and slowly turned over. EE was ok but he was taken to urgent care to be check out. EE knew better than to operate equipment that close to berm, we have had many safety meetings about this. Tire tracks where way to close.
2010 · 1 incident
Fueling motor grader, grease on shoes, slipped and fell on tire.
2005 · 1 incident
Employee operating scraper - hauling to crusher. Ran off the haul road onto rough embarkment causing him to be tossed from side to side in the cab.
2003 · 1 incident
REMOVING BAIL FROM SCRAPER, BROKEN END WAS SHARP AND CUT EE'S RIGHT HAND, PALM AREA, REQUIRED 6 SUTURES.
2000 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF STEP ON 627E SCRAPER AND LANDED ON ROCK WITH RIGHT FOOT.