Mining Incidents

Amrize Canon City QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Canon City, Fremont County, CO · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0500073
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

The worker was reinstalling a spring onto a tension pulley system. During this process the worker was holding the pulley up with EE's right hand and installing a plate with EE's left hand, when the pulley slipped from EE's right hand and made contact with EE's left thumb.

2020 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Slipped and struck right arm against feed plate. Laceration to right arm, 6 stitches.

2019 · 2 incidents

Fall from piled material

Employee was in a kneeling position and when they got up they stumbled off of a muck pile and came down on their left leg hurting their left knee.

Struck by powered moving object

Employee was cleaning out from under a catwalk and was struck on right shin by an attachment from the skid-steer that was assisting in the cleanup process, and received a contusion to the shin.

2017 · 1 incident

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was directing an asphalt truck back to dump on entrance road into quarry and was overcome with a massive heart attach (cardiac arrest)

2016 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was performing maintenance on crusher. Stepped backward and strained left knee. Examined at St. Thomas More, released without restrictions.

2014 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

States that he was exiting haul truck in a hurry to get to the men's room. His foot slipped and he stopped his fall by grabbing the side rail with his left hand, spraining his left wrist. Steps were clean and dry.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting crown rubber with utility knife. Knife slipped and cut his left thumb. Stitches were required. Able to return to work.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was cleaning cone for crusher where it is seated with airplane stripper. He was wearing safety glasses and long sleeve gloves at the time. Employee believes that after reaching into the cone with his glove to clear trash that he must have touched his face with his glove.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Was picking some wood out of rock and he twisted his right knee when he stepped wrong on a rock.

2008 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

A driver of a leaser's truck caught his sneaker on the truck as he was getting down to get his scale ticket and he fell and hit the side of the scale house. He injured both his right shoulder and his right cheek.

2006 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was tightening bolt on crusher jaw. Bolt broke and wrench and spring hit him in the face. His nose was broken and stitches were required.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was rushing to help injured employee and hit right shin on handrail.

2002 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

ROCK WAS PUSHED OFF HIGHWALL & HIT THE EDGE OF HIS MACHINE & JARRED HIM, INJURING HIS SHOULDER. (WC PENDING INVESTIGATION, EE DIDN'T REPORT TILL MUCH LATER.)

2000 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATES THAT INJURY PROBABLY OCCURRED WHEN HE WAS LIFTING SOMETHING.