Mining Incidents

Crusher 1Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Parachute, CO, Mesa County, CO · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0504296
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
23
Years on record
2001–2017
Latest incident
Jun 2017
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

23 on file

2017 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was exiting the cab of the water truck when employee felt employee's left knee pop.

Struck by falling object

Employees were lifting a feed tube for the impact crusher when one employee lost employee's grip causing the tube to fall onto other employee's hands crushing the ends of both middle fingers on each hand.

2011 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing screens. He was climbing down a ladder and had reached the second rung from the floor. He decided to jump the rest of the way. His glove hung up on a bolt and he was jerked. The employee began experiencing pain in his lower back.

2010 · 1 incident

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee bent over to pick up a sample sack. Employee began experiencing pain in his lower back.

2009 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee and several members of the crew were changing screens on a screen deck. The employee began experiencing pain in his lower back. The pain continued to increase throughout the rest of his shift.

2008 · 4 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking from the equipment he was operating to his vehicle. He slipped on an icy surface and fell to the ground. He experienced pain in his right shoulder

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a pair of pliers to cut a piece of rubber from a float. The piece of rubber broke free and the employee hit himself in the mouth with the pliers.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped down from from a trackhoe. He stepped down upon uneven ground with his left foot and twisted his left ankle.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was fueling a track hoe. Employee was climbing down from the track hoe and slipped. He grabbed a handle with his right hand to break his fall. He began experiencing pain in his right shoulder.

2005 · 3 incidents

Fall from ladders

Employee was stepping down from a ladder on the screen deck. He sprained his left ankle when his left foot came down onto a drag instead of the ground.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was replacing anvils for an impact crusher. He lifted an anvil to replace on the ring and began experiencing pain in his lower back.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was using a pry bar on a belt wiper to get the wiper to work properly. He began experiencing a burning sensation in his neck along with muscle spasms in the neck and back.

2004 · 4 incidents

Fall from machine

Employee was climbing down the steps of his loader. He slipped off the last step and felt pain in his back

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using an impact wrench to loosen the bolts on the cutting edge of a loader bucket. He reached under the edge of the loader bucket to locate the bolt head. He then engaged the impact wrench. The bolt head on the underside of the loader bucket spun, caught the employee's glove, and lacerated his left middle finger.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was pushing a suction hose onto a pump. He began experiencing pains in his lower back

No Value Found

Employee was installing pipe and slipped on frost covered pit run. He began experiencing pain in his lower back.

2003 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A CO2 BOTTLE. HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT THE COVER OF A WIPER. THE KNIFE SLIPPED & LACERATED THE PALM OF EE'S LEFT HAND.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLIMBING ONTO A VSI CRUSHER TO CHANGE THE SHOES. HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE EDGE OF THE VSI.

2002 · 3 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BACKING A WHEEL LOADER FROM A STOCKPILE. THE RT. REAR TIRE ROLLED INTO A GROUND DEPRESSION. THIS CAUSED THE WHEEL LOADER TO ROCK HARSHLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK IMMEDIATELY AND PAIN WORSENED OVER THE WEEKEND.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A 980F CAT LOADER OVER BUMPY TERRAIN. THE LOADER BOUNCED AND HE WAS PUSHED UPWARD BY THE LOADER SEAT VERY QUICKLY.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS AMPUTATED. THE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN A CONVEYOR BELT AND A WIPER BLADE.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING DIESEL FUEL SUPPLIER BY HOLDING NOZZLE INTO TANK AIR PRESSURE BUILT UP IN THE TANK AND BLEW THE NOZZLE FROM THE TANK BEFORE EE RELEASED THE NOZZLE HIS ARM WAS JERKED AND THEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.