While replacing dust bag on a filter motor the worker was reaching up and lost footing causing worker to reflexively grab at a bar and three finger tips on the right were pinched and cut between a bracket.
Telluride Airport Pit Metal/Non-Metal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2015–2024
- Latest incident
- Jun 2024
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 8,177 | 2 | 0 | 244.6 |
| 2025 Q2 | 8,840 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 5,304 | 5 | 0 | 942.7 |
| 2024 Q4 | 9,912 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 9,120 | 1 | 0 | 109.6 |
| 2024 Q2 | 8,160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 7,389 | 3 | 0 | 406.0 |
Reportable incidents
5 on file2024 · 1 incident
2022 · 1 incident
While loading rock onto the stone splitter, employee's 3rd and 4th fingers on left hand were injured. The tips of the finger were clipped by the chisels coming down.
2017 · 2 incidents
EE was loading rock onto belt for splitting. Another rock fell on EE's finger. EE's right hand was caught between the rock EE was holding and the rock that fell. The 4th finger (ring finger) on right hand was broken.
EE stumbled on a rock and twisted left foot and upper body.
2015 · 1 incident
At the end of the shift at 3pm, the employee was experiencing lower back pain. Employee is excavator operator.