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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q3 | 2,597 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 5,835 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,926 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 5,527 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,537 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 594 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 1,412 | 1 | 0 | 708.2 |
An employee classified as a stone breaker, struck a steel wedge and a small piece of steel from the wedge traveled approximately 20' striking EE in the right cheek causing a laceration.
Employee was retrieving slips & wedges from broken cut when block shifted and pinched his finger resulting in a fracture & laceration.
Employee was splitting up a cut. He had set wedges & broken the block. To relieve the pressure so he could pull the wedges, he was driving two wedges plus slips into a drill hole. One wedge bounced out striking him above the right eye. He was sent to walk-in clinic where he received three sutures & then returned to work.
WHILE UNLOADING ROUGHBACKS FROM THE NARROW BELT SAW, EE SLIPPED IN THE SLURRY FROM THE SAWING OF THE STONE, TWISTING HIS BACK, HE WAS SENT TO THE DUNN WALK I CLINIC ABOUT 10AM AND WAS OFF THE REST OF THE DAY PER DOUG KING, SUPERVISOR
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE LEVELING TRACK FOR THE QUARRY SAW. ONE WAS PLACING WEDGES UNDER THE TRACK WHILE ANOTHER WAS WORKING THE JACK. HE RELEASED THE TENSION ON THE JACK AT THE SAME TIME THE FIRST EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO RE-POSITION THE WEDGE HE WAS HOLDING. TRACK CAME DOWN PINCHING HIS FINGER.