Employee was attempting to track the return side of the conveyor belt by striking the frame of the roller with a hammer to move it backwards. EE missed and EE's hand got caught between the conveyor belt and roller.
Principio Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2022–2026
- Latest incident
- Jun 2026
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 15,196 | 2 | 0 | 131.6 |
| 2025 Q3 | 13,404 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 16,632 | 2 | 0 | 120.3 |
| 2025 Q1 | 12,528 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 19,373 | 3 | 1 | 154.9 |
| 2024 Q3 | 17,506 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 18,307 | 1 | 0 | 54.6 |
| 2024 Q1 | 13,703 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
6 on file2026 · 2 incidents
Employee jumped off the drive frame of the conveyor, and fell on EE's left hip.
2024 · 1 incident
Employee was tightening a bolt on Crusher 2 (CR2) with a torque wrench and torque multiplier. After tightening bolt, the torque multiplier came loose and dropped. Employee reacted by attempting to catch the multiplier. The multiplier jammed employee's left hand.
2023 · 2 incidents
EE was cleaning up the work area and went to move some jugs of fluid, approximately 2.5 gallons, when EE twisted and tweaked their back.
Employee was finishing service job when closing engine bay door on excavator and pinched finger. Resulted in laceration to finger.
2022 · 1 incident
Employee got finger pinched between aerial lift basket and a wall fracturing the left middle finger tip.