Mining Incidents

West Roxbury Crushed StoneMetal/Nonmetal

West Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1900076
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
37
Years on record
2004–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

37 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

The employee was using a shovel to try and get a rock out of the #1 conveyor belt scraper when EE hit hand on the conveyor. The next day the hand started swelling up so EE went to see a doctor. They told EE EE fractured the thumb and put EE on restricted duty for two weeks.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was changing a screen panel on the #2 screen, while picking up the screen panel, EE was cut by a sharp piece of metal on EE's right hand middle finger.

2024 · 2 incidents

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

Employee was using a come along to change head pulley bearings when their right index finger got cut by getting caught between the come along and the conveyor transmission/gearbox.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee notified yard foreman on 01/12/2024, that on 01/04/2024, EE was digging a rock out of a cone crusher, when EE hurt EE's hip or back. EE made an appointment with a doctor for 01/17/2024. The doctor prescribed EE medication, and gave EE a note on 01/18/2024 that EE was able to return to work regular duty.

2023 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a razor knife to cut drive belts that were hanging from HP400 Crusher when employee cut self with the knife on left arm.

2022 · 3 incidents

Struck by flying object

The miner was grinding a steel plate when the grinding wheel broke apart. The piece that came off cut their right leg requiring going to the emergency room for stitches.

Struck by flying object

The miner was grinding a steel plate and a small metal chip got into EE's eye. EE was wearing eye protection.

Struck by falling object

The employee was moving/relocating a portable LT130 Metso jaw crusher. The employee was wearing a hard hat. A rock fell off of the top of the machine around the feeder area, which they saw the shadow of and looked up and the rock struck them in the head under hard hat.

2020 · 3 incidents

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

While doing plumbing work, the employee caught left hand thumb between a pipe wrench and a jaw wrench. This caused the finger nail on EE's thumb to tear, EE went to the hospital where they gave EE stitches to repair it.

Struck by falling object

Rock fell off a conveyor striking the employee in the back

Struck against a moving object

While operating an end dump, the employee started experiencing soreness in the left knee, as the day went along it got worse.

2019 · 1 incident

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

The employee was carrying a bucket shroud, climbing over shot rock to get to the excavator on its perch. EE lost balance, fell, and thumb was crushed between a rock and the shroud. EE's thumb split open and required eleven stitches.

2017 · 4 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Employee was attempting to connect a 3"" hose with a cam lock fitting to a pipe. EE jammed hand against the screen while pulling on the hose and broke finger.

Contact with hot objects or substances

Employees were cutting a bolt out of a screen. EE was attempting to knock the bolt out and a piece of hot slag landed on EE's face near eye. When EE tried to brush it off, brushed it into eye. EE was wearing safety glasses at the time of the injury.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was assisting cleaning out a jammed chute when they cut their wrist on a sharp rock. Cut was bleeding so employee was transported by company to the local emergency room where they received (2) stitches to close cut.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was pulling on a breaker bar (ratchet) which disconnected from the socket causing the employee to slip and twist employee's left knee.

2016 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working reinstalling a repaired feeder. EE jammed EE's hard hat against the feeder, which caused the hard hat suspension to knock a stud that holds EE's hearing aid into EE's ear out. The employee is scheduled for surgery in January to repair this problem and will require a two week recovery period out of work.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee felt a pull in back while working on replacing a conveyor belt. EE was working overhead putting the belt on. EE notified supervisor at the end of the day but did not think it was a big problem. EE worked regular shifts until Friday, March 4th, when EE called in and said they needed to have it checked, that it wasn't getting better.

2015 · 6 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee cut his knee while cutting a piece of rubber belt.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

We were in the process of pulling the moveable die from the C125 crusher when the die moved forward and pinched employee's foot between both jaw dies.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was standing on a catwalk lifting a screen panel to hand up to another employee when he felt his left elbow ""pop.""

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was working on the jaw's discharge conveyor when another employee energized the conveyor. The conveyor started, the employee who was on the belt fell, rolled around and hit his head before the conveyor was shutdown.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a piece of conveyor belt with a plastic utility knife. The knife broke and the employee cut his finger.

Rubbed or abraded

Employee wiped his eye while wearing cotton, string knit gloves and got something in his eye. He thinks whatever it was must have been on the glove.

2014 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A tool was tossed to employee who was working on a screen. He caught the tool, but the electrical cord whipped around and knocked off his safety glasses and cut him above his left eye.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee tripped over concrete footings on scale. He twisted and sprained his ankle.

2013 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While working with an air tool to tighten a bolt the employee cut his hand.

2012 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

While performing maintenance work on a jaw crusher, the employee activated a 1/2"" drive air gun which blew dust into his face and eye. The employee was wearing safety glasses at the time.

2011 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was shoveling under the crusher when ""he felt something give"" in his shoulder.

2008 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Moving rock in road, slipped and sprained ankle.

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

Removing bolt using impact gun. Finger crushed between truck and gun.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Working with wrench on worn out bolt. Bolt had sharp edges. Spun around and cut finger.

2007 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Driving loader - vibration started pain in lower back and leg.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was moving 55 gallon oil drum and slipped on ice.

2006 · 2 incidents

Fall from piled material

Climbed down from excavator to help on the portable plant. While descending the 3"" x 5"" pile where he was working, he twisted his knee and fell to the ground.

Struck against a moving object

Driving loader-moving stone-hit frozen material.

2004 · 1 incident

Unclassified, insufficient data

MAINTENANCE WORK UNDER TRUCK.