Employees were rotating the blow bars in the HSI. This requires hitting with blow bar wedges to loosen them up to remove the blow bar. While hitting the blow bar wedges with a hammer, the wedge came loose and hit injured employee's left middle finger and nail.
Seitz QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 19
- Years on record
- 2006–2023
- Latest incident
- Dec 2023
Reportable incidents
19 on file2023 · 2 incidents
EE was using a bar to rotate conveyor belt. Bar slipped, EE stumbled and felt EE's knee pop. EE moved aside, within a minute or two, EE indicated to other employees EE might pass out. EE did pass out for 15-30 seconds. Other employees caught EE before EE fell. EE was taken to Emergency Room. Diagnosed with a sprained knee.
2022 · 1 incident
EE finished making a weld on the excavator bucket, EE lifted welding helmet to chip and clean up what had just been welded and a slag fragment got in eye.
2019 · 1 incident
Employee was walking toward the shop when the employee slipped. Snow slick surface.
2017 · 1 incident
Walking along pipeline when right knee dislocated.
2016 · 2 incidents
Shoveling under conveyors & over-exerted self.
Buffing crusher parts before reinstalling back together.
2014 · 2 incidents
Employee was over around crushing plant greasing when stepped on rock twisting left knee.
Installing discharge chute on conveyor screen when it slipped pinching the right thumb while aligning the bolt holes.
2013 · 1 incident
Operator was helping change wear plate on loader bucket weighing less than 50 lbs
2011 · 2 incidents
While doing maintenance on conveyor #2123, slipped in mud causing contact with pipe support for conveyor.
When holding metal up to be welded in place is when the arc flash occurred.
2010 · 2 incidents
Setting screens in place when one screen slipped, catching EE's left middle finger between the two screens, EE was wearig gloves.
EE was shoveling wet & heavy materials from around conveyors when he dislocated disc in his lower back. EE did not receive medical help until 10/13/10.
2009 · 2 incidents
Pulling on a ratchet tightening screen bolts. Note: Injury was not reported until employee went to Dr. on 3/17/09.
Pouring oil in the used oil tank, twisted lower left arm. (April 16, 2009 went to dr for check up on left elbow no follow up necessary and no restriction). by 320091130025
2007 · 2 incidents
Employee was using a utility knife to cut open a stick of blaster dynamite while loading a rock blast not realizing the position of his fingers.
Stepped on a small rock, rock moved, lost balance and fell against a large rock. Struck his left shoulder, causing a dislocation of his left shoulder.
2006 · 1 incident
Greasing crushing equipment, he stepped on a rock and twisted left knee, tearing ligaments in the knee.