While walking up a small pile at the blend 1 conveyor to change wipes, employee stepped on the loose material and left knee gave out.
LITCHFIELD QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 2010–2022
- Latest incident
- Sep 2022
Reportable incidents
9 on file2022 · 1 incident
2020 · 1 incident
Employee descended steps to primary hopper and after turning around lost footing and hyperextended left leg.
2019 · 1 incident
While throwing a rock into the jaw to help get a big rock out of the crusher employee's hand was smashed between the rock and the I beam in the front of the opening. This caused the skin to open on left thumb.
2016 · 2 incidents
While placing a screen panel on the catwalk another screen scraped EE's right forearm causing lacerations, requiring 19 stitches.
Employee was cutting cardboard with a straightedge and a razor knife. Knife slipped over straightedge and cut thumb of left hand.
2014 · 1 incident
He parked loader and was trying to put window up from platform and he stepped back his right foot got stuck in the top step and he fell to ground. Right ankle fractured in 2 places and crushed heel.
2013 · 1 incident
2 workers were welding, cutting and grinding on the screen deck to the wash tower and at lunch one worker's eyes started watering and burning.
2012 · 1 incident
Employee was removing bolts from the large cover for the blend chute, as he was taking the last bolt out it came down and hit his left thumb and cut it. He received 6 stitches.
2010 · 1 incident
EE was trying to put safety pin in slot of rotor when it loosened up enough for the rotor to slide and pinch his finger between the rotor and the wall of the crusher.