HOWES CAVEMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 26
- Years on record
- 2007–2025
- Latest incident
- Mar 2025
Reportable incidents
26 on file2025 · 1 incident
2024 · 1 incident
While loosening a nut with a ratchet and socket, socket slipped off nut pinching right pinky finger between ratchet handle and the ground, lacerating finger.
2021 · 1 incident
While exiting a Cat 765 rock truck, EE extended right arm causing a muscle strain to EE's right shoulder.
2020 · 2 incidents
While cutting old belting with a utility knife, EE slipped and lacerated left thumb requiring 2 or 3 stitches.
While walking from car to punch in for the day EE slipped and fell on ice bruising rt shoulder and forehead.
2018 · 1 incident
While assisting another EE in lifting a banding cart, EE felt pain in their back.
2016 · 2 incidents
EE complained about a sore right elbow 2 days later after unplugging a crusher feeder.
2015 · 4 incidents
While nailing a splice template to a conveyor belt EE missed nail and struck his left thumb.
While lifting heavy piece of steel EE felt pain in neck and right shoulder.
While sorting large rock EE felt dizzy and shortness of breath. EMS was called for potential heart attack (EE has history). EE was released to full duty the following day.
While repairing a spring on a truck a foreign object fell in EE's eye. He was wearing safety glasses. Went to ER for eye wash and exam. Returned immediately to work.
2014 · 1 incident
While cleaning under a conveyor EE pinched finger between conveyor and walk behind bobcat.
2013 · 1 incident
Profiling a face when rocks let loose from the face and fell, turned to run, fell scraping knees and jammed wrist.
2012 · 1 incident
EE was sorting stone in the pit with a loader, EE stopped and exited the loader, when stepping off loader EE stepped on a rock and rolled foot over causing a broken bone on the top of the arch of right foot.
2011 · 2 incidents
While standing and talking with another employee, EE fainted
While removing rocks from jaw crusher by hand EE felt pain in left wrist.
2010 · 2 incidents
EE jammed finger into heater/fan to see if it was working, it was and fan chopped off the tip of EE's finger.
While cutting conveyor belting with a utility knife the knife slipped cutting ee left thumb, required 2 stitches.
2009 · 4 incidents
After checking the engine oil in the machine, EE walked along the tracks to enter the cab, EE then reached for the door, slipped off the tracks and fell to the ground causing multiple fractures to EE's right heel.
While hanging conduit for new conveyor EE hit elbow on one of the conduit hangers severly bruising elbow.
While moving wood blocking in the shop EE got a sliver in left hand.
While grinding metal, a foreign object got around safety glasses and into EE's eye.
2008 · 2 incidents
While grinding metal EE's left pinky finger got lacerated by grinding wheel.
While cleaning up around plant a gust of wind picked up a piece of tin hitting ee in the lip causing a laceration.
2007 · 1 incident
Unloading steel, employee cut right pinky finger on a sharp edge.