Employee was breaking rock with an eight pound sledge hammer and missed wedge causing hammer to come back and strike them in the face, forehead, causing a laceration.
SALISBURY PINK QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 38
- Years on record
- 2000–2019
- Latest incident
- Sep 2019
Reportable incidents
38 on file2019 · 1 incident
2018 · 1 incident
Operator was changing steel on drill when wrench spun back and hit EE's foot.
2017 · 2 incidents
Employee alleges they have silicosis.
2015 · 1 incident
Employee inflating airbag to move wall and natural seam in rock shifted rock causing a tear in bag and air released through tear blowing dust/dirt in employees eyes.
2014 · 2 incidents
Employee was breaking rock and he slipped and cut his leg on granite
He was setting up wire saw when a wall was being pulled down and a pc came loose once wall fell and struck him in the elbow
2013 · 2 incidents
Employee slipped on mud and fell (same level) hurting his right upper thigh.
Employee was lining up an I-beam when it slipped and hit his finger.
2011 · 2 incidents
Aggravation to feet from previous incident, 9/6/11 dr note to restrict to sit work, worked 9/7/11 sitting, Family dr appt 9/8-12/11. returned 9/13/11 and no sit work available. Out till dr releases.
He was putting a wedge in hammar using a 2lb hammer, hit his left fore thumb area causing laceration.
2010 · 3 incidents
Using sledge hammer to drive wedges missed wedge and hit rock - hammer bounced off rock and hit him in nose. Was in a kneeling position.
Employee pulling on wire for wire saw & felt a pain in lower abdomen.
2009 · 1 incident
Employee was pulling on airline and a knife blade was hung up on line and punctured his forearm.
2008 · 2 incidents
Employee injured right shoulder-sprain and has been through dr visits and found a rotor cup tear out for surgery on 11/17/08. moving items/with hand truck when weight shifted tilting hand truck and pulling on shoulder.
Employee was operating 90 ton truck crane. When lifting a block to lower the main fall, brake locked and would not release load. Block swung out past riggers on crane causing load to shift crane and caused a rocking motion. Operator jumped out of crane onto granite. This crane was being operated from bottom of quarry pit.
2007 · 2 incidents
EE fell off ledge, 12' to next ledge, catching himself on his knees and hands.
Employee was grinding on derrick swing shaft with 2 other ee for repairs when a piece of metal flew up under his glasses.
2006 · 1 incident
Drilling & rock dust came up & into eye. Had safety glasses on.
2005 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING WEDGE W/HAMMER & STEPPED INTO SWING, STEPPING TOO CLOSE & HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE WEDGE NEXT TO THE ONE HE WAS HITTING.
EE was hammering a wedge into a piece of granite when the wedge flew up and hit EE in upper lip.
2004 · 4 incidents
DOGGING A HOLE WITH PLUG & DRILL WHEN DRILL SLIPPED & FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS RIGHT CALF.
Employee step down off of piece of granite foot slip-causing rt. forearm to brush granite wall cutting his rt. forearm
Moving ladder when it slipped, striking ee on rt forehead causing a laceration that took 5 stitches.
EMPLOYEE THOUGHT THE MACHINE WAS SHUT OFF. WHEN HE UNJAMMED THE TIP IT STARTED UP CAUSING HIS LEFT RING FINGER TO BE PINCHED.
2003 · 2 incidents
EE HOOKED A NOVAMAC DRILL UP WITH CHAINS IMPROPERLY AND WHEN DRILL WAS LIFTED IT SWUNG AROUND STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND KNOCKING HIM TO HIS FEET.
WORKING A JACKHAMMER. HE PROPPED HIS HAND ON GRANITE WALL & LEANED JACKHAMMER OVER & IT LANDED ON HIS HAND THAT WAS PROPPED ON WALL.
2002 · 7 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS BLOWING OUT CHANNEL AND DUST AND DIRT BLEW INTO HIS EYE UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES. HURT ON 8/20/02; DIDN'T REPORT OR GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 8/28/02.
EE WAS WORKING ON LEDGE & TWISTED HIS RIGHT LEG & HIS KNEE.
HE WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER & ON HIS OWN DECIDED TO WASH OFF HIS GLOVES. HE HELD HIS HAND AT CLOSE RANGE TO VALVE & PULLED TRIGGER TOO HARD PUNCTURING HIS FINGER THROUGH HIS GLOVE.
HE WAS PICKING UP GRANITE PIECE AND CUT HIS HAND LEFT THUMB AREA.
HE DRILLS GRANITE WITH A JACKHAMMER AND STEEL. HE WAS SETTING UP STEEL AND SETTING JH DOWN ON STEEL AND MISSED RETAINER. THE JH SLIPPED AND STEEL BENT AND HIT HIM ON FOREHEAD.
HE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF A 992 LOADER AND STEPPED DOWN ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
2001 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE FRACTURED LEFT TOE USING A JACKHAMMER.
2000 · 2 incidents
EE WAS BLOWING OUT A CHANNEL WITH AIR WHEN HOT ROCK WENT IN THE CHANNEL IGNITING LEFT OVER FUELIN THE CHANNEL COMING BACK ON HIM & BURNING HIS ARMS & FACE
EE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE PIECES OF ROCK THAT DAY AND BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A LARGER PIECE OF ROCK. WHEN HE PICK UP THE ROCK AND TURNED WITH IT, HE FELT HIS BACK POP. HE HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS S INCE. NOTIFIED 1/24/00 AT 7:30 AM OF INJURY.