Mining Incidents

Ball Road QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Molalla, Clackamas County, OR · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503771
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2012–2021
Latest incident
Mar 2021
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2021 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee was splitting a 336 slab when the slab dropped on the employee's foot.

2020 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee was removing a cutting edge bolt on a loader bucket and it cut a finger. Was wearing mechanics vinyl gloves.

2019 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was palletizing and used their left knee to push on the stack of rocks to straighten them causing a bruise reported on 8/9/19. Employee requested medical attention on 8/12/19.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was palletizing landscaping rocks when EE felt a burning sting in the lower right side of the abdomen. The employee had hernia surgery early this year in February. EE was seen in urgent care at the Health Center that same day and had an ultrasound on 7/01/2019. Diagnosis was a strain in the lower right abdomen, no damage to the repaired hernia.

2018 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting roll of fencing to wrap pallets and as they sat down the roll they dropped the roll in a weird way and felt their shoulder pop.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was using a pry-bar to dislodge a rock and their hand slipped and hit a piece of metal which sliced the right hand pinky finger.

2017 · 6 incidents

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

Employee was pulling a rock from the sorting line to the discharge line and got finger caught between the rock and cross brace smashing the left ring finger.

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

Employee was palletizing rocks when ee pulled a stone from pile and another shifted and smashed middle finger on right hand.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was processing stone and went to lift a piece of stone and felt a pain in their lower back. They refused medical at time of event. Employee went to doctor on 5/8/2017 and doctor put them on light duty.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was palletizing stone and as ee stood up after picking up a stone ee felt pain in lower back. Employee did not request medical attention for this until 4/17/17.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking along and suddenly had a seizure. This was a pre-existing non disclosed issue. Doctor said there was no injury from the seizure and no secondary injury from falling. No equipment was running at this time.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee reported on 3/21/2017 that they pulled lower back muscle when employee twisted while moving product

2016 · 1 incident

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

Employee was palletizing and as EE removed a stone from the pile to place on the pallet, another stone slid down and caught the employees right hand ring finger, crushing it.

2014 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Stacking landscaping rocks on a pallet. As he grabbed a rock from the pile, a rock from above slid down and struck his hand bruising his third finger.

2012 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Employee was climbing down from a loader when he stepped on a rock and sprained his knee.

Struck by falling object

Employee was stacking rocks onto a pallet when a rock slipped and pinched his left middle finger. He received 3 stitches in his finger.