EE was involved with installing v-belts when they became twisted. EE was manually rotating the v-belts on the pulley to straighten them when the pulley unexpectedly rotated causing the EE's finger to become trapped between the pulley and the v-belt.
Hays QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2006–2026
- Latest incident
- Mar 2026
Reportable incidents
6 on file2026 · 1 incident
2022 · 1 incident
Miner was cutting a sheet of plywood with a circular saw and the saw jumped and came across EE's leg. The cause of this was the guard was full of debris from the previous cut and did not properly inspect the tool.
2017 · 1 incident
Employee was working on replacing crusher liner. Employee lifted a 125 lb. liner above employee's head and strained employee's right hip.
2011 · 1 incident
Employee was operating a skid loader and parked it. As he exited the skid loader he stepped onto the top of the grounded bucket. His foot slipped and he twisted his ankle.
2010 · 1 incident
Employee was fueling up his haul truck when the compressor on the fuel truck ran out of gas. Employee began adding gasoline to the compressor and spilled some onto the hot muffler. This ignited the gasoline which caused the employee to get burned on his face and neck. Employee was taken to emergency room. Employee has 2nd degree burns on 2% of his body.
2006 · 1 incident
Two employees were lifting a small piece of conveyor belt. After the lift EE said he felt a pain in his back. He waited till 10-30-06 to report the injury. He was taken to hospital and put on restricted duty - sprained ligament.