Mining Incidents

Amrize Niagara Quarry: 95 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3000085

Amrize Niagara Quarry has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
26
Years on record
1983–2007
Latest incident
Jan 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
95
citations
7
significant & substantial
$10,390
proposed penalties
$10,390
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
60
inspections on record
927
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 927 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Amrize Niagara Quarry has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
95 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
7.4%
significant & substantial
5.3%
high negligence or reckless
7.4%
reasonably likely or greater
51.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.3% low, 69.5% moderate, 5.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2021-08-18, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-08-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Gathering Arm Operator
2020-06-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 Truck Driver
2018-07-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.49 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.86 1.55 0.55 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.06 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.27 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.15 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.4 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.14 0.12 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2004-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.34 0.22 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 1.64 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-01-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.51 10 0.05 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Amrize Niagara Quarry recorded 9.60 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.60
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.23 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2006 * 9.60 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 6.51 6.51 0.000
2002 * 6.23 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Niagara Stone Corp 1950 to 1990
  2. Niagara Stone Corp 1990 to 1992
  3. Redland Quarries Ny Inc 1992 to 1998
  4. Redland Quarries NY Inc. 1998 to 2010
  5. Lafarge Mid Atlantic, LLC 2010 to 2010
  6. Amrize Great Lakes Inc. 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 4
2021 4
2020 3
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 5
2015 8
2014 8
2013 7
2012 4
2011 2
2010 2
2008 4
2007 9
2006 10
2005 10
2004 13
2003 12
2002 14
2001 19
2000 24
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Amrize Niagara Quarry sits in Niagara County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Niagara County, New York · Population 211,341
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$67,809
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 1,471 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,176 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 627 1 0 1594.9
2025 Q3 1,049 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,604 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 942 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,621 1 0 616.9
2024 Q3 1,346 0 0 0.0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,210 3 0 2479.3
2024 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 760 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,023 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,285 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,098 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,444 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,659 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,132 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,598 1 0 384.9
2021 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,779 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,146 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,774 2 0 1127.4
2020 Q4 1,550 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,663 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,456 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,351 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,483 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,950 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,839 3 0 1631.3
2019 Q1 1,631 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,278 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,923 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,981 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,538 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,461 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,788 3 0 1677.9
2017 Q2 1,825 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,576 2 0 1269.0
2016 Q4 1,812 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,897 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,457 1 0 686.3
2016 Q1 3,824 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,271 1 0 305.7
2015 Q3 4,589 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,293 1 0 188.9
2015 Q1 4,704 2 0 425.2
2014 Q4 3,717 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,451 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,498 2 0 363.8
2014 Q1 2,381 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,425 2 0 583.9
2013 Q3 6,030 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,780 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,903 1 0 344.5
2012 Q4 2,976 4 1 1344.1
2012 Q3 1,569 5 0 3186.7
2012 Q2 1,134 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,014 4 0 3944.8
2011 Q4 1,337 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 792 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 733 3 1 4092.8
2011 Q1 930 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 209 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 636 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 211 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 563 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,499 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,771 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,990 2 0 286.1
2007 Q1 3,050 1 0 327.9
2006 Q4 2,262 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,092 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,036 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,441 1 0 409.7
2005 Q4 2,502 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,548 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,894 4 0 580.2
2005 Q1 2,667 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,886 1 0 169.9
2004 Q3 8,111 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,271 5 0 604.5
2004 Q1 4,668 1 0 214.2
2003 Q4 6,682 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 10,124 2 0 197.6
2003 Q2 8,986 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,942 1 0 202.3
2002 Q4 7,382 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 9,379 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,746 3 0 307.8
2002 Q1 5,586 3 0 537.1
2001 Q4 10,108 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 13,275 2 0 150.7
2001 Q2 13,671 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,460 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 11,770 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 15,663 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 16,376 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 8,782 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

26 on file

2007 · 1 incident

January 4, 2007 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Redland Quarries NY Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Elective surgery for Carpal Tunnel Release. Surgery performed on 1/4/07 on left wrist. First diagnosed as CTS on 3/4/06. EE states previous injuries in 1991 and prior may have contributed. EE alleges injury to be caused by driving a loader for 38 years.

2006 · 1 incident

November 9, 2006 NY · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Redland Quarries NY Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Elective surgery for carpal tunnel release. Surgery performed on 11/9/06 on the right wrist. First diagnosed as CTS on 3/4/06. He states previous injuries in 1991 and prior may have contributed. He alleges injury to be caused by driving a loader for 38 years

2003 · 1 incident

March 17, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal

UNKNOWN. PLEASE NOTE: EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS IN 1991 AND 1993 (PREVIOUS INJURY).

2002 · 1 incident

October 9, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Redland Quarries NY Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ALLEGEDLY HANDING LINER PLATE TO ANOTHER EE, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER SIDE. EE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL NEXT DAY AT 5:30PM.

1998 · 2 incidents

October 19, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Redland Quarries NY Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REPLACING BEND PULLEY ON MILL CONVEYOR. PULLEY SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS PINCHING LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AND CABLE OF MANLIFT REQUIRING 9 STITCHES TO CLOSE WOUND.

July 16, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Redland Quarries NY Inc. · Contact with heat

WELDER WAS WELDING INSIDE IMPACK CRUSHER TEMP WAS ABOUT 70F WAS OVERCOME BY INTERNAL BODY HEAT

1992 · 1 incident

April 1, 1992 NY · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Redland Quarries Ny Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE GETTING INTO HIS AUTOMOBILE, SLIPPED ON ICE AND SNOW AND FELL, TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

1991 · 7 incidents

June 17, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Niagara Stone Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

IN THE NEW MILL TUNNEL WHILE SHOVELING WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT HIP WAS DISLOCATED.

June 3, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Niagara Stone Corp · Struck by flying object

GRINDING BRAKE DRUMS WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT WAS LODGED IN LEFT EYE

May 20, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Niagara Stone Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT BACK OF RIGHT HAND ON THE AIR RAM UNDER THE ASPHALT BUCKET ON THE ASPHALT PLANT 6 STICHES REQUIRED.

May 8, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Niagara Stone Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE SHOVELING UNDER THE PRIMARY CRUSHER HE TURNED TO THROW A HSOVEL FULL OF STONE OVER THE WALL AND TWSITED HIS BACK.

March 13, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Niagara Stone Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DUST PARTICLE IN LEFT EYE WHILE WORKING ON RETURN CONVEYOR ON OLD MILL.

March 1, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Niagara Stone Corp · Fall from machine

WHILE ENTERING A CRANE EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING ON THE OUTRIGGER & SLIPPED & SPRAINED RT WRIST

January 7, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Niagara Stone Corp · Struck by falling object

WAS PLACING A LADDER AT PLANT #3 WHEN A PIECE OF RUST FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

1990 · 4 incidents

October 5, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Niagara Stone Corp · Struck against a moving object

CLAIMANT STATES THAT HE STRUCK A LARGE POT HOLE ON THE HAULWAY. CLAIMANT STATES THAT HE WAS DRIVING A QUARRY ROCK DUMP TRUCK 50 T CAP.

March 23, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Niagara Stone Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS WORKING AT AGGREAGTE MILL #1 ON THE INSTALLATION OF A DOOR ON A ROCK BOX AND HIS GLOVED HAND GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE STEEL PLATE AND ROCK BOX.HE REQUIRED THREE SUTU RES TO THE INDEX FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.A SPLINT WAS USED ON THE FINGER SINCE THE LACERATION WAS NEAR A JOINT OF THE FINGER.

February 15, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Niagara Stone Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE STATED THAT HE REINJURED HIS BACK WHILE MOVING A ROLL OF CABLE WITH AN ASSISTANT IN THE WELDING SHOP. HE VISITED A CHIROPRACTOR THURSDAY PM FOR TREATMENT WENT FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION AT THE HOSPITAL ON SAT VIA AMBULANCE BUT WAS RELEASED.HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DETERIORATED DISC. AGGREVATED BY MOVING THE CABLE.

1989 · 4 incidents

September 23, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Niagara Stone Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CLAIMANT STATES THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK WHEN HE WAS RELOCATING 60' OF 6" HEAVY RUBBER DISCHARGE HOSE AT A TRASH PUMP IN THE LOWER QUARRY PIT

September 11, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Niagara Stone Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PICKED UP PC OF STEEL, 12'L 4' W 120 LBS, TUGGING ON END TO PULL OFF RUNWAY INJ BACK

March 3, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Niagara Stone Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLAIMANT STATES THAT HE WAS GRINDING A PATCH FOR WELDING PREPARATION ON A FUEL TANK 134 GAL CAP REMOVED FROM A CAT DOZER USING A PORTABLE GRINDING TOOL HE WAS WORKING INSIDE OF MAINTENANCE BLD G & EXHAUST FROM TRUCK PARKED OUTSIDE OF BLDG WAS BEING USED TO PURGE FUEL OIL FUMES IN TANK & BECAME OVERCOME BY THE EXHAUST GASES AS THEY EXITED OUT OF 10INX10IN HOLEON TOP OF TANK POISONED

February 20, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Niagara Stone Corp · Struck by falling object

THE MINER STATES THAT HE HAD JUST COMPLETED WELDING A BRACKET FOR THE ASPHALT PLANT DRIER GIRTH RING FROM A TEMPORARILY ERECTED WORKING PLATFORM, WHEN HE WENT TO GROUND LEVEL AND WAS IN THE PR OCESS OF SWITCHING HIS WELDING SHIELD TO HARD HAT, WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE FOREHEAD BY A FALLING 12" ADJUSTABLE (CRESCENT) WRENCH FROM A HEIGHT OF 10'. HE SUSTAINED A CUT ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE

1987 · 1 incident

December 7, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Niagara Stone Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CLAIMANT STATES3HE WAS INSTALLNG A TRASH PMP IN THE QUARRY FLOOR WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A SNOW COVERED PATCH OF ICE. HE SAID THAT HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE ICE, FALLING WITH H IS FULL WEIGHT ON H IS RIGHT SHOULD9R. HE CONTINUED WORKING FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WENT TO A PHYSICIAN ON DEC 11.FOR A EXAMINATION. DX CONTUSION OF THE RIGHT SHOULDER ENTERED PHYSCIAL THERAPY TREATMENT CONTIN

1986 · 1 incident

September 2, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Niagara Stone Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMANT STATES3THAT THE WELDING MACHINE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING PROPERLY AND THAT HE PUT HIS LEFT GLOVED HAND (WELDERS GLOVE)BEHIND THE COOLING FAN GUARD TO REACH THE IDLING BAR WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND THE3FINGERS WERE STRUCK BY FAN BLADE THAT WAS TURNING AT THE TIME.TWO FINGERS BROKEN AT FIRST JOINT.

1983 · 2 incidents

April 15, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Niagara Stone Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMANT STATES THAT HE WAS WORKING IN THE PRIMARY CRUSHER-IMPELLER TYPE-TIGHTENING UP 2" DIAM. BOLTS WITH AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH, WEIGHING ABOUT 100 LBS; ALTHOUGH AIR LINES HAD BEEN BLED FOR FO REIGN MATERIAL, WATER, OIL ETC-SOME REMAINING OIL DRIPPED ONTO IMPELLER DRUM THAT EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON; EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, LOST HIS FOOTING AND TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING A BACK SPRAIN...CON

April 13, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Niagara Stone Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING SORENESS IN HIS BACK AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE IN THE UNLOADING PROCEDURE OF EXPLOSIVE CONTAINERS FROM DELIVERY TRUCK AND TWO HELPERS WERE ASSIGNED TO A SSIST IN THE UNLOADING OPRATION; SEVERE BACK PAIN DEVELOPED AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE UNLOADING BUT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 4/18/83 WHEN HE REPORTED FOR DUTY AND LEFT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FOR