Sunset Quarries: 125 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was trimming excess aluminum honey comb off of panels using 10lb Sawzall. Process involves a lot of bending, twisting which caused back strain. Injury was not reported until 8/21/25 when they were treated for back strain.

Employee's annual hearing test determined they have a Standard Threshold Shift in their right ear.

Employee's annual audiometric test determined EE has a Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in EE's left ear.

Employee's annual audiometric test determined EE has a Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in EE's left ear.

Employee was hurrying to get out of the rain as heavy rain was coming down during severe thunderstorm. In haste, they got their left middle finger caught between door and door frame of forklift as door slammed shut, causing laceration requiring sutures. No lost time, no lost wages.

Employee was setting up saw at quarry, walked around the end of saw tracks which were close to edge of granite block, EE tripped over the saw tracks and fell, hitting EE's head on sharp edge of stone. Has a laceration above left eye which required sutures, some facial scrapes and a fractured nose.

Employee was trying to level granite block for sawing, using hydraulic jack. Thinner roughback that wasn't braced tipped over, struck employee, knocking EE down onto the saw frame, and then to the concrete, injuring EE's back, left shoulder and arm. Lumbar fracture, lost time injury.

Employee's annual audiometric test determined EE has an STS in EE's right ear.

Employee operates loader over quarry terrain that is rough due to rains & heavy traffic, causing potholes & washouts. Employee has been jostled around in loader seat continuously for weeks, resulting in low back pain, left leg pain. Originally felt it was aggravation of old injury, but filed new report on 5-28-2020.

Employee was setting drill bar of trimmer 200 on granite block when the inside feet on the bar slipped & twisted to the side. The outside right leg on bar set on employee's foot, just behind steel toe. Dislocating right second toe, requiring pin placement. Lost time injury.

Employee was working in Texas on temporary project. EE was pulling a stuck wedge out of a broken block. When it came loose, the upward motion pulled towards another wedge and left thumb got pinched in between the two wedges, fracturing left thumb. EE is working light duty. No lost time.

Employee was operating hydraulic wedger, wedger hung up in stone, section of stone fell over with wedges still stuck in stone, causing tool bar to swing into EE's right shoulder, knocking EE over to same level onto EE's left shoulder. EE sought medical treatment however didn't receive restrictions until 2nd visit which was 2/11/2020. Is now working light duty. No lost time.

Employee was building wood A-frames for transporting granite slabs. While working with the wood, they got a wood splinter embedded in right ring finger. EE thought it was all removed, however continues to fester, feels it may be infected. Saw doctor, received prescription for antibiotic. Feels it may still need to be removed somehow. No lost time. Foreign body right ring finger.

Injured was moving set of "L-frames" with overhead crane. The frames came together and hand got caught between.

Right thumb was caught between table and piece of iron while trimming to size.

Improper lifting procedure to recover fallen handle held stone breaker. Pulled muscle in hip. 2-day lifting restrictions of 15 pounds.

Employee was walking to the water pump to shut it off when he slipped and fell down in the mud and water. Recent rains constituted muddy conditions in the quarry.

Employee was wedging stone apart.

Accident was first reported to Safety Manager, on Jan. 4, 2010, at 8:45 am. One of the employee's job duties is Loader Operator which requires him to pull the wheel chocks used to secure the loader while it is parked. While performing this duty, he felt a pain in his lower back but continued to work. EE is on restricted light duty, with no lost time.

Employee was loading slabs on L frame when his glove slipped and the tip of his finger slid between slabs. Employee is on restricted light duty, no lost time.

Employee was unhooking a cable from a bundle of slabs when the 5/8" cable grabbed his glove and twisted his shoulder / back causing a mid-back muscle sprain.

Employee was lifting objects weighing 30 to 40 lbs. while bracing a saw when he felt some discomfort in his lower back. He chose not to go to the doctor until 9-11-2006 where the doctor diagnosed him with sciatica/back problems. He gave him some medications and put him on light duty restrictions.

Lifting a stone-breaker while breaking stone; acute lower back strain.

Employee had climbed an eight foot ladder to unhook a chain from an air compressor. About 15 to 20 minutes later he felt a pain in his lower back. It got better and he chose not to go to a doctor until July 1, 2005 when it began hurting again. (Lower back strain)

EE WAS LOWERING A STONE-BREAKER TO ANOTHER LEVEL USING AN AIR HOSE TO DO SO. HE LEFT THE AIR ON WHILE LOWERING THE BREAKER. THE HOSE CAME LOOSE FROM THE BREAKER, STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE THUS CAUSING THE LACERATION TO THE UPPER LIP AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING A GRANITE BLOCK WITH WEDGES AND WHEN THE BLOCK BROKE IT TILTED SLIGHTLY, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALNCE THUS LACERATING HIS RT FOREARM ON THE CORNER OF THE GRANITE BLOCK.

EE WAS DOING A DAILY ROUTINE TASK, HELPING THE DRILL OPERATOR FUEL A DRILLING MACHINE WHICH WAS IN THE PIT. WHILE STANDING NEAR THE LEDGE AND JERKING ON THE FUEL HOSE, THE FUEL HOSE PULLED IN TWO AT A SPLICE AREA, AND EE FELL OFF THE 15' LEDGE INTO A PILE OF MUD BELOW. EE WAS ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL AND RELEASED THE NEXT DAY WITH ONLY SEVERAL BRUISED BODY PARTS.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A STEEL WEDGE FROM BETWEEN TWO GRANITE BLOCKS WHICH WERE SITTING ON THE LOADER'S FORKS. WHILE DOING THIS THE BLOCKS SHIFTED, PULLING HIS RT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO BLOCKS WHICH CLOSED UP FRACTURING AND SMASHING HIS FINGER TIP.

EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE MOVE HIS DRILL GUIDE, WHEN AN OUTRIGGER GOT AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN IT AND MASHED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE OUTRIGGER AND HIS DRILL BAR. HE JERKED HIS HAND CAUSING THE LACERATION.

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF A SMALL GRANITE BLOCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIS FOOT TO BEND FRACTURING HIS RT. BIG TOE.

HE WAS HITTING A STEEL PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF THE PIN ABOUT THE SIZE OF A MATCH HEAD CAME OFF AND EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS WEDGING A BLOCK WITH A PAVING BREAKER AND HIS ELBOW STARTED HURTING.

EE WAS DRILLING HOLES IN A PLEXIGLASS SHIELD AND DRILLED A HOLD THROUGH HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS USING IMPROPER BODY MECHANICS LIFTING UP A JACKHAMMER. HE TOLD A CO WORKER ABOUT IT ON 9-22-92. NEITHER HIS SUPR. NOR THE SAFETY MGR WERE AWARE OF THE INJURY UNTIL 9-28-92 WHEN HE CALLE D IN SAYING HE WOULD NOT BE IN TO WORK BECAUSE HIS BACK WAS HURTING. HE WENT TO THE DR 9-28-92 AND MISSED WORK ON 9-30-92 ALSO. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 10-1-92.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING OUT BUSHING ON A HYDRAULIC HAMMER AND THE HOUSING SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS FINGER ON THE METAL EDGE.

EE WAS WORKING ON A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ON THE TAILGATE OF A TRUCK WHEN IT ROLLED OFF OF THE TAILGATE AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

INJURED WAS USING THE BREAKER, PEELING THE SIDE OF A ROCK WITH WEDGES AND REBAR. HE LIFTED UP THE BREAKER ONTO THE WEDGE AND HIS FINGER GOT IN THE WAY OF THE BREAKER AND THE ROCK.

INJURED WAS PUSHING ON THE TIP OF THE BURNER WITH HIS FOOT IN AN ATTEMPT TO MOVE IT.AS HE DID THIS,HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND IT WENT UNDER THE FLAME ON THE BURNER TIP.IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS I S NOT PROPER PROCEDURE AND THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD NOT HAVE USED HIS FOOT TO PUSH ON HTE BURNER TIP.

EE WAS OPERATING A TAMROCK DRILL GUIDE AND AS HE WAS PULLING THE STEEL, HE RAISED THE LATCH WHILE PULLING THE HAMMER BUT FAILED TO OPEN THE LATCH ALL THE WAY WHEN THE WEIGHT OF THE STEEL HIT T HE LATCH, IT CLOSED BACK UP, PINCHING HIS RIGHT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

EMPL HAD BEEN LAYING OUT STONE FOR DRILLERS & AS HE CLIMBED ON GRANITE BLOCK HE PLACED RIGHT PALM DOWN ON SHARP PORTION OF GRANITE BLOCK CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND TO PALM. ALTHOUGH HE CLEANED IT AT TIME IT BECAME IRRITATED OVER NEXT FEW DAYS & ON 1/28/91 HE REPORTED IT TO COMPANY NURSE & WAS REFERRED FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.

USES PAINT SPRAY EACH DAY BOTHERING HIM FOR SOME TIME ON 4-25-90 SAW DR SR FELT THS JOB RELATED INJ

I,NAME WAS GRINDING DOWN METAL SHIMS WHEN ONE OF THE SHIMS CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS AS IT CAME OFF OF THE GRINDING WHEEL.

HE HIT HIS RIGHT THUMB WITH A HAMMER WHILE REPAIRING MACHINEY SOMETIME IN MID DECEMBER, AND DID NOT REPORT IT AS HE FELT IT WAS A MINOR INJURY. IT REMAINED SORE AND IRRATATED INTERMITTENTLY A ND ON 2-14-90, HE HIT IT AGAIN WITH AHMMER AS HEWAS REAPIRING BRAKES ON A LOADER. HE AGAIN DID NOT REPORT THIS AS HE FELT IT WAS A MINOR INJURY.

I.NAME MANUALLY LIFTED ARM OF DRILL UNIT TO PLACE THE BIT INSTEAD OF USING HYDRAULIC LIFT FOR THE ARM.AS HE LIFTED DRILL UNIT,EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

I,NAME WAS GRINDING DOWN A WELD ON A TABLE HE WAS MAKING WHEN A SLIVER OF METAL RICOCHETED OFF HIS CHEECK INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE DID NOT REALIZE THE SLIVER WAS STILL IN HIS EYE UNTIL HIS EYE BE CAME IRRIATED. HE REPORTED THIS AND SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 12-2-89.

I NAME RAISED HIS RT LEG TO BEGIN ASCENDINT A LADDER AS HE DID HIS TOTAL BODY WEIGHT SHIFTED TO HIS LEFT LEG & HIS LEFT KNEE DISPLACED ANTERIORLY & LATERALLY I NAME HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS SAME KNEE FOR SEVERAL YEARS

THE INJURED WAS DRILLING GRANITE ROCK WITH A JACKHAMMER WHEN SOME AIRBORN PARTICLES BLEW UP AND UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES,CAUSING IRRITATION OF BOTH HIS EYES.HE REPORTED THIS TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON FRIDAY 09-15-89 AND WAS REFERRED TO THE DR ON09-16-89.

PREPARING BOX BURNER TO MOVE LEGS LOOSENED UNDER WT HE FELL 8 FT FROM BURNER TO GROUND LACERATING HEAD INJ R WRIST ANKLE LOWER LEG.

I.NAME OPERATING JACKHAMMER WHEN DRILL STEEL BROKE.I.NAME JERKED BACK ON JACKHAMMER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AS HE TURNED OFF POWER SWITCH.AS HE JERKED,STRUCK LEFT ELBOW AGAINST GRANITE ROCK.

THE INJURED WAS WALKING ON SOME LOOSE GRANITE ROCK AND LOST HIS FOOTING,CAUSING HIM TO SPRAIN HIS LEFT ANKLE AND HIP.

WELDING THO;UGHT FLASH BURN ON SAT. REP TO LEAD MAN NOT BETTER TO GO TO DR 5-8-89 DR REMOVED METAL SLIVER FROM R EYE.

EMPL LIFTED & PULLED ON PULL CABLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH AIR HOIST. AS HE DID THIS HE EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT IN BACK. EMPL NOTIFIED LEADMAN OF PAIN ON FRIDAY 2/17/89 & HE CHOSE TO CONTINUE WORKI NG. HIS CONDITION WORSENED & ON SUNDAY 2/19/89 HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT HILL COUNTRY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF HIS OWN CHOOSING.

I.NAME WAS HELP3NG TO LOAD A GRANITE BLOCK ON A RAILROAD CAR DERRICK HOIST RAISED BLOCK IN THE AIR I.NAME THEN PLACED HIS HAND ON THE BLOCK SO THAT HE COULD BETTER POSITION THE BLOCK FOR LOADI NG AS HE DID TH3S THE CABLE MOVED ABOUT SIX INCHES CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE MASHED BETWEEN THE CABLE & THE BLOCK HE THEN JERKED HIS HAND AWAY FROM THE PINCH POINT WHICH RESULTED IN REMOVING T

I.NAME BENT OVE9 TO PICK UP A 70 TO 80 LB SACK OF EMERY HE LIFTED THE SACK APPROX TWO INCHES OFF OF A PALLET WHEN HE FELT A POPPING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK

I.NAME LOST CON8CIOUSNESS SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO HEAT EXHAUSTION THIS ILLENSS WAS NOT REPORTED ORIGINALLY AS WORK RELATED IT WAS REPORTED AS WORK RELATED ON SEPT.14 1987 THERE WAS NOT ACCOMPANYI NG INJURY OR AC7IDENT DUE TO THE HEAT EXHAUSTION

THE EMPLOYEE IN3QUESTION WAS MOVING A FIVE GALLON OIL DRUM BY HAND. LATER HE BEGAN FEELING PAIN IN HIS RIB CAGE AREA.

INJURED EMPLOYE9 WAS HITTING A DRIFT PIN WITH A HAMMER. AS HE STRUCK THE PIN, A SMALL PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT ARM JUST ABOVE THE ELBOW.

INJURED EMPLOYE9 WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN A COUNTERWEIGHT WHICH HE WAS INSTALLING ON THE BACK END OF A FRONT END LOADER. THE DRILL BIT HUNG IN THE METAL THIS CAUSED THE DRILL TO SWING AROUND CAT CHING HIS FINGE9 BETWEEN THE DRILL AND THE COUNTERWEIGHT.

THE INJURED EMP5OYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS USING A SLEDGEHAMMER. THE HAMMER PORTION SLID OFF THE HAND STRICKING THE EMPLOYEES MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

LOOSE GRANITE G9AVEL AND EMPLOYEE WALKING TOO CLOSE TO EDGE OF QUARRY FACE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED A CHIP FRACTURE TO HIS SPINE AS A RESULT OF A 20 FT FALL

DRILLING GRANITE,STEEL DRILL BIT BROKE,EMPL LOST BALANCE AND FELL 6\ LANDING ON BACK.

LOADING LARGE STONES ON TRUCK, ONE STONE LOADED, OTHER STONE SWUNG OVER, CATCHING EMPLOYEE IN BETWEEN.

EMPLOYEE DIDNT REPORT TO FOREMAN AT TIME OF INJURY, NO DETAILS AVAILABLE. LEARNED FROM RELATIVES AND DOCTOR, WHO WAS TOLD THAT TEMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROCK AND HURT HIS BACK

PUSHING ROLL OF WIRE AND HURT BACK

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STEPPED OFF FRONT END LOADER AND SKINNED KNEE

AUTHER WAS STANDING ON A ROCK ANDFELL NO BRUISES FRACTURES OR OTHER VISIBLE INJURY TREATED FOR LEG CRAMPS RETURNED TO WORK 080383 WORKED ALL DAY MONDAY

JOSE WAS BREAKING ROCK WITH A PAVEMENT BREAKER ROCK FELL APART AND HE FELL WITH IT BRUISED LEG NO FRACTURE EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY MISSED 062483 FOR UNKNOWN REASON PLANT CLOSED UNTI UNTIL 070583

RICARDO WAS PRYING A ROCK WITH A BAR AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

JOSE WAS HOOKING A ROCK AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND SHACKLE