EE was assisting with cleaning out the jaw crusher. Pulling up buckets of rock caused some pain in EE's left elbow. EE was taken to OMP for evaluation and placed on work restrictions.
Tower Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
Tower Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 33
- Years on record
- 1983–2020
- Latest incident
- Oct 2020
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Tower Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 2,504 | 1 | 0 | 399.4 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,518 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,872 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,759 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 5,213 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 4,399 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 5,585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 5,292 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 5,895 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 6,196 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 5,244 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 5,954 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 5,828 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 5,768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 6,373 | 1 | 0 | 156.9 |
| 2021 Q2 | 6,664 | 1 | 0 | 150.1 |
| 2021 Q1 | 4,636 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 5,643 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 5,433 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 6,082 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 6,674 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 9,277 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 6,817 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 5,846 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 5,643 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 6,398 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 6,523 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 6,829 | 2 | 0 | 292.9 |
| 2018 Q1 | 8,810 | 1 | 0 | 113.5 |
| 2017 Q4 | 6,629 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 6,068 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 5,164 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 7,862 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 5,496 | 2 | 0 | 363.9 |
| 2016 Q3 | 5,673 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 8,098 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 8,351 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 8,910 | 1 | 1 | 112.2 |
| 2015 Q3 | 7,631 | 2 | 1 | 262.1 |
| 2015 Q2 | 9,123 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 7,491 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 6,146 | 1 | 0 | 162.7 |
| 2014 Q3 | 6,311 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 9,068 | 3 | 1 | 330.8 |
| 2014 Q1 | 5,664 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 3,048 | 1 | 0 | 328.1 |
| 2013 Q3 | 4,239 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 5,322 | 3 | 0 | 563.7 |
| 2013 Q1 | 6,502 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 7,998 | 3 | 1 | 375.1 |
| 2012 Q3 | 6,359 | 1 | 0 | 157.3 |
| 2012 Q2 | 6,283 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 8,671 | 5 | 0 | 576.6 |
| 2011 Q4 | 6,412 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 7,566 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 9,777 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 8,758 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 8,433 | 3 | 0 | 355.7 |
| 2010 Q3 | 10,312 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 10,270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 7,991 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 12,294 | 3 | 1 | 244.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 11,387 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 11,207 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 9,478 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 12,031 | 3 | 0 | 249.4 |
| 2008 Q3 | 12,368 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 14,443 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 11,054 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 19,681 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 17,354 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 14,128 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 12,801 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 8,796 | 2 | 0 | 227.4 |
| 2006 Q3 | 10,253 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 7,556 | 1 | 1 | 132.3 |
| 2006 Q1 | 5,571 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 7,324 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 11,132 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 9,528 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 9,808 | 1 | 0 | 102.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 10,136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 12,035 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 9,905 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 7,444 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 11,602 | 8 | 3 | 689.5 |
| 2003 Q3 | 10,268 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 11,021 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 8,575 | 7 | 0 | 816.3 |
| 2002 Q4 | 14,587 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 13,559 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 14,983 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 11,887 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 14,786 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 13,494 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 14,851 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 11,032 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 13,949 | 2 | 0 | 143.4 |
| 2000 Q3 | 12,597 | 2 | 0 | 158.8 |
| 2000 Q2 | 15,760 | 5 | 1 | 317.3 |
| 2000 Q1 | 12,845 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
33 on file2020 · 2 incidents
Employee was trying to move a larger rock with the loader. The rock slid out of the bucket causing the back end of the loader to slam down, jarring the operator. The employee was taken to OMP for evaluation and placed on restricted duty.
2017 · 1 incident
EE was driving a pit 60 Ton Euclid from the jaw back to the pit empty. EE blacked out, due to personal medical reasons, and drove through a berm & off a 20 foot descent and wreck injuring face and leg with sutures. EE was buckled in.
2016 · 1 incident
Welder was salvaging parts off old Scale. Stepped on I-beam. Employee was located 16-18 inches off the ground, and employee stepped on I-beam, lost footing and fell cutting top of left hand and fracturing right shoulder.
2011 · 2 incidents
EE stepped to the ground when getting out of the crane and sprained his ankle.
While operating the haul truck, ee was jolted when a load from the loader bucket was dumped into the truck resulting in head and neck pain.
2008 · 1 incident
Changing a drill steel on a drill. Caught his hand between th edrill steel and the drill steel rack, causing an abrasion to his left hand.
2006 · 3 incidents
Pushing a pin into a cylinder fitting with a hydraulic jack, when the jack slipped off the pin and struck him on the chin causing a laceration requiring sutures.
Picked up a rock in the roadway and strained his back.
Victim was helping unroll a tarp on a truck. He lost his footing and fell to the ground resulting in a back strain.
2005 · 3 incidents
stepped off of a d8 dozer and felt a sharp pain in his back resulting in a strained back muscle.
STEPPING DOWN FROM A LOADER & HIS HAND SLIPPED ON THE WET HANDRAIL CAUSING HIS ARM TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HANDRAIL & THE HOOD OF THE LOADER. THIS RESULTED IN A STRAIN TO HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM.
BENDING OVER TO LIFT TOOLS OFF OF PARTS TRUCK & STRAINED GROIN AREA.
2004 · 2 incidents
EE WAS STEERING A TRUCK THAT WAS BEING PUSHED BY A LOADER. BED OF THE TRUCK SLIPPED OFF THE LOADER BUCKET JARRING THE EE INSIDE THE CAB CAUSING A BACK STRAIN.
EE WAS CARRYING 2 FIVE-GALLON BUCKETS OF USED OIL AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
2002 · 3 incidents
VICTIM WAS WORKING INSIDE OF THE CAB OF A LOADER. HE WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR. AS HE WAS RAISING HIMSELF UP ON ONE HAND HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON HIS LEFT ARM STRIKING A SHARP EDGE ON THE DOOR FRAME CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT FOREARM REQUIRING STITCHES.
USING A PRYBAR TO PRY ON A MOTOR. THE PRYBAR SLIPPED OFF THE MOTOR CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HIS HEAD ON CONCRETE CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS HEAD BEHIND HIS EAR REQUIRING SUTURES.
EE WAS BENT OVER UNDER A 6" IBEAM TO TURN ON A WATER VALVE. WHEN HE STOOD UP HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE STEEL IBEAM CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS SCALP REQUIRING SUTURES.
2001 · 5 incidents
VICTIM WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER TO CLEAN A LOADER. HE HIT HIS FOOT WITH THE WAND AND THE STREAM OF WATER WENT THROUGH A SEAM IN HIS BOOT AND STRUCK HIS FOOT CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RIGH T FOOT.
VICTIM WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE REMOVE BOLTS & NUTS FROM A SCREEN DECK, ABOUT 7' HIGH. ONE OF THE NUTS DROPPED AND HIT THE VICTIM IN THE MOUTH, CAUSING A BUSTED LIP AND LOOSENED BRIDGEWORK INHIS MOUTH (REFERRED TO DENTIST).
VICTIM WAS USING A SHOVEL TO REMOVE LOOSE MATERIAL IN THE SCREENING AREA WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
VICTIM WAS CLEANING A SECTION OF A DOZER CUTTING EDGE. HE TURNED IT OVER AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE EDGEAND ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT RING FINGER REQUIRIN G SUTURES.
VICTIM WAS REMOVING A COUPLING FROM A PIECE OF 3INCH CONDUIT WHEN ANOTHER PIECE OF CONDUIT ROLLED ONTO HIS FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRINGSUTURES.
2000 · 2 incidents
EE TRIPPED ON HIS LOOSE SHOE SOLE & FELL BETWEENHIS STOCKPILE TRUCK & A CATWALK CAUSING A BRUISED LEG. HE WAS TAKING MEDICATION FOR 2 DAYS WHICHPREVENTED HIM FROM WORKING
A ROCK FELL OFF OF TRUCK AND STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE MOUTH REQUIRING SUTURES TO HIS LIP.
1999 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING A WATER TRUCK. HE SLIPPED ON THE STEPS OF THE TRUCK AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER, CAUSING A SHOULDER STRAIN.
1998 · 1 incident
VICTIM JUMPED OFF OF A CONVEYOR TO THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS KNEE CAUSING A KNEE STRAIN.
1997 · 1 incident
VICTIM STEPPED DOWN FROM A BULL DOZER & TWISTED HIS KNEE CAUSING A KNEE STRAIN.
1991 · 1 incident
INSTALLING FORKLIFT ATTACHMENT TO BOBCAT LOADER AND MASHED FINGER BETWEEN FORKS CAUSING A LACERATION TO FINGER REQUIRING SUTURES.
1989 · 1 incident
STEPPING DOWN FROM LOADER AND SLIPPED ON LAST STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING A BRUISED SHOULDER AND HIP.
1987 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A BLOCKAGE FROM A DISCHARGE CHUTE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ON SOME ROCKS CAUSING A LACERATION TO SCALP REQUIRING SUTURES
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A CRUSHER, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL. TRIED TO BREAK THE FALL WITH HIS HANDS AND BROKE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.
1983 · 1 incident
DOZER OPERATOR STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN DOZER HE WAS OPERATING SLIPPED SIDEWAYS HE REPORTED INJURY AT THE TIME BUT CONTINUED WORKING WAS NOT OFF WORK UNTIL 9 6 83
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