Employee was descending the access ladder under the cone crusher as the employees finger got caught on a bolt that holds together the safety gate to the hydraulic console platform.
Sparta QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 2011–2022
- Latest incident
- Aug 2022
Reportable incidents
10 on file2022 · 1 incident
2021 · 1 incident
Employee sustained laceration to neck while changing attachment on excavator.
2020 · 1 incident
Employee was loading a blast hole with a loading pole when the pole broke and cut right hand.
2019 · 2 incidents
The employee pinched left thumb between the top wedge and the top of the jaw causing a subungual hematoma.
While attempting to adjust the light on the cab of 990 loader, the employee fell 10 feet fracturing femur.
2015 · 1 incident
Employee said he had been experiencing diarrhea for approximately two weeks and became ill at work. Ambulance was called and took him to hospital. He was diagnosed with dehydration due to diarrhea. Employee was given fluids and medicine for diarrhea and is doing well.
2013 · 1 incident
Employee strained his back while picking up and moving a rock out of the road.
2012 · 2 incidents
Dismounting a loader and strained the lower back.
Employee strained his lower back / pulled a muscle when stepped off of a crusher platform. The platform is 12 - 14 inches higher than the surrounding ground level.
2011 · 1 incident
Crane operator was inspecting the winch (drum) on the crane. After inspecting the winch, the operator was climbing back to the cab of the crane when he slipped and fell approx. 8' to the ground below. Operator sustained laceration to his head and a fracture to his hip and wrist.