Employee lost balance and fall off of the track to the ground. Employee first made contact with the ground on left shoulder/elbow area. They received 3 stitches in left elbow, has a sprained left shoulder, and a fractured left scapula.
LAFLIN QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Years on record
- 2013–2025
- Latest incident
- Apr 2025
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 6,335 | 1 | 0 | 157.9 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,412 | 2 | 1 | 453.3 |
| 2025 Q1 | 922 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 3,913 | 5 | 0 | 1277.8 |
| 2024 Q3 | 7,452 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,655 | 1 | 0 | 273.6 |
| 2023 Q4 | 9,678 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 6,959 | 2 | 0 | 287.4 |
Reportable incidents
13 on file2025 · 1 incident
2024 · 1 incident
EE was in close proximity of another welder, and when EE lifted hood up a piece of debris went up under EE's safety glasses. EE went to a medical facility and a piece of metal was removed from the right eye. EE was not given any restrictions.
2023 · 1 incident
Three ee's decided to manually unload a pallet of material that was delivered. Upon unloading, one of the ee's felt a strain in EE's lower right back.
2020 · 1 incident
The employee was attempting to put an oxygen bottle away for storage, employee put the bottle on end and turned away for a moment, the bottle topped over striking employee's foot.
2019 · 2 incidents
An employee was cleaning material out from under the primary conveyor so that EE could wash down the area that was unable to reach with a shovel. As EE bent to pick up a large rock, a second rock came off the conveyor from above EE and hit EE's hand. Xrays showed it's fractured.
While cleaning behind the bearing journal the come-along slipped allowing the load to drop onto the employee's right hand, injuring their thumb and index finger.
2018 · 1 incident
Employee was climbing down the ladder of a WA500 Komatsu loader and experienced pain in upper back.
2017 · 4 incidents
Customer was filling water tank on pick up truck. Stepped up on rear bumper of truck and slipped, falling backwards landing on berm, fractured ankle. Bumper was 27" above the ground.
Upon removal of vandal shield from door of excavator, the shield slipped from the hand of the employee. EE proceeded to throw out left foot to stop it from falling to the ground. This action resulted in a pulled groin muscle.
Miner was helping change worn out return idler on a conveyor. While positioning self, a small clump of mud fell from above on to miner's face and eye.
Miner was manually adjusting the tines on a forklift, while letting go of tine with left hand before removing right hand, gravity took over, resulting in the right middle finger being pinched by the tine and tine backboard.
2016 · 1 incident
Employee was carrying discharge hose from hole to hole. Suffered a shoulder strain resulting in physical therapy.
2013 · 1 incident
Cardio respiratory arrest