TUSCUMBIA QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was performing regular maintenance on the blending tower. After taking several water breaks he began feeling ill and sought medical attention. He was diagnosed with heat exhaustion.

Employee injured his right 5th finger while opening a sliding chain link gate. He was diagnosed with a mallet finger and it was placed in a stack splint. No restrictions or lost time. This incident is being reported within 10 days of seeking medical attention.

EE slipped when he was stepping down from the crusher platform hitting his right shin on the flange of a column. He received sutures at a local clinic and is currently on restricted duty.

Employee was trying to turn blow bar by rocking it over to check another blow bar. While he had his hand on the rotor, the rotor rocked back, his hand was caught between blow bar and frame.

Employee was moving a boulder, when the boulder slipped off the bucket causing the loader to jerk and the employee bounced up losing his hard hat and bounced again and hit his head on the fan switch, lacerating the right side of his scalp.

A Vulcan Contractor Services employee ID #01-03226 fractured his R fibula while working at Tuscumbia Quarry #01-00045. Employee threw a tie-down chain over a load to be hauled. The chain swung back under the load toward employee; he jumped back and feet became entangled in hoses attached to trailer causing him to fall.

Employee was removing plate from tunnel feeder, had wrench on bolt and wrench slipped and caught left pinkie finger between beam and wrench.

Injured employee and three others were installing a feeder pan onto the Hazmag feeder vibrator. Injured employee was prying feeder pan with a pry bar away from the feed box, so it could be picked up higher. The pry bar got caught against a piece of metal which pinched his right thigh.