HATTON QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

The employee was entering a rail car to clean out material. While stepping down from bottom rung of ladder the employee rolled and injured ankle. Treated as first aid initially, but employee indicated days later that healing was not progressing. Sought medical care on 10/31/16 when learned there is a fractured bone in left foot.

EE was using a pry bar to free up a blockage in the Rip Chute. The employee began to pry the rock upward in an effort to dislodge. At that time some rock began to move, forcing the pry bar down and catching EE hand between the bar and the edge of the opening at the door on the rip chute.(PPE, including impact resistant gloves were in use at time of incident)

Employee was working on an Atlas Copco drill at Martin Marietta Quarry in Hatton, Ar. The catwalk he was standing on has the gator type tread on it. Employee was attempting to remove the hood off engine compartment and when he went to twist his foot, it did not move because boot caught the tread and caused his left Knee to pop and swell.

The night of 2-20-13 a winter storm left snow and ice at the quarry. After the morning meeting on 2-21-13, employee proceeded to walk towards mobile equipment using a set of steps that were ice covered. Holding onto hand rail he fell twisting left knee. Employee worked but knee kept bothering. Work comp approved an MRI on 3-25-13 MRI results shows a tear at dr appt on 4-2-2013.

Commercial truck driver who had been trained & signed off on Hatton Site Specific Awareness training to stay in his truck at all times got out of his truck to release a rock from the tailgate. He lifted the tailgate with his left hand & removed the rock with his right hand. As he did this the tailgate went shut pinching his right hand.

Employee used a box knife to trim a patch to repair a hole in conveyor belting. The employee was pulling the knife toward him and it slipped, causing a 1" laceration on his right thigh.

Employee was using a grease pump to grease the Cat water truck. The pump air locked three times. He shook the pump two times with it in place to release the air lock. The third time he grabbed one side of the pump and the front to lift it off the barrel. When he set the pump down it smashed his thumb.

Employee was cleaning dirt out of an idler roller on the Cat 330 track-hoe using a spade shovel. When he went to make another swipe he caught his right middle finger on some broken fiberglass on the cab caushing a v shape laceration that required nine stitches

Employee was trasported by ambulance for chest pains

Employee was clearing out the jaw crusher after it stalled, and a 2" rock fell and hit him on the chin. He sustained a 1/2" cut on his chin and had to have 2 staples.

Employee was crawling under a Wheel loader to make a repair, he was wearing cotton gloves & a piece of rock, went through the gloves into the base of right thumb, causing pain in fingers.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A ONE INCH IMPACT TO TIGHTEN LUGNUTS ON HIS HAUL TRUCK, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

Employee was installing a driveshaft in a Off highway truck & was laying in the bellypan, holding the drive shaft in place while he started the bolts. He felt a pop in his back. He didn't report the incident to us for 3 days and we sent to the doctor to be checked out.

EE WAS REMOVING THE BELLY PAN ON A D-155 DOZER. HE HOOKED HIS CHAIN TO THE HINGE ON THE PAN AND PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE BOLTS WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY REMOVED THE BOLTS TO THE HINGE, CAUSING THE PAN TO FALL ON HIS ARMS.

EE STATES HE WAS PULLING 30 LB BAGS TO THE BACK OF THE TRAILER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ARM.

THE CASE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AND CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO ACCIDENT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.

EE WAS HAVING PAIN IN BOTHE OF HER WRISTS. WENT TO THE DR. & SHE HAS CARPAL TUNNEL.

EE HAD MOVED HIS TOOL BOX TO HIS WORK TRUCK AND FELT A SMALL STRAIN, HE THEN PICKED UP AN OXYGEN BOTTLE WITHOUT PROPER TECHNIQUE. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS MOVING CROSSTIE TO SCATTRACK BUCKET

EE STEPPED OFF THE GRADER, HUNG HIS FOOT UP AND FELL FADE DOWN ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE FELL ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES. HIS LEFT ARM ABSORBED MOST OF THE FALL. HE FRACTURED A BONE IN HIS LEFT FO REARM.

EE WAS CLIMBING INTO THE TRACKHOE WHEN THE DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER 6X16 SCREENAT THE NORTH PLANT. HE DRAGGED HIS ARM ACROSS A SHARP POINT STICKING UP FROM THE SCREEN DECK. HECUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND NEEDED 26 SUTURES.

EE WAS STANDIJNG ON TOP OF THE HANDRAIL ON THE FIRST LEVEL PUTTING THE WATERHOSE ON THE SECOND LEVEL OF THE CRUSHER PLATFORM. HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF HITTING THE HANDRAIL. HE FELL 7 FEET AND B ROKE 4 RIBS.

LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO AIR BORN DUST.

LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO AIRBORNE DUST.

LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO AIRBORNE DUST.

LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO AIRBORNE DUST.

LONG TEM EXPOSURE TO AIRBORNE DUST.

EE HAS PINS IN ONE OF HIS DISCS IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE PINS ARE WORKING LOOSE DUE TO THE OPERATION OF THE TRACK-HOE. LATE NOTICE DUE TO EE TURNED IT IN ON HIS INSURANCE THEN DECIDED WORKMAN'S COMP.

STRAINED LOWER BACK MOVING A STEEL PIN WEIGHING ABOUT 75 POUNDS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. THE PIN HAD OIL ON IT AND EE WAS HOLDING IT WITH BOTH HANDS AWAY FROM HIS BODY CAUSING LOWER BACK STR AIN.

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE PUMP PLATFORM, HE STEPPED OVER A PIPE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

BROKE BONE JUST UNDER LEFT KNEE EE WAS WORKING IN THE SOP THE AIR HOSE WAS HOOKED TO LUB TRUCK AND RUNNING FROM SHOP AIR. EE JUMPED INTO LUBE TRUCK TO MOVE IT WHEN HE BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE AIR HOSE CAUSING HIM TO BE PULLED DOWN AND OUT OF SHOP BY MOVING LUBE TRUCK AND AIR HOSE.