Big Springs Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was trying to change Skid-steer bucket attachment. The pins were not releasing due to buildup of frozen mud/ice. After getting bucket free, the bucket fell about 2' and landed on employee's foot behind the steel-toe protector. The result is a fracture in metatarsal bone.

Employee was pulling on a jammed gate. When the gate gave way, the gate pinned his right thumb between a large bolt.

Employee was grinding leg on bin. Employee hit a gap with the grinder and the grinder smacked employee in nose. He broke this nose and was released to regular duty that day. Employee took the afternoon off and was back to work the following day.

Hydraulics on lift of dump truck failed, crashing into the truck. Broke passenger door, flying glass hit right eye and thrashed into steering wheel and back into seat. Intitial treatment that day, then admitted to the hospital on 9/22. He is currently in the hospital on IV pain meds for 5 bulging disks lower lumbar and swelling. Dump truck has been tagged out and is under repair.

He was shoveling rock out from the rock crusher and either strained his back shoveling or reaching for a shovel.

Using wheat burner to unthaw dirt out of skid loader bucket and dirt or lime went into employee's eye.