Frederick Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Suspended excited assembly from feeder swung backward during maintenance striking employee in the right forearm.

Employee was using a pipe wrench to remove a drain plug. When plug became loose, employee's left pinky finger was pinched between the wrench and a drain valve to the left of the plug.

Employee injured EE's right hand while operating the CR-6 swing diverter gate at the Finishing Plant. Contact with adjacent handrail resulted in a contusion on the back of the right hand.

Employee was replacing the bucket teeth on an excavator. While using a hammer to attempt to remove a tooth, a piece of it dislodged punctured his left thigh, leaving a small metal splinter. The employee was prescribed antibiotics after an assessment at an Urgent Care facility. No time was lost from work.

EE was standing outside of the mobile maintenance shop when wind caused dust/debris to enter his left eye. The eye was flushed on site, and examined after at an urgent care center. The dust/debris resulted in a corneal abrasion. The EE was wearing all of his required PPE at the time, including safety glasses.

EE was operating the primary crusher and using the rock hammer. He leaned over to look out the window at the rock as he used the hammer. He said his back was sore as a result.

Stepped out of the truck, put foot in a hole, lost balance and hurt lower back.

Driving Bulk truck in Quarry and hit a pot hole in road and felt something pop in his back

Employee was pushing on a reap suspension cylinder into position when he injured his lower back

EE was cleaning out the back of the pickup at behind the shop. Using his gloved hand he started to brush some trash and debris into a pile when he felt a stabbing pain in his right ring finger. X-rays revealed a sliver of glass that had to be removed by a hand specialist. Employee returned to work on restricted duty.

EE alleges that while walking along catwalk, he slipped on loose material on the catwalk straining his knee.

Annual routine hearing tests revealed a Standard Threshold Shift of 35db in the left ear.

Routine annual hearing test results show a STS of 25db right ear.

Routine annual hearing tests revealed a Standard Threshold Shift of 25db in the left ear.

Routine annual hearing tests revelaed a Standard Threshold Shift of 30db in the right ear.

Contract hauler was exiting the cab of his dump truck at the weigh scale when he slipped on ice and fell to the ground.

EE states that while climbing ladder on water truck, he began to experience pain in left shoulder, neck and chest.

Employee was removing frozen material from around the base of the 4 1/4 cone crusher at the Brown's Plant. He was using a Hilti Gun to hammer the material loose. When he applied pressure, he felt a sharp pain in his back.

Employee was carrying a ladder when he raised it over the hand rails to turn a corner and felt a pop in his back.

Employee was checking VS3 for a hole in the top deck. He stepped up onto an elevated motor mount to view the top deck screens. As he was preparing to step back onto the floor, his right foot slipped off of the mount, and landed on the floor, causing all of his weight to shift onto his right foot, twisting it.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE CATERPILLAR 777 HAUL TRUCK TO CHECK THE OIL WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF OF THE HAND RAIL AND HE FELL 10 FEET TO THE GROUND.

Employee was lifting pads for the crane when the pad slipped out of his hand and he tried to catch it, a piece of wood lodged in his left ring finger leaving a splinter of wood. He was sent to the clinic, who in turn sent him to a hand specialist to have it removed. He received 4 stitches.

EE was operating his loader at the Asphalt #6 pile, cage mill when he struck the concrete base of the loadout tunnel with his bucket. The sudden jar must have caused a back injury because on March 2nd, he started to feel pain in his back and pain/numbness in his right arm. This report was given to us on MARCH 7, 2005.

Employee was rolling up a rope to put away into the truck, he wiped his eye with his hand and apparently there was a fiber from the rope on his hand and it got into his eye. This resulted in a corneal abrasion.

Employee claims that after working 3/4 of the day, his shoulder was hurting. He had a previous shoulder injury and we believe that the work day aggravated it. He was sent to the company physician and was put onto restrictions. This accident was not reported to me until 9/25/04.

Employee claims that he was operating his loader and ran across a drainage ditch causing the loader to bounce and he felt pain in his lower back.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PLATE UP THE STEPS BETWEEN SCREENS VS-2B & VS-3B AND FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS CARRYING THE PLATE WITH THE LISTED WITNESS.

WHILE CUTTING A RUBBER HOSE WITH A RAZOR BLADE, THE BLADE BOUNCED OFF THE HOSE AND HIT HIS ARM CUTTING IT.

WHILE EXITING THE WATER TRUCK TO CHECK A FLOCCULANT SYSTEM, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS LYING ON HIS STOMACH REMOVING THE 3RD SCREEN PANEL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE V52B SCREEN. HE WAS PULLING THE SCREEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF PRIMARY CRUSHER AND WAS STEPPING ON WELDER PARTS. PARTS SHIFTED AND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT GROIN/LEG.

REPORTED THAT THE 980C LOADER SHIFTER WAS HARD TO USE AND IT CAUSED HIM PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM UNDER GRIT CONVEYOR WHEN HE TRIED TO PRY SOME FROZEN MATERIAL BY PRESSING DOWN ON THE SHOVEL HANDLE. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL OFF OF VS 2B SCREEN AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING HEAVY WEIGHT MATERIAL ANDSAID THAT HE TWISTED AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WAS BREAKING ROCKS WITH ROCK BREAKER WHEN THE BREAKER SLID OFF A ROCK AND THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT FORWARD AND BACKWARD ALONG WITHT HE WORN SEAT CAUSED A STRAIN/ SPRAIN IN EMPLOYEE'S LOWER BACK.

WHILE SHOVELING AROUND PLANT EE NOTICED A PIECE OF METAL IN PILE & WHEN HE WENT TO PULL IT OUT, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL INTO A WHEELBARROW, WHEN HE TWISTED AND RE-INJURED HIS LOWER LUMBAR THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY INJURED ON 7/17/01.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A PLATFORM AND WAS TRYING TO PUSH MATERIAL OFF WITH A SCRAPER. WHILE DOING THIS HE TWISTED WRONG AND FELT A DULL SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE HAD PRE-EXISTING BA CK AILMENTS.

EE SUFFERED A BRUISED LEFT HAND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE ICE FROM THE FRAME OF A CONVEYOR.

WHILE PULLING ELECTRIC CABLE, RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF ROCK, TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.

WHEN REPLACING FEED PLATE ON SCREEN, EE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.