Stoneco, Inc. Metal/Non-Metal

Welding in S-3 discharge chute. Lowered piece of 16" x 2' patch down to the tacked into place. Was then welding in chute between EE's legs and sparks caught pant leg on fire.

Employee was cleaning around the plant in a skid steer working around the surge pile tunnel at the quarry, the weather was wet and the employee was dumping a bucket load of wet sand on to a spoil pile near the tunnel. As the employee dumped the load of material it splashed back and the material splashed on the employee's face running down behind their safety glasses.

There was a buildup of frozen sand on the rail car door that two employees had to remove in order to properly close the door. After the material was removed, an employee inserted a spud bar into place on the car door and began to pull the bar towards self with a staggered stance. While pulling the spud bar back, the employee felt sharp pain around ankle.

Employee was preparing to line up a bolt on the wash screen. The bonnet of the wash screen moved forward which resulted in the employee "jerking" their hand away, which resulted in the employee suffering a laceration to their right index finger. The employee received 7 to 8 sutures to close the wound.

An employee working for a contractor was using a 6" inch DeWalt angle grinder on the corner of a new cold fee bin to prepare to weld. When he began to grind the surface in a vertical fashion, the grinder "kicked" back at the employee striking him above his right eye and on the right side of his nose.

"Pulled up with Terex (26.0012) to fuel. Employee removed the fuel cap. Stuck the fuel nozzle in and went to turn pump on. Went back to location and squeezed the trigger and the nozzle popped out and sprayed ee on the top of the hard hat and it entered into his right eye".

The contractor driver slipped when tarping the trailer. MSHA was notified at 2:47 p.m.

Operator had his bed raised washing material out of got back in truck and failed to lower bed before pulling away and caught the power lines and snapped electric pole. We left operator in machine until power could be terminated.

Had a fire start in mill control room that lasted a short time. We installed a new control room. Fed the power from a different transformer bank, and ran new power supply.

Employee & co-worker were patching a railcar from underneath the car, it was a tight spot, when 2 small pieces of rust got behind his safety glasses & became lodged in his eye. We were unsuccessful in removing the specks with water so he was taken to an eye dr. who removed it. He was prescribed eye drops as a precaution for any eye infection. He then returned to work that day.

Employee was clearing a rock that had become wedged between the tailgate & the bed of an R-65 Euclid haul truck using a long pipe. When the rock came loose it fell onto the tire below & bounced towards EE hitting him in the face. He was taken to the ER where he received 10 stitches to his upper lip.

EE drove his truck down to the lower bench and stopped his truck 100' behind and to the left of thr 992G Cat loader, in a blind spot wher the loader operator (injured) could not see him. Not knowing truck was in area injured cont. to back drag floor for 2nd operation. Truck driver seen loader backing up darted truck forward in path of loader hitting tailgate of truck bed.

While working on front-end loader with a wrench in his left hand he reached down to loosen a hose nut, when it broke loose his hand moved across a section of the hose that had a double clamps with one end sticking up and one down. The top of his hand racked across a sharp end of a clamp end cutting it to the point to require stitches.

While backing an R65 Euclid truck up a ramp to dump fill material, the left rear tires went into a low spot causing the truck to dip. Employee said this caused him to be thrown against the door handle of the truck. We do not know if he was wearing a seat belt. This injury did not become reportable until he had surgery on Sept. 29, 2006.

The employee was opening railcar doors to clean the cars. One of the door latches was stuck so he pried up on it with a spud bar and when he did he felt a sharp pain in his back left shoulder. He did not seek treatment for this injury until 8-1-05. He was given a prescription for physical therapy for 3 times per week for 3 weeks.

EE WAS WORKING HIS REGULAR JOB ON THE RAILCREW, WHEN SOMETIME DURING HIS SHIFT DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYES. THE WINDS THAT DAY WERE BLOWING EXTREMELY HEAVY AND ALTHOUGH HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES THE CONDITIONS CREATED A SITUATION MORE THAN THE GLASSES COULD OBSTRUCT. HE RECEIVED EYE DROPS AND AN ANTIBIOTIC FOR AN EYE INFECTION THAT LATER DEVELOPED.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE RAIL CREW CLOSING THE AIR BREAK SYSTEM WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED WHILE TURNING A VALVE. WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED HIS BODY PUSHED FORWARD ONTO THE KNUCKLE OF THE CAR INJURING HIS RIBS. ALTHOUGH THE INJURY OCCURRED ON THE 19TH, HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THE WEEK. HE DIDN'T MISS WORK UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND WDI WASN'T NOTIFIED OF THE SITUATION UNTIL 8/26/03.

EE FIRST INJURED HIS LEG WHILE CHANGING ROLLERS ON A STACKING CONVEYOR WHEN HE WALKED INTO THE NEW ROLLER THAT WAS BEING MADE READY TO BE REPLACED. HE COMPOUNDED THE INJURY LATER AT 10:00 P.M. WHEN HE BUMPED THE SAME LEG ON THE C500 CRUSHER WHILE PUTTING ON SIDING.

EE WAS CLEANING UP STONE IN THE "OLD TUNNEL" USING A SHOVEL. WHILE SHOVELING STONE FROM THE FLOOR AND PLACING IT BACK ONTO A CONVEYOR HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS STOMACH. HE HAS RETURNED TO WORK WITHOUT MISSING ANY TIME BUT WITH RESTRICTIONS. HE WILL REQUIRE AN OPERATION TO FIX THE HERNIA IN THE FUTURE.

EE WAS CUTTING A GUARD SUPPORT WITH CUTTING TORCH WHEN HE GRABBED THE HOT ANGLE SUPPORT THAT HE HAD JUST CUT WITH HIS HAND. HE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY.

SOMETIME DURING HIS SHIFT HE GOT A FLAKE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. HE WORKS OUTSIDE ON THE RAILCREW & IT WAS A VERY WINDY DAY. HE IS NOT SURE WHEN THE FLAKE BECAME LODGED. IT HAD TO HE REMOVED BY A DOCTOR.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE #2 BIN, KNEELING ON THE 304 CHUTE, LIFTING GRIPSTRUT TO PLACE UP FOR A WALKWAY. HIS SUPERVISOR WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INJURY UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, JANUARY 30, HE DID NOT GO FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL MONDAY, JANUARY 3

EE WAS WORKING IN OUR 'OLD TUNNEL' PICKING UP ROCKS THAT HAD FALLEN OFF THE TUNNEL CONVEYOR. AS HE PICKED UP A LARGE ROCK OFF OF THE FLOOR TO PLACE IT BACK ONTO THE IDOL BELT HE STRAINED HIS L OWER BACK. HE HAD HAD A PREEXISTING BACK PROBLEM THAT ORIGINATED FROM A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN OCT 2001. LIFTING OF THE ROCK FURTHER AGGRAVATED HIS CONDITION. LOST TIME DID NOT OCCUR TILL 12/17

A MAINTENANCE CREW WAS WORKING UNDER THE PRIMARYCRUSHER FIXING A SUPPORT BEAM WHICH REQUIRED ATTENTION. EE WAS STANDING ON A HORIZONTAL BEAM 2' OFF THE FLOOR. AS HE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE BEAM HE SCRAPPED OR LACERATED HIS LEG ON THE BEAM.

WHILE CLOSING THE DOORS ON AN OPEN-TOP HOPPER RAILCAR HE STEPPED INTO AN ANIMAL HOLE CAUSING HIM TO TRIP, LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL. IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK HIS FALL CAUSED HIM TO SPRAIN HIS S HOULDER ON IMPACT.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE SHOP ATTEMPTING TO SEPARATE A COUPLER FOR #59 LOCOMOTIVE WITH A HAMMER AND A CHISEL. NORMALLY THIS COUPLER SEPARATES QUITE EASILY, HOWEVER, HE HAD NOT REMOVED ALL OF THE BOLTS HOLDING IT TOGETHER. HE FIRST DROVE THE CHISEL INTO THE COUPLER WITHOUT SUCCESS, THEN HE PRIED ON IT, AND AS HE MOVED AROUND THE COUPLER CHISEL, UNDER PRESSURE SHOT OUT AND HIT HIM IN TH

WHILE PERFORMING HIS REGULAR DUTY OF INSPECTING RAIL CAR DOORS, EE USED AN UNORTHODOX AND UNSAFE PROCEDURE TO CONDUCT HIS TASK. HE STATED THAT WHILE WORKING IN THE DARK, HE HAD PLACED HIS FLAS H LIGHT IN HIS MOUTH TO HOLD IT WHILE HE INSPECTED THE CAR DOORS. HE THEN SAID HE SLIPPED AND FELL, CAUSING THE FLASHLIGHT TO HIT THE CAR, DAMAGING HIS TEETH AND INJURING HIS SHOULDER AS HE A

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO EXTRACT A HAUL TRUCK THAT HAD GOTTEN STUCK IN THE MUD. HE INJURED HIMSELF WHEN HE LIFTED A CABLE, THAT WAS GOING TO BE USED, THE WRONG WAY.

EE WAS DESCENDING FROM A 35 TON HAUL TRUCK; AS HE BEGAN TO TURN HIMSELF AROUND TO GO DOWN THE STEPS, HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM. HOLDING ONTO THE RAILING CAUSED HIS BODY TO SLAM INTO THE STEPS (WHERE THE INJURY OCCURRED) AT WHICH POINT HE LET GO OF THE HAND RAIL AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

EE WAS SHOVELING SAND OUT OF THE BOX ABOVE THE ISC-82 CRUSHER. THE SAND WAS WET AND PACKED AND BECAUSE HE WAS REACHING OVER THE GUARD RAIL TO PERFORM THIS TASK HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS FOREAR M. ALTHOUGH THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 4/19, THE COMPANY WAS NOT NOTIFIED THAT HE HAD OBTAINED MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 5/2/.