Bellefonte Mill Metal/Non-Metal

The driver was pulling a load from the mill location in the afternoon of 10/19/17. EE had an incident with the truck and trailer causing the load to shift. While trying to remove the straps from the load, EE fell off the trailer. EE broke wrist and toe. EE received stitches near eye, as well.

The flatbed driver slipped and fell near the tire wash out area. He thought that he broke his arm, so we sent him to the hospital to get an x-ray. Due to our work schedule, he will be off Monday, December 8, 2014. He will return to work on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. A woman stopped in her vehicle to help him. He did not get her name.

Employee was unloading trailer with lime and the agitator line came off end of hose and hit employee in the face-head.

Employee was helping a co-worker open a ground lime chute when some material squirted out striking him in the face. Company was not aware until 10/5/09 that he sought medical attention.

Employee was shoveling spilled material on 1/26/09, on 1/28/09 he developed a lump on lower left abdomen.

Employee was bag loading RKP material. When the material entered the bag, dust splashed from bottom of bag and entered his eyes.

Unloading hydrate lime from bulk tank trailer into lime storage silo. Silo filled and transfer hose was unhooked before all pressure was drained causing lime to gush out of hose and onto employee resulting in lime getting in eyes even with safety glasses on.

Employee was stacking hydrated lime. While stacking he felt tightness in his mid to lower back. Employee used vacation days starting 12/27/07 to 1/04/08. Lost time did not start until 1/07/08.

Employee was loading a 50lb bag of RKP material in hand tied bags. He finished a bag of material and it began to tip over. He reached after it to prevent it from falling and as he did his he hit his left pinky finger on the cage near the bag.

EE felt severe stomach pain, which kept increasing, while stacking bags of hydrated lime.

Employee strained lower hip and back while twisting, moving a barrell.

Employee was bagging lime and felt pain in left elbow, wrist and two small fingers went numb.

Employee was stacking 50# bags of hydrated lime and felt numbness in his left leg.

Employee struck his head on low overhead area while walking up stairs. The employee continued to work for several days. On July 5, 2006, his doctor gave him light duty work restrictions. Graymont does not have light duty. At this point, it became a lost time injury.

Employee was bagging hydrate and stacking the bags, when he felt a sharp pain and burning in his lower back.

Employee was stacking 50lb bags and felt a pain in his left arm.

Employee was lifting and felt a pain in his groin area. This accident was reported to MSHA in Dec. of 04 and the employee was off for 42 days. This is a reoccurring injury.

Employee was helping close the hood on #4 kiln with the south trolly when the coal pipe hit the top handrail and the handrail broke off and fell about 15ft striking the employee on the right arm.

Employee was cleaning dust collector lines and got dust in his eye. Was pounding with a hammer.

Employee was pulling on an air hose and the valve got turned on and it whipped and struck him by his left eye.

Was climbing the ladder on a loader and slipped and fell off.

Stacking lime bags on pallets and got a pain in lower back.

Employee was lifting an angle iron and felt a pain in his groin area. Per call to Robert Biggans 2-2-05, hernia was repaired. coder 12.

Was using a bar to open a slide and caught two fingers between the bar and the slide.

Was taking apart a steel line and the line fell and pinched his index finger on his left hand against another pipe.

Sliced finger picking up piece of pipe. Required stitches.

Closing Hood on #5 kiln - employee placed on a beam which the trolley moves on. Trolley rolled over hand.

EE WAS INSTALLING FLIGHTS IN A MUD DRAG. AS EE MANUVERED FLIGHT INTO PLACE, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN.

WORKING LONG HOURS AND EXTRA SHIFTS, LIFTING 50#AND 80# BAGS CAUSED STRAIN ON RIGHT SHOULDER.

AS EE WAS LOOKING FOR HIS LOCKER KEY, ANOTHER EE MOVED THE LOCKER TO LOOK BEHIND IT WHEN A PIECE OF GRATING FELL ON TOP OF THE LOCKER AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE HEAD. THE EE'S HARD HAT WAS IN HI S LOCKER.

THE EMPLOYEE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS RIGHT HAND HURTING AND HIS FINGERS GOING NUMB. HE DOWS NOT KNOW WHEN A PARTICULAR ACCIDENT COULD HEVE TAKEN PLACE TO CAUSE THIS - HE FEELS THAT IT JUST RESULTING FROM YEARS OF WORK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS DOING CLEANUP WORK BY #4 ELEVATOR AND WHILE HE WAS SHOVELING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS LOOKING UP HELPING GET A WELD LEAD TO A WORK AREA, WHEN THE WIND BLEW & HE GOT LIME IN HIS RIGHT EYE

EE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER ON THE HOOD TO #5 KILN WHEN HE TRIPPED ON SOMETHING AND FELL FROM THE DECK OF THE STEPS, ABOUT 3 FEET, ONTO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A RUBBER AIR HOSE FROM THE PUMP HOUSE TO THE #24 TIRE OF THE #5 KILN, USING THE CONDUIT FOR SUPPORT. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO TOSS THE HOSE TO THE PLATFORM AT THE TIRE HIS FOOT SLIPPED ODD THE CONDUIT AND HIS FOOT LANDED ON ROCKS ALONG SIDE THE CONDUIT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING RKP WHEN HE DROPPED THE RKP LOADING TUBE INSIDE THE BAG. THE RKP FLEW UP AND WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

EE HAS BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS HANDS HURTING & GOING TO SLEEP OFF & ON. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME. EE IS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON 1/22/02. HE HAS NOT MISSED WORK UP TO THIS TIME.

EE WAS HELPING TO SLIDE AN EXPANSION TANK INTO PLACE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.SAW DR ON 8/7/01

THE EE WAS BEING HELPED BY ANOTHER EE USING A HAND CHAIN HOIST TO PULL THE DOUBLE ELEVATOR CHAINS & BUCKETS OVER THE HEAD WHEEL THAT IS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS STOMACH

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF #1 GATHERING BELT. A PIECE OF GRATING THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON DROPPED OFF OF ITS SUPPORTS. THE EMPLOYEE FELL 11' ONTO AN UNCLINE OF H ARD MUD AND ROLLED OR SLID ANOTHER 9' TO EXIT. THE BIN AND THEN FELL ANOTHER 3' TO THE GROUND LEVEL AND LANDED ON TOP OF SCREENINGS.

THE EE WAS STACKING HYDRATE BAGS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN INHIS RIGHT HAND, THUMB AND ARM. DR. PUT HIM OFF WORK 7-16-2001.

EE WAS WORKING WITH OTHERS TO HELP PUT A NEW BELT ON THE STOCKPILE CONVEYOR, WHEN THE BELT GOT STUCK ON A TROUGHING ROLLER. EE REACHED DOWN TO SEE IF HE COULD GET IT LOOSE & IT BROKE FREE ON I TS OWN STRIKING HIM ON THE HAND & CAUSING HIM A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN UP HIS ARM TO HIS SHOULDER.

EE WAS TRYING TO KEEP THE BELTS RUNNING IN THE COLD SNOWY WEATHER, WHICH WAS KEEPING HIM RUNNING FROM BELT TO BELT AND SHOVELING UP ANY SPILLS. ALL OF THIS CONSTANT RUNNING AND SHOVELING CAUSE D HIM TO OVERWORK HIMSELF RESULTING IN BACK PAIN.

THE EE WAS STACKING HYDRATE WHEN HIS SHOULDER STARTED TO HURT BUT HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THE DAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY HIS ARM HURT AND WAS SWOLLEN BETWEEN HIS WRIST AND ELBOW.

WHILE CLIMBING OVER THE LOADER TO CHANGE THE TILT CYLINDER THE EMPLOYEE FELT A PULLING IN HIS GROIN AREA. SAW DOCTOR 11-7-00, WILL NEED OPERATION.

WHILE WALKING ACROSS BRIDGE AT #2 TRACK FROM THEFOREMAN'S OFFICE A PIECE OF DIRT OR DUST FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING ROCK DUST MATERIAL WHENHE NOTICED HIS BACK GETTING TIGHT. SAW DOCTOR 10/18/00.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BRICK FROM THE KILN WITH AJACKHAMMER. WHILE HAMMERING OUT BRICK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE KILN A PIECE OF BRICK FELL FROM OVERHEAD AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF THE NECK. SAW A DOCTOR ON 10/18/00.

THE EE WAS STACKING PEBBLE LIME, WHEN HE THREW ONE OF THE 50 LB BAG ON THE TOP ROW HE FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

THE EE WAS TAKING A WIRE SCREEN CLOTH OFF OF THE RACK IN SUPPLY WHEN IT PINCHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE WALL, CUTTING IT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING OUT THE BURNER NOZZLEON #5 KILN WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

THE EE WAS BLOWING DIRT OUT OF PULVERIZER IN THE LAB WHEN LIME FLEW INTO HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING PLS (ROCK DUST) WHEN HIS LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING. THE EMPLOYEE IS LEFT HANDED AND THEREFORE THROWS THE BAGS OVER HIS RIGHT SIDE. THERE IS NO DEFLECTOR GUARD ON THE BELT TO STOP THE BAG FROM FALLING TO THE FLOOR SO THEEMPLOYEE HAD TO LAY THE BAG ON THE BELT INSTEAD OF KEEPING ONE MOTION AND JUST THROWING THE BAG.

WHILE LIFTING A 400 AMP DISCONNECT SWITCH INTO THE PICKUP TRUCK WITH ANOTHER EE, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE SAW THE DR ON 3/6/00 WHO THEN PRESCRIBED ONE SESSION OF THERAPY.