Arena Plant: 194 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

EE was splicing a belt and was pushing the belt over with a piece of wood to line it up. While EE was pushing, EE was using the handrail as leverage. As EE was doing this, the handrail broke causing EE to land on the metal catwalk EE was standing on twisting knee.

Employee was hammering down poly deck screens. EE struck the middle finger of the hand holding down the material, fracturing the tip.

Employee was cutting the top off a tube of Loctite with a pocket knife. The knife cut the top of the thumb that was holding the tube, requiring stitches.

A crane operator dragging belt material to make a patch raised the boom to keep the belt out of the mud. In so doing EE contacted a power line causing a ground employee to be shocked. EE lowered the boom and broke the connection. The ground employee was able to walk away.

Employee was walking between hopper and skid belt when the material under his feet gave way and he fell onto his right shoulder. Employee sought medical treatment the same day and the initial diagnosis was a bruised arm/shoulder. The shoulder did not get better and on 5/13 the employee was re-examined and placed on restricted duty.

Tightening a clamp using a wrench when the bolt sheared off and smashing finger between wrench & clamp.

EE was walking from the dragline to the dragline bucket with a torch in his hand when he felt something pull in his right knee.

Juan was hitting a bearing with a hammer and a small sliver of steel was embedded into his left wrist.

EE was unhooking the engine from the rail cars. He could not reach the air valve on the engine from the side he was on so he crawled up on the railcar hitch so he could get to the valve. When he did, he slipped. He used his right arm to catch himself. That is when he hurt his wrist.

Employee was dumping a bucket of dirt & grease off the back of the dragline. He slipped on some grease and fell off the back of the dragline. He fell about eight feet and landed on his shoulder. He sprained his left shoulder and back.

Employee was installing a chute 10' off the ground. He was tied off to the wire rope sling attached to the piece he was installing. The wire rope slipped dropping the chute and pulling the employee down with it. The employee suffered a "transverse process" fracture of the vertebra and will possibly miss a week of work.

EE was changing return rollers on the field belts. He strained the muscles in his back resulting in a back injury.

Employee was tightening bolts on the east crusher with right foot on crusher spring base about 16" off of crusher floor, left leg lifted off of floor at about same height as right foot, right foot slipped off of spring base scraping shin on spring base.

Employee was unhooking anchor pipe and ties off of the cherrypicker boom. When the operator lowered a pipe to the ground, the hook came loose and the pipe fell down on another piece of pipe lying on the ground. This caused the pipe to bounce off and strike the employee on his lower right leg, causing a sprain.

Employee was standing on a small scaffold, cutting on a dragline bucket. He attemped to get down by stepping on a stool. He stepped on the edge of the stool, his foot slipped and he fell to the floor, striking the back of his head. He received eight stitches in a laceration on the back of his head and has some muscle strain.

Employee cut his right knee when walking past some equipment with a piece of metal sticking out of it. His knee hit the metal and the laceration required eight stitches. He is unable to squat or kneel.

Employee was carrying a board up some steps. He attempted to throw the board to the walkway but it wouldn't reach. The employee attempted to catch the board as it was sliding down the steps when his finger was pinched between the board and a step. He received a laceration on his right index finger requiring four stitches.

Employee was stacking bricks on a pallet when he strained his back.

The employee was walking outside of the welding shop when he stepped on a rock and fell down. When he hit the ground he injured is shoulder, back and leg.

WALKING IN MUD,SLIPPED & FELL, HURTING BACK. RAINY,WET & MUDDY CONDITIONS.

EE WAS CUTTING FIELD BELT. EE WAS PULLING KNIFE TOWARD HIMSELF. KNIFE JUMPED OFF BELT AND CUT RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING PIN ANCHOR FOR TRAVERSING CABLE FOR MUD SURFACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING COUPLING ON WATER LINE. AS HE REACHED UNDER THE COUPLING A SNAKE STRUCK HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING BUSHING IN SWING. EMPLOYEES WERE USING 2 15/16 SHAFT TO FORCE BUSHING. EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING SHAFT.

EE WAS STARTING SWITCH AT HEAD SECTION. AS HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON THE ANGLE IRON BROKE CAUSING EE TO FALL, TWISTING HIS KNEE.

EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER IN THE FIELD WHEN HE WAS SUDDENLY ATTACKED BY A SWARM OF BEES. HE WAS STUNG OVER 50 TIMES ON HIS AND BODY.

EE WAS CROSSING A CONVEYOR BELT ON A CONSTRUCTED CROSSOVER. DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE CROSS OVER, A BUR WAS LEFT ON THE HANDRAIL. WHEN HE GRASPED THE HANDRAIL, THE BUR CUT HIS RIGHT PALM WHICH REQUIRED 2 STITCHES TO REPAIR.

EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO ALIGN A CUTTINGEDGE OF A LOADER BUCKET WHEN A SMALL STEEL FRAGMENT CAME OFF THE CUTTING EDGE & LODGED IN HIS LEFT JAW. SURGERY WAS REQUIRED TO REMOVE THIS FRAGM ENT

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A DRAGLINE FILLING AN OIL BUCKET. WHEN THE MACHINE STOPPED ITS SWINGING MOTION, HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS CHIN ON THE BUCKET CAUSING A LACERATION OF HIS CHIN THAT REQU IRED SUTURING.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ON THE GROUND SPLICING TOGETHER SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES. WHEN HE FINISHED HIS WORK AND WAS RISING FROM FROM THE GROUND, HE FELT AND HEARD SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT KNEE PO P.

EE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT OUT A STEEL BEEM & WHEN THE BEAM WAS PARTIALLY CUT IT POPPED OUT STRIKING EE ON THE HAND - BROKE FINGERS.

EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE TRACK ADJUSTER FROM A DOZER. HE WAS UNAWARE THAT THE ADJUSTER WAS STILL UNDER PRESSURE. AS HE WAS CUTTING THE LAST BOLTS, A CRACK OPENED, RELEASING A STR EAM OF PRESSURIZED GREASE STRIKING THE EE IN THE FACE AND GROIN. THE GREASE CUT LACERATIONS ON THE FACE AND SCROTUM CAUSING TISSURE DAMAGE AND THE EMBEDMENT OF GREASE IN THESE AREAS.

EE WAS WORKING ON VIBRATING SCREEN WHEN A SMALL FOREIGN OBJECT ROCK OR METAL STRUCK HIM IN UPPER LEFT PART OF HIS CHEST. AT TIME OF ACCIDENT OTHER WAS USING HAMMER TO DISLODGE ROCKS FROM SCREE NS WHEN EE WAS STRUCK BY OBJECT. DR DID NOT REMOVED THE SMALL IMBEDDED OBJECT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING IRON IN SCREEN IN SCALPING PLANT WHEN HE GOT SMALL FOREIGN OBJECT IN RIGHT EYE. CUTTING GOGGLES WERE IN USE AT THIS TIME. NO FOREIGN BODY WAS FOUND BY DOCTOR. DOCTOR STATE S, "FOREIGN BODY WAS PROBABLY WASHED OUT WITH HIS TEARS PRIOR TO TREATMENT." RX MEDICATION USED- FLAREX DROPS.

EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND WAS BRUISED AND CUT AS HE WAS MOVING A RAILROAD CROSSTIE INTO POSITION TO BLOCK UP THE CAT 980 FRONT END LOADER TO BE REPAIRED. CUT TO HAND REQUIRED SEVERAL STITHCES.

CHANGING CONVEYOR, SM OBJECT IN R EYE USING CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE BOLT

CHECKING SCREENS STEPPED ON SCREEN PENETRATED HIS R FOOT

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING PULL CABLE TO BACK OF DOZER, THE CABLE HAD A BURR STICKING OUT OF IT WHICH CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER CUTTING IT WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SET RAIL MATS. WHEN ADJUSTING MATS, AN ANGLE BAR JUMPED OUT MASHING RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND AND REQUIRED THREE STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A LADDER WHEN A PIECE OF SMALL METAL WAS KNOCKED LOOSE OVERHEAD.IT FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF HEAD,RESULTING IN A LACERATION OF THE HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING LARGE GARAGE DOOR WHEN METAL ROD ATTACHED TO PIN WHICH LOCKS DOOR BROKE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT EYELID CAUSING BLEEDING IN EYE EMPLOYEE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INJURED IF H AD BEEN WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES

EMPLOYEE HAD APIECE OF BRASS IN A LATHE. THE JAWS OF THE LATHE WERE NOT TIGHTENED ENOUGH CAUSING BRASS TO COME OUT OF LATHE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT THUMB LEAVING LACERATIONS.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE MATS WHEN HE DROPPED AN ANGLE BAR ON LEFT FOOT RESULTING IN FRACTURE OF LEFT BIG TOE.

EMPL USING HAMMER TO KNOCK PADDLES OFF LAG WASHER WHEN PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF HAMMER HEAD AND IMBEDDED IN LEFT SIDE OF EMPL FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE A FIELD CROSSOVER HE FAILED TO USE PROPER LIFTING PROCEDURES AND SUSTAINED A LUMBAR STRAIN TO BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HAMMER TO KNOCK OUT A PIN ON A SHAKER WHEN A STEEL FRAGMENT BROKE OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT THUMB

EMPLOYEE HAD HO2KED TWO 3/4" CABLES TO BACK OF A 980 CAT LOADER EMPLOYEE GAVE LOADER OPERATOR SIGNAL TO START PULLING CABLES. THE CABLES WERE CAUGHT A PIECE OF METAL, WHEN THEY CAME LOOSE THEY CAUGHT EMPLOYE9 IN RIGHT LEG, CAUSING A CONTUSION TO THE RIGHT LEG. EMPLOYEE BEGAN LOST TIME 4-7-86.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL BELLY PAN ON DOZER WHEN PAN SLIPPED OFF COME-ALONG CATCHING LEFT HAND BETWEEN PAN AND FLOOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PULL PINION GEAR WHEN PINION CAME OUT IF CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN PINION AND FLOOR. LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER SEVEN STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE HELPING CARRY A METAL STAND WHEN HE DROPPED IT ON TOP OF RT FOOT BRUISED TOP OF RT FOOT

EMPLOYEE WAS DISCONNECTING CABLE FROM BACK OF A.C. FRONTEND LOADER INSTEAD OF HOLDING CABLE IN ONE HAND WHILE HE PULLED PIN TO RELEASE CABLE HE FAILED TO DO SO, WHEN HE PULLED PIN CABLE KICKED BACK HITTING EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH

EE WAS HELPING STACK BLASTING SAND OFF OF A STACKER BELT WHEN HE TURNED QUICKLY HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK ON RT SIDE CAUSING LUMBAR SACAL STRAIN.

EMP UNTIGHTEN WEDGE WHEN IT CAME OUT THE WEDGE SLIPPED THROUGH HIS HAND AND HIT HIM IN THE NOSE RESULTING IN CONTUSION OF THE NOSE

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A ROLLER ON THE FORKLIFT OF DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED IN DOZER TRACK BRUISING HIS LEFT LEG BELOW HIS KNEE

PICKED UP DRAGLINE BUCKET PIN TO PLACE IN PICK-UP TRUCK AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK AFTER SLIPPING DOWN ON WET BANK BY CANAL

WHILE CHANGING A SCREEN EMPLOYEE BENT OVER AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF THE BACK.

EMP MASHED LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN ACETYLENE CYLINDER AND BED OF TRUCK WHILE CHANGING OUT CYLINDER

AFTER STEAM CLEANING DOZER IN PREPARATION FOR REPAIRS EMP SLIPPED ON TRACK OF DOZER WHICH WAS WEET CAUSING HIM TO BRUISE HIS BACK WHEN HE FELL AGAINST DOZER TRACK

EMP BACKED FORKLIFT OFF RAMP RESULTING IN HIM FALLING OFF FORKLIFT HURRTING HIS NECK AND BACK

WHILE WORKING UNDER DOZER A FOREIGN OBJECT FELL IN EMPLOYEES EAR