FREEDOM PROPPANT-MONAHANS MINE: 81 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was cutting up some scrap metal when a piece of steel plate had fallen, striking the employee's right foot behind the steel cap on EE's boot. This resulted in a non-displaced fracture of the second metatarsal bone in EE's right foot.

Employee was leaving loadout on a utility vehicle, as EE was reversing, EE was traveling too fast and cut the wheels sharply resulting in the buggy flipping onto the driver's side. Was observed at the local ER for multiple abrasions / bilateral knee strain. Return to full duty with no restrictions.

Employee was checking the 202 conveyor as it was catching on something. While observing it, something popped. This startled the employee and they abruptly jumped back twisting upper body away from it. Employee had immediately experienced a pinching pain in lower back.

Maintenance Tech. was changing troughing rollers on a conveyor, while EE was handing out a bad roller EE's helper had lost grip of the roller resulting in the maintenance tech smashing EE's left hand in between two rollers. Displaced fracture of distal phalanx of left ring finger with a very small evulsion, contusion to EE's left middle finger and pinky finger.

Employee using breaker bar to help customer truck driver close bottom gate. As employee was exerting force employee rolled right ankle resulting in a spiral fracture of the right ankle. Employee was wearing muck boots at the time which did not offer the support needed for job being done.

Injury was not reported to company until Tuesday July 27, 2021. Employee was installing a speed bump at the Load Out area. While kneeling down on the right knee EE began to swing hammer side to side to loosen stake to remove from ground. EE allegedly hit left knee with hammer resulting in a cellulitis infection in EE's left knee.

Employee was working on a product spout in silo 1A and attempted to manipulate the limit switch in order to make the spout go down. EE had the guard off of the electric motor and when EE reached in to manipulate the limit switch EE's left forearm had contacted the cooling fans on the rear of the motor. This laceration required 19 staples to close the wound

Employee working on bucket elevator 306 heating a bearing with torch trying to wedge out of place. Employee hit with hammer and was hit by piece of shrapnel on right hand across knuckles causing laceration. Laceration took 7 stitches to close laceration.

The employee was working as a wet plant operator when a sump started overflowing, the employee was on EE's way to turn off a pump when EE had slipped on the wet concrete. When the employee slipped EE had extended EE's left arm to catch self resulting in a fracture to EE's left arm.

Employee was operating a skid-steer in the wet plant and struck a concrete curb. This resulted in the employee striking the lap bar of the skid-steer in the abdominal area, and striking their left knee on the interior cab. The employee was wearing a seat belt at the time of the incident.

On 3/23 employee was working as the ground person at our safe rack, EE was walking to a truck, and bumped EE's knee on a conduit that goes to our kiosk. Upon stepping back EE stated that EE took a mis-step and felt pain in EE's knee. Employee did not report this incident, we noticed EE limping and questioned EE as what had happened.

Employee was in route to clear an obstruction in a surge bin; while ascending a vertical ladder the employee lost their gripping and fell to the platform below. This fall was approximately 9 feet, and employee landed on right knee which caused a laceration to that knee. Said ladder is in good condition, with a safety gate at top landing, and has a proper back cage installed.

Employee approached me after the pre-shift safety meeting stating that employee's hip had been bothering employee for approximately one month. Employee said that it seems to be more aggravated when employee is running the 320E excavator. Employee was sent to seek medical treatment and was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was hooking a wash hose, to wash out the tunnel. Upon turning on the water supply valve only a little water came out and then it stopped. While employee was reaching to turn off the water and the hose blew out below the valve, resulting in skin abrasion and local swelling to the right wrist. The hose that was being used was a 2 inch lay flat PVC hose.

Wind blew sand that went under employees' safety glasses and in left eye.

Employee was assisting the maintenance crew change bags on the bag house and it started to rain so they set the cover to the access hole back on top of the hole to wait out the rain, after doing so employee stepped on cover which was not secured. Upon doing so the cover tipped upward resulting in the employee's right foot falling into the access hole.

Employee was moving floc bag and stepped on wood rolling ankle

EE was helping with rotex screens and lost balance and strained back.

An employee was standing next to a load of 3 26'x 24"x6" I-Beams while a forklift was trying to reposition them away from the stack., one beam started to fall and the employee reached out to stop it, pinching finger between the beams. The injury caused a fracture and laceration to the tip of left middle finger.