Alden Quarry and Shop: 177 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

Employee contacted finger while swinging a sledge hammer.

Employee pinched finger between boom of service truck and cap/bar on crusher. EE received 3 stitches and broke the tip of finger.

Employee was welding on steel steps. The steps fell over onto EE's left leg causing a fracture in EE's lower knee.

Employee was moving a piece of steel and the steel readjusted and pinched the employee's finger. The pinching caused an open wound in the finger which required stitches.

Employee was checking stockpile with left foot on the ground. When she twisted to move to another location her knee gave out. Knee immobilizer was issued and she is required to wear.

Employee lost his footing on a low boy trailer and slipped causing a strain to his lower back.

EE was removing a V-belt on the crusher using a utility knife. The knife cut throught the belt faster than anticipated and struck ee on the thumb of his right hand resulting in a small cut that required three stitches. EE was wearing gloves at the time of the incident.

A CO-WORKER HAD POSITIONED A WEAR PLATE ON A WELDING TABLE ACROSS FROM WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING. THE FIRST EMPLOYEE PROCEEDED TO STRIKE THE PIECE OF WEAR PLATE WITH THE POINTED END OF A WELD ER'S CHIPPING HAMMER TO CHECK FOR HARDNESS. THE POINTED END OF THE HAMMER BROKE OFF, FLEW ACROSS THE TABLE AND EMBEDDED ITSELF INTO THE VICTIM'S FOREARM.

EE ALLEDGED SWELLING & STIFFNESS IN BOTH FOREARMS & FINGERS OF BOTH HANDS ARE THE RESULT OF WELDING ON A FEEDER PLATE 12/4/97. EE ALLEGDED CONDITION WAS CONSIDERED 1ST AID & EE WAS PLACED ON WINTER LAYOFF. BEFORE COMING BACK TO WORK EE HASNOW REC'D SURGERY ON HIS HANDS FOR CARPAL TUNNELEE USED A CHAIN SAW TO CUT FIRE WOOD TO USE AT HIS HOUSE WHICH HAS CAUSED SKEPTICISM ABOUT THIS

EE WAS ENTERING THE CAB OF A 966 CAT LOADER WHENHE FELT A STRETCH & PULL TO HIS LEFT CALF FOLLOWED BY IMMEDIATE PAIN. THIS WAS INITIALLY TREATEDAS A FIRST AID NON-REPORTABLE INCIDENT UNTIL FUR THER MEDICAL ATTENTION INDICATED A CHANGE IN STATUS.

EMPLOYEE ALEDGES HE WAS SHOVELING UNDER OR AROUND A HAMMER MILL WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE FLUX BELT CONVEYOR AND HIT HIM IN THE ELBOW AREAOF HIS RIGHT ARM. HIS ARM BECAME PAINFUL TO WHERE HE CAME TO MANAGEMENT SEEKING MEDICAL ATTN11/19/01. HE WAS SEEN BY A DR. AND SWELLING IN HIS ELBOW WAS DRAINED. HE RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTIONS.

EE WAS UNCOUPLING A CRILL STEEL CASING THE PIPE CLAMP WAS COMPLETELY SEALED ON THE CASING. WHEN THE COUPLING WAS UNSCREWED THE DRILL STEEL CASING DROPPED. THE PIPE WRENCH ATTACHED TO THE COUPL ING DROPPED WITH THE DRILL STEEL CASING & SMASHING THE EE'S LEFT/4TH FINGER BETWEEN THE DRILL TABLE & PIPE WRENCH

EE WAS UNLOADING STEEL FROM A PICK-UP TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A PREVIOUS INJURY TO HIS THUMB OPEN UP AND BEGIN TO BLEED. EE HAD CUT HIMSELF AT HOME AND HAD THE LACERATION STITCHED. THE STITCHES HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THE WOUND RE-OPENED DURING THEEMPLOYEE'S WORK ACTIVITY.

EMPLOYEE WAS SPOTTING FAR A LOADER MOVING A CONCRETE BEAM. THE BEAM BEING MOVED BROKE INT HE CENTER CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO JUMP BACKWARDS TO SAFETY. IN JUMPIN GBACKWARDS HE TRIPPED AND FELL HITTIN GHIS HEAD ON ANOTHER BEAM. THE RESULTING IMPACT LACERATED HIS HEAD RESULTING IN THE NEED FOR STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING BACK DOOR OFF SCREEN BOX TO CHANGE SCREENS USING AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH TO REMOVE NUTS. WHEN ONE OF THE NUTS CAME LOOSE IT SPUN OUT OF THE SOCKET AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH BREAKING OFF ONE OF HIS UPPER FRONT TEETH.

HAUL TRUCK DRIVER WAS BEING LOADED FROM MUCK PILE WHEN LOADER OPERATOR NOTICED HIM SLUMPED OVER IN HIS TRUCK THE LOADER OPERATOR WENT TO THE TRUCK & FOUND THE DRIVER UNCONSIOUS & NOT BREATHING THE LOADER OPERATOR IMMEDIATELY RADIOED FOR HELPWHICH ARRIVED WITHIN MINUTEE THE DRIVER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 5:45PM OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK

EE WAS OPERATING WATER TRUCK. HE HAD HIS RIGHT WRIST THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. THE TRUCK HIT A WATER WAY WITH IT'S RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO FAST TO THE RIGHT. A W HEEL SPOKE HIT THE EMPLOYEE'S WRIST BREAKING IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE BACK OF THE DRILL TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE IN A TIRE RUT.

EE WAS CUTTING THE FACE OF A D8 DOZER BLADE. A SECTION OF THE BLADE SPRANG OUTWARD HITTING THE EE IN THE LEFT KNEE. THIS OCCURRACE DID NOT BOTHER EE AT FIRST BUT AFTER A FEW DAYS HIS PAIN INCR EASEAD. HE WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR ON 3/27/98 & PLACED CRUTCHES FOR A WEEK.

AS EE WAS WORKING ASSEMBLING A NEW LIME PLANT. 40 MPH WIND GUSTS APPARENTLY BLEW A DIRT PARTICLE INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

EE WAS STRIPPING COATING OFF HEAVY WIRING TO A SWITCH BOX. THE KNIFE USED FOR STRIPPING SLIPPED & STABBED THE EE IN HIS RIGHT PALM. HE WAS WEARING HAND PROTECTION AT THE TIME.

EE WAS CUTTING TRUCK BOX SUPPORT [TUBE & GUSSETS] FROM TRUCK BOX. AFTER ONE SIDE WAS CUT LOOSE THE EE MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TUBE & CUT IT LOOSE. WHEN THE BOX SUPPORT FELL THE SPINTED END OF THE GUSSET CAUGHT THE EE IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT CALF.

WHILE STEPPING FROM SERVICE TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS PANT LEG ON THE TRUCK BUMPER AND FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT LEAR. RESULTING LACERATION REQUIRED 12 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING THE YOKE BACK ONTO THE SYNTRON FEEDER. HE STATED THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE TWISTING.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING CARBURETOR ON A UNILOADER HIS RT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ENGINE FAN RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE PALM OF HIS RT HAND

EMPL WAS USING WIRE BRUSH ON WELD HE JUST COMPLETED. HE STATED PIECE OF SLAG FLEW OFF & INTO RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A BERM NEAR THE EDGE OF THE PIT THE OPERATOR GOT TO CLOSE TO THE EDGE & HIS LOADER WENT DOWN INTO THE SUMP PIT THE OPERATOR JUMPED FROM THE LOADER & BROKE 5 RIBS WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HEARD A STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM THE LIME MILL. HE WENT TO CHECK IT OUT AND PUT HIS HAND ON THE DOORWAY WHEN A HAMMER FELL AND STRUCK HIS LITTLE FINGER. CAUSED A BONE CHIP ON LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS REACHING DOWN TO PICK UP A BATTERY AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF STEEL STICKING OUT FROM PUG MILL. LACERATION OF FOREHEAD THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING PUMP ON TRUCK WHEN IT FELL STRICKING HIS HAND AGAINST A BARREL RIM. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED LACERATION ON THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE STGATED HE WAS REACHING INTO HIS TRUCK & AS HE STRETCHED ACROSS DRIVERS SEAT WITH LEFT HAND FELT HIS RIGHT KNEE CATCH

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE PLANT USING A SHOVEL, SAID HE HAD A SHOVEL FULL OF MATERIAL TWISTED WRONG, AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

EMP HAD RECIEVE8 A NEW SET OF BI-FOCAL GLASSES. AT THE TIME OF INJURY HE WAS USING A PUNCH AND HAMMER TO DRIVE A PIN OUT OF THE ROLLER CHAIN. HE MISJUDGED THE LOCATION OF THE PUNCH AND HIT HIS THUMB THE WOUND3REQUIRED 6 STITCHES TO CLOSE IT

EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING A LOADER BUCKET WHEN A HOT PIECE OF SLAG GOT INSIDE HIS WORK BOOT AND BURNED FOOT.

WHILE CHANGING 7RANSMISSION IN TRUCK FOREIGN OBJECT FELL INTO EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING ROCK CRUSHING PLANT HE WAS PUSHING SPINNER IN ROCK PLANT AND HURT HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING AN "H" BEAM IN THE WELDING SHOP WHEN IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, BRUISING THE AREA BEHIND HIS TOES

EMP WAS DRIVING3A GRAVEL TRUCK WHEN A CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIM WITH OUT ANY WARNING, HE TOOK THE DITCH TO AVOID A REAR-END COLLISION. HE FRACTURED HIS LEFT ELBOW

EMP WAS WELDING3WHEN A PIECE OF METAL GOT IN BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND IN HIS EYE

EMP WAS WELDING3AND BURNED BOTH EYES

EMP WAS WELDING3WHEN HE FELL FROM THE PLANT INJURING HIS BACK WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND

EMP WAS SETTING3SCALE INTO POSITION WHEN THE SCALE BEAM SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS SECOND FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. HE NEEDED 3 STITCHES

EMP WAS MOVING 5 SHAFT. WHILE WALKING WITH THE SHAFT HIS BODY TWISTED AND PUT HIS LOWER BACK OUT

WHILE STANDING ON FUEL TANK STEP TO REPLACE MIRROR ON TRUCK DOOR EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL TO CONCRETE FLOOR STRIKING LEFT ELBOW ELBOW WAS DISLOCATED & BROKEN BONE CHIPS IN ELBOW FROM A FRACTU RE OF THE BONE RESULTED