Beck Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Injured EE did not follow proper procedure and leave battery box on the ground. Instead he elevated the battery box with a forklift and tripped and fell and damaged his right leg and /or right ankle.

Two EE's were cleaning and oiling bearing housing with bearing inside from vibrating screen. Bearing housing was set up on its side and oil caused bearing housing to slip and fall over. Bearing housing caught end of thumb on right hand of EE, crushed/cut end of thumb on right hand.

EE was fueling dozer at end of the day. He was walking backward and stepped on groove (indentation) left in ground from dozer tracks. He felt pain in his ankle. Ankle began to swell.

EE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT ON SHAKER #52. THE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF OF THE NUT, PINCHING HIS RIGHT PINKY BETWEEN THE RATCHET HANDLE AND SHAKER FRAME.

UNCLEAR HOW STRAIN OCCURRED BUT EMPLOYEE FELT DISCOMFORT AFTER WASHING CONVEYOR #12 CSR.

Employee argument leading to physical contact.

988B Loader was feeding chain feeder, employee was standing outside control house checking jaw. The 988 dumped a bucket of raw material on feed apron and a rock was projected out hitting employee on the lower right jaw causing laceration & fracture.

Employee was operating a CAT 250E articulating end dump. She was preparing to be loaded by a Kawasaki 80Z wheel loader. She was spotted by the loader, stopped and the loader operator loader her with 3/4" washed aggregate. She then left, dumped her load and reported that the loader jolted her in the cab and complained of neck discomfort.

Employee was lifting new screen and passing it to others when he felt discomfort in his left groin area.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING UP A SMALL PIPE PATCH AND TRYING TO WELD IT IN PLACE. HE WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS UNHOOKING A 3/8 CHAIN FROM THE LIFTING EYE ON A SAND SCREW. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE TUB OF THE SCREW WHILE TAKING THE CHAIN OFF. DURING THIS PROCESS HIS HAND HIT A SHARP EDGE AND LACERA TED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB AND FIRST FINGER.

EE ALONG WITH SUPERVISOR WERE MOVING A SMALL ROLL OF 48" CONVEYOR BELT ABOUT 120 FEET TOGETHER. AFTER THE CONVEYOR WAS IN PLACE EE TOLD EE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHICH WAS RADIATING DOWN HIS LEFT LEG, THIS WAS REPORTED IMMEDIATLY.

CREW WAS LOOSENING THE MANTEL ON A CONE CRUSHER.THEY HAD A CHAIN 3/8 GR. 80 TIED TO THE MANTEL &HOOKED TO A LOADER PULLING ON IT. A PORTA-POWER WAS BEING USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHAIN. TH E PORTA-POWER FAILED BINDING THE MANTEL UP WHICH CAUSED AN OVERLOAD ON THE CHAIN, THE CHAIN BROKE, WHIPPING EE ON THE LEFT SHIN/CALF AREA.

EE WAS CUTTING A BOLT NOTCH OUT OF A STRIP OF WIPER RUBBER. HIS LEFT HAND WAS NEAREST TO HIM AND HE WAS PULLING THE KNIFE TOWARD HIM. THE KNIFE SLIPPED RUNNING ACROSS HIS LEFT THUMB AREA LEAVI NG A MULTI LAYERED LACERATION ON THE TOP OF HIS THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING MANUAL CLEAN UP WITH A HAND SHOVEL HIS ENTIRE SHIFT. HE WOKE UP THE NEXT DAYWITH SOME DISCOMFORT. HE WAITED TO SEE IF HE WOULD FEEL BETTER IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. HE DID NOT SO HE REPORTED IT.

EE ALONG WITH THREE OTHERS WERE PLACING SOME POLY PIPE WHEN HE FELT IMMEDIATE PAIN AND REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN. HE STATED THIS HAPPENS A FEW TIMES A YEAR DUE TO AN OLD INJURY.

OPERATOR WAS BERMING NEW PROPERTY THAT HAD PREVIOUS DIRT EXCAVATING ACTIVITY ON IT. OPERATOR WAS BLOCKING AN EXISTING RAMP. AS HE BACKED DOWN, HIS LEFT REAR TIRE DROVE OFF THE RAMP, APPROX A 2 FOOT DROP. THE WEIGHT OF THE LOADER SHIFTED TO THE LEFT REAR & THE LOADER LAID ON ITS LEFT SIDE.

EE WAS LOOSENING NUTS ON SHAKER #57. THE NUT BROKE LOOSE AND PINCHED HIS RIGHT PINKY BETWEEN THE RACHET HANDLE AND THE SHAKER FRAME.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO CLEAN A CHUTE AT THE SAND CLASSIFIER. ON A DOWN STROKE HE STRUCK HIS LEFT PINKY FINGER ON A METAL HOOK USED TO TIE THE CHUTE UP WITH. THIS RESULTED IN A CONTUSION TO THE FINGER THAT WAS ADDRESSED WITH FOUR SUTURES.

EE WAS LIFTING AN OXYGEN CYLINDER WHEN HE FELT ASLIGHT PINCH, THINKING IT WAS HIS PANTS. NOTHINGREALLY HURT. WHEN HE GOT HOME HE WAS LYING DOWN,COUGHED & FELT A PINCH IN HIS LOWER STOMACH AREA

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER TRYING TO MOVE AN OBJECT. ONE OF HIS SWINGS MISSED HIS TARGET AND HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WAS STRAINED. THIS WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 10-31-00.

9-9-00 EE CALLED IN SICK BECAUSE HIS BACK HURT. HE SAID HE COULD NOT RETURN UNTIL 9-12-00. ON HIS RETURN HIS FOREMAN ASKED IF BACK AILMENT WAS WORK RELATED. EE'S RESPONSE WAS THAT IT WAS NOT. 9-9-00, I SPOKE WITH DR. HE SAID EE HAD 2 HERNIATED DISKS. IN MEETING, EE COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS TRUCK. HE WAS GIVEN NEW TRUCK. WORKER'S COMP ACCEPTED BACK AS WORK RELATED. EE OFF UNTIL FULL REL

EE WAS INSTALLING A NEW CONVEYOR BELT. AS HE PULLED A ROPE ATTACHED TO TH4E BELTING, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES.

TWO EE'S WERE REMOVING BUCKET TEETH. INJURED HELD A PUNCH ON THE RETAINING PIN WHILE CO-WORKER SWUNG THE HAMMER. ONE OF THE STRIKES CAUSED A CHIP OF METAL TO FLY OFF AND STRIKE HIM IN THE THIG H. THE METAL PIECE PUNCTURED AND LODGED INSIDE HIS THIGH.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER ON THE END DUMP WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE LAST RUNG. HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

EE WAS LOWERING THE OVERHEAD SHOP DOOR USING THECHAIN & PULLY SUPPLIED AS HE WAS PULLING THE CHAIN HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK

REPETITIVE MOTION ON COMPUTER KEYBOARD. WAS INSTRUCTED TO REPORT THIS AS A SEPARATE INJURY ON JUNE 15, 1999.

EE OPERATES THE SCALE COMPUTER. APPARENTLY HE DEVELOPED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ON HIS RIGHT WRIST. THIS WAS FIRST REPORTED ON 5-3-99. ON FOLOOW UP VISIT 5/27/99 THE DR. REQUIRED EE TO TAKE OFF WORK.

CO-WORKER WAS HITTING THE RIPPER SHANK GUARD TO REMOVE IT FROM THE SHANK. ONE OF THE HITS FROM THE 10# STEEL HAMMER CAUSED A PIECE OF METAL TO CHIP OFF & HIT EE IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT LEG.

ON 12/30/96, EE REPORTED THAT HE MIGHT NEED TO SEE COMPANY DR BECAUSE OF SOME LOWER BACK PAIN HEHAD BEEN EXPERIENCING. HE SAID WHEN HE WAS AT HOME ON SUN 12/15, HE GOT A SORE THROAT AND FELT L IKE HE WAS GETTING SICK. HE CAME TO WORK ON MON 12/16, FEELING LIKE HE HAD THE FLU. SOME TIME DURING DAY HE NOTICED A LOWER BACK PAIN. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, FLU WAS GONE BUT LOWER BACK PAIN PER

EE WAS CLOSING AIR COMPRESSOR VALVES LOCATED TO THE REAR OF THE OPERATOR CAB. WHILE STANDING ON THE END OF THE WALKWAY BESIDE THE OPERATOR CAB, HE HELD ON TO A HANDHOLD WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND WITH HIS RIGHT HAND HE REACHED TO CLOSE EACH VALVE. AS HE STRETCHED TO REACH THE 3RD VALVE, HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GOUNRD. HIS RIGHT HEEL WAS BRUISED.

EE WERE PREPARING TO CLEAN A MATERIAL CHUTE DIRECTING MATERIAL FROM CONVEYOR AND DEPOSITING IT ONTO CONVEYOR THEY SIGNALED THE TOWER ELECTRICAL STATION OPERATOR. 3E THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CLE AN OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THAT PARTICLULAR SCREEN. FROM HIS CONTROL TOWER, EE STOPPED CONVEYOR THE RECEIVING CONVEYOR FOR MATERIAL COMING FROM THE CHUTE THAT WAS CLOGGED AND CONVEYOR WHILE EE WE

EE WAS BEGINING TO USE A PNEUMATIC IMPACT GUN WITH A 1/2" WOBBLE JOINT ATTACHING TO A SOCKET TO SCREW BOLTS BACK ON THE HYUDRAULIC TANK OF A CAT 980C LOADER. WITH HIS RIGHT HAND HOLDING THE GU N AND HIS LEFT HAND HOLDING THE WOBBLE JOINT ANDSOCKET IN PLACE ON THE BOLT, HE SQUEEZED THE TRIGGER WHICH SPUN THE TOOLS UNKNOWN TO HIM AT THE TIME.

EE WAS USING A RIGHT ANGLE GRINDER. AS HE WAS GRINDING THE INSIDE LEG OF A STRIP OF ANGLE IRON, THE GRINDING WHEEL CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TOP SIDE OF THE ANGLE IRON AND THREW IT BACK TOWARD EE CUTTING HIS LEFT FOREARM, LIP AND CHIN.

EE WAS REMOVING AN EXCAVATOR TOOTH BY HITTIJG IT WITH A HAMMER. ON ONE HIT, A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF THE TOOTH AND LODGED IN HIS UPPER LEFT ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING MATERIAL GATES UNDER THE REWASH SCREEN. DURING THE PROCESS HE GOT A PIECE OF SAND IN HIS RIGHT EYE, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. HIS EYE WAS FLUSHED WITH W ATER IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE FOREIGN MATERIAL BUT PROVED TO BE UNSUCESSFUL. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR REMOVAL OF THE SAND PARTICLE.

EE WAS SHOVELING S & G MATERIAL THAT HAD SPILLED FROM THE SCREEN SHAKER #5. DURING THE PROCESS A PIECE OF SAND GOT IN HIS LEFT EYE, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES. FIRST AIR WAS TRIED BY FLUSHING HIS EYE WITH WATER BUT PROVEDUNSUCESSFUL. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR WHERE THE SAND WAS REMOVED & NOTICED THE EYE HAD GOTTEN SCRATACHED.

EE WAS FILLING WATER JUGS WITH ICE & WATER IN PREPARATION FOR THEDAYS NEEDS ON A TYPICAL DAY HE WILL FILL ABOUT 30 JUGS VARYING IN SIZES FROM 2 GALLON JUGS TO 10 GALLON JUGS THIS MORNINGHE WAS FILLING THE FIRST OF THREE 10 GALLON JUGS WHICHWHEN FULL WEIGHS APPROX 75 POUNDS FIRST HE FILLED THE EMPTY JUG WITH ICE HE THEN MOVED THE JUG TO THE WATER SPOUT & SET IT ON TOP OF AN EMPTY BU

EE STARTING THE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT WARM UP TIME BEFORE THE SHIFT BEGINS WHICH IS AT 630 AM. THIS IS HIS DAILY RESPONSIBLE AT EUCLID END DUMP AND WAS CLIMBING BACK DOWN. MAKI NG HIS WAY TO GROUND. POOR CONTACT SLIPPED AND CARRIED HIS WEIGHT TO THE GROUND WHEN IT LANDED HE HEARD POP.

EE HAD FINISHED FUELING HIS MACHINE & WAS CLIMBING DOWN WHEN HE REACHED THE BLADE STABILIZING BAR & STILL HOLDING THE DIESEL PUMP FUEL HOSE HE JUMPED TO THE GROUND WHEN HE LANDED HIS LEFT HAND STILL HOLDING THE FUEL HOSE HIT THE STABILIZINGBAR THIS CAUSED PAIN & SWELLING

INJURED RECEIVED A CUT REQUIRING 15 STITCHES TO HIS LEFT HAND WHEN IT GOT PINCED BETWEEN A BIN & A MATERIAL GATE ADJUSTMENT HANDLE.

EE WAS HELPING HIS FOREMAN KNOCK OUT SOME LOADER BUCKET PINS BY STEADYING A SHAFT USED AS A PUNCH MADE OF HIGH TENSIL STEEL. ONE OF THE HITS FROM THE HAMMER CAUSED A PIECE OF METAL TO FLY OFF AND HIT OSCAR IN HIS LEFT FOREARM. HE RECEIVED FOUR STITCHES.

CLEANING DOORS UNDER SCREEN

EE CALLED IN ON 9-13 TO REPORT THAT HIS BACK STARTED HURTING ON FRIDAY (9-10) NIGHT AND CONTINUED HURTING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. HE SAID HE WAS NOT SURE HOW HE MAY HAVE HURT IT BUT POSSIBLY BEEN CAUSED FROM LIFTING 6 PKGS. WEIGHING 40#-60# EA. ONTO A DOLLY ON THURSDAY (9-9). HE SAID IT MAY HAVE BEEN HUR FROM SITTING IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE CHAIR WHILE WEIGHING TRUCKS ON 9-10.

EE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER WITH A CUTTING TORCH CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL. A PIECE OF THE HOT METAL ABOUT 3/8 DIAMETER FELL AND BURNED A HOLE THRU HIS PANTS JUST BELOW HIS KNEE AND THEN CAME T O REST ON THE INSIDE OF HIS BOOT, JUST BELOW HISANKLE LEFT SIDE RECEIVING A 2ND DEGREE BURN.

INJURED WAS LIFTING A BEARING, WEIGHING APPROX 50#, FROM GROUND LEVEL ONTO A DOLLY(ALSO ON GROUJND LEVEL) WHICH WAS ABOUT 3 FEET AWAY. AFTER LIFTING AND SETTING THE SECOND BEARING, HE FELT A SLIGHT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE NEXT MORNING PAIN WAS SEVERE.

HE WAS KNEELING INSIDE A SHAKER SCREEN TRYING TO REPLACE A 6" PIPE CONNECTING/SUPPORTING THE TWO SIDES OF THE SCREEN TOGETHER. A RAM PLACED WITH A LONG PIPE WERE BEING USED TO HELP SPREAD TEH SIDES ENOUGH TO SLIDE THE NEW SUPPORT PIPE IN PLACE. BETWEEN THE RAM AND THE PUSH PIPE WAS A PIECE OF STEEL PLATE. IT IS THOUGHT THIS PLATE HIT THE FLOOR OF THE SCREEN, BOUNCED AND HIT HIM.

EE WAS OPERATING HIS TRUCK WHILE THE SUSPENSION WAS NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY. THE EXCESSIVE JARRING CAUSED LOW BACK SYNDROME. HE ASKED TO SEE THE DOCTOR ON 11/18/91.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BOX (24INX24INX24INX65#)TO THE BACK END OF A PICKUP TRUCK AS HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE BOX OVER THE TAILGATE WHICH WAS SHUT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SIDE GROIN AREA HE SET THE BOX DOWN ON THE PAVEMENT & LOWERED TAILGATE WHEN HE PICKED THE BOX UP AGAIN TO PLACE IN BACK OF TRUCK HE FELT PAIN AGAIN MUCH STRONGER HE IS THOUGHT TO BE OFF WORK FOR 6 WEEKS

CLEANING GRIZZLY HITTING IT WITH SLEDGE, ROCK SHATTER LG PC FLEW UP HIT IN MOUTH TEETH CRACKED

I.NAME WALKING TOWARD CONVEYOR TO CLEAN OUT BENEATH TAIL PULLEY.AS HE STEPPED ONTO EDGE OF CONCRETE SLAB THE CONVEYOR SITS ON,FOOT -MUDDY FROM RAIN-SLIPPED AND HE FELL EXTENDING ARMS TO CATCH HIMSELF.THIS CAUSED A FRACTURE OF RH METACARPAL MID SHAFT.

EE WAS OPERATING HIS TRUCK WHILE THE SUSPENSION WAS NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY. THE EXCESSIVE JARRING CAUSED LOW BACK SYNDROME. HE ASKED TO BE THE DR ON 11-18-91.

I.NAME UNDERNEATH DUMP TRUCK LOOKING UP TO WATCH A PART MOVE AS ANOTHER PRYED THE PART.WHEN PIECE MOVED,FOREIGN MATERIAL FELL ON FOREHEAD,THEN ROLLED INTO EYE.SMALL PIECE OF STEEL WAS REMOVED BY EYE SPECIALIST.

EMPL WAS HOLDING HAMMER TO BEARING CASING WHILE ANOTHER MAN HIT EMPL'S HAMMER TO DRIVE BEARING CASING ON SHAFT. AFTER ONE OF HITS CASING BROKE CAUSING SPLINTER OF METAL TO EMBED INTO EMPLS LEF T ARM. DR REMOVED EMBEDDED METAL SPLINTER & GAVETETANUS SHOT.

EE WAS CLEANING THE DISCHARGE CHUTE BENEATH SECONDARY CRUSHER BY HITTING THE MATERIAL WITH A PRY BAR. DURING ONE OF HIS JABS, THE PRY BAR CONTINUED PAST AN ANTICIPATED POINT WHICH CAUSED HIS L EFT FINGER TO HIT THE SIDE OF THE DISCHARGE CHUTE. THIS CAUSED THE FINGER NAIL TO BE LOST AND RECEIVED THREE STITCHES IN THE SAME AREA.

HE WAS KNOCKING THE SHANK GUARD OFF OF THE RIPPER SHANK ON A D-9L CAT COZER. ON HIS THIRD STRIKE USING A 5# HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF OF THE GUARD AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT LEG -CALF AREA.

I.NAME LAYING ON BACK TIGHTENING ADJUSTING NUTS ON TAIL PULLEY.WHEN JOB COMPLEWTED,STOOD UP & FELT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE.WASHING IT DIDNT HELP.WENT TO DR WHO REMOVED SMALL PIECE OF METAL ,RX.

A. NAME WAS USING A PRY BAR TO UNEARTH SOME DE-ENGERGIZED ELECTRIAL CABLE BURIED SEVERAL INCHES BENEATH THE GROUND. AS HE WAS HITTING THE GROUND AND APPROACHING A CONTROL HOUSE STAND MADE OF 3" PIPE, HE HIT THE STAND ON A DOWNWARD THRUST, CATCHING HIS MIDDLE FINGER TIP AND RING FINGER NAIL OFF THE MIDDLE FINGER AND CUT THE TIP OF HIS RING FINGER.

I,NAME WAS TRYI3G TO REMOVE A U-JOINT FROM A DRIVE SHAFT. HE HAD THE DRIVE SHAFT POSITIONED UP RIGHT ON A WORK BENCH AND WAS HAMMERING THE U-JOINT WITH A SMALL 1# SLEDGE HAMMER. AFTER ONE OF H IS STRIKES, A P3ECE OF METAL FLEW OFF OF THE BEARING SURFACE OFTHE U-JOINT ANDBECAME IMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT LEG ON THE SIDE OF HIS KNEE.

I,NAME WAS PUSH3NG MATERIAL (CALICHE GRAVEL) TO BE PROCESSED IN THE PORTABLE JA PLANT. AS HE WAS BACKING UP, THE RIGHT TRACK WAS WALKING OVER A LARGE ROCK. I,NAME WAS UNAWARE OF THIS; THEREFOR E, HE WAS NOT E3PECTING THE SUDDEN JOLT AS THE REAR OF THE MACHINE CAME DOWN. THE SUDDEN JAR STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE DID NOT ASK TO SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL JUNE 2, 1987.

I NAME WAS USIN1 A STATIONARY ELECTRIC WIRE BRUSH TO CLEAN THE THREADS ON BOLTS MEASURING 3/8X2UXXX 2 1/2 INCH. AS HE WAS HOLDING ONE WITH HIS HANDS AND PUTTING THE BOLT ON THE TOOL REST, THE WIRE BRUSH PUL5ED THE BOLT IN AND MADE CONTACT WITHT HE TIP OF HIS FINGER HE DID NOT ASK TO SEE A DR UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING.

I.NAME WAS STAN8ING ON TOP OF CONE TO BEGIN TURNING DOWN LINERS HE WAS BEGINNING TO CLIMB DOWN TO A PLATFORM APPROX 3FT BELOW & RETRIEVE A TOOL AS HE MOVED HIS LEFT FOOT HIS RT FOOT BECAME LOD GED IN FRAMEWOR5 THIS CAUSED LOSS OF BALANCE & A FALL TO PLATFORM BELOW FRACTURE OCCURRED DUE TO AWKWARD POSITION OF HIS RT FOOT & THE DIORECTION OF THE FALL

I NAME WAS GREA8ING THE TAIL PULLEY ON THE EAGLE 2 CONVEYOR WITH HIS BACK TOWARDS THE SIMPLICITY SHAKER. A ROCK 1 1/8 -4 INCH BOUNCED OFF THE SHAKER, MSSING THE DISCHARGE CHUTE, AND HIT I NAME ON THE TOP OF 2IS HARD HAT. HERECEIVEDC A LACERATION APPROX. 1 INCH LONG REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.

I.NAME WAS SHOV9LING MATERIAL FROM UNDERNEATH A CONVEYOR HE WAS BENT OVER AT THE WAIST TO GET UNDER THE FRAME (FROM CONVEYOR BELT TO GROUND APPROX 10FT 7IN)AS HE WAS BACKING OUT FROM UNDER CON VEYOR STILL BEN7 OVER AS ROCK 12IN IN DIAMETER PROXIMATE FELL OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT & HIT I.NAME ON THE LEFT SHOULDER BLADE (A4FT FALL PROXIMATE) HE RECEIVED BRUISED SHOULDER BLADE

I.NAME WAS ATTE4PTING TO CLEAN HIS SAFETY GLASSES AS THEY HAD GOTTEN VERY DUSTY WHEN HE REMOVED THEM THE WIND BLEW SOME SAND IN HIS RIGHT EYE EYE BECAME SWOLLEN FROM RUBBING IT THAT NIGHT

I.NAME WAS SHOV9LING MATERIAL FROM UNDERNEATH THE SIMPLICITY SHAKER ONE OF THE CONVEYORS THAT FEED IT CARRIER 4IN+1 1/8IN ROCK ONE OF THOSE ROCKS FELL OFF THE CONVEYOR & BOUNCED OFF OF ANOTHER CONVEYOR BELOW 3 THEN HIT I.NAME ON THE TOP RT SHOULDER

I NAME CLIMBED 2FF HIS LOADER TO REMOVE A LARGE SAND CLOD THAT WAS JAMMED IN THE BOTTOM OF HOPPER HE TURNED THE CONVEYOR OFF CLIMBED ON CONVEYOR REMOVED LODGED CLOD AND BEGAN TO GET OFF CONVE AS HE LIFTED R7 LEG OVER THE CABLE HAND RAILS HE PLACED RT FOOT ON CONVEYOR FRAME WHEN HE SHIFTED WEIGHT TO THAT LEG HE SPRAINED KNEE BECAUSE OF AWAKWARD POSITION

I.NAME & 2 OTHER EMN IN THE SHOP WERE ATTEMPTINGTO FREE A DRILL HAMMER FROM THE INSIDE OF ITS CYLINDE. THE CYLINDER WAS BRACED BETWEEN THE FORKLIFTS ARMS THAT RESTED ON THE GROUND. AFTER HEA TING THE CYLINDER ONE MAN HIT THE DRILL HAMMER USING A 10# SLEDGE. I.NAME WAS STEADYING THE CYLINDER WITH ONE FOOT & STANDING IN FRONT OF THE MAN HITTING THE HAMME. AS A BLOW WAS STRUCK A PI

I.NAME WAS SUPERVISING A NEW DUMP OP,I.NAME BY RIDING NEXT TO HIM IN TH EPASSENGER SEAT. THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF T H E DAY I.NAME BUMPED HIS BACK SEVERAL TIMES AGAINST THE CAB BRACING BEHIN D HIM. THE NEXT DAY HE COMPLAINED HIS BACK WAS HURTING. HE STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.

I.NAME & I.NAME WERE REPLACING FEEDER PADS ON FEEDER PLANT WAS DOWN ALL WEEK SO ALL ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS WERE DE-ENERGIZED IN ORDER TO REMOVE OLD PAD & INSTALL NEW ONE IT WAS NECESSARY TO MOVE FEEDER FORWARD OR BACKWARD TO GET PROPER POSITIONING THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY GOING TO DRIVE OF FEEDER WHICH IS AN ELECTRIC MOTOR THAT DRIVES A GEAR BOX USING 2 V-BELTS I.NAME GRABBED TOP ROW

ACETYLENE BOTTLE LYING ON THE GROUND.I.NAME ATTEMPTED TO LIFT ONE END OF IT SO IT WOULD STAND UPRIGHT IN ACETYLENE BOTTLE CAGE.AS HE LIFTED HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.HE DIDNT ASK TO SEE DR UN TIL FOLLOWING DAY.

SEE ATTACHED REPORT. .

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 980 B CAT LOADER.HE WAS LOADING END DUMPS WITH RAW MATERIALS.AS HE TURNED HIS HEAD TO LOOK BEHIND HIM BEFORE BACKING UP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

I NAME WAS HELPING BREAK A LARGE ROCK CAUGHT IN THE FEEDER WHEN HE SWUNG THE SLEDGE HAMMER DOWN THE BUTT OF THE HANDLE HIT HIS LEFT SHIN.

TRUCK WAS PARKED AT A SLIGHT INCLINE WITH FRONT OF TRUCK FACING UPWARD JIMMY PUT TRUCK IN FIRST GEAR AND LET OUT CLUTCH TRUCK JERKED FORWARD FOR A FEW FEET CALVIN HAD CLIMBED IN BED OF TRUCK A AND WAS SITTING DOWN IN BED OF TRUCK ON TOP OF OXYGEN BOTTLE NEITHER JIMMY OR SAM WAS AWARE THAT CALVIN WAS BACK THERE CALVIN FELL OUT OF TRUCK RECEIVED A BRUISED TAIL BONE AND A PINCHED NERV

OLIVAREZ WAS LIFTING BOTTLES OF OXYGEN TO HIS WELDING TRUCK ONE BOTTLE AT A TIME HE LIFTED THREE BOTTLES TOTAL FOR THAT DAY THE NEXT DAY HE TOLD HIS FOREMAN THAT HIS BACK WAS BOTHERING HIM O ON 1 9 84 HE ASKED TO SEE THE DR THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK

MONTALVO WAS TRYING TOI START A WATER PUMP WHICH USES A DETACHABLE HAND CRANK AS THE ONLY STARTING MECHANISM. AS HE BEGAN CRANKING THE PUMP HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE CRANK & THE COMPRESSION OF THE ENGINE FORCED THE FLYWHEEL BACKWARDS WHICH CAUSED THA HNDLE TO FLY OFF THE SHAFT HITTING HIM ON THE LIP, THE AREA BETWEEN THE UPPER LIP & NOSTRIL WAS CUT REQUIRING STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE MENDOZA WAS SHOVELING AROUND THE TAIL PULLEY OF A CONVEYOR BELT DURING PRODUCTION WHEN A ROCK BOUNCED OFF A SCREEN AND HIT MENDOZA ON THE FOREARM

NOELIO WAS WELDING BRACKETS ON SAND SCREW DIRECTLY ABOVE HIM ON PLATFORM WERE MARK MOTHERAL AND RUBEN MONTALVO WHO WERE TURNING A SAND CLASSIFIER USING A PRY BAR RUBEN WAS PRYING WITH THE BA R AS MARK WATCHED FOR ALIGNMENT BAR SLIPPED AND CAME DOWN HITTING NOELIO BELOW THE BACK OF NECK BAR DID NOT FALL FREELY AS RUBEN HELD ON TO IT REDUCING FORCE OF IMPACT HE DID NOT SEE PHYSICA

EMPLOYEE WAS IN HIS HAUL TRUCXK WAITING TO BE LOADED. AS MAT ERIAL LOADING BEGAN, SAND PARTICLES AND DIRT BLEW IN HIS EYES. HE COMPLAINED OF EYE IRRITATIONS ON 4-26-83 AT 9:15 AND TAKEN TO DOCTOR. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION OINTMENT.

TWO LARGE AROCKS WERE CAUGHT AT THE MOUTH OF THE FEEDER. REGALADO WAS INSIDE ATHE FEEDER PRYING REGALADO SIGNALED TO BEGIN FEEDER OPERATIONS AND AS THEY STARTED, ONE ROCK BEGAN GOING THRU THE MOUTH FORCING THE OTHER SUDDENLY TO THE SIDE AND THEN BACKWARDS WHERE REGALADO WAS STANDING.

A CONVEYOR HAD BEEN REMOVED FAROM OPERATIONS AND LAID ON THE GROUND FOR SOME REPAIRS AND MODIFICATIONS. ACEVEDO, WITH TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING THE REAR SECTION OF THE CONVEYOR SO SPAC ERS COULD BE INSTALLED ON THE FRAME WORK. ACEVEDO RECEIVED A SPRAIN IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN FROM THIS LIFT. HE DID NOT ASK TO SEE A PHYSICIAN UNTIL 4-21-83.

EE WAS RIPPING WITH THE DOZER. AFTER BACKING UP & STOPPING, HE SET THE RIPPER DOWN & BEGAN MOVING FORWARD TO R IP ANOTHER SECTION. THE RIPPER HIT THE TOP OF LARGE BOULDER WHICH PUSHED THE DOZER UP IN THE REAR AS FORWARD MOVEMENT CONTINUED. THE RIPPER CAME TO THE END OF THE BOULDER ALLOWED THE DOZER TO COME DOWN QUICKLY. THIS JARRED LONNIE & PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. HE

TORRES AND OLIVARES WERE INSTALLING WIPERS ON A CONVEYOR BELT. NOELIO WAS INSTALLING THEM FROM AN ELEVATED POSITION WHILE TORRES WAS BELOW HIM. AS OLIVAREZ CHANGED POSITIONS, SAND WAS KICKED L OOSE AND BLEW INTO TORRES EYE BY THE WIND, TORRES WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

2 MEN WERE CHANGING BREAKERS IN A BREAKER PANEL WHILE BUSS BARS WERE STILL HOT. APPARENTLY IT WAS SHORTED W/ A SCREW DRIVER CAUISNG SUDDEN FLASH & FIRE. BOTH MEN WERE INJURED. I.NAME INHALED SMOKE THAT DEVELOPED. ,J ,O

2 MEN WERE CHANGING BREAKERS IN A BREAKER PANEL WHILE BUSS BARS WERE STILL HOT. APPARENTLY IT WAS SHORTED W/ A SCREW DRIVER CAUSING SUDDEN FLASH & FIRE. BOTH MEN WERE INJURED. I.NAME RECEIVED 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS FACE NECK & FOREARMS.

PALACIOS WAS HAULING WASTE MATERIAL FROM A DRIED UP SETTLING POND TO DUMPING AREA HIS ROUTE INCLUDED PASSING OVER A ROAD BUILT ON TOP OF LEVY WHICH BORDERED A SETGTLING POND CURRENTLY BEING US ED BEING VERY CONSCIOUS OF SETTLING PONT TO HIS LEFT HE OVER COMPENSATGED BY DRIVING EXTREMELY CLOSE TO RT SIDE OF ROAD HIS TIRES BEGAN RFIDING ON BASE OF BERN AS TIRES CLIMBED HIGHER BERN BE

TEH DELIVERY CONVEYOR HAD STOPPED UNEXPECTELY SILVA BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRICAL SO HE DECIDED TO CHECK THE FUSE HE OPENED THE COVER OF ELECTRICIAL BOX AND BEGAN TO REMOVE PROPER FUSE U SING SPECIAL PLIERS IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE REMOVED IT LINE SIDE SHORTED EMITTING FIRE AND HEAT SILVA RT HAND RECEIVED FIRST DEGREE BURN SILVA THEN THREW MAIN SWITCH OFF WHICH DEENERGIZED CIRCUI

MOUNTING SHAKER SCREEN FOR REPAIRS.STANDING ON CONVEYOR BELT .RAINY CONDITIONS LEFT BELT WET...SLIPPED AND FELL BACK AGAINST AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.RECEIVED BRUISED BACK,MID TO LOWER AREA RIGHT SID

EMPL WAS INSIDE HOPPER AT BOTTOM,CHIPPING AND PRYING SAND AND CLAY BUILD-UP ON SIDES....VERY LARGE PIECE OF MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE,SLIP DOWN AND LANDED ON FOOT.RECEIVED 2 FRACTURES AND SKIN INFE CTION .

WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A TURN IN THE HAUL UNIT AS HE BEGAN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL HE FELT A SUDDEN STINGING PAIN IN HIS BACK DOCTORS EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED A M USCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK