BRIDGEVILLE PLANT #70 Metal/Non-Metal

EE was adjusting a tail pulley with a breaker bar. EE was using a wrench to loosen the pulley when the breaker bar loosened suddenly, causing EE's body to jerk and fall to ground landing on right knee. Injury resulted in an indicated meniscus and ACL tear.

Employee was performing maintenance work on the jaw crusher. While installing the stationary jaw and wedge it suddenly shifted and struck employees left leg.

Trying to break a coupling loose from the steel on a IR 590 drill, the steel slid and hit the centralizer causing a piece of steel to break off and stick in his arm.

Employee was installing a dump body lift cylinder on a 773 haul truck. When the support rigging shifted the cylinder fell against the wheel hub of the truck. The employee's wrist was caught between the cylinder and hub, resulting in a broken wrist.

Working on the N quarry road (pushing mud with dozer). Rubbed his eye with hand and got something in his eye. Employee attempted (unsuccessfully) to flush the object out with wash and with a Q-tip. Foreign body in eye.

Using 30" pry bar to knock mud from return rollers. Bar caught under roller, bounced out striking employee in cheek.

Putting platform on drill rig, when wrench he was using slipped off. Left arm slipped and he felt pain in left shoulder. Shoulder strain.

EMPLOYEE HAD OIL ON SOLE OF BOOT AFTER CHANGING OIL IN GEAR BOX OF DIESTER SCREEN. STEPPED ON STEEL STEP OF CAT WALK, SLIPPED & FRACTURED LEFT HEEL. PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

WHILE CLEANING OIL ON WALKWAY AT PLANT 70, PULLED ON CABLE, SLIPPED IN OIL AND LOST BALANCE, FELL BACKWARDS, STRIKING BACK AGAINST CABLE.

PULLING UTILITY KNIFE ACROSS STIRTING A SECONDARY CRUSHER. KNIFE SLIPPED & LACERATED R FOREARM.

WASHING MATERIAL AFF OF PULLEY AND GUARDS. HAD HOSE RESTING ON SHOULDER TO WASH DOWN INSIDE PULLEY. HOSE ACROSS MATERIAL-FELT STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.

MOVING SCREEN OFF OF DECK WHILE CHANGING SCREENS. SCREEN FELL ONTO RT. RING FINGER.

DRIVING TRACK CHAIN PIN IN PLACE WITH 12 LB. SLEDGEHAMMER. A CHIP FROM TRACK PIN LACERATED INSIDE OF LT. THIGH.

WHILE CUTTING USED CONVEYOR BELT, SLIPPED WITH UTILITY KNIFE AND LACERATED LEFT HAND AT BASE OFTHUMB.

EE WAS CONNECTING A GROUND STRAP FROM ENGINE TO FIREWALL CABLE HE WAS HOLDING WRAPPED AROUND SEAMS DRAWIND END OF HIS THUMB INTO REAMER EDGE

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTNING A 5" DIAMETER BOLT ON TRAYLOR CRUSHER, USING A 3-0 CAST WRENCH AND 1.5 TON COME-A-LONG. THE WRENCH SNAPPED AT THE NECK. THE EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS; STRIKING HIS HEAD ON ANGLE IRON OF HANDRAIL.

CHANGING DECK PLATES IN PRIMARY CRUSHER. HAMMERING ON PLATE TO LOOSEN. AFTER 3RD HIT WITH HAMMER, PLATE (200 LBS) BLEW OUT OF ITS SEAT AND HIT EE IN THE LFT LEG.

EE WAS TRIMMING TRESS, APPROX. 5" DIAMETER, 2' FROM GROUND. TREE BRANCH SNAPPED BACK, STRIKING EE ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE.

STEPPED THE WRONG WAY ON EITHER A ROCK OR A MOUND OF DIRT & TWISTED KNEE.

EE STATES PRYING ROCK OUT FROM CHUTE OF PRIMARY CRUSHER--EXPERINECED PAIN LEFT LOWER BACK.

EE STATES THAT AT SOMETIME DURING THE DAY ON 4-23-96, BANGED HIS RT ELBOW ON SOMETHING, BUT IGNORED IT. WOKE WITH PAIN DURING THE NIGHT.

EE STATES DISMOUNTING ROLL CRUSHER TIRE USING A PRY BAR. BAR SLIPPED STRIKING EE IN MOUTH RESULTING IN A CHIPPED TOOTH.

TRUCK DRIVER SLIPPED ON STEP OF VEHICLE WHEN EXITING.

68935 WALKING DOWN SLIGHT GRADE QUARRY ROAD,EMPLOYEE SLIPPED TWISTING ANKLE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.AFTER EXAMINATION AT HOSPITAL,IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ANKLE HAD BEEN DISLOCATED AND SEVERA 30241LL BONES HAD BEEN BROKEN.

WHILE LOADING A 4 INCH DIAMETER PIPE APPROX 6 FTIN LENGTH INTO THE BUCKET OF A CAT LOADER, THE PIPE ROLLED BACKWARD AND STRAINED EE S FEET.

HE ALLEGEDLY HURT HIS ARM AND SHOULDER THROUGH THE NORMAL DAILY OPERATION OF A MICHIGAN 475 FRONT END LOADER.

I.NAME WAS REPLACING THE PIN IN A BOOSTER BAND ON A NORTHWEST MODEL 6 DRAGLINE. THE BAND RELEASED AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE PIECE OF STEEL STUCK BETWEEN HEAD PULLEY & SCREEN DECK. HE LOST HIS FOOTING & AT SAME TIME PIECE OF STEEL SLIPPED THROUGH HIS HANDS CUTTING LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM LADDER (4-5') ON MICHIGAN 475 FRONT END LOADER. WEATHER CONDITIONS RAINY, COLD AND WET. CONDITIONS VERY OVERCAST AND STILL DARK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING OIL AND ANTI-FREEZE LEVELS ON HYDRAULIC CRANE WHEN THE HOOD TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAME DOWN AND PINCHED THE FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND. CUTTING THE TIPS OF HIS LEFT FORE-FINGER AND LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING GRAPPLE AT PRIMARY WHILE TRUCK WAS UNLOADING A ROCK BOUNCED OFF BACK OF TRUCK STRIKING WINDOW IN BOOTH WHERE HE WAS WORKING & A PIECE OF GLASS STRUCK HIS EYE FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED BY A DOC.AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT ON AUG.29,1988 EMPLOYEE WENT FOR FOLLOW UP EXAM & WAS ADVISED TO HAVE FURTHER TREATMENT & NOT TO CONTINUE WORK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

REMOVING A SHAFT FROM THE BEARING HE USED A SLEDGE HAMMER TO HIT THE SHAFT LOOSE A FRAGMENT OF STEEL FLEW INTO THE EYE SAFETY GLASSES WERE IN USE AT THE TIME BUT REMOVED TO CLEAR THE FOG