Brooksville Rock Plant: 65 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was washing rock from elevated catwalk with a high pressure water hose. The trailing hose slipped off the catwalk, pulling the hose from employees hands. The hose whipped around and the nozzle stuck him in the lower back on the right side. Injury was reported the day of occurrance, did not seek medical care until 10/5/07

A plant maintenance employee was replacing a screen bearing with the assistance of a co-worker. The two employees were moving the bearing housing when the co-worker lost his hold leaving the injured employee supporting the bulk of the weight causing a strained left shoulder. Employee reported incident to supervisor but did not seek medical attention at the time.

Employee was conducting clean up at the primary plant when a large rock was ejected from the grizzly screen located on the second level. The rock rolled down stairs and struck employee on the calf of left leg. Incident was reported and the employee continued to work. Employee began loosing time on July 27, 2006 after the injury worsened.

Employee went to pull hose out from underneath loadout screens. Slipped on wet surface. employee attempted to regain balance, twisting his body as he fell.

Employee was mounting D10 dozer at beginning of shift. His foot slipped off of broken step causing him to fall and stike his right wrist on the ground.

Employee was preparing to switch product gates at the final wash screen in preparation of running a different product. Employee pulled on handle of product gate and found it difficult to move as material had lodged. The employee used force on handle causing strain to lower back.

Employee was operating drill when hydraulic hose became tangled in the drill mast.EE climbed onto roof of drill to untangle hydraulic hose and slipped, striking left shin on hand grip on top of cab roof causing laceration and contusion to left shin. Incident was reported to supervisor but employee did not seek med attention until Feb10th when laceration became infected.

Employee had just completed pre-shift inspection on assigned haul truck. A fellow employee, who was ending his shift, proceeded to back his haul truck into the truck line. This individual misjudged where others were parked and backed into left front of haul truck that injured employee was standing on. The employees left foot was pinned between handrail and front of truck.

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO MANAGE A BREAST PLATE UNDER TENSION ON SECONDARY CRUSHER. WHEN EE RELEASED HOLD ON PRY BAR SO THAT THE BREAST PLATE COULD BE REPOSITIONED, THE PRY BAR SPRANG LOOSE STRIKING EE AND KNOCKING HIM OFF PLATFORM LADDER

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING THE PIT LOADER DURING THE PRODUCTION SHIFT WHEN HE NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR CAP OF THE UNIT. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO TIGHTEN CAP, THE CAP DISLODGED FROM THE PRES SURE IN RADIATOR AND SPEWED HOT FLUID AND STEAM ONTO EMPLOYEE.

EE WAS REPLACING FLOOR LINER ON PRIMARY CRUSHER. EE WAS STANDING ON MOTOR COVER REACHING OVERHEAD WITH TORCY TO CUT BOLTS. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE AS HE CAUGHT HIMSELF FR OM FALLING. DUE TO RECENT MEDICAL PROCEDURE EE BEGAN LOSING TIME 7-8-02.

THIS IS A RE-INJURY OF AN ACCIDENT THAT WAS MEDICAL ONLY. EE HAS SINCE HAD OUT-PATIENT SURGERY TO REPAIR KNEE. EE WAS INSTALLING BREAST PLATE IN SECONDARY CRUSHER, STANDING ON V-BELT GUARD AND STEPPED DOWN ONTO COUPLING GUARD. THE GUARD SHIFTED CAUSING EE TO LOSE BALANCE AND FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WATER HOSE TO WASH CATWALK, WATER HOSE FELL OFF CATWALK AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN TROMMEL. TROMMEL PULLED HOSE WHICH BECAME ENTANGLED AROUND LEFT FOOT. HOSE GAVE WAY RESULTI NG IN 3 FRACTURED TOES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT A BEARING ON THE NORTH LOADOUT SCREEN. HE WAS PULLING ON THE BEARING HOUSING TO REMOVE IT FROM THE SCREEN SHAFT. FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE HOUSING AND THE SHAFT.

WHILE USING PRY BAR TO REMOVE COUNTER-WEIGHT FROM #3 SCREEN, PRY BAR SLIPPED OFF OF COUNTER-WEIGHT AND STRUCK EE IN MOUTH CAUSING LACERATION INSIDE MOUTH.

IN PROCESS OF DRIVING COUPLER ONTO INPUT SHAFT OF GEARBOX, THE PIN BEING USED TO DRIVE COUPLING ONTO THE SHAFT FRACTURED SENDING A PIECE OF METAL IN DIRECTION OF INDIVIDUAL STRICKING HIM IN TH E WRIST AREA OF RIGHT ARM.

EE WAS SMOOTHING METAL TOOL ITEMS ON BENCH GRINDER THE TOOL BECAME CAUGHT, THE TOOL WAS DRAWN INTO THE WHEEL & THE EE'S FINGER WAS CAUGHT ON THE GRINDING WHEEL. THE GRINDING WHEEL CAUSED THE ABRASION TO THE FINGER

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FROM 1ST STEP OF HAUL TRUCK AND FELL TO GROUND ON HIS SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED FOR A EE UP UNTIL 6-19 WHEN DR .

EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO REMOVE BEARING RACE FROM BEARING HOUSING. WHILE DRIVING RACE FROM BEARING HOUSING, RACE BROKE FREE. EE SWUNG HAMMER AND STRUCK HOUSING EDGE CAUSING LACERATION.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BOLTS FROM THE REAR CRUSHER HOUSING & WHEN THE LAST BOLT WAS REMOVED THE HOUSING TIPPED BACKWARD & STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE THE HOUSING WAS NOT SECURED BEFORE REMOVING THE BOLTS A PROCEDURE THAT IS NORMALLY DONE BEFORE THE HOUSING BOLTS ARE REMOVED

EE WAS OPERATING THE DOZER IN THE STRIPPING AREAOF THE PIT. UNKNOWINGLY HE DROVE THE DOZER INATOAN 8' DITCH THAT WAS CREATED THE SHIFT BEFORE. THE DOZEN WENT INTO THE DITCH & THE FORCE CAUSED THE EE TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE OPERATOR'S CAB.THE JARRING MOTION CAUSED THE HERMIATED DISC PROBLEM IN HIS NECK & BACK AREA.

EE WAS ENTERING TROMMEL TO CHECK SCREENS. LEG FELL THRU HOLE THAT HAD BEEN CUT TO INSTAL SCREEN SCRAPING RIGHT LEG.

EE WAS REMOVING CHAIN FROM BELT. THE CHAIN WAS ATTACHED TO CRANE. WHEN EE 1 LET GO OF CHAIN IT SWUNG AROUND STRIKING EE 2 ON THE NOSE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN DOOR LOCK NUT TO CRUSHER WHEN NUT BROKE LOOSE SUDDENLY CAUSING EE TO SLIP AND CUT RIGHT LEG SHIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING ROCK FROM PIT WALL AT QUARRY PIT. THE BUCKET HIT A FLINT BOULDER IN WALL AND STOPPED LOADER AT ONCE. OPERATOR HAD HIS SEAT BELT ON AT THE TIME BUT APPARENTLY THE SUDDEN ST OP JARRED AND TWISTED HIS BACK. INJURY BECAME A LOST TIME CASE ON 1-13-93- REASON FOR REPORTING AT THIS TIME.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING INSIDE OF A MATERIAL SHAKER.HE REMOVED HIS WELDING HOOD TO CHIP AWAY SOME SLG,WHEN HE PLACED THE WELDING HOOD BACK OVER HIS FACE A SMALL PIECE OF SLAG ENTERED HIS EYE. APPARENTLY THE EMPLOYEE RUBBED HIS EYE TO A POINT THAT THE SLAG BECAME IMBEDDED.

EMPLOYEE WELDING INSIDE THE PRIMARY HOPPER AND GOT FLASH BURNS.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING OIL IN TRUCK AND OVER-REACHED CAUSING HIM TO PULL HIS BUTTOCK MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A PART IN A HARD TO REACH PLACE, AND FELT A TWINGE IN HIS SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING IN THE WAREHOUSE WHEN HE MOVED SOME HEAVY BOX HIS FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND BECAME WEDGED CAUSING A LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING UP ONTO HIS DOZER AND SLIPPED ON A STEP WHICH WAS COVERED WITH WET MUD AND CLAY. THIS CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK/CHEST.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A BAG OF BLASTING AGENT (APPROX 50 LBS) AND STEPPED INTO A HOLE. THIS RESULTED IN HIM TWISTING HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOSING OFF PLATFORM AND FELL ON HIS ARM.

DRIVING HUAL TRUCK HIT HOLE IN ROAD STEERING WHEEL TO JERK

EE WAS GETTING UP ON A DOZIER AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS KNEE.

EE WAS DRIVING THE FOREMAN S TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD ON CO PRPERTY AND HIT A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO JAR HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE 988B LOADER-SLIPPED ON WET CLAY AND HIT LEFT LEG ON A GUARD COVER.

INSTALL NEW SCREENS IN TROMMEL WITH 80 POUND HUCK GUN SLIPPED ON SCREENS AND TWISTED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING ON A #7 LOADER-HE LOOSENED THE RADIATOR CAP WATER SPURRED OUT AND HIT HIS FACE AND ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE DRILL RIG SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF ON A PEICE OF HOT METAL BURNING HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE 3/4 STOCKPILE CONVEYOR AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIS FINGER TO GET SMASHED.

I WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVE A 4 IN PIPE HE WAS DRIVING A BACKHOE I LEANED OVER AND THE OPERATOR DID NOT SEE ME AND THE PIPE STRUCK MY BACK

COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I NOTICED SKIN ON TIPS OF FINGERS & PALMS OF HANDS WAS PEELING. AREA CONTINUED TO GROW & PEELING WAS GETTING DEEPER.

EMPLOYEE UNLOADING HEAD FOR CAT ENGINE, HEAD DROPPED ON FINGER.

EMPLOYEE SMASHED LEFT FINGER WHILE REPAIR CONVEYOR BELT

EMPLOYEE OPERATING SHOVEL & DUST FLEW IN EYES.

WHILE TIGHTENING A BOLT ON DIESEL ENGINE EMPL ARM SLIPPED HITTING A MCHINES EDGE OF THE EQUIPMENT

PARTIAL FAILURE OF A 500 POUND IMPOUNDMENT.

I WAS WORKING ON A 988-B LOADER AND THE STAND SHIFTED FROM UNDER ME. I FELL ON MY HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE CONVEYOR AND SLIPPED AND FELL.

EMPLOYEE GRINDING NEW POINT ON SCREWDRIVER AND SLIPPED

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS 773 B CATWAGON AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON A BULLDOZER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE MATERIAL CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND HIT HIS RIBS AGAINST THE TRACKS.

I WAS CLOSING DOOR ON ROCK CRUSHER & MY FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING MY LEFT KNEE TO HIT CATWALK.

HOLDING A LADDER & IT SLIPPED OUT OF HAND SCRAPPING LEFT CHEEK

PIECE OF BEARING HOUSING BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIS ARM AND CHIN.

DRILLING BOLT OUT OF HOLE AND A PIECE OF METAL HIT EYE.

BURNING WITH ACETYLENE TORCH AND HOSE CAME APART.

PICKED UP BELT 1OPPED OUT BACK

HAULING ROCK ON3HAUL ROAD, AND RAN INTOT HE REAR OF A PARKED HAUL TRUCK NEAR THE DUMP HOPPER.

AT THE PLANT, HE WAS PUTTING IN A TAIL PULLY ON CONVEYOR BELT, AND IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND. CUT AND BRUISED BACK OF LEFT HAND.

IN THE PIT ONE TRUCK WAS STOPPED IN THE ROAD AND HE RAN INTO THE BACK OF IT DRIVING TO FAST FOR CONDITIONS OF WET ROADS COULD NOT STOP IN TIME

CAUGHT FINGER ON RT HAND BETWEEN CRUSHER BAR AND DOOR MASHING RT 3RD FINGER WHILE REMOVING CRUSHER BARS

HAD LOAD OF ROCK ON HAUL TRUCK READY TO PULL OFF WHEN BANK FELL IN AND STRUCK REAR OF TRUCK THROWING HIM AROUND IN THE CAB OF TRUCK HE RECEIVED CUTS BRUISES AND INTERNAL INJURIES