Cantera Carolina Pta #3 Metal/Non-Metal

The employee was going up the stairs to the plant control room when he slipped and injured his right knee. He feels lots of pain and his knee is swollen.

The employee was leaving the clarifier area when he slipped and fell due to the polimers residue on the floor. He injured his right shoulder, right wrist, his back and right leg.

The employee was cleaning the plant floor. When he bent down to pick up a sack of material, he slipped falling sideways injuring his right shoulder, his neck and back.

The EE was adjusting some screws on the disks brakes of an article truck (#350). The screw driver broke, cutting his right hand thumb. They gave him 5 stitches.

The employee was removing a ladder from the press machine to put near the boom truck. When he tried to do it, the ladder slipped and he jumped out off the truck. He was impacted to his left lateral side and they took 108 stitches.

The employee was helping another employee installing a belt on the Press. As they started to work on it, the equipment operator activated the conveyor by mistake causing another employee to fall in the conveyor. The employee tried to help his co-worker and he was injured with the conveyor causing him a fracture on his pelvis, back pain and injuries on his legs.

THE EE WAS LIFTING SOME HEAVY BASES IN ORDER TO PLACE THEM IN THE "SCARPER" (A MACHINE THAT SEPARATES THE SMALL STONES FROM THE LARGE ONES) AND HE FELT A SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CAN HARDLY WALK DUE TO THE PAIN.

The ee was walking toward his work area, and passing near the secondary crusher, he felt the impact of an artifact on the back of his head. This produced a wound in his left/ back side of his head in spite of wearing a hard hat.

WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING FROM ONE PLANT TO ANOTHER, THE COMPANY CAR GOT VERY HOT. HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO INSPECT THE PROBLEM. WHEN HE REMOVED THE LID OF THE RADIATOR THE PRESSURE OF T HE VAPOR CAUSED A SQUIRT OF HOT WATER THAT REACHED HIS RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE, EYE AND HEAD, CAUSING BURNS IN THESE AREAS.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING UP THE GREASING GUN WHEN HE CUT HIS MIDDLE (RIGHT) FINGER.

EE INDICATES THAT WHILE HE WAS CUTTING A RUBBER BAND FROM A CONVEYOR, THE RAZOR HE WAS USING TO CUT SAID RUBBER BAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.

THE EE ALLEDGES THAT HE HAS FELT MUCK PAIN IN HIS BACK, AND THE PAIN HAS BEEN INCREASING AND THEREFORE HE IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE RISK MOVEMENTS, WEAKENING HIS STRENGHTS.

THE EE ALLEDGES THAT HE WAS ADJUSTING THE BELTS OF THE STONE MILL, WHICH ARE VERY HEAVY, AND WHEN HE STOOD UP HE FELT A STRONG PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

THE EE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS REPAIRING ELECTRICAL CABLES OF THE CONVEYOR, HAVING TURNED OFF THE BREAKERS, IN ORDER TO FIX THEM AND WRAP THE CABLES WITH TAPE, WHEN HE TURNED ON THE BREAKERS, HE R ECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL IMPACT, AND WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND AND GOT THREE BURNS ON HIS LEFT HAND (THUMB, INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS.)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A CRUSHER WITH A WRENCH, THE WRENCH FELL, THEN THE LID OF THE CRUSHER OPENED AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL ON TOP OF A MOTOR AND THE DOOR OF THE CRUSHER FELL ON HIS LEG, HURTI NG HIS RIGHT KNEE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING THE AREA TO TRACE THE PATH FOR A NEW ROAD, AND HE WAS CLIMBING THE MOGOTE (HILL) #2 OF CAROLINA LANDFILL, HE SLIPPED OVER A LOOSE ROCK AND IMPACTED HIS RIGHT KNEE W ITH THE EDGE OF A ROCK THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT FOR A LONG TIME HE IS SUFFERING FROM STRONG HEADACHES AND HE FEELS CONGESTION IN THE FRONTAL PART OF HIS FACE. SOMETIMES HE GETS DIZZY. HE ALLEGES THAT IT IS DUE TO THE DUST AT QUARRY.

THE EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS ON THE SCREEN THE SEPARATES THE SAND AND THE STONE, REMOVING THE CLOGGY MATERIAL THAT WAS OBSTRUCTING THE GATES OF THE SCREEN, HE SLIPPED AND HURT HIS LEFT KNE E AND HIS RIBS (RIGHT SIDE). HE FELL ON THE SHAR

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON THE DIGGER, A WALL OF COMPACTED SAND FELL ON TOP OF THE DIGGER AND TRAPPED HIM WHEN THE DIGGER TURNED ON ITS SIDE. HE RECEIVED A STRONG BLOW AND LACEATED HIS LEFT KNEE.

THE EE WAS REPAIRING A BELT OF THE CONVEYOR, BUT HE COULD NOT WORK IN A COMFORTABLE POSITION AND HE MOVED TO A HIGHER CONVEYOR. HE FELL BACKWARDS INJURING HIS BACK.

EE WAS TRYING TO PICK UP THE DAMPER WHEN HE FELT A STRONG PAIN IN LOWER BACK. IT WAS SO HARD FOR HIM BUT HE CONTINUED HIS JOB WITH DIFFICULTY. NEXT DAY HE VISITED THE DR.

THE EE WAS WELDING THE FEEDER FOLLS WHEN ANOTHER EE TOLD HIM TO MOVE THE POSITION OF THE ROLL. THE WAS PULLING OUT THE BELT AND HIS PINKY FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE DAMPER.

THE EE WAS REPAIRING A DIGGER AND HIS RIGHT HAND WAS PULLED INTO A PISTON. HE TRIED TO PULL OUT HIS HAND, BUT WHEN HE DID, HE INJURED SERIOUSLY HIS ARM. RECEIVED FIRST AID AT HOSPITAL.

INJURED EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS DRILLING AT THE MOUNTAIN AND WHEN HE CHANGED THE DRILL THE WEIGHT OF SAME PUSHED HIM BACKWARDS AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND, INJURING HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE INDICATED THAT WHILE HE WAS WALKING TOWARDS HIS CAR AT THE TRIPLE S BUILDING PARKING, HE STUMBLED ON A STONE SUSTAINING A LEFT ARM FRACTURE.

THE EMPLOYEE SAID THAT AS HE WAS WALKING IN THE PLANT TOWARD THE CONVEYOR, HE SLIPPED HITTING THE ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BODY. HE HURT HIS RIGTH SHOULDER.

EE WAS OPERATING THE TRUCK ON UNEVEN GROUND. HE OPENED THE DOOR TO LOOK. TRUCK STARTED SLIDING SIDEWAYS. DOOR SHUT ON HAND CATCHING INDEX FINGER.

THE INJURED STATEDS THAT WHILE HE WAS ADJUSTING A MACHINE, A COWORKER HIT HIM WITH A PIECE OF METAL PLATE AND FROM THIS A PIECE OF STEEL SEPARATED, BURYING ITSELF IN HIS LEFT FOREARM.

THE INJURED STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS DRILLING A SCREW WITH AN AUGER, HE WAS USING A LOST OF FORCE, AND HE HURT HIS LEFT FOREARM. HE RECEIVED A SEVERE WOUND FROM THE AUGER.

INJURED EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS MOVING A TANK, HE PLACED A STEP LADDER TO MOVE THE TANK CHAINS & WHEN HE TRIED TO CLIMB DOWN, THE LADDER MOVED & HE FELL TO THE FLOOR. HE RECIEVED INJURIES TO HIS HIP, THIGH & KNEES.

HE INDICATES THAT HE HURT HIMSELF WHEN HE BENT DOWN TO CLEAN THE CONVEYOR ON PRIMARY #3, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

INJURED EE INDICATED THAT WHILE HE WAS INSTALLING A CHAIN TO THE EQUIPMENT, THE PIP HE WAS UTILIZING SLIPPED, FALLING ON HIS RT HAND, RING FINGER.

EMP ADJUSTING ARM ON DOZER. FELL TO GROUND. PAIN IN LEG SHOULDER, ANKLE, KNEE. NEE AND ANKLE.

EE WAS SETTING IN PLACE PARTS OF A CRANE. WHILE SETTING INTO PLACE A WORM GEAR. HE TRIED TO PUSH A BOOM AND FELT SOME PAIN IN BACK.

EE WAS HANDLING TREE BRANCHES WHEN HIS FEET GOT TANGLED UP AND HE FELL INJURING HIS LOWER BACK

EE WAS ON HIS WAY TO LUNCH HE PASSED BY A TRUCK WHERE OTHER EE WERE HANDLING METAL WHEN A FRAGMENT OF METAL HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE

EE WAS WALKING ON HIS WAY TO TURN IN HIS TRUCK, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.