Carnelian #2 Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was pulling hose off dust collector to clean it, pulled off a little quickly and got some dust in right eye. Employee tried flushing it out for a long while, however went to eye clinic to get the remainder out. Received prescription for eye treatment. No lost time.

Employee was trying to set a 75# rock in between granite slab and the quarry wall. The rock slipped and right ring finger tip got caught between the rock and granite slab. Contusion to end of right ring finger. X-ray showed displaced fracture, pressure needed to be relieved from fingertip. Employee returned to work, no lost time.

Employee was ascending driveway with loaded grout truck, it was noticed & communicated that load seemed heavy to the rear. Employee stopped, backed down to reposition load, applying brakes. The truck raised slightly then settled. Second time truck raised quite high dumping the load, the front end slammed to the ground. Jammed EE's back, cut elbow & hurt ribs. Lost time injury.

Employee was wedging a block while standing on block already wedged. When the line split, it caused chain reaction of rough backs to fall, causing employee to go over the edge of the block. EE fell 3 to 4 feet, causing dislocated right shoulder & inferior glenoid fracture, also abrasions to both forearms. Shoulder was re-set, employee's arm is in sling. As of now, not lost time.

EE was moving the control box while EE was setting up saws. EE was walking backwards, lost EE's footing and fell backwards. When EE fell the control box EE had been carrying landed on EE's hand, breaking EE's thumb. EE went to clinic, was released back to work. Went to follow up appointment Tuesday, May 28th. Has lifting restrictions of 1 lb., continues to work, no lost time.

STS - left ear

Employee was chipping ice on saw rail using chisel, turned to step out of the rail and slipped/tripped on the rail, fell forward while holding the chisel bar. The bar hit the saw wire and sprung back at employee as employee fell forward, bar striking mouth/upper lip. Chipped/loose teeth, upper lip laceration received sutures. No lost time.

Employee has a change in hearing from baseline (1/31/1992) test - STS Left Ear - 35 dB. Age adjusted.

Employee was using utility knife, putting notches in the end of a plastic pipe to insert a string into a saw cut hole for wire sawing. Utility knife slipped and cut his left index finger from last knuckle to tip of finger. Received six stitches. Released to work, no restrictions. No lost time.

Employee was operating loader, moving slabs in the quarry. Employee alleges the bouncing in the loader gave him lower back pain, right side. Verbally reported injury 6-20-13, filed First Report 6-26-13 and saw a chiropractor on 6-27-13. No known restrictions, no lost time.

Employee and co-worker were loading 55 gallon barrel into back of pickup. Employee was lifting with left arm, pushing with right arm, felt left shoulder pop, then felt the pain. He continued working. By Monday, 6-21-10, bicep/shoulder area was black and blue so he saw a doctor, was released to light duty. Left shoulder strain. No lost time.

Employee was trying to thread two pieces of steel together, when they would not go together, he used his percussion to get them to thread and a piece of steel broke off and got wedged under the skin of his chin. Metal was removed from wound and wound sutured closed.

Employee was running 475 Loader, using bucket to clean up grout. He hit a ledge with corner of bucket and it jarred him. Complaints are of sore neck, left arm, hand goes numb, sore shoulder left side. Employee has been treating with chiropractor, although employer unaware until report received 9-26-05. No lost time, no restrictions employer is aware of at this time.

EE put leg up on saw rail, was stripping a wire during a wire change, knife slipped and cut left leg on inside of knee cap. EE received sutures and returned to work, no lost time.

Employee was helping blaster pull air bag out of channel/crack, felt pain in his lower back.

Employee was taking drill steel out of rack and it slipped out of his hand, fell and struck the top of his right shoulder. Employee may work in light duty assignment, not able to use right arm for approximately 1 week.

EE WAS WRAPPING UP HOSE AND HOSE COUPLING CAME OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE CHIN, CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.

EE FELT MINOR PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHILE RUNNING LOADER ON 2-21-03. HE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR A FEW TIMES THAT FOLLOWING WEEK, THEN REPORTED INJURY TO COLD SPRING GRANITE ON 3-5-03. HE IS NOW GOING TO SEE A DIFFERENT DR.

EE REACHED DOWN THROUGH JAW GUIDE ON SLOT DRILL TO PULL ON AIR HOSE AND GRABBED THE WRONG LEVER, WHICH CLOSED JAWS ON HIS LEFT ARM, CRUSHING HIS ARM AND BREAKING THE BONE.

EE WAS CHANGING BIT ON SLOT DRILL. THE 10' STEEL FELL OUT OF HOLDER, TIPPING OVER AND HITTING EE ON HARD HAT, UPPER BACK AND LEFT ELBOW, CAUSING CONTUSION TO UPPER BACK. Y

EE WAS CLEANING THE GUIDE ON THE DRILL. HE HIT HIS HAND WITH THE HAND TOOL HE WAS USING TO CLEANCUTTING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER, REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.

EE WAS LOWERING DRILL STEEL INTO HOLE. IT STARTED TO GO FAST SO HE GRABBED IT. A SUDDEN JERK PULLED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER OUT OF PLACE CAUSING PAIN. EE WAS UNABLE TO WORK ONE DAY BECAUSE OF THIS.

EE WAS CARRYING STEEL PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON WITHCOWORKER HE STEPPED ON A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK & SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING DRILL TRIMMING BLOCKS. COWORKER FOUND HIM LYING ON QUARRY FLOOR. EMPLOYEE HAD THREE FRACTURED RIBS IN LEFT RIB CAGE.

EE WAS CHANGING A BROKEN HYDRAULIC LINE. THE LINE WAS BLED DOWN BUT A FAULTY VALVE ALLOWED FLUIDTO SEEP THROUGH. WHEN THE FITTING WAS REMOVED ITSENT A BLAST OF FLUID INTO HIS FACE

EE WAS LOADING EXPLOSIVE CHARGES IN LOAF & SLID OFF LOAF, FALLING APPROX 12'. HE CRACKED HIS LEFT MIDDLE TOE & DISLOCATED HIS RIGHT LITTLE TOE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PUT WIRE BACK ONTO WHEEL WHEN OTHER SAW OPERATOR STARTED UP WIRE CHANGER CUTTING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING DRILL GUIDE, 18,5" STEEL FELL ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING BRUISING AND LACERATION TO RIGHT FOOT.

EE SLIPPED OFF OF STEP AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS KNOCKING THE COMEALONG LOOSE, THE WIRE BOUNCED THE BAR UP AND HIT THE EE IN THE FOREHEAD, CUTTING THE EE; REQUIRED 7 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING WIRES WITH WIRE CHANGER ON #4 SAW.GLOVE ON HIS LEFT HAND BECAME ENTANGLED IN WIRES GOING AROUND WIRE CHANGER-FRACTURED LEFT RING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING TO GET SOMEONE'S ATTENTION. HE TRIPPED AND FELL IN BURNER CHANNEL. BRUISING BOTH KNEES.

EMP WAS CLIMBING ON BURNER LADDER. PUT RIGHT FOOT ON LADDER AND WAS LIFTING LEFT LEG WHEN KNEE GAVE OUT.

EMPLOYEE WAS SPOTTING HOLES GETTING READY TO DRILL WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND UNDER JACKHAMMER TO CHECK AIR FLOW PINCHED HAND BETWEEN HAMMER & DRILL BREAKING RIGHT INDEX FINGER & CUTTING MIDDLE RIGH T FINGER

EE WAS LOADING WOODEN PALLETS FROM SEMI TRUCK SPARINED RIGHT ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING NOVA BIT WHILE PULLING 160"DRILL STEEL, STRAINED TENDON ON RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD SAW CARS. HANDLING SLING CHAINS TO MOVE LIFTS OF SLABS. RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CUT WHEN PINCHED BETWEEN SLING CHAIN AND SLAB OF GRANITE.

EE WAS UNHOOKING CABLE FROM BLOCK WHILE LOADING SAW CAR, STEEL CABLE PUNCTURED MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHARPENING BITS. THE CONTINUOUS ROTTING MOTION IS CAUSING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HAND WHERE IT CONTACTS THE STEEL.

EMPLOYEE WAS WEDGING BLOCKS AND THE PIECE THAT HE WAS STANDING ON TIPPED OVER WHEN THE ROCK WASSPLIT, THEN HE FELL IN BETWEEN BLOCKS AND HIT HIS SHOULDER ON THE WAY DOWN.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BOXES OF EXPLOSIVES AND SPRAINED MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK.

EE WAS LOADING ROUGH BACKS INTO GROUT TRUCK WITH SLAB CRANE AND PIECE OF GRANITE BROKE OFF AND FELL, STRIKING LEFT HAND. EE HAD A FRACTURED BONE ON END OF RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND BRUISED HAND SKIN ALONG THUMB NAIL SPLITE OPEN.

WAS LOADING A TRAILER UNDER THE MILBANK 2 SLAB CRANE AND JUMPED OFF OF THE TRAILER WHEN DONE LOADING IT. SHOULD BE USING A LADDER TO GET OFF OF TRAILER.

EMPLOYEE GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN WHEEL AND WIRE WHILE CHANGING WIRE SPACINGS.

54736YEE WAS LOADING ROUGHBACK INTO GROUT TRUCK WITH OVERHEAD CRANE HE TRIPPED & FELL WHEN TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF FALLING STONE WHEN HE FELL HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT ARM & TWIS 35403HE ARM

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING HOSE FITTING WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN LEFT SHOULDER.

SLIPPED ON ICE IN BLOCK YARD WHILE MEASURING BLOCKS

RUNNING DRILL, SLIPPED ON ROCK TWISTED L KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LOAD AND WHILE TRYING TO TAKE BIT OFF OF 20' STEEL, A PIECE OF ROCK FROM ON TOP OF LOAF FELL ON HEAD. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION ON TOP OF HEAD. THE ROCK SPLIT OPE N THE HARD HAT WHEN IT HIT HIS HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING ON A BLOCK WHEN THE STEEL DRILLED THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE BLOCK AND THE ACKHAMMER FELL. EMPLOYEE GRABBED FOR THE JACKHAMMER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING GROUT IN THE QUARRY WITH A LOADER AND GROUT TRUCK WHEN SMALL ROCK CHIPS FLEW AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE CAUSING A MINOR CUT OR SCRATCH ON HIS LOWER RIGHT EYE.

THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE ICE. RIGHT RADIAL FOREARM CONTUSION.

THE EE WAS UNLOADING SLABS OFF A SAW CAR WITH CABLES. HE HOOKED UP THE CABLES THEN MOVED THEM TO THE SIDE TO READJUST THE PIPE HOLDER. THE PIPE HOOKED ON THE CABLE AND AFTER THE SLABS WERE MOV ED THE PIPE LET GO AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE. THE EE RECEIVED TWO SMALL LACERATIONS, ONE ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE AND ONE ON HIS LEFT CHEEK.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH A HAND HELD JACKHAMMER ON TOP OF AN UNEVEN BLOCK, THE STEEL BROKE OFF 3" ABOVE HOLE, WHERE IT WENT INTO THE HOLE CAUSING THE JACKHAMMER TO FALL AND JARRING THE EMPLO YEES BACK FROM THE LOSS OF BALANCE WHEN LEANING ON THE JACKHAMMER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING AN OLD RUSTY CABLE WHEN IT SLIPPEDTHREW HIS HANDS IMBEDDING A SLIVER IN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

EMPL PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER LEFT BACK WHILE LIFTING A JACKHAMMER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AN AIRLINE OUT WHEN THE 2" AIRLINE SNAPPED HITTING HIS ANKLE TWICE. HIS LEFT ANKLE SWELLED UP AND BRUISED. A SLIGHT FRACTURE WAS DETECTED.

SLIPPED ON STAIRWAY.

EMPL WAS LIFTING A SCREEN OUT OF A GANG SAW PIT AND EXPERINCED LOWER BACK PAIN FIRST DAY OF REPRTED LOSTTIME 9-6-88

EMPL USING GRINDER TO GRIND STEEL BITS.

DRILLING ON LOAF & SHANK BROKE OFF. JACKHAMMER FELL ON RIGHT FOOT JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE.

EMPLOYEE FOOT SLID ON LOOSE DIRT AND PUT PRESSURE ON THE ARCH OF HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING A BRUISE TO THE LEFT FOOT.

WHILE HOOKING STONE THE EMPLOYEE WAS JERKING ON THE HOOK.

USING A SHARP SEAM WEDGE TON REMOVE A DRILL BIT . WEDGE SLIPPED RESULTING IN LACERATION TO LEFT HAND.

CABLE SLING FROM UNLOADING SLABS HIT LEFT WRIST.

OPENING TRUCK DOOR AND DISLOCATED LEFT THUMB.

WIND CAUGHT SHEET OF PLYWOOD AND STRUCK NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING A ROPE UP TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON A PLATFORM AND STRAINED RIGHT UPPER ARM.

JACKHAMMER FELL3ONTO KNEE WHEN THE STARTER STEEL BROKE CAUSING I.NAME TO LOOSE BALANCE

JARRED BACK WHI5E OPERATING LOADER.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRESSING A WHEEL ON A BIT GRINDER WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO HIS EYE.

CUTTING WITH AN3ELECTRIC,HAND HELD ANGLE GRINDER.

WAS DUMPING ROC5 WITH DUMP TRUCK ROCK SLID TO BACK OF TRUCK AND TIPPED FRONT END OF TRUCK UP INJURING BACK WHEN FRONT END CAME DOWN

ROUGH BCK STONE3TIPPED OVER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE

PIECE OF STEEL BROKE AND STRUCK THUMB.

SLAB OF STONE SLID & CAUGHT HIM BETWEEN TWO STONES

EMP WAS REMOVING WIRE OUT OF WIRE SAW CUT WHEN WIRE POPPED OUT AND CUT EMP UNDER RT EYE AND ALSO BRUISED THE EYE

EEE WAS MOVING A TIMBER ON A SAW CAR. THE TIMBER SLIPPED ONTO THE EES HAND RESULTING IN A BROKEN FINGER.

EMPL UNLOADING STONE AT QUARRY GANGYARD.PIECE OF GRANITE FELL ON EMPL HAND CAUSING LACERATION ON MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING STONE FROM A RAIL CAR. AS HE WAS PERFORMING THIS HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE RAIL NEXT TO THE RAIL CAR, LANDING ON HIS LOWER BACK.

TWISTED KNEE CLIMBING OUT OF LOADER.

PRY BAR SLIPPED & STRUCK FINGER.

SMALL PEICE OF STONE FELL OUT OF SKIP ONTO RIGHT FOOT

PIECE OF STONE FELL FROM TRENCH WALL JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY AND FELL ONTO ARM

EMPLOYEE BUMPED KNEE HOOKING UP A STONE

FELL OFF OF BOX AND TWISTED KNEE

PIECE OF EMERY FELL INTO EYE WHILE CLEANING WHEELS