Crawford Mine & Mill: 219 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

Employees were reinstalling the belly pan on the undercarriage of the dozer. The rigging on the belly pan slipped allowing it to swing back down and pin the mechanic. The mechanic was diagnosed with three fractured ribs. Mechanic received a restricted work designation to lift no more than 20 lbs. and is due back to the doctor on 8/11/2021 to follow up.

An Employee was walking down the stairs when they slipped on the last step and struck their arm on the midrail.

A contractor was completing demolition in the decommissioned bagging area. As the employee was pulling on an electrical local disconnect box to remove, the box fell, landing on the employee's lower leg. The employee sustained fractures to both bones in lower leg and surgery was required to repair one of the fractures.

EE was removing automatic door hinge when one of the arms of the hinge struck ee in the mouth resulting in a laceration that required seven stitches.

EE was using a sledge hammer to loosen plug chute and reported sore shoulder to Supervisor. EE did not want to seek professional medical treatment at the time of the incident. On 7/5/2016 EE notified Supervisor that EE wanted see MD.

EE was walking on a wet concrete slope, lost footing, slipped & fell striking EE's rt wrist.

EE was assisting in removal of the guard on the W16X conveyor tail pulley. He was positioned on the end of the guard attempting to loosen the guard from the excess material around the inside of the tail pulley. As he and another EE was trying to free the guard the injured EE pinky finger on his left hand was pinched between the corner of the guard and the wall.

EE was cleaning debris and rocks from the lift cylinder and a large rock fell on right foot.

EE stepped off of forklift onto muddy surface and hurt left knee.

Employee rolled ankle while walking. Sprain ankle/foot

Employee was shoveling material next to a belt when he felt a sharp pain in his back.

Employee was replacing a hydraulic cylinder when the cylinder slipped and fell pinning his middle finger on his left hand between cylinder and metal step.

Miner had finished cleaning up a wet concrete floor with the skid steer when he stepped (already out of equipment) on concrete floor and slipped and fell.

Employee was completing a welding/grinding operation when he noticed an irritation to his right eye.

A choke-up of a blow line caused the system to shut down. The remedy was to remove the lid from the compressor body and remove any restricting material. The lid blew off when all the nuts were removed. The lid struck the team member on the shoulder and caused the arm to be dislocated. A small cut on the right hand also resulted.

Team member and accompanying member were preparing to place a sprocket on a shaft. The keyway needed to be dressed so that the sprocket could be installed. A hand grinder was used and it slipped from the shaft and lacerated team member's finger.

Team member was cutting approx. 8 inches off a 4 foot piece of 8 inch pipe. the balance of the 4 foot piece fell from the pipe stand and landed on the team member's right foot.

Ee and other maintenance members were repairing the ramp from the hatch opening station. The walkway grating was being lowered into the walkway framework when it fell onto the team member's left hand little finger. The damage was only to little finger.

THE INNER CAGE MILL HAMMERS AND CAGE WERE BEING ASSEMBLED. SMALL WOODEN BLOCKS WERE BEING PLACED UNDER EACH BOLT TO SUPPORT IT IN THE RECESSED POSITION. AS THE BAR WAS BEING USED TO RAISE THE RING, PRY BAR SLIPPED AND THE RING DROPPED APPROX 2 INCHES MASHING THE TIP OF THE 4TH FINGER. FINGER TIP BONE WAS FRACTURED.

INSTALLING A REDUCER TO RADIATOR USING A PIPE WRENCH. WAS TIGHTENING REDUCER TO RADIATOR, PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED & CUT THUMB ON LEFT HAND.

TEAM MEMBERS WERE TO HAUL MATERIAL FROM SI6 TO DUMP AREA. THE TAIL GATE FAILED TO LATCH SO TEAM MEMBER TOOK THE TAILGATE AND PREPARED TO SLAM IT SHUT. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN THE LATCH ASSEMB LY.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A TRUCK USING A BELT TYPE CONVEYOR. HE WAS LOCATED AT A PLATFORM AT THE HEAD PULLEY. MATERIAL MAY HAVE SLOUGHED OFF AT THE BIN FEEDER ALONG WITH DUST ON THE HEAD PULLEY C AUSING THE CONVEYOR TO SLIP SOME ON THE HEAD PULLEY. THE EMPLOYEE USED A 1 GAL. CAN OF WATER TO WET THE BELT FOR MORE TRACTION. BELT LURCHED & CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S WATCH & STRIPPED IT FROM HAND.

EE WAS USING AN AIR IMPACT TO REMOVE A BROKEN SPRING FROM A SHAKER SCREEN. WHEN THE LAST BOLT WAS REMOVED THE SPRING FELL AND HIT EE S LEFT HAND.

SHARP EDGE ON STEEL HANDRAIL(NEW)EMPLOYEES ARM RAKED BY THE HANDRAIL REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.

EE STEPPED ON TO MATERIAL ON TOP OF A FEEDER THE MATERIAL HAD BRIDGED OVER AND WHEN HE STEPPED ON IT THE MATERIAL GAVE WAY AND HIS RIGHT LEG WAS PULLED INTO THE FEEDER CHUTE. HIS LEGS HIPS AND ARMS WERE BRUISED BY THE MATERIAL.

EMPL DRIVING PIN ON TRACKLOADER INTO LINK OF TRACK. SMALL PIECE BROKE FROM PIN WHEN STRUCK WITH SLEDGEHAMMER. BECAME A PROJECTILE AND ENTERED EMPL LEG AT CALF HEIGHT. LODGED DEEP WITHIN LEG. NO IMPAIRMENT. EMPL IS OK.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING GROUNDING LEAD OF WELDING MACHINE CLOSER TO WORK AREA. WHEN HE REPOSITIONED THE GROUND LEAD THE WELDER STRUCK ON ARC TO BEGIN WELDING AGAIN. A FLASH OF ELECTRICITY BURNED 2 FINGERS OF EMPLOYEE MOVING THE GROUNDING LEAD. 1 & 2 DEGREE BURNS ON SMALL AREA OF RING AND MIDDLE FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING A RAILCAR FOR LOADING & RAISED HIS LEFT LEG TO BOARD HE BUMPED HIS KNEE BUT NOT VERY HARD IT CONTINUED TO HURT & BE SORE SO HE WENT TO THE DOC NO BROKEN BONES ONLY BRUISE WHICH CREATED SORENESS NO TIME LOST

THE METAL HAND RAIL ALONG THE STAIRS BETWEEN SHAKER AND SCREENS HAD WORN A SHARP EDGE AT BEGINNING OF STEPS. THE EE HIT HIS ARM ON THE EDGE AS HE BEGAN HIS ASCENT. REQUIRED THREE SMALL STITCHE S IN ARM BELOW ELBOW.

15057YGEN BOTTLE WAS EMPTIED AND ANOTHER WAS ROLLED INTO PLACE. EE SAID THAT HE WAS ROLLING THE EMPTY ONE BACK TO THE STORAGE AREA. HE DECIDED TO PICK IT UP WITH A BEAR HUG TO MOVE IT MORE QUI 3238? IT PULLED HIS BACK MUSCLE AND THEY TIGHTENED UP AND HURT.

MUCH RAIN HAD OCCURRED DURING PAST 2 WEEKS. GROUND AND AREA AROUND QUARRY PROBABLY HAD SOFTENED AND BECOME UNSTABLE. TRUCK BACKED INTO THE AREA OF THE QUARRY WALL WITH OVERBURDEN AND APPEARED TO MAYBE OVER-TRAVEL. SOFT CONDITION AND OVER-TRAVEL APPEAR TO BE THE CONDITIONS.

EMPL HAD CHECKED OIL AND WATER LEVEL AND WAS DESCENDING TO SHOP FLOOR LEVEL. WHEN STARTING DOWN,HEEL HOOKED ON THE LADDER AND TRIPPED HIM FOR THE FALL.

EMPL WAS DESCENDING FROM HAUL TRUCK & STEPPED TO GROUND. IT WAS UNEVEN & KNEE TWISTED. SWELLING OCCURRED AT KNEE.

TOP DOORS OF RAILCAR HAD COLLECTED RAIN WATER. AS THE DOORS WERE CLOSED THE RAIN WATER WETTED THE SHOES OF EMPLOYEE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER OF RAILCAR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIP ON ROUND W UNG. HIS HEAD SLAMMED AGAINST LADDER AND LACERATED HIS NOSE ACROSS THE BRIDGE.

EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER PERSON WERE DISMANTLING AN AGLIME SCREENING PLANT AND ASSOCIATED CONVEYORS. WHILE ATTACHING CABLES FROM THE CRAIN HOIST THE WELD BROKE LOOSE ON THE CONVEYOR AND IT TWISTED ENOUGH TO DROP EMPLOYEE APPROX. 10 FEET TO THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND TAIL ROLLER.

EMPLOYEE WAS OBSERVING CRUSHER OPERATION. A LARGE CHUNK OF ROCK WAS LODGED NEAR THE CRUSHER MOUTH. HE PUSHED IT LOOSE AS A PIECE OF ROCK WAS EXPELLED BY THE CRUSHER AND NOT FULLY STOPPED BY TH E CHAIN CURTAIN. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A BURST LOWER LIP. 4 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING DENTS FROM THE REMOVED HOOD OF A 980C LOADER.FINGER AND HAND SLIPPED SO THAT FINGER ENTERED EXHAUST PIPE HOLE AS A BLOW FROM THE 3 POUND SLEDGE HAMMER WAS DELIVERED TO TH E HOOD.FINGER WAS INJURED BY INSIDE EDGE OF THE SLIGHT FRACTURE.5 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

PINS AND ROLLERS WERE BEING CHANGED AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER,EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING A PARTICULAR PIN AND ROLLERS WHEN IT SHIFTED AND BRUISED HIM ACROSS THE CHEST AND EAR.NO SERIOUS INJURY WAS INCU RRED.HE WAS THOROUGHLY CHECKED WITH ONLY HIS EAR LOBE ABRAISED.

EMPL CUT FINGERS ON PULLEY WHEN CHECKING TENSION ON BELT

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HOLE THROUGH A CONCRETE FLOOR AND WHEN THE HOLE WAS COMPLETED THE DRILL MOVED RAPIDLY THROUGH THE HOLE CUAUSING THE EMPLOYEES HAND TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN THE DRILL HANDLE AND A PIECE OF METAL.

REPAIRING BROKEN WIRE LEADING TO CONTROL PANEL AND FEEL FROM LADDER AFTER ELECTRICAL SHOCK.