Devault Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Employee assisted by another employee repositioning roller back into CAT D6 Dozer. Load shifted causing 1 employee to bare burden of load. Employee treated conservatively by athletic trainer and worked at full capacity. Employee continued to have discomfort, MRI issued to discover rotator cuff tear. Surgery now scheduled.

Employee was welding, and it was hot outside. He wiped his face with a paper towel. Around 8 AM his right eye started to feel irritated. He asked a co-worker to flush his eye. He said it still felt like something was still in his eye. The employee was taken for medical treatment where a small particle was taken out of his eye.

Employee was getting a pipe from a material rack. When getting the pipe the one next to it shifted and pinched his pinky finger between the two pipes.

Right knee popped and caused pain in outside of knee. Knee popped when standing up.

Employee was knocking a frozen pin loose, when he hit it with a hammer a peice of metal came up and cut his left cheek. A small peice went into his cheek.

Walking on catwalk. Stepped on rock and twisted right ankle.

Employee was hammering screen on to Deister when hammerhead came off bouncing off screen hitting another employee in the mouth.

Walked up staircase and ducked under catwalk to check oil in HP crusher tanks. While servicing the crusher tanks with oil, employee stood up under the catwalk and caught shoulder on four inch conduit. Contact was made on back side of shoulder.

A maintenance operation was going on a 8X20 Screen deck which involved cutting. Plywood was placed over the screen media to protect it from damage. The operation was going 4 hours when the fire watch noticed smoke coming from the screen deck. Four fire exstinguishers were emptied to control the fire at which time it grew out of control and the employees evacuated the area.

The employee was cutting a piece a conveyor belting with a utllity knife and caused a laceration to his right arm.

CUTTING FIBERS FROM BETWEEN MULTICONDUCTOR CABLE WITH DIAGONALS. RIGHT HAND CAME UP AGAINST SHARP EDGE OF ELECTRICAL TROUGH CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND NEAR THE KNUCKLE OF THE RIGHT RING FINGER, REQUIRING 3 SUTURES. EE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES AS REQUIRED BY COMPANY POLICY

THE SCREENINGS HOPPER UNDER #1 DIESTER FILLED W/MATERIAL. EE OPENED ACCESS DOOR & WAS USING A SHOVEL TO CLEAN OUT THE BUILDUP. AFTER GETTING MAJORITY OF MATERIAL OUT EE ENTERED HOPPER TO GET T HE REST & MATERIAL SLID DOWN THE HOPPER TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. EE HAD A HARNESS & LANYARD ON BUT VIOLATED THE COMPANY CONFINED SPACE POLICY.

WHILE TRYING TO SPREAD THE SIDES OF A 30' X 60" GRIZZLEY FEEDER WITH A HYDRAULIC JACK AND PIPE SPREADER, THE JACK AND PIPE SPRUNG OUT TOWARDS EE STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT JAW.

HE WAS CUTTING A SKIRT RUBBER WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. IT SLIPPED, STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION.

EE WAS INSTALLING A SCALE ON A STACKING CONVEYOR& WAS BENT OVER INSTALLING A WEIGHT ON SCALE. WHILE STRETCHING TO PERFROM THE TASK EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN RIBS ON HIS LEFT SIDE Y

EMP STEPPED OFF SCREEN DECK AFTER DAILY MAINTENANCE CHECK. EMP TWISTED ANKLE ON CATWALK STRUCTURE DUE TO WET CATWALK.

THE CONTRACTORS EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON STRUCTURAL STEELAT PRIMARYCRUSHER WHILE WELDING THE VICTIM RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCKWELDER LEAZDS & LOST BALANCE & FELL APPROS 7FT (NOTE VICTIM WAS T IED OFF WITH SAFETY BELT & LANYARD) & STRUCK HISSHOULDER ON CONCRETE BLOCK BELOW HIM VICTIM ALSO RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HEAD WHICH RESULTED A COUPLE STITCHES

EE WAS TORCHING A PIECE OF METAL. A METAL FRAGMENT EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT EYE.

MARK WAS CHIPING AT A STONE, IN THE TIRE OF AN END DUMP. HE WAS USING A SLEDGEHAMMER. MARK HAD REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

INJURED WAS ON THE UPPER BOOM GREASING THE CYLINDER. WHEN HE STARTED DOWN THEUH181 HITACHI EXCAVATOR, HE SLIPPEDON A HYDRAULIC HOSE. HE CAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

WHEN THE TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE BACK OF STOPPED HE ASSUMED THEY WERE UNLOADING HE STOOD UP TO UNLOAD & THE TRUCK MOVED FORWARRD THROWING THE EMPLOYEE OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK EM PLOYEE SUSTAINED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF HIS LEFTARM & ELBOW

WHILE CLEANING THE CHUTE ON SCREEN #1, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHEN DISMOUNTING USING THE LADDER.

WITH HIM STANDING NEXT TO THE END OF THE CONVEYOR, OUT OF THE WAY, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVED THE BACKHOE. THE BACKHOE SLID OR LURCHED, TRAPPING HIS RIGHT LEG AGAINT THE CONVEYOR.

WHILE LIFTING A HEAD OUT OF A BIG LOADER (988B) THE BACK HOE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE HEAD (WITH NO STRAIN ON THE CHAIN) WAS DIRECTED TO MOVE FORWARD. WHEN IT MOVED FORWARD, THE TRACKS ON THE BACKHOE HIT A ROCK, NOSEDIVED, PIVOTED, UPPED THE 300 LB HEAD, SWUNG FREE AND A BOLT WAS DRIVEN INTO HIS LEG.

WHILE MAKING A REPAIR ON EQUIPMENT, THE EMPLOYEE'S WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND TO COME IN CONTACT THE MACHINERY. HIS LITTLE FINGER WAS BRUISED AS A RESULT OF THI S CONTACT.

EMP TIGHTENING BOLTS ON JAW CRUSHER WHEN WRATCHET SLIPPED AND STRUCK RIGHT THUMB SMASHING IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO INSTALL TEETH RETAINING LOCKS ON RH 75C SHOVEL. A METAL CHIP CAME OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER LEFT PART OF HIS NECK AND BECAME LODGED IN HIS NECK.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT IS MOVING AN OXYGEN TANK HE TURNED AROUND & SPRAINED HIS BACK

CHANGING BEARING ON C-8 PINCHED LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN SHAFT & FRAME

CLEANING UTILITY LOADER COUNTER WEIGHTS AND CUT HIS HAND ON JAG STEEL SHARP EDGES.

IN LUNCHROOM STEPPED BACK STEPPING UNTO A GLASS LOST BALANCE FALLING ONTO A CONCRETE FLOOR. LANDED ON LEFT HIP AND WRIST.

REMOVING PICK UP VALVE FROM TERMINATOR CAUGHT HAND ON EDGE OF BURR CAUSING CUT ON LEFT HAND BELOW LITTLE FINGER.

LOST FOOTING ON ROOF FELL BACKWARDS HITTING L ARM ON FURNACE IN STORGAE AREA HITTING CAUSED LACERATION ON L THUMB

USING A 16LB SLEDGE HAMMER TO STAIGHTEN OUT PIECE OF GALVANIZED STEEL A NEW TUNNEL WHEN HE HIT HTE STEEL HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT KNEE DISLOCATED NO TREATMENT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT-KNE E CONTINUED TO BE PAINFUL, END OF AUG WENT TO DR. DISCOVERED THIS CONDITION.

SEE SUPV.REPORT ATTACHED...EMPL AND ANOTHER CLEANING HINGE AREA INSIDE CHUTE.EMPL WENT OUTSIDE CHUTE,CLIMBED ACROSS ON I-BEAM TO PULL UP ON DOOR LEVERS.IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND BEAM WAS WET AND SLIPPERY.DIDNT HAVE SAFETY BELT AND LINE ON.LOST FOOTING AND FELL 10' LANDED ON LOOSE SOFT DIRT.WAS TOTALLY CONSCIOUS AND COHERENT,MOVEMENT OF ALL EXTREMITIES.HOWEVER,HAD PAIN IN MIDDLE BACK

EE WAS OPERATING A LOADER WHEN HE RAN INTO A CONVEYOR BELT HURTING HIS LEFT CHEST WALL.

UNJAMMING ROCK JAM WITH PRY BAR WHEN ANOTHER ROCK ROLLED DOWN ON BARTHROWING BAR IN FACE CUTTING IT OPEN JUST OUTSIDE OF R EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OFF #C1 TAIL PULLEY IN THE PLANT WHEN HE SLIPPED, CUTTING HIS RIGHT WRIST AND HURTING HIS FOREARM AND ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM A CONVEYOR AND FROM AROUND THE CONVEYOR AND THROWING THEM ASIDE. HE CAME TO WORK THE NEXT DAY AND REPORTED THAT HIS BACK WAS HURT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UP ON A LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF, CUTTING HIS LEFT MIDDEL FINGER. FALL AGAINST MACHINE.

DRIVER WAS DRIVING DOWN RAMP TOWARD LEVEL TOO FAST FOR CONDITINS WHEN HE SAW A DOZER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAMP. HE PANICKED AND THREW THE TRUCK IN NUETRAL STALLING IT AND THEREFORE LOST CONTR OL OF BRAKES ND STEERING. DRIVER JUMPED OUT LEFT SIDE INTO VERY ROCKY ROUGH TERRAINE.

EMP WAS ASSISTING HEAD WELDER WHO WAS WELDING GUARDS ON C-9 CONV EYOR AND WELDERS FLASH BURNT EYES.

EMP WAS WORKING AT PRIMATFY CRSUHER REMOVING JAW PLATES WEIGHING 2000 LBS. EACH. A CRANE WAS SUPPLYING BACK PRESSURE WHEN A PLATE CAME UP HITTING HIM IN FACE ANC ACROSS HIS CHEST CAUSING A BROKEN NOSE. CUT EYE BACK OF HEAD CUT AND CHEST BRUISES.

I,NAME WAS WORKING AT THE PLANT AFTER SHUTDOWN CLEANING OUT THE FEEDER WITH A HAMMER. AFTER SWINGING THE HAMMER FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME HE EXPERIENCED SOME BACK PAIN. DR. SAYS IT IS A BACK S PRAIN.

I,NAME WAS OPERATING AIR IMPACT GUN, TIGHTING BOLTS-SPRING LOADED THE GUN CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEST.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING A BALL JOINT WITH A HAMMER WHEN A SLIVER OF STEEL BROKE OFF, HITTING HIM IN HIS LEFT ARM AT HIS ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNJAM A KUE KEN CRUSHER WHICH WAS JAMMED WITH ROCKS. HE WAS LIFTING LARGER ROCKS AND THROWING THEM IN TO LOOSEN THE SMALLER ROCKS WHEN HE LIFTED A RATHER LARGE RO CK WHEN HIS BACK WAS INJURED. HE HAS NOTIFIED US THAT HIS CHIROPRACTER SAID E HAS A PINCHED VERTEBRA.

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A WRENCH, WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIS HAND TO HIT THE METAL HE WAS WORKING ON.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3INJURY TO HIS NECK AND SHOULDER DUE TO THE POWER STEERING FAILING ON HIS TRUCK WHICH HAD ONLY OCCURED THAT SAME MORNING OF MON. 03-30-87.

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING IN PLANT ON ONE OF THE STONE CRUSHERS AND HIT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND FRACTURED IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING A LOG ACROSS THE YARD

INJ SITTING IN 7RUCK WAITING TO BE LOADED WITH ROCK BY SHOVEL OPERATOR.SHOVEL OPERATOR EXPERIENCED SHOVEL WANTING TO STALL OUT AND MACHINE JERKED FORWARD RUNNING INTO TRUCK JOLTING HIM -CUT ON FACE WHEN IT H3T INSIDE OF HIS TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE PULLED ON METAL BAR WHICH HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD

EMP WAS CLOSING SLIDING DOORS OF THE SHOP AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN DOOR AND DOOR HANDLE

2LB BOLT FELL ON MECHANICS RIGHT FOOT AND BROKE SM TOE