Elkhorn Stone Metal/Non-Metal

A.C. was not working; mechanics fixed wire. Operator went back to watering road, turned air conditioner back on and small particles of rust blew out into his left eye under his safety glasses.

Employee was welding on primary hammers with automatic unit and looked inside crusher without properly wearing his shield.

EE was removing a drain plug from a bearing housing while changing oil, when the wrench slipped letting his hand strike a piece of metal, causing a laceration on his left hand.

EE was knocking pin loose on excavator with a slate bar. When the pin came out, arm fell down and slate bar hit EE in the lower part of his jaw.

Allegedly, the injury was caused when the employee was pulling the rear overhead door of a tractor trailer with his left hand and struck the right hand which was placed at the bottom of the door.

EE HAD FINISHED GREASING FUEL FILTERS OF DRILL.TURNED TO CLIMB DOWN STEPS, SLIPPED & FELL OFF THE DRILL PLATFORM. STRUCK GROUND WITH LEFT FOOT BREAKING LOWER LEFT LEG (BETWEEN KNEE & ANKLE)

EE WAS HELPING FIX, THE WATER SYSTEM. A LADDER THAT THEY WERE USING FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT KNEE. HE DOESN'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE INJURY UNTIL FURTHER TESTING IS DONE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND DIDN'T REALIZE HE HAD GOTTEN SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. HE THOUGHT IT WAS FLASH BURN UNTIL HE WENT TO THE DR. AND HAD A FOREIGN OBJECT REMOVED FROM HIS EYE. AN EYE PATCH AN D EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED.

EE WAS BENT OVER WHILE LOADING HOLES WITH EXPLOSIVES WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. RESULTED IN A 1.5 LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 2 STAPLES FOR CLOS URE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A METAL JACK ON A DM45 I.R. DRILL. WHILE SETTING THE JACK DOWN, HE FAILED TO RELEASE THE JACK IN TIME RESULTING IN PINCHING RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN JACK AND DRILL DECK. H E SMASHED FINGER SEVERELY AND HAD TO HAVE A SKINGRAFT ON THE RIGHT RING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING (SPILLAGE FROM BELT LINE) & THAT HE MUST HAVE PULLED A MUSCLE OR STRAIGHTENED UP THE WRONG WAY BECAUSE HIS BACK WAS HURTING HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT BUT WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THE NEXT DAY HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING PIECES OF METAL ONTO A TRUCK. HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE LOADING THE METAL. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY ON 2-21-94. WHEN HE SAID IT HAPPENED BUT REPORTED IT ON 3-7 -94.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE HITACHI SHOVEL TO THE FUEL TRUCK IN ORDER TO FUEL THE MACHINE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET. HE LANDED ON A FIRE EXTINGUISHER THAT WAS ON THE FUEL TRUCK. HE HAS 2 RIBS THAT ARE BRUISED.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A QUARRY HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE NOTICED A LARGE ROCK IN THE ROAD AT THE DUMP HOPPER. HE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND TRIED TO MOVE THE ROCK WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE. HE STATED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE TRUYING TO MOVE THE ROCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BIN GATE INTO REAR OF PICKUP TRUCK. HE PUSHED ON THE GATE IN ORDER TO MOVE IT. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE GATE TO CLOSE & CATCH THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND. X-RAYS WER E TAKEN AND 4 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED BUT THE FINGER WAS NOT BROKEN

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING BREAK DOWN TRACK WELDER TO BE REPAIRED. HE WAS LIFTING WELDER FROM METAL SHEAVE COVER WHEN IT FELL FROM THE COVER. THE WELDER STRUCK HIM ON HIS RIGHT KNEECAP. THIS KNEECAP HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INJURED IN AN UNRELATED ACCIDENT. THE WELDER BRUISED THE KNEECAP.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON CRUSHER HAMMERS WITH RY BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS FOOTING AND FELL BACKWARDS AND STRIKED HIS BACK AGAINST THE CRUSHER RESULTING IN THE INJURY.

EMPL HAD BEEN WORKING AT PUGMILL.WALKING BACK TH THE TRUCK WHEN EMPL FELL.NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED FALL SINCE THERE WAS NOTHING IN PATH TO TRIP OVER.MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN IN LOOSE GRAVEL.WHEN EMPL FEL L,REINJURED RIGHT KNEE.DIAGNOSIS WAS LISTED AS A SPRAIN & CONTUSION OF RIGHT KNEE.

AT THE END OF THE SHIFT THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING FROM THE PLANT TO THE TIME CLOCK OFFICE IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK OPERATOR OF THE TRUCK MADE A SUDDEN STOP CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO HIT HI S FACE ON THE BED OF THE PICKUP TRUCK HE RECEIVED A LACERATION ON HIS LEFT CHEEK THAT REQUIRED 14 SUTURES

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BUILDUP FROM CRUSHER WALL WITH A METAL PICK. THE PICK STRUCK THE CRUSHER WALL CAUSING A SMALL PIECE OFF THE PICK TO CHIP OFF AND IMBBED IN THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND BETWE EN THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.

EMPL ROLLING WINDOW DOWN IN TRUCK DRIVING TO JOB SITE.WINDOW HANDLE BROKE ARM SLIPPED AND JAGGED HANDLE CUT RIGHT WRIST.REQ 6 SUTURES TO CLOSE WOUND.

BLASTING CONTRACTOR WAS PUTTING OFF A ROUTINE SHOT. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, THIS SHOT HAD AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF FLYROCK. A PIECE OF FLYROCK HIT THE INJURED EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER, CAUSING MULTIPLE BRUISES AND A BROKEN ARM.

BLASTING CONTRACTOR PUTTING OFF A ROUTINE SHOT. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN,THIS SHOT HAD AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF FLYROCK, HIT INJ PERSON(CONTRACTOR) ON LEFT ANKLE.CAUSED A BROKEN ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REPLACING THE PRIMARY CRUSHER ONTO THE NEW FOUNDATION. THE SWIVEL HE WAS USING TO TURN THE CRUSHER HAD ICE ON IT. WHEN HE GRABBED HOLD OF IT, HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE FELL. HE RECEIVED A DISLOCATED ELBOW ON HIS LEFT ARM FROM HIS FALL.

FIRE BURNED FOR MORE THAN 30 MIN IN SHOP ON 2-27-90 NO INJ

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON HAMMERS AT CRUSHER.HE TOOK HIS WELDING HELMET OFF TO EAT HIS DINNER.A PIECE OF HOT SLAG POPPED OFF ONE OF THE HAMMERS THAT HAD JUST BEEN WELDED AND LANDED IN HIS LEFT E YE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM THE BACKSIDE OF A CONVEYOR BELT. WHILE SHOVELING, THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPL REMOVING FINGERS FROM FEEDER FROM MAGNET AT PLANT.TRIED TO CARRY THEM OFF CATWALK RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED RIGHT LEG.DIAG-SPRAINED RIGHT THIGH.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDER A PALTFORM TO ASSIST IN SHOVELING A TUNNEL. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING PLTFORM OF LOOSE CATWALK MATERIAL. A PIECE OF CATWALK WAS THROWN FROM PLATFORM AND STRUCK INJURED EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SHOULDER CAUSING HIS SHOULDER TO BE CUT.

EMPL WAS STOPPED ON HILL WAITING FOR ROAD TO BE CLEARED. HAUL TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING APPARENTLY HAD BRAKE FAILURE & STARTED ROLLING. EMPL WAS UNABLE TO STOP TRUCK & EITHER JUMPED OR FELL FR OM TRUCK. HIS RIGHT LEG WAS RAN OVER BY TRUCK. INJURY RESULTED IN PORTION OF LEG BEING AMPUTATED.

EMPLOYEE WAS P6TTING BEARINGS IN A SHAFT USING A HAMMER A SMALL PIECE OF THE HAMMER CHIPPED OFF AND BECAME IMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT HAND THE HAMMER CHIP WAS REMOVED BY A DR

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG CONCFRETE VIBRATOR ON FRESHLY POURED CONCRETE HE ACCIDENTLY STEPPED IN OVER TOP OF HIS BOOTS HE HAS BURNS ON BOTH LEGS BELOW THE KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS WI7H POWDERMAN AT POWDER MAGAZINES. INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING MAGAZINE DOOR WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN DOOR GUARD AND THE DOOR. MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND 4ERE MASHED AND CUT. CUTS REQUIRED STITCHES. (5)

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A CHIPPING HAMMER TO BEAT SLAG OFF HAMMERS IN HAMMERMILL A PIECE OF CHIPPING HAMMER CHIPPED OFF & BECAME IMBEDDED IN HIS RT.ARM ABOVE THE ELBOW

EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG MAINTENANCE WORK IN CRUSHER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED & CAUSED THE ROTOR TO TURN. HIS FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROTOR & SLIDE PLATE. BRUISED TOP OF RIGHT FOOT.

COMPANY WAS PRE1ARING TO BLAST. AN ELECTRICAL STROM MOVED IN AND LIGHTING DETONATED SHOT WHILE THE COMPANY WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING EMPLOYEES OUT OF BLASTING AREA. ONE LOADER OPERATOR WAS INSIDE LOADER 4OVING OUT OF AREA AND WAS HIT BY FLY ROCK THAT CAME THROUGH THE LOADER WINDSHILED.

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING PACK BLASTING HOLES WITH DUST FROM A LOADER BUCKET HE MOTIONED LOADER OPERATOR TO TILT BUCKET AT THE TIME THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON LOOSE ROCK THAT SHIFTED WHEN THE ROC K SHIFTED THE E4PLOYEES FOOT WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE LOADER BUCKET AS IT WAS TILTING EMPLOYEES BIG TOE ON HIS RT FOOT WAS AMPUTATED AND HE RECEIVED CUTS AND BRUISES ON HIS FOOT

EMPL TRYING TO 9EMOVE LARGE ROCK FROM DUMP HOPPER.HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIS BODY TO TWIST WHICH RESULTED IN A STRAINED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS RA3SING METAL OVERHEAD WITH A COME-A-LONG.HE LOOKED UP TO SEE IF THE METAL WAS IN PLACE.A CHIP OF METAL FELL & LANDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.THE METAL WAS REMOVED FROM HIS EYE WITH NO C OMPLICATONS. 3

EMPLOYEE WAS RE1LACING CAP & BOLTS IN DOZER TRACK ROLLER FRAME. HE WAS CLEANING THREAD FROM BOLT HOLES & GOT A FOREIGN OBJECT IN EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING BOOM TRUCK TO LIFT AN ELECTRIC MOTOR FROM A HAMMERMILL TO THE BEE OF PICK UP TRUCK. THE MOTOR WAS LIFTED TO LOAD INTO PICK HE WAS STANDING ON OPERATION STEP OF TRUCK. WE IGHT OF THE MOT2R CAUSE THE BOOM TRUCK TO TIP OVER. EMPLOYEE WAS APPROX. 3 FT OFF THE GROUND WHEN HE JUMPED HE LANDED ON HIS FOOT AND THE IMPACT APPARENTLY CAUSE THE BROKEN HEEL.

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE A ROLLER ON A CONVEYOR. THE ROLLER SLID THRU THE BELT FRAME & CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN ROLLER & CONVEYOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANING HAMMERS IN HAMMERMILL. WHILE LIFTING THE HAMMERS HE INJURED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SHOVEL TO REMOVE WET MATERIAL FROM UNDER A BELT. HE WAS LIFTING A SHOVEL FULL OF MATERIAL-DUST-WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF FROM FALLING RESULTING IN STRAIN ED MUSCLES IN RIGHT SIDE OF BODYIE. HIP, BACK, SHOULDER.