Garner Quarry: 180 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

The employee was cutting 1 inch steel plate for a chute repair. Upon cutting the metal that was on a utility tractor fork, some of the plate shifted and fell on EE's left foot catching EE's left pinky toe just beyond the protection of EE's steel toe.

Technician stepped off ladder and twisted ankle.

Employee was changing wear plates/rubber screens at Class B chute of primary plant. Employee moved to allow removal of the wear plates from the screen deck and stepped down onto a ledge covered with rock twisting ankle in the process.

Loading a shot, began to have left shoulder pain, no known injury.

EE & co-worker were working on CAT 988 loader bucket. EE was inside & Co-worker outside. They were removing cutting plates so that they could replace the teeth on the bucker. The bolt that ee was working with cut through glove, injuring left hand.

Employee was descending a John Deere 300D with a 2-way radio in hand when he fell backwards striking his head. The result was a head injury.

Employee was moving drill steel from the bed of a truck when his left, middle finger was pinched between the drill steel and the hand rail of the truck.

Employee reports that he was measuring drill holes at about 9 a.m. when a gust of wind blew his hard hat off and he hit his head on the drill frame as he stood up to catch the hard hat.

Employee was trimming center hold-down rubber on screen with an auto-retracting utility knife when the knife slipped and he stabbed himself in the left wrist. The resulting puncture wound required three stitches to close.

At approx. 8:30 the mgr.was notified of the arrival of EMS at the plant gate. They said they were responding to a call from a Customer Truck Driver who thought he was having a heart attack. They started treatment and transported him to Wake Med. MSHA was notified at 8:45. We did not get any info on his condition. EMS did not think it was very serious.

EE sustained a hernia while stretching over a cross-beam and pulling on a wrench to loosen a hydraulic hose. He felt a pain in the abdomen and it was still hurting the next day, so he was sent to the Dr. The condition did not improve any and surgery was required to correct it. First day of lost time was 12/27/06.

EE cut right hand open when he slipped and fell walking to begin shift. the ee was crossing a wooden bridge from ee building to the stockyard and slipped on the wet/ icy bridge. When he braced against the fall, his hand struck the planks of the bridge and cut open. The ee was transported to MedFirst at 8 AM for treatment. required stitches.

Driver was delivering sand to quarry. He dumped his load and was getting out of the cab when he missed the first step and fell approx 3' to the ground, resulting in a broken right leg.

HEART ATTACK. EE WAS OPERATING A HAUL TRUCK IN THE PIT WHEN HE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. HE PARKED THE TRUCK AND SET THE BRAKES AT THE ONSET OF THE HEART ATTACK SO THERE WAS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE. OTHER EMPLOYEES ATTEMPTED CPR & CALLED THE GARNER EMS. TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.

EE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT ARM & SHOULDER BY A PIECE OF FLY ROCK WHICH LEFT THE BLAST AREA, RESULTING IN BRUISES, ABRASIONS & LACERATIONS WHICH NEEDED STITCHES. HE WAS IN THE EE PARKING LOT NEA R THE EE LUNCH ROOM WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURED.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING A RATCHET TYPE DIRT HANG BELT SCRAPER WHILE THE BELT WAS IN MOTION WHEN THE SCRAPER CAUGHT THE BELT CAUSING THE RATCHET HANDLE TO STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE'S SAFETY GLASSES. A SHARP EDGE ON THE UVEX ASTROSPEC GLASSES CUT HIS LEFT EYE LID REQUIRING 5 SUTURES.

INJURED WAS USING A KNOCKER WRENCH TO TIGHTEN WEDGE BOLT ON SWING DIE. AT THE END OF TIGHTENING THE BOLT,INJURED WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT HAND BY HAMMER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING. HE WAS STRUC K WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE KNOCKER WRENCH.

EE WAS WALKING TO CONTROL POINT Y AT GARNER QUARRY, STEPED FLAT FOOTED INTO A 1-6' DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND, COVERED BY VINES WEARING OF HIGH TOP STEEL TIP BOOTS PREVENTED TWISTING OF ANKLE, F ULL WEIGHT OF IMPACT WAS TAKEN BY LEFT FOOT RESULTING IN SOME SMALL BONES BEING BROKE IN LEFT FOOT TOP NEAR ANKLE, WAS ABLE TO WALK OUT WITH SOME PAIN AND DISCOUNT.

INJURED EMPLOYEE AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE IN PROCESS OF MOVING WIRE CLOTH SCREEN RACKS. WHILE USING FORD TRACTOR TO MOVE SCREEN RACK, SEVERAL PIECES OF SCREEN CLOTH FELL OVER IN RACK STRIK ING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT ARM.

EE WAS CHECKING BATTERY WATER LEVEL WHILE SMOKING BATTERY GAS EXPLODED CAUSING ACID TO SPLASH IN EE EYES. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS USING KNOCKER WRENCH TO BREAK LOOSE JAW CRUSHER BOLTS. HE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO STIKE KNOCKER WRENCH. EE MISSED THE WRENCH CAUSING HIM TO FALL EE FELL ON JAW MOTOR PLATFORMN, STRIK ING BACK OF HEAD AGAINST BEAM ON MOTOR BASE. HISSAFETY HAT FELL FROM HEAD DURING FALL. LACERATIONS ON BACK OF HEAD REQUIRING 6 SUTURES.

WHILE OPENING A ONE GALLONG CAN OF COLD ASPHALTIC CEMENT. THE SPATULA SLIPPED WHIL EPRYING THE LID OFF AND CUT THE PALM OF HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP MOTOR BASE WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS-CAUGHT RIGHT HAND UNDER IT.CIRCUMFERENTIAL LACERATION ON RIGHT RING FINGER.

EMPL WAS USING WRENCH TO TIGHTEN SCREEN BACK CHANNEL BOLT NUT. HE HAD WRENCH ON NUT & WAS USING HAMMER TO STRIKE END OF WRENCH TO HELP TIGHTEN NUT. HAMMER GLANCED OFF WRENCH STRIKING EMPL ON L EFT HAND CAUSING BURST LACERATION TO LEFT HAND ON 2ND JOINT ON 2ND JOINT ON INDEX FINGER SUTURED.

EMPL WAS REMOVING OLD BRAKE LINING ON 30B CRANE HE WAS PULLING PIN TO REMOVE BRAKE LINING WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK

EMPL CLEANING OUT RIP RAP CHUTE.ROCK FELL FROM END OF SCREEN STRIKING TOP OF RIGHT HAND AND FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING PIT TRUCK. HE WAS DUMPING A LARGE ROCK. WHEN THE ROCK SHIFTED, IT CAUSED THE FRONT END OF TRUCK TO COME OFF GROUND. WHEN THE ROCK DUMPED OFF TRUCK, THE FRONT END CAME DO WN TO GROUND, SHAKING EMPLOYEE CUASING BACK STRAIN.

EMPL WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPL LIFT CUTTIGN EDGE FOR LOADER TWISTED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING 24" ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO REMOVE BRAKE CHAMBER FROM WELDING TRUCK. WHEN THE NUT BROKE LOOSE, EMPLOYEE FELL BACK STRIKING RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST BACK OF WELDING TRUCK.

EMP WAS CUTTING3CONVEYOR BELT WITH UTILITY KNIFE, THIS IS TO BE USED AS A DOR ON 5 1/2 STANDARD CRUSHER. EMP WAS SQUATTING WHILE CUTTING BELT. HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED, RT KNEE STRUCK KNIFE CAUSI LACERATION 3

WAS TAKING CONC9ETE CYLINDERS OUT OF CONCRET E SPECIMEN CURING TANK WAS REACHING TO BACK OF TRANK WHEN SLIPPED ON WET CONCRETE FLOOR FELL ON WOODEN PALLETS FALL CAUSED LOWER SPINE TO BE BRUISE D STRAINED BACK3MUSCLES BRUISED ELBOW & KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING DOWN PIT TRUCK LADDER AT JAW CRUSHER.HE MISSED LAST STEP WITH RIGHT FOOT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE GROUND WITH RIGHT FOOT VERY HARD.BACK STRAIN - PAIN DWOWN RIGHT HIP AN D BACK OF RIGHT3LEG.DISABILITY BEGAN ON 8-13-87 AT 7:00 AM.

EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE BELT WHILE THE OTHER EMPLOYEE CUT IT THE KNIFE SLIPPED STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ABOVE THE LEFT KNEE RE SULTING IN A SM5LL LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 4 SUTURES

INJ EMPL HELPING WELDER CUT PIECE OF PIPE WITH TORCH WHEN PIECE OF METAL FLEW FROM RIGHT SIDE AND CAME IN BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES PENETRATING RIGHT EYE CAUSING SMALL CUT IN RIGHT EYE.

INJURED EMP HAD FINISHED CLEANING OUT CHUTE AT ; CONVEYOR THE CONVEYOR WAS STARTED BY CONTROL OPERATOR. AS INJURED WAS GETTING DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND AS HE REACHED OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF HE G RABBED THE SIDE OF THE CHUTE AND HAD HIS RIGHT RING FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN A PILE OF ROCK AND THE TURNING HEADPULLY SHAFT

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN BOLT WITH A WRENCH WHEN IT GAVE WAY CAUSING EMP RT HAND TO H IT PIECE OF ANGLE IRON HAND WAS LACERATED REQUIRING STITCHES

THE VICTIM WAS LOADING 3INX18IN STEEL ROLLER SHAFTS ONTO THE BED OF THE LUBE TRUCK WHEN THE SHAFT HE WAS HANDLING SLIPPED OUT OF HIS LEFT HAND AND HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WAS CUAGHT BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND THE 1/4IN STEEL PLATE ON THE PARIMETER OF THE TRUCK BED