Harrisburg South- Plant #14 Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was operating mobile equipment (CAT 980K loader & John Deere 460 Haul truck) and came to work the next day complaining of tenderness in EE's back. Employee went to clinic and was placed on light duty on 6/16/25. Employee was re-evaluated on 06/27/25 and released to full duty.

Became reportable on 7/28/25 when employee had hernia surgery. Employee was attempting to put return roller back into bracket by raising the roller with their legs. The roller then came out of the bracket on the right side and fell to the ground. The employee jerked their legs when the roller came out and they felt instant pain in the left groin area.

Employee was trying to tighten the tension adjuster for the tail pulley on the feeder. EE was using a 3ft pipe wrench to tighten the nut and applying pressure down when the wrench slipped causing EE to strike chin on the tail pulley guard. Employee received a laceration to their chin that required three stitches.

Customer truck driver smashed their left thumb in the tailgate of their truck when cleaning off excess 57 gravel.

Employee was doing repair work to oversize chute at the plant when ee went to lift a 10x2 piece of channel iron and it slipped from right hand and fell on left hand smashing left ring finger.

Employee was swinging the arm of a hoist over, to prevent a chair (in which they were going to hoist up to button house) from catching on the pea gravel conveyor, and while pulling on the bottom of chair it came loose and employee lost EE's balance and fell on EE's left elbow.

Employee was using a sledge hammer to remove a pin from track hoe bucket. While striking the pin, a piece of the metal pin sheared off into employee's right shoulder.

Employee was walking the conveyor system at a incline and began to fall and threw his right hand out to catch himself and fell on hand. (Per phone call he was working outside and fell to the ground. Hand was strained.)

Employee was rolling a huge clod of material down the stockpile, when he heard a pop from his right arm and he began to feel pain. He also had swelling in upper arm. He said the pain was tolerable the last few weeks but arm is really no better.

Cleaning return roller with shovel and return roller pulled shovel and right arm between conveyor belt and return roller bruising the right arm and wrist.

employee was using shovel to clean out under conveyor when he fainted. Dr. report dehydration.

Employee standing near conveyor belt,Rock bounce off and hit employee in eye.

Employee laid tools on screen up on vibrator and when screen moved, the tools started falling and employee reached to grab them, causing him to fall.

Employee was welding in shop on metal, flash from welder burnt both eyes.

Employee was shoveling on the conveyor line, began having pain in left forearm and wrist. As the day advanced pain became worse and arm swelled.

Fell while checking crusher.

Employee was shoveling under conveyor and his forearm got caught by screen wire.

EMPLOYEE WENT TO REWIRE ELECRIC BOX. HAD METER TO CHECK VOLTAGE. HAD ALLEN WRENCH IN HIS HAND. EMPOLYEE DROPPED METER AND ALLEN WRENCH HIT HOT WIRE CAUSING BOX TO BLOW UP. (POWER WAS OFF)

Employee was shoveling from under crusher when an oversize rock (2 to 3 inch rock) fell from crusher and hit employee on the right temple.

SCRAPER OPERATOR ENTERED PIT TO LOAD AND HAD SCRAPER IN THE WRONG GEAR AND LOST CONTROL OF MACHINE (EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING SEATBELT) THE EMPLOYEE WAS BOUNCED AROUND IN THE CAB VIOLENTLY.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO HOOK FAN UP ON LOADER. THE BATTERY DOOR FELL OFF & HIT HIS HEAD, CAUSING AN ABRASION REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

TRUCK DRIVER COMING ONTO SCALES LOADED. BLOWED OUTSIDE WHEEL AFTER WHEEL CAME IN CONTACT WITH SCALE RAILING. OPERATOR PULLED OFF SCALES STILL LOADED AND ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE TIRE, WITH TRUCK JA CKED UP, THE JACK SLIPPED HITTING THE DRIVER ON THE SHOULDER AND BACK AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SCRAPPER MACHINE AND A PART OF THE MACHINE HE HAD TAKEN OFF (BRACE) AND LAID AGAINST THE MACHINE TIPPED OVER HITTING THE EMPLOYEE BEHIND THE RIGHT KNEE (CALF MUSCLE).

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNDER CONVEYOR NEAR RETURN ROLLER. THE ROLLER CAUGHT THE SHOVEL AND PULLED EMPLOYEE'S ARM UP TO THE ROLLER, CAUSING A MUSCLE STRAIN.

EE WAS WORKING ON A 627 SCRAPER, REPAIRING CUSHION HITCH, WHILE TRYING TO PUT A WOOD BLOCK UNDER CUSHION HITCH, CUSHION HITCH FLOATED DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN WOOD AND HITCH.

EE SHUT HIS HAND UP IN HIS VEHICLE DOOR.

EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH CUTTING SCREENS WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE SCRATCHING HIS CORONA.

EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER CONVEYOR WHEN HE GOT PAIN ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER AREA.

HELPING ANOTHER EE LIFT SCREEN. OTHER EE LET SCREEN SLIP OUT OF HIS HANDS AND LEFT EE HOLDING UP THE WEIGHT OF SCREEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A DRIP PAN ON CONVEYER SYSTEM WHILE HOLDING THE PIECE OF METALIT SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND.

EE WAS WORKING ON PUMP AND SOMETHING FELL IN HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING FEED HOPPER WITH SHOVEL WHEN A PIECE OF DEBRE GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL KEY STOCK WHILE ANOTHER WAS HITTING ON IT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF STRIKING EE ON HIS HAND.

EE WAS SHOVELING OUT SHUTE WITH A SHOVEL AND PULLED MUSCLE.

EE WAS PULLING ON SCREEN TO LIFT OUT OF HOPPER & STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WS WEDGING VOLUMN PUMP UP WITH A PINCH BAR AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

EE WAS SUING AN UTILITY KNIFE CUTTING TAPE FROM ELECTRICAL WIRES WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGERS.

EE WAS USING A STEAM CLEANER TO CLEAN SCRAPER MOTOR WHEN EE SPRAYED TO TOP OF HIS FOOT, WITH HOT WATER.

EE STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WHILE LOADING A CHUTE ONTO TRUCK.

WHILE WELDING ON BOWL OF SCRAPER, FLASH FROM WELDER BURNED EMPLOYEE'S EYES.

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS SHOP YARD, WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A SCREEN AND FELL ON HIS KNEES RESULTING IN A BRUISED LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDIGN ON EXCAVATOR TEETH, HEAT FROM WELDING ROD BURNED HIS LEFT LOWER LEG.

AUTO ACCIDENT

AUTO ACCIDENT.

EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER, HAMMERINGON BUCKET AND PULLED SHOULDER WITH CONTINUOUS HAMMERING.

EE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE TIMBER FROM STALLED CONVEYOR BELT, WITHOUT PULLING EMERGANCY STOP CORD, WHICH PULLED HIS ARM INTO TAIL PULLEY, WHICH RESULTED IN CLOSED REDUCTION OF RIGHT SHOULDER & OPE N REDUCTION INTERIOR FIXATION OF RIGHT FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING PARCH ON CRUSHER ERECIEVING HOPPR WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE ON WET OVERSIZE ROCKS. HE ATTEMPTED TO BREAK HIS FALL WITH HHIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A SPRAINED LEFT WRIST.

WHILE OPERATING A SCRAPER, THE EE GOT DUST IN HIS RIGHT EYE, RESULTING IN EYE INFECTION.

WHILE WELDING WAS BEING DONE ON FEED HOPPER, THE EE WAS OBSERVING WITHOUT USING EYE PROTECTION WHICH RESLTED IN BURNING HIS EYES.

WHILE HOOKING HOPPER, THE CHAIN SLIPPED IN HOISTHOOK. EMPLOYEE GRABBED HOPPER WITH RIGHT HAND, HOPPER FORCED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND BACKWARDS, CAUSING FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING IN PRIVATE VEHICLE FROM ONE PLANT TO ANOTHER ON A GRAVEL ROAD GOING INTO THE PLANT WHEN THIS VEHICLE & A GRAVEL TRUCK SIDE SWIPED EACH OT HER

EE WAS DISASSEMBLING A GEAR BOX WITH A HAMMER AND PRY BAR WHEN A PIECE OF THE TOOTH FROM THE GEAR BOX CHIPPED OFF PENETRATING THE LEFT EYE LID AND OUTER EYE BALL.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS A CATWALK, SLIPPED AND FELL BRUISING HIS RIGHT LEG. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK, ON 4-21-94 HE RETURNED TO THE DOCTOR AND FOUND A SEPARATED MUSCLE.

WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE EXCAVATOR, ACROSS UNEVEN GROUND, HE SLIPPED TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.

WHILE SERVICING A SCRAPER THE EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN, DOING SO HIS FOOT SLIPPED. UPON CATCHING HIS BALANCE HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE LOADER HOOKING A CHAIN TO THE BUCKET WHILE DOING SO A CLOD OF DIRT ROLLED FORWARD OUT OF THE BUCKET STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK OF THE NECK & HE AD RESULTING IN A BRUISED MUSCLE

WHILE INSTALLING CUTTING EDGES ON A LOADER BUCKET, THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO SET THE NEW EDGES IN PLACE RESULTING IN HIS CAUSING A HERNIA

WHILE REPLACING A TROUGHING ROLLER THE EMPLOYEE TURNED THE ROLLER ON ITS SIDE & CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND BREAKING HIS FINGER

WHILE MOVING SCREENS WITH A HOIST, THE SCREEN CAME LOOS STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE BRUISING HIS RIGHT HAND.

WHILE DESCENDING FROM FRONT END LOADER, THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND BREAKING HIS UPPER RIGHT LEG.

WHLE MAKING REPAIRS TO METAL CONVEYOR CHUT THE EMPLOYE EPICKED-UP A PIECE OF HOT METAL BURNING THE PALM AND INSIDE OF FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

WHILE REPAIRING ELECTRICAL WIRES ON AN ELECTRICAL STARTER, THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK, CAUSING HIM TO FALL STRIKING A WOODEN PALLET WITH HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

68935 REMOVING FRAME FROM UNDER CONVEYOR, THE EMPLOYEE PRIED A SHAFT PIN OUT OF THE LEG SUPPORT. WHEN THE LEG CAME LOOSE, IT STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE BRUISING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

54736YEE STRUCK A PIN WITH A HAMMER A SMALL PINE OF THE PIN BROKE OFF STRIKING THE EMPOLOYEE IN THE LEFT THIGH

WHILE WORKING AT PIT FEEDER EXCAVATOR BUCKET CIRCLED OVERHEAD SPILLING GRAVEL STRIKING EMPLOYEE RESULTING IN TWO CUTS ON LOWER BACK SIDE

WHILE TIGHTING BOLTS ON PUMP EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE & SLID INTO PIPE

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF CONVEYOR MAKING REAPIRS HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL FROM CONVEYOR.

MOVING EQUIP CHAIN HOLDING IT SLIPPED DROPPED ON L FOOT

LOADING SCRAPER EMP LOOKING BACK WATCHING TRACTOR STRUCK POT HOLE TWISTED NECK

DESDENDING FROM CONVEYOR,EMPL JUMPED 5' TO GROUND BRUISING LEFT FOOT.

WHILE INSTALLING HORIZONTAL TRAVEL SHACT IN DRAGLINE EE PLACED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST PRY BAR TO APPLY ADDIDTION PRESSURE RESULTING IN BRUISNG HIS SHOULDER AT THE TIME IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A MINER INJURY BUT AFTER A FEW DAYS PROBLEMS PERSISTED REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 4-25-91.

EMPLOYEE WAS SEEN CONSCIOUS 15 MINTUES BEFORE END OF WORK SHIFT. AT END OF SHIT EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS. EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL AT THIS TIME NO DETERMINATION AS TO CAUSE HAS BEEN MADE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLTS HOLDING CUTTING EDGE TO LOADER BUCKET AFTER REMOVING LAST BOLT THE CUTTING EDGE FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT AND FRACTURING IT.

THE INJURY WAS INCURRED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER OF 1989 ACCORDING TO THE EMPLOYEE. HE STATES THAT, DUE TO TWISTING AND JARING, HE RECIEVED INJURY TO HIS LOWER BACK. WHIL OEPRATING A SCRAPER.

WHILE USING GRINDER ON H-BEAM, GRINDER SLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE LACERATING LOWER LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING HOIST CABLE, WHEN DOING SO IMPROPERLY INSTALLED CABLE WEDGE. THE CABLE WEDGE CAME LOOSE, STRIKING EMPLOYEE CAUSING LACERATION ABOVE RIGHT EYE AND RIGHT EAR.

EMPL STANDING AWKWARD POSITION TIGHTENING VALVE ON CRUSHER -STRAINED HIS BACK.

SHOVEL CAUGHT IN CONVEYOR PULLING IT FROM EMPLOYEE'S HAND BOLT IN SHOVEL CUT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB WHEN IT WAS PULLED FROM HIS HAND

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE HOIST CRIBBING SLIPPED. CRIBBING FELL ON EMPLOYEE STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE AND LEG. RESULTING IN BRUISED RIBS, PULLED CALF MUSCLE, AND SPRAINED ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING ON A WRENCH WHEN A PIN IN THE SECOND FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND CAME LOOSE.

WHEN ATTEMPTING3TO ADD OIL TO ENGINE. EMPLOYEE RAISED OIL CAN OVERHEAD AND TURNED PULLING A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.