HILLTOP AGGREGATE, INC. Metal/Non-Metal

Was cleaning loader for service. Returned to garage to turn off burner on machine to cool off water. Was cleaning concrete with wand when hose stuck on door frame pulling wand into left foot. Water was still hot inflicting burn to left, outside, foot.

EE WAS HOLDING A SQUARE ON REBAR STRUCTURE TO BE WELDED. WITNESS STRUCK AN ARC WHEN THE MIG WIRE DEFLECTED OFF STRUCTURE INTO THIGH. HOT WIRE CAUSED BURN. EE APPLIED FIRST AID & RETURNED TO WO RK. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, THIGH BECAME RED & IRRITATED, SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. DR. PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS.

TRACKHOE HAD BLOWN AN ORING WHICH RESULTED IN THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HYD OIL. EE WAS REMOVING FILLER CAP ON TOP OF MACHINE WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO DESCEND, LOST HIS BALANCE, MISSED THE HAND HOLD & LANDED ON CRAWLER TRACK BELOW. APPROX 3 FT DROP TO TRACK FROM ABOVE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH A STIHL CHAINSAW,WHEN A BRANCH SNAPPED BACK CAUSING CHAIN SAW TO MAKE CONTACT WITH LEFT SIDE OF FOOT. IT CUT THROUGH SHOE AND FOOT CREATING A ONE INCH GASH.

WHILE WIPING AWAY THE MORNING DEW FROM WINDSHIELD OF FRONT END LOADER, OPERATOR SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT TO THE GROUND.

WHILE MOVING DREDGE PIPE ADAPTOR FROM TRACTOR BUCKET, NIPPLE FELL FORWARD I WENT TO CATCH IT AND THAT S WHEN I FELL SOMETHING PULL IN MY LOWER BACK.

WHILE CHIPPING METAL SLAG FROM A WELD BEAD ON A CAT D8 DOZER BLADE, A PIECE OF HOT SLAG DEFLECTED FROM CHIPPING HAMMER, OVER WELDING HELMET INTO LEFT EYE. WELDING HELMET AND SAFETY GLASSES WER E BEING WORN.

LIFTING DOZER TRACK WITH PRYBAR WHEN PRYBAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK SIDE OF FACE.

WAS CHANGING SCREEN PANEL ON #2-DECK. SAID HE SLIPPED ON CATWALK. STRAINED HIS NECK. DR. SAID HE HAS A MILD MUSCLE BRUISE, STAY OFF WORK 5 DAYS.

NO ACCIDENT. WAS WALKING UP A FLIGHT OF STEPS AND BACK DISLOCATED BACK FROM PREVIOUS INJURY 2 YEARS AGO.

WAS REMOVING CYLINDER FROM LOADER USING PRY BAR TO REMOVE FROM FRAME. BAR SLIPPED OUT UNDER PRESSURE STRIKING SIDE OF FOREHEAD BY EYE CUTTING SIDE OF EYE. NEEDED 3-4 STITCHES TO CLOSE CUT.

6" ROCK BOUNCED OFF #1 SCREEN STRIKING EE ON THE COLLARBONE, BREAKING COLLARBONE.

WHILE DRILLING 3" HOLE THROUGH ELECTRICAL BOX WALL AND SIDING OF BUILDING EMP HIT A NAIL WITH DRILL BIT. DRILL MOTOR SPUN IN EMP'S HAND CAUSING INDEX AND CENTER FINGERS TO COME IN CONTACT WITH SHARP EDGE OF ELECTRICAL BOX. 1ST TWO FINGERS WERE CUT 2 1/2" LONG AND DOWN TO THE BONE. 3RD FINGER WAS SCRATCHED ON TOP.

EE WAS CUTTING A NEW CONVEYOR BELT OFF A ROLL WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AND SLIPPED. THE RIGHT LEG WAS CUT ON THE THIGH TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE LEG. THE KNIFE CUT THE FAT PART OF THE LEG AND SOME MU SCLE. THREE STITCHES INTERNAL AND 5 STITCHES EXTERNAL.

PLANT HOPPER HAD A COUPLEOF ROCKS ON IT--EE WAS TRYING TO GET THE GRATE ON THE HOPPER CLEARED OFF WHEN ONE OF THE ROCKS ROLLED OVER ONTO HIS FINGER.

EE WAS DOING GENERAL PLANT MAINTANANCE WHEN THE SCREEN FEED BOX BECAME PLUGGED AND OVERFLOWED A ROCK DROPPED ON HEAD PULLEY BOUNCED OFF HITTING EE ON TOP OF HIS HARD HAT KNOCKED HIM DOWN ON CA TWALK. HE STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ON CATWALK CAUSING SWELLING.

INJURED WAS SITTING IN HIS HAUL TRUCK WAITING TO BE LOADED, WHEN THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING HIM AND DROPPED THE BOOM, WITH A FULL BUCKET OF MATERIAL ON THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK. HIS TRUCK W AS JARRED AND HE EXPERIANCED A PAIN THAT SHOT UP HIS BACK AND INTO HIS SHOULDER, THIS PAIN ALSO SHOT DOWN INTO HIS RIGHT LEG.

EE WAS CLEANING CLAY OFF OF THE TOP DECK OF THE 4 X 12 SIMPLICITY SCALPING SCREEN, WHEN A ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE CHUTE HITTING HIS LEFT HADN. THIS CAUSED A BRUISE ON THE THREE OUTER FINGERS. HE DID NOT BREAK ANY PART OF HIS HAND. HE WAS TAKENTO THE MED CENTER TO CHECK FOR FRACTURES.

HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE LAST STEP AND LANDED ON THE HEEL OF HIS FOOT.

WAS REPAIRING SCREEN ON ENTRANCE TO CLASSIFIER WHEN HE STEPPED BACK AND FOOT CAME DOWN ON ROD GUIDE PUNCTURING BOTTOM,MIDDLE OF FOOT 3/8" LONG AND 2 INCHES DEEP.

PERSON WAS CLEANING CHUTE AT END OF CRUSHER BELT WITH SHOVEL, SHOVEL HIT TURNING HEAD PULLEY KICKED BACK CUT AND BROKE LEFT INDEX FINGER.

LARGE ROCK WERE CAUGHT IN HOPPER GRATE AND WAS TRYING TO REMOVE ROCKS FROM GRATE WHEN ONE CAME LOOSE AND ROLLED OVER FOOT.

WAS CLIMBING UP INTO LOADER AND SLIPPED ON TOP STEP. HAS A SLIGHT FRACTURE IN LEG AND TORE SOME LIGAMENTS.

WAS CUTTING A PIECE OFF OF A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND STAPPED RIGHT ARM.