Hinkletown Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

EE was running a loader, loading a truck, when there was a sudden issue with the steering system, and it began jerking to the left and the right. EE was diagnosed with a neck strain. The loader was taken out of service until it gets fixed.

EE was attempting to remove a bolt and nut. The nut was welded to a bracket. While using an impact gun, the wrench slipped off the nut, causing the bracket to spin. This caused a cut to the left pinky finger. EE tried to get bracket off by using a wrench so the bracket wouldn't spin, but it did, when the wrench slipped the bracket spun. This required 5 stitches to pinky finger.

The injured employee did not see the small pile of stone which caught their foot when turning to get tools from the service truck.

High humidity and temps in the 90s caused the individual to become dizzy, short of breath, light headed, and have an irregular heart beat.

While hauling shot material to the stock area the operator hit a bump in the haul road and the seat bottomed out, causing a sharp pain in lower back. The employee did not seek medical attention until 08/31/2017.

As the EE was tighting a plow bolt on a quarry loader his L hand came into contact with the bolt head and the impact wrench caused it to spin and lacerate his L palm.

While EE was spraying out tunnel aggravated a shoulder injury. Left should sprain.

breaking loose material with a bar and hammer the employee felt a sprain/strain in his left shoulder.

The employee lacerated the palm of his hand on the blade of a utility knife that he was using to cut rubber nosing for #3 screen.

While maneuvering to grease along the bottom of a front-end loader, the employee bumped the back of his head and then reacted by suddenly leaning forward, striking the front of his head against a corner on the loader.

Employee was carrying one end of a long rebar and started to lift the end above his head. As he did so, he took a step forward and slipped on the rebar mat he was standing on and pulled a muscle in his calf. The rebar mat was approximately 5 inches off of the ground.

As the employee pulled open the tailgate on his bin truck to dislodge a rock that was wedged, the tailgate suddenly closed shut and crushed his finger against the truck bed.

The injured employee was assisting two others in manually removing and lowering a 250-pound primary crusher impact bar from waist level to a set of wooden blocks on the catwalk. When the injured employee?s wet gloves slipped from the bar, the uncontrolled bar crushed his finger against another bar that was already positioned on top of the wooden blocks.

The ee felt pain in his lower back while shoveling stone off of a conveyor belt that had stopped due to an accumulation of too much material.

WHILE GRINDING ON THE ALUMINUM DUMP BED OF A BIN TRUCK, A METAL PARTICLE GOT INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING ALL REQUIRED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING SAFETY GLASSES AND A FACE SHIELD AND THE HAND GRINDER WAS GUARDED.

WHILE CLIMBING THE SIDE OF #5 CONVEYOR INSIDE #1 SCREEN TOWER TO LOOK INTO THE COLLECTOR HOPPER FOR A WEAR PLATE THAT CAME OFF OF THE CRUSHER, THE EE LOST HIS GRIP, FELL, AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD OF HIS LOADER, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF OF THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET TO THE QUARRY FLOOR BELOW.

THE EE LOADED HIS BIN DUMP TRUCK WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THE TAILGATE WAS UNLATCHED. AFTER NOTICING THAT THE LOAD OF STONE WAS PREVENTING THE TAILGATE FROM COMPLETELY CLOSING HE REMOVED SOME BUIL DUP. WHEN THE STONES FELL OUT, THE TAILGATE SUDDENLY CLOSED AND CRUSHED 3 OF HIS LEFT FINGERS BETWEEN THE TAILGATE AND DUMP BED.

THE EE DEVELOPED CUMULATIVE SHOULDER PAIN AS A RESULT OF CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF A LOADER. THISOCCURRED AROUND 3/1/02, NO SPECIFIC TIME GIVEN.

WHILE CLIMBING UP INTO THE CAB OF THE DROPBALL, THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL INTO THE TRACK, BREAKING SEVERAL RIBS.

THE EMPLOYEE POSITIONED HIS DUMP TRUCK UNDERNEATH A BIN AND APPLIED THE TROLLEY BROKE BEFORE OPENING THE TRUCK DOOR TO OPEN THE BIN. WHILE LEANING OUT OF THE CAB, HIS KNEE BUMPED THE TROLLEY B RAKE HANDLE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO DRIFT BACKWARDS. HIS SHOULDER BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN A STEEL BEAM AND THE TRUCK DOOR.

EE FELL HALFWAY DOWN AN UNUSUALLY STEEP STAIRWAY THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE METAL DETECTOR AT THE PRIMARY PLANT AND SUSTAINED MULTIPLE INJURIES.

EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED DELAYED BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING STONE OFF #2 SCREEN.

DEBRIS ENTERED THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE WHILE EMPTYING A SNAD BIN. THE DEBRIS WAS GENERATED AS AN EMPLOYEE WORKING ABOVE WAS BANGING ON THE SIDE OF THE BIN TO LOOSEN CLOGGED MATERIAL.

EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO SLIDE A PIECE OF PLYWOOD BETWEEN A CONVEYOR BELT UNDER TENSION AND THE CONVEYOR TROUGH IDLERS IN ORDER TO LACE THE BELT TOGETHER.

EE WAS WORKING ON A DUST COLLECTOR PIPE TO UNBLOCK PIPE. DUST FELL AND GOT INTO EE'S EYES.

EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS IN TOWER #1. WHILE WORKING HE BENT OVER & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE PAIN GOT WORSE OVER THE NEXT 2 DAYS UNTIL HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK.

A CHUTE AT PRIMARY CRUSHER HAD JAMMED AND EE WAS SHOVELING AND UNJAMMING CHUTE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRETCHING TO REACH A GREASE FITTING ON HSI LOADER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN LEFT KNEE/HIP. AFTE A MONTH THE PAIN BOTHERED HIM TO A POINT, HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR. ON 5-23-96 HE HAD SURGERY TO HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BARS IN CRUSHER HE WAS USING A CHAIN HOIST TO POSITION BAR & THE HOIST CAUGHT THE CRUSHER LID PROTECTION BAR WHICH UNSEATED BAR & FELL & HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HEAD PROTECTION WHICH PREVENTED ANYSERIOUS HEAD INJURY

EMPLOYEE WAS USI GLOADER TO BREAK UP FROZEN MATERIAL ON STOCK PILE. MOMENTS AFTER BREAKING QUICKLY, HE NOTICED HIS LEFT FOOT STARTED TO HURT.

WHILE PLOWING SNOW THE EE PUSHED A COVER OFF OF A FILL PIPE FOR AN UNDERGROUND STROAGE TANK AS THE EE ROLLED THE COVER BACK TOWARD THE HOLE TO REPLACE IT A SHARP BURR ON THE COVER CUT THE EE S FINGER.

OPERATION OF 50-TON HAUL TRUCK APPARENTLY AGGRAVATED DISC PROBLEM CAUSING PAIN AT BASE OF NECK.

EMPL HAD PUNCHED OUT AND GONE ACROSS THE STREET TO COMPANY OFFICE.IT WAS RAINING HARD AND EMPL WAS RUNNING FROM VEHICLE INTO THE OFFICE WITH HEAD DOWN DUE TO THE RAIN.RAN INTO CORNER OF METAL SIGN AND CUT HEAD.

EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING THE BARS IN THE PRIMARY CRUSHER ONE BAR WAS REMOVED & THE EMPLOYEES ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE 900LB BAR FROM SWINGING ON THE HOIST BECAUSE OF THE AVAILABLE FOOTING AROUND T HE CRUSHER THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO PIVOT HIS FEET & HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE REACHING TO STOP THE BAR FROM SWINGING

HE WAS OPERATING THE DUMP TRUCK HAULING FROM BINS TO STOCKPILES. WHILE SHIFTING GEARS, THE GEARSHIFT KICKED. THE JOLT CAUSED A SORENESS IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPL SLIPPED & FELL ON CONCRETE PILLAR WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM CAB OF BIN TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE HAD A RIGHT INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR. IN THE DOCTOR'S OPINION, THE CAUSE WAS OPERATION OF A QUARRY HAUL TRUCK.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A TOWMOTOR AT THE TIME. WHILE OPENING THE TOWMOTOR DOOR TO GET OUT OF THE TOWMOTOR, THE EMPLOYEE PUSHED AGAINST A CRACKED WINDOW ON THE TOWMOTOR DOOR. HE SUFFERED A SMALL CUT ON HIS LEFT HAND WHICH HE PUT A BANDAID ON. HE CONTINUED TO FEEL DISCOMFORT AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR 10-9-89. THE DOCTOR USED A SMALL KNIFE TO REMOVE A SLIVER OF GLASS.

I NAME WAS DESCENDING A LADDER INSIDE THE SCREENING TOWER FROM THE UPPER TO THE LOWER CATWALK HE SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER AND LANDED ON A STONE ON THE CATWALK THE STONE CAUSED HIM TO TURN HIS AN KLE

EMPL MOUNTING TRUCK AT BEGINNING OF DAY.AS HE LIFTED RIGHT LEG UP TO 1ST STEP,FELT SEVERE PAIN IN HIS BACK.SUSPECTED AGGRAVATION OF PRE-EXISTING CRUSHED DISC IN HIS BACK.

HE WAS CHECKING EQUIPMENT AT THE WATER TRUCK FILL POINT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE. DOCTOR DESRIBED IT AS MUSCULO-SKELETAL PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A DUMP TRUCK TOSTOCK A SAND BIN AT THE ASPHALT PLANT. WHILE LOWERING THE DUMP BODY EMPLOYEE REACHED OUT OF THE CAB AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE LEVER UP TO CLOSE THE DUMP BODY TAILGATE. AS HE HELD THE LEVER, AND THEDUMP BODY CONTINUED TO LOWER, HIS ARM WAS PULLED DOWN AGAINST THE GRAB HANDLE ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK CAB.