HOLLY PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was changing screens. He strained his lower back while removing the screens.

Employee was doing daily maintenance on the crusher. When he was climbing down his hand slipped and he fell with his right arm extended and dislocated his right shoulder.

The employee was helping change paddles in the log washer. He was inside the log washer and other employees were handing the paddles to him, he reached up to take a paddle and felt pain in his back. The employer wasn't notified of the injury until 2/29/12. The accident did not become reportable until 3/2/12 after seeing a doctor and being placed on work restrictions.

The injured employee was working in the same area as an employee who was grinding and a piece of metal flew into the employee's eye. The employee stated that he was wearing his eye protection at the time.

Employee was tightening bolts with a ratchet, felt pain in his waist. Employee stated that he was okay and didn't want to go to the doctor. On 3/7/11 the employee went a doctor. X-rays were negative but the doctor treated him for back strain and put him on work restrictions. Accident became reportable at this time.

The employee was removing a guard. While engaged in this activity he stepped backwards and slipped, he then tripped over a bucket that contained materials he was using for his job and fell back against the tail pulley guard injuring his lower right side of the back.

Employee was trying to dislodge material that was stuck in the impeller. On his last attempt the rock broke free and fell on his hand. The employee stated that he did not want to see a doctor. Nothing was done other than first aid. On 3/7/11 the employee seen a doctor. The accident became reportable at that time.

Employee was changing a bearing on a gearbox. He is not sure how or when he got hurt, but he thinks it happened after pulling and moving the gearbox. He told us that the accident happened on 12/15/08 however he did not report it to his supervisor until 12/18/08.

Injured employee was changing a bearing on a pulley. A chain that was being used came loose an hit the employee in the hand.

The injured employee was changing screens. He raised up and hit his head on a bar above him.

Employee was moving guards. When he pulled on one guard another slipped and hit his front tooth.

Injured employee was changing screens in the screendeck. When the employee was attempting to remove a wire screen from the screendeck, he pulled on the screen and felt a pain in his lower back.

Employee was lifting a 5 gallon bucket of oil and felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

Injured employee was mounting a cabinet on a shelf, his right thumb was smashed between the cabinet and the shelf.

Injured employee was helping move pipe. The wind blew unknown particles into the employee's eye. Employee was seen by a physician and had the foreign body removed from his eye.

The employee began to feel ill after leaving work. He went to the ER and was diagnosed with heat stress.

Employee was feeding the crusher with a front end loader. He applied the brakes too quickly and injured his lower back.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN IMPACT WRENCH TO LOOSEN BOLTS, A PIECE OF WIRE CAUGHT ON THE SOCKET AND SPUN CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE EMPLOYEES' LEFT HAND.

INJURED EE WAS CLEANING MATERIAL OUT OF THE CRUSHER WHEN THE EE'S FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN THE MACHINE, BREAKING HIS LEG.

Employee was changing oil in a gearbox. He slipped and hit his right side on a handrail.

Injured employee was installing a screen. He was using a hammer to knock the screen into place. He got sand or dirt in his eye

Injured employee was helping disconnect a safety chain on the dredge ladder. His right foot slipped and he twisted his left knee.

The injured employee was using an impact wrench to remove bolts. The employee states that while doing this something got in his eye. He removed some type of foreign body from his eye the following day. His eye was red and sore.

Employee was loosening bolts in a piece of pipe and strained back muscles.

EE WAS GREASING TAIL PULLEY. EE REACHED BETWEEN THE GUARY & THE BELT TO GREASE. HE SCRAPED HIS ARM AGAINST THE GUARD WHEN HE PULLED HIS ARMBACK

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING GUARDS ON EQUIPMENT AND BURNED HIS ARM ON THE HOT TORCH.

EE STATED THAT HIS BACK WAS SORE FROM SHOVELING.THIS INJURY WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED IT IS BEING REPORTED NOW AS A RESULT OF A PART 50 INSPECTION.

EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE SAND PIPE. THE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND THE EE STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK AND SHOULDER.

EE WAS HELPING PLACE A BULKHEAD UP AGAINST A HOPPER EE MOVED AROUND BETWEEN THE BULKHEAD & HOPPER TO MOVE THE CHAINS FARTHER UP THE FORKS OF THE FORKLIKFT. THE BULKHEAD SLIPPED OFF & FELL AGAINST EE'S RIGHT LEG

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELTING WITH A BOX KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THE EE'S RIGHT THIGH.

EE WAS CHANGING PIPE. HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH. A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF OF THE BOLT & HIT THE EE'S RIGHT EYE. EE STATES THAT HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

THE INJRED EE WAS RIDING ON THE FRONT OF A FORKLIFT WHEN THE OPERATOR/WITNESS LOWERED THE BOOM, STRIKING THE EE IN THE HEAD. RIDING EQUIPMENT IS PROHIBITED BY COMPANY POLICY. THE INJURED EE WA S WEARING A HARD HAT AND SAFETY GLASSES. TO THE BEXT OF COMPANY KNOWLEDGE, THE ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVED SKILLS, PROFICIENCY, TRAINING OR ATTITUDE.

EE WAS LAYING ON HIS BACK LOOSENING BOLTS ON THE UNDER SIDE OF A SCREEN. A SCREEN RAIL FELL OFF THE TOP OF THE SCREEN DECK AND HIT HIM IN THE RIBS. IT BROKE 2 RIBS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY .

EE WAS WORKING ON SCREENS & SLIPPED. WHEN HE SLIPPED HE PUT HIS RIGHT ARM OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF. HE JAMMED HIS RIGHT THUMB AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SPINNING ON IMPELLER ONTO A PUMP BY HAND USING DRIVE BOLTS. THE RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A SHIVE AND A BELT.

EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A RATCHET. HE WAS USING A CHEATER PIPE. THE RATCHET SLIPPED AND THE CHEATER PIPE HIT HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE. IT CUT HIS BROW ABOVE THE EYE AND NEEDED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING THE WINDSHIELD OF THE LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE GRABBED ONTO LOADER TO KEEP FROM FALLING AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER AND ARM.

EE WAS BEATING ICE OFF OF A CONVEYOR. HIS ARM GOT CAUGHT UP AND WAS PULLED THROUGH THE ROLLER AND BOLT. EE'S LEFT ARM WAS BRUISED, SORE & BADLY SWOLLEN.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE A TIRE ON A 4-WHEELER. HE WAS LIFTING UP ON THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS WORKING ON SCREENS. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER.

SLIPPED IN MUD AND PULLED MUSCLES.

EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT THAT HELD THE ROLLER ASSEMBLY TO THE CONVEYOR AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIS THUMB CAUGHT A BRAU ON THE CONVEYOR WHICH BENT HIS THUMB BACKWARDS. HIS THUMB WAS BROKEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCK, AS HE LIFTED THE SHOVEL UPWARD HE SMASHED THE THUMB BETWEEN THE HANDLE OF THE SHOVEL AND CONVEYOR.

EE WAS UNDERNEATH THE ROAD GRADER (WORKING ON GRADER0. HE ROLLED OVER TO SIT UP. WHEN HE DID THIS, HE FELT PAIN IN THE RIGHT KNEE. HE COULD NOT GET UP AND COULD NOT PUT ANY WEIGHT ON THE KNEE.

THEY WERE REMOVING A LINER FROM A CONE. A CABLE HOLDING A BOOM ON A LOADER BROKE, THE BOOM FELL ON EE KNOCKING HIM INTO THE CONE.

THEY WERE CHANGING A LINER ON A CONE. A CABLE HOLDING A BOOM ON A LOADER BROKE, THE BOOM FELL AND HIT EE IN THE LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS STANDING ON LOADER BUCKET ARMS GREASING LOADER AND SLIPPED AND SLIDE INTO BUCKET HITTINGHIS RIGHT SIDE ON THE EDGE OF BUCKET BRUISING RIBS.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO ALIGN 18" PIPE FLANGES TOGETHER AND CAUGHT BOTH THUMBS BETWEEN THE PIPE FLANGES AND TORE END OF RIGHT THUMB OFF AND PULLED MUSCLE AT BASE OF LEFT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE A SCREENDECK AND LAID BACK TRYING TO REPOSTITON SCREEN BY USING HIS FEET TO WITH AND TWISTED LEFF KNEE.

EE WAS INSTALLING RUBBER BELT ONTO PULLEY AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND AND LEFT THUMB BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY CAUSING CONTUSION TO FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING OFF ROCK ON A CONVEYOR BELT AND WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE BELT, HIS RIGHT FOOT HUNG UP ON A ROD ON THE BELT AND HE FELL ONTO THE GROUND ON HIS RIGHT SIDE BRUISING AND STRA INING MUSCLES ON RIGHT HIP AND LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING COMPANY PICKUP BY A STACKERAND A ROCK FROM CONVEYOR BOUNCED OFF ROCK PILE AND HIT DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW CAUSING IT TO SHATTERAND SMALL PIECES OF GLASS GOT INTO BOTH EYES SCR ATCHING EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PIPE WITH THE LOADER OPERATOR AND WAS RIDING ON THE LOADER WHEN DUST AND ROCK BLEW INTO HIS EYES AND CAUSED IRRITATION TO HIS EYES.

EE GRABBED SIDE OF LOADER BUCKET ARM AND SHOVED A SLIVER OF METAL INTO ( CLEAR THROUGH HIS RIGHT HAND RING FINGER.

EE WAS TIGHTENING NUT ON BOLT AND WRENCH SLIPPED CATCHING HIS INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN WRENCH AND ANOTHER BOLT SMASHED AND CUTH WHOLE TOP OF FINGER--REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE WAS USING A CHEATER PIPE TO TIGHTEN BOLTS AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS SWINGING A HAMMER TO LOOSEN A NUT ON THE PUMP CASE & CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE HAMMER & THE PUMP CASE.

EE WAS HELPING TO LOAD A LOADER TIRE INTO THE BACK OF A TIRE TRUCK & PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS MID-BACK.

EE NOTICED LOW BACK PAIN ON EVENING OF 11/18/97 AND THINKS IT MIGHT BE FROM LIFTING SCREENING DECK WATER DISCHARGE PIPE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL CONVEYOR GUARD AND CHAIN HOLDING GUARD SLIPPED CAUSING GUARD TO PUT MORE WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT HAND WHICH PULLED A TENDON LOOSE ON THE TOP PART OF HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING PRESSURE WATER HOSE & HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HOSE & TAIL PULLEY GUARD & BROKE HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A LARGE PULLEY FROM ONE OF THE SCREENS AND IT FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT UST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE CAUSING CONTUSION TO BIG TOE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A DYE GRINDER TO GRIND ON BACKHOE AND A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING CLAY OFF BELTS AND REACHED FOR LARGE CHUNK AND PULLED LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS HEADING TOWARD THE SHOP WHEN HE APPROACEDTHE SHOP HE APPLIED THE BRAKE & THEY FAILED TO WORK. THE 4-WHEELER RANINTO A CEMENT BARRICADE CAUSE INJURY TO LEFT WRIST AREA

EE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF SCREEN DECK WHICH IS ABOUT 6-8' OFF THE GROUND, WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS USING A BACKHOE TO DIG MUD OUT OF THE POND LOCATED NEXT TO THE SCREEN DECK. THE EE RUNNING THE BA CKHOE MOVED THE BUCKET TOO FAR, & BUMPED EE ON THE LEFT KNEE - BRUISING IT.

EE WAS DRIVING PINS IN CRUSHER WITH A 5' SOLID STEEL CYLINDER TO FELT STRESS ON HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A RAMP USING A TORCH TO CUT THE RAMP IN 1/2. WHEN THE RAMP FELL 18" TO THE GORUND, EMPLOYEE FELL WITH IT LANDING ON HIS FEET. BROKE AND DISLOCATED LEFT ANKLE.

THE EE WAS LIFTING THE COVER OFF OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WHEN HE DID THIS HE GOT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN. PLESE NOTE: EE WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF INJURY UNTIL 1/15/97.

EMP WAS UNLOADING IRON FROM A SMALL TRAILER. WHEN HE RELEASED THE BOOMER ON THE TRAILER, THE BOOMER CAME DOWN AND HIT HIM ON THE INSIDE OF HIS LEFT FOOT, JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE OF BOOT.

EMP WAS INSIDE CONE CHIPPING OFF MUD WITH A BAR AND SOMETHING FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

WAS DRIVING A BEARING OFF C TAIL PULLY SHAFT, WAS OLDING A BAR WAS HIT WITH C HAMMER ON HIS INDEX FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND

WAS WELDING INSIDE A SCREEN DECK, USING A 9% GRADE WELDING SHIELD. USING A WIDE FEED WELDER. WELDING BURN MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO WELDING IN AN ENCLOSED AREA.

EE WAS PUTTING GUAGES ON GAS BOTTLES AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON WELDING BOX AND CUT HIS RT HAND ON EDGE OF BOX.

EMPLLOYEE WAS HELPING WELDER AND A PIECE OF WELDING SLAG ENTERED LEFT EYE.

EMP WAS USING A PRY BAR TO MOVE A SCREEN DECK AND PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EMP ON UPPER FOREHEAD WHICH CAUSED A BRUISE AND ABRASION ON FOREHEAD. ALSO CAUSED EMP TO BITE DOWN AND CHIP FRONT TOOT H.

CLEARING SIEVE OF JAMMED ROCKS BY BEATING SIEVE WITH WIRE BRUSH AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF 150' STACKING CONVEYOR CHANGING LIGHT BULB WHEN HE FELT A FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS LEFT EYE.

EE WAS MOVING WELDER FROM INSIDE SHOP TO OUTSIDE OF SHOP BY SCOOTING IT OUT THRU SHOP DOORS AND EE FELT AND HEARD SOMETHING POP IN LEFT KNEE SPRAIN WITH POSSIBLE CARTIDGE INJURY

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A 18" STEEL PIPE AND FELT AND HEARD A POP IN HIS CHEST AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING THE OVERHEAD ON THE DREDGE OUTSIDE IN THE WIND. THE WIND BLEW THE SPARKS FROM THE WELDER INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

WORKING OUT BY THE SHOP ON A IECE OF METAL WITH A GRINDER, GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL AND THE GRINDER SLIPED AND CUT HIS WRIST.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE SEAL OF THE AIR POT WITH A STRAIGHT SIDED SCREWDRIVER. THE SCREWDRIVEER SLIPPEDAND PENETRATED THE PALM OF THE LEFT HAND.

HE HAD HIS HEAD INSIDE OF A PIECE OF PIPE WHEN A SCRAP OF STEEL FELL ON THE PIPE AND HURT HIS LEFT EAR.

EMPLOYEE EE WAS PULLING THE BOAT. TO THE BOAT TO THE DECK OF THE DREDGE, THE ROPE BROKE. AND EMPLOYEE FELL DOWN ON IS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS MOVING A 55 GAL. DRUM BARREL AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN A PIECE OF METAL GOT PAST SAFETY GLASSES INTO LEFT EYE. THE DR REMOVED THE PIECE OF METAL AND PUT A PATCH OVER EYE FOR ONE DAY. EMPLOYEE LOST NOT TIME FROM WORK.

EMP WAS PICKING CLAY ON THE 400' PEERLESS CONVEYOR. GOT HIS FINGERS (RT RING & RT LITTLE FINGER)CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND ROLLER. RECEIVED A CONTUSION. DR PUT IT IN SPLINT-NO PROLONGED INJ.

EE HAD GONE UP ON CATWALK TO COLLECT SAMPLES. AS SHE WAS COMING BACK DOWN, SHE SLIPPED ON MUD ON CATWALK. SHE TWISTED HER HIP AS SHE BEGAN TO FALL, BUT CAUGHT HERSELF AND DID NOT FALL COMPLETE LY DOWN.

EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS WHEN HE LEANED ON A HAND RAIL WHICH BROKE. HE FELL ABOUT 8 FEET ONTO A CONVEYOR LANDING ON HIS LEFT ARM. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HE WAS X RAYED AND REC A SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER AND FRACTURED LEFT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING, HE WAS GOING UNDER CONVEYOR AND HIT HIS HAND ON THE CONVEYOR CAUSING HIS HAND HAT TO FALL OFF. EMPLOYEE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP HARD HAT, RAISED UP & HIT HIS HEAD ON CONVEYOR BEFORE HE GOT HIS HAT BACK ON. CAUSED LACERATION ABOVE, WAS TAKEN TO ER WHERE HE REC 3 STITCHES ON FOREHEAD.

EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS, WAS SLIDING ACROSS THE SCREENS AND A STRAND OF METAL WAS STICKING UP IN THE AIR. EE COULD NOT SEE AS IT WAS A VERY CLOSED, CONFINED AREA. THE STRAND AND METAL PUNCTURE D LEFT BICEP. EE WAS TAKEN TO MEDICAL CLINIC ANDGIVEN A TETNUS SHOT.

EE WSA KNOCKING SAND OFF WIPER ON THE CONVEYYOR WITH A HAMMER, THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND BLEW SAND OFF THE CONVEYOR INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE FORK WIDTH ON A FORKLIFT WHEN THE FORK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS RIGHT HAND, PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE FORK AND THE MAST CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRE D 8 STITCHES.

WAS REMOVING HUB FROM THE PUMP WITH A SCREWDRIVER. THE SCREWDRIVER BECAME DISLODGED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE LOWER LIP, REQUIRING THREE (3) STITCHES.

THEY WERE TIGHTENING THE BELT WIPER ON THE #1 SCREEN DECK. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT & HIS RIGHT HAND SLAMMED INTO CORNER OF PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. RESULTING INJURY WAS GANGLEON CYST ON UPP ER PORTION OF RIGHT HAND. DR. SAYS CYST CAN BE REMOVED AT ANYTIME. CYST MUST BE REMOVED TO CORRECT PROBLEM.

HOOKING UP A CHAIN TO THE COUNTERWEIGHT ON THE DREDGE BUCKET.THE COUNTERWEIGHT (600LBS) WAS AGINST THE BACKHOE BUCKET.AFTER HOOKING THE CHAIN,THE COUNTERWEIGHT ROLLED OFF THE BACKHOE BUCKET.IN JURED'S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND THE HOOK ON A COME-A-LONG.1ST BONE FRACTURED-LITTLE FINGER,RIGHT HAND SMASHED AND CUT BY CHAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING WHILE WIND WAS BLOWING EXCESSIVELY.A PIECE OF METAL SHAVING GOT IN EYE.EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE SHIELD AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.PHYSICIAN REMOVED OBJECT FR OM EYE.HAD TO WEAR PATCH OVER EYE FOR ONE DAY.NODAMAGE RESULTED FROM THIS.