KENNESAW QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was attempting to remove a steel plate from the metal rack when the plate slipped out of their hands landing on their right foot.

Employee alleges that while operating the water truck on 8/25/23, employee hit a bump causing a back pain. Employee did not report the incident until 09/05/23 and sought medical treatment on 09/06/23. While this incident is still under investigation, this 7000-1 is being reported within the 10 business days of receiving medical treatment.

Employee was setting the water jacket in a 7 foot crusher. The water jacket shifted and pinned the employee's leg between the water jacket and socket causing a fracture.

While torqueing wheel fasteners on a 785 truck the technician placed hand in the path of the reaction arm causing the hand to be crushed between the arm and the wheel.

Employee was cleaning up with S925tx. The employee stated material fell from the conveyor frame striking the employee.

Employee pinched a thumb while operating a chain hoist.

The employee was working in the primary box when they struck left shoulder injuring it.

The employee was injured while removing a impact feed plate on a screen. When the employee was removing the plate, the plate slipped above gloved hand and lacerated forearm. Employee was taken to the ER where employee received nine stitches.

Employee attempted to pull a pump out of mud using discharge hose when his hand slipped and contacted the hose clamp resulting in a laceration to the ring finger.

On August 21,2013 employee was exiting the conveyor frame when he slipped an caught himself with his arm on the handrail hurting his shoulder. He did not seek medical treatment until November 7,2013.

Our boom truck contacted overhead powerlines, resulting in injuries to an employee on the ground near the load being lifted.

Employee was using a hand grinder with a brush attachment to remove rubber material from a screen support tube being resurfaced. As material was being removed, the attachment caught on the rubber causing the grinder to kick back on EE. The results from this action caused a laceration to the upper left arm area requiring seven stitches to close the wound area.

EE was lifting a bearing overhead when he felt pain in left shoulder. Not determined job related until 7/18/07.

A driver was driving haul truck from pit to primary crusher. Another employee was driving empty haul truck from primary crusher to pit. Due to inattentiveness of the driver, the empty truck slid into loaded truck.

reported 8/8/06 - Stemming holes, an operator at the quarry dropped a stemming box, hitting back, head & shoulders.

USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT LINATEX RUBBER TO LINE A FLUME. THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF LINATEX RUBBER, CUTTING INTO FOREARM.

EE STEPPED OFF OF BACKHOE TO LOAD HEEL PLATES FOR LOADER AND TWISTED ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER ON A 280 RUBBER TIRE DOZER AND STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE, RESULTING INA FOOT FRACTURE.

EE WAS REPLACING SCREENS ON WASHING SCREEN. HE WAS USING A HAMMER TO REPLACE SCREEN AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE AND PROFILE BAR.

EE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM DISTRIBUTOR PLATE ON 5 1/2' CRUSHER. THE 1" IMPACT WRENCH WITH PIPE SLIPPED AND SPRANG BACKWARDS STRIKING EE IN THE FOREHEAD.

EE WAS HELPING REPAIR SECTION OF CONVEYOR HIS FOOT SLIPPED HE JUMPED DOWN 11/2 FT AND TURNED HIS LEFT ANKLE. NO BRUISES, NO SWELLING WAS SENTFOR PRECAUTION

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING DOOR IN CHUTE IN FRONT OF NO. 5 SCREEN WHEN THE DOOR CAME OVER PIVOT. EMPLOYEE WAS TOO CLOSE TO TURN LOOSE OF DOOR RESULTING IN HIS RIGHT HAND BEING CAUGHT AND BRUISED BY DOOR.

EE WAS STANDING IN PRIMARY CRUSHER, LIFTED A PIECE OF CONCAVE OUT OF THE CRUSHER, RELEASED IT AND FAILED TO GET HIS FINGER OUT OF THE WAY. THE CONCAVE MASHED THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAN D AGAINST THE PLATFORM SURRUADING THE CRUSHER.

EE HAD TURNED CUTTING EDGES AROUND ON 988 F LOADER AND WAS INSTALLING THE OLD BOLTS TO HOLD THE EDGES ON. THE BOLT HEADS HAD BEEN WORN TO A SHARP EDGE FROM ABRASION AGAINST STONE. HOLDING BOLT IN PLACE FROM BOTTOM, EE TIGHTENED BOLT WITH AIR WRENCH. BOLT SLIPPED, SPUN, AND CUT EE'S FINGER WITH THE SHARP EDGE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO LIGHT TORCH FOR THE TIRD TIME. (IT HAD POPPED AND GONE OUT TWICE). TORCH IGNITED ADN CAUGHT GLOVE ON FIRE ON LEFT HAND. WORK GLOVE WAS NOT ADEQUATE TO PREVENT BURN . TORCH TIP WAS STOPPED UP TO THE POINT THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED.

A HOLE IN THE FLOOR THAT ALLOWED THE EMPLOYEE TOTURN HIS ANKLE. EMP WAS NOT USING A FLASHLIGHT, SO HE COULD NOT ADEQUATELY SEE WHERE HE WAS STEPPING.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING WASH OUT HOSE IN RIGHT HANDWHEN HE TURNED VALVE OPEN WITH LEFT HAND THE HOSE JERKED, SPRAINING RIGHT THUMB. PRESSURE WAS GREATER THAN HE EXPECTED AND WAS NOT HOLDING HOSE SECURELY ENOUGH.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BOTTOM SCREEN DECK. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO TOP DECK WITH SIDERAIL IN HAND TO PASS IT DOWN TO THE EMPLOYEE BELOW. HE DROPPED SIDE RAIL AND IT SLID DOWN SCREEN AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN LEFT RIB CAGE.

WORKING IN BASKET ON THE END OF BOOM TRUCK WHEN BASKET FELL. THE PIN THAT HELD THE BASKET TO BOOM BROKE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A HAMMER WRENCH WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STRUCK IT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSEN HARDSET BOLTS. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE MISSEDTHE STRIKING FACE OF THE WRENCH, SMASHING 2 FING ERS OF THE VICTIMS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE WRENCH HANDLE. WORK AREA IS UNLEVEL & FOOTING IS NOT FIRM DUE TO THE SEQUENCE IN WHICH THESE STEPS MUST BE DONE TO TAKE THE EQUIPMENT APART.

EMPLOYEE AS REMOVING STEERIN GCYLINDER PIN ON KOMATSU LOADER. HIS HAND WAS UNDEREATH THE PIN TO CATCH IT TO A PROTECT IT FROM DAMAGE. PIN WEIGHS ABOUT 20 LBS. PIN CAME OUT SUDDENLY PINNING EMPLOYEES HAND AGAINST LOADER FRAME, CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE LEFT INDEX FINGER. EMPLOYEE REQUIRED STITCHES IN THE LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE, WHILE WAITING TO DUMP, GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK AND STEPPED UP ON THE BACKSTOP (APPROX. 20" HIGH). WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN, HE EITHER STEPPED ON A ROCK OR ON UNLEVEL GROUND AND TURNED HIS A NKLE. THE AREA IS RELATIVELY CLEAN, BUT SINCE THIS IS A DUMP AREA, THERE WAS SOME LOOSE MATERIAL IN THE AREA.

EE CUTTING WITH OXYGEN LANCE USING OXYGEN WITH FORCED AIR BREATHING APPARTUS CLOTHING AND RESPIRATOR CAUGHT FIRE. EE RECEIVED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO NECK CHEST, AND LEFT SHOULDER.

AN EMPLOYEE WITH 20 YRS OF MINING EXPERIENCE WAS ASSISTING IN TIGHTENING THE BOLTS ON A CRUSHER MOTOR WHEN HIS RATCHET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING METAL IN PLACE FOR WELDER, HE WAS AT LOWER ELEVATION THAN WELDER, IN A CHUTE WHICH WAS APPROX 20" SQUARE. HE WAS WEARING A COTTON/FLANNEL SHIRT AND POLYESTER UNDERSHIRT. SPARKS FROM THE WELDER CAUGHT HIS SHIRT ON FIRE, AND BECAUSE HE WAS IN SUCH CLOSE QUARTER, HE HAD TO CLIMB OUT TO REMOVE HIS SHIRT. HE RECEIVED 1ST AND SND DEGREE BURNS TO >50% OF HIS BACK,

INJURED WAS SUPERVISING THE SETTING OF CONCAVES WITH BOOM TRUCK,HE WAS CLIMBING UP TO TIE A RAG ON HOIST CABLE.HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND IN HOLE ON BOOM AND OPERATOR RETRACTED BOOM,CRUSHING FING ERS BETWEEN BOOM SECTIONS.

EMPL WAS ON #5 CONV TAKING CSB SAMPLE. AFTER FILLING SAMPLE BAG RAISED IT TO SHOULDER. THAT IS WHEN HE FELT BACK HURT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN SPIDER BOLTS ON THE PRIMARY CRUSHER WITH A LAREGE AIR DRIVEN IMPACT WRENCH. MATERIAL FLEW INTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE PIERCING THE EYEBALL.

EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIM BACK UP TO CAB OF TRUCK FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF LOWER STEP. EMPL TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF ON SIDE OF STEPS WITH RIGHT HAND . AS HE FELL TWISTED RIGHT ARM.

EMPL WAS WALKING BETWEEN LOADER & WELDING TRUCK. WELDING TRUCK WAS MOVING FORWARD & EMPL TRIED TO GO BETWEEN WELDING TRUCK & LOADER WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BED OF WELDING TRUCK & LOADER TIR E.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING RUBBER PADS IN DUMP BED AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

ROCK FROM SHOVEL BUCKET HIT HANDRAIL AND BOUNCE INTO DRIVER SIDE DOOR GLASS.GLASS SHATTERED AND STRUCK EMPL IN LEFT EYE.

EMPL USING CHIPPING HAMMER ABOVE EYE LEVEL TO KNOCK EXCESS WELD OFF.SLAG CAME OVER TOP OF SAFETY GLASSES AND HIT RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LOADING SCRAP METAL INTO A LOADER BUCKET TO HAUL OFF. EMPLOYEE PICKED UP METAL TO LAY INTO BUCKET, OTHER EMPLOYEE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO THROW THE PIECE ON. THE METAL SLIPPED AND HE TRIED TO CATCH IT INSTEAD OF MOVING OUT OF THE WAY.

EMPL WAS FASTENING NYLON CORD TO A 4"X4"X10" WOOD BLOCKS FOR USE IN PRESPLIT BLASTING HE WAS HOLDING STAPLE AND CORD IN L HAND DRIVING STAPLE INTO BLOCK WITH 2 LB HAMMER WITH R HAND EMPL MISSE D THE BLOCK AND HIT HIS L INDEX FINGER LACERATING IT

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON BUCKET OF BACKHOE ONE END OF STRIP HAD ALREADY BEEN WELDED ONTO BUCKET. HE ROLLED BUCKET UPTO BEND STRIP AROUND. HE REACHED UNDERNEATH TO WELD STRIP THE WELDED STRIP E BROOK LOOSE AND SPRUNG DOWN HITTING EMPLOYEES ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING OUTSIDE OF SHOP WHERE TWO MECHANICS WERE REMOVING TIRE FROM WATERTRUCK. THE TIRE WAS STANDING ON ONE END AND MECHANIC LET THE TIRE FALL TO THE GROUND. AS IT HIT THE GROUN D, IT BOUNCED BACK UP AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT HEEL.

EMP WAS CARYING A DRIVESHAFT FROM A PICK UP JON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER HE WAS CHANGING WEIGHT TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHILE HE WAS STILL WALKING HE T RIPPED OVER A ROCK FALING FORWARDS. HE TRIED TO THROW THE DRIVESHAFT AWAY FORM HIM BUT WHEN HE HIT GROUND DRIVESHAFT FELL ON HI LEFT HAND . REQUIRED 3 STICHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY W/SIDE SHIELDS DRIVING HIS TRUCK. HE HAS NO IDEA HOW THE FOREIGN BODY GOT IN HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN UP ON THE SCREEN. HE WAS CLIMBING OFF THE BACK OF THE SCREEN, HE STEPPED ON A RUBBER HOSE, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING A CRACK IN LEFT FRONT MOTOR SUPPORT EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AS HE STARTED TO FALL HE GRABBED ONTO THE SIDE OF THE CAB OF TRUCK 42013 THE ONE HE WAS ON IN DOING SO IT SWUNG HIM AROUND JERKING HIS SHOULDER

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE BOLTS OUT OF A U-JOINT ASSEMBLY ON A HAUL TRUCK. THERE ARE LOCKS ON THE BOLTS THAT ARE RELEASED BEFORE REMOVING BOLTS. ANOTHER EMP. THOUGHT HE HAD RELEASED THE LOCKS BUT WHEN HE HIT THE START ON AIR WRENCH, THE LOCK SPUN WITH BOLT CUTTING HIS WRIST.

HE WAS OPENING UP VALVE FROM SMALL PUMP TO BIG PUMP TO PRIME IT WHEN A HOSE TO BIG PUMP BLEW OFF AND SPRAYED THE INJURED EMP. THE PUMP HAD BEEN LEFT ON BUT WITH DISCHARGE OFF CO WATER RECYCLED AND HAD GOTTEN EXTREMELY HOT.

I NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT SOME SKIRTBOARDS FROM THE AROUND TO KEEP FROM GETTING COVERED UP AS HE LIFTED THE BOARDS HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE JUST DUMPED LOAD AT PRIMARY CRUSHER WHEN HYDRAULIC LINE BURST CAUSING HYDRAULIC FLUID TO IGNITE HE TRIED TO TURN ON FIRE SUPPROSSION SYSTEM MANUALLY BUT FORGOT TO PULL THE PIN AFTER N OT BEING ABLE TO MANUALLY START THE SYSTEM HE JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK LEAVING IT RUNNING THE AUTOMATIC SYSTEM CAME ON SECONDS LATER AND PUT THE FIRE OUT BECAUSE THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING IT RE

AN EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE AIR HAMMER KNOCKING THE CONCAVES OUT.A PIECE CHIPPED OFF THE HAMMER AND EMBEDDED INTO HIS RIGHT FOREARM.HE HAD ON A LONG SLEEVE SHIRT,A SHOP JACKET AND A RAINCOAT.T HE METAL WENT THROUGH ALL OF HIS CLOTHING.IT REQUIRED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTENING SPIDER BOLTS WITH AN AIR WRENCH.THE WRENCH JUMPED OFF THE BOLT CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO TRY AND HOLD UP THE WRENCH.HE HAS A CHEST WALL STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS RE1LACING WEDGE IN CHUTE. HE WAS DRIVING THE WEDGE OUT WITH ANOTHER WEDGE INSTEAD OF A HAMMER. THE HAND HOLDING THE WEDGE GOT INTO THE WAY OF THE WEDGE BEING USED AS A HAMMER.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING A GEAR INTO DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING. AS FELL INTO PLACE, EMPLOYEE DIDN'T REMOVE HAND QUICKLY ENOUGH. LOST TIP OF LEFT INDEX FINGER- APPROX. 1X1/2

EMP WAS STARTIN1 TO LOAD RAIL CARS. HE WAS CLIMBING UP THE STEPS TO GET INSIDE OF CAB, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL HITTING HIS ELBOW ON THE CORNER OF TRAIN & HIS KNEE ON THE STEP, IT WAS RAIN ING 3

EMPLOYEE BEEN R6NNING LOADER.FOR APPROX.5 YEARS.EMPLOYEE CLAIMS PROBLEM AS RESULT OF DAILY OPERATION OF 988B CAT LOADER.

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING BITS STEEL FROM G RINDER FLEW INT O HIS LEFT EYE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLASSES WITH SHIELDS STEEL WAS IMBEDDED IN THE EYE

EMP WAS PULLING3BOOM CABLE UP THE BOOM OF DRAGLINE BOM WAS LEVEL TO THE GROUND HE TTOK A STEP BACKWARDS AND FELL SLIPPED AND FELL WHEN HE FELL HE HIT HIS LEG RT SHIN ON THE BOOM

EMPL WORKING ON 180D SHOVEL,REMOVING TOOLS FROM TOOL BOX ON SHOVEL.HAD LEFT HAND IN TOOL BOX REMOVING TOOLS AND HIS RIGHT ONE ON EDGE OF TOOL BOX.AS HE WAS REMOVING TOOLS THE LID FELL ON HIS R IGHT HAND LACERATING LITTLE FINGER REQ STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING FLOAT. WAS SWINGING CRANE BOOM CLOCKWISE. WHEN HE GOT EVEN WITH THE OUTRIGGER IT LIFTED UP, HE TRIED TO BOOM DOWN. HE THEN STOPPED AND THE CRANE FLIPPED OBER, WHEN BOOM HI HIT THE GROUND IT EJECTED HIM OUT. HE SLID FACE FORWARD ON THE HROUND AND INTO THE WATER.

I NAME WAS KNOCKING KEEPERS OUT OF TRACKS OF 38B HE WAS HITTING ON CHIPPING HAMMER WITH ANOTHER HAMMER. A PIECE OF STEEL LFEW OFF CHIPPING HAMMER LODGING IN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER IT WAS REMOV ED SURGICALLY ON 7-25-85. REQUIRED STITCHES.

EMP WAS STOCKPILING CSB BIN DOOR STUCK HE CLIMBED UP ON TOP OF CAB TRUCK TO KNOCK THE DOOR LOOSE HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND

WELDING A CHAIN ONTO THE NUT THAT TIGHTENS THE BATTERY BOX LID DOWN. HE WAS STANDING ON THE DOZER TRACK, ON THE LEFT SIDE WHEN HE SLIPPED OR FELL HE FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE PLA TFORM OF WELDING TRUCK PARKED NEAR DOZER. THE DOZER TRACK WAS MUDDY HE FELL APPROX. 4 BACKWARDS.

DRILL ROD SLIPPED FROM BIT BASKET HOLE ROTATION POWER WAS BEING USED. THE DRILL ROD SWUNG AT OPERATOR & STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD

REMOVING BOOM POINT SHAFT USING A SLEDGE HAMMER. STANDING ON FOOT BOARD OF SCAFFOLDING TO STRIKE SHAFT WITH HAMMER. SHAFT STARTED COMING OUT. HE STARTED BACK TO GET ON SHAFT. SHAFT CAME OUT V HE FELL ABOUT 20\ AND STRUCK A CROSS BRACE IN SCAFFOLDING WHICH TURNED HIM FACE DOWN. HE STRUCK THE GROUND FACE DOWN. HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 45\ TOTAL.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WITH INSTGALLING A RETURN ROLLER THE ROLLER GOT WEDGED WHEN THEY GOT IT RELEASED ROLLER SLIPPED TO THE GROUND HE DIDNT GET HIS HAND COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WY AND HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CONCRETE FLOOR AND ROLLER SLICING HIS FINGER OPEN (STITCHES REQUIRED)

APPROXIMATELY 20FT OUTSIDE OF FRONT DOOR OF THE OLD MAIN OFFICE BLDG, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE ICE ON THE WAY TO HIS PICKUP TRUCK.