Lacon Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Employee and co-worker were attempting to load a full acetylene bottle onto the racks of the boom truck. Injured employee was lifting the bottom of the bottle when he heard his back pop.

EE WAS CLEANING ROCK BUILD UP FROM UNDER FEED TUBE. THE TUBE WAS RAISED UP TO CLEAN ROCK FROM TOP OF ADJUSTMENT RING COVER. THE TUBE WAS HOOKED TO BOOM TRUCK WITH 2 WAY SPREADER CHAINS. WHEN ANOTHER EE CLEARED A ROCK THE TUBE ROCKED FORWARD AND STRUCK EE'S LEG, PINNING HIS LEG BETWEEN FEED TUBE AND ADJUSTMENT RING COVER.

EE HAD WORKED IN THE WELDING SHOP GRINDING ON A PIECE OF STEEL. HE HAD ALSO WELDED FLANGES ON 8"PIPE. EE LEFT WORK AT 4:30PM. AROUND 9:00PM LT. EYE STARTED TO HURT BAD ENOUGH THAT EE FELT HE NEEDED TO GO TO E.R. DR. REMOVED A PIECE OF METAL FROM LT. EYE.

WHILE TOSSING A WRENCH TO ANOTHER VULCAN EE ABOVE HIS HEAD, INJURED EE STATED THAT HE PULLED OR STRAINED HIS KNEE. EE WAS INSTALLING USED SECTION OF CONVEYOR.

EE WAS PUTTING V-BELTS ON SCREEN, RIGHT PINKY AND RING FINGER ROLLED BETWEEN V-BELT AND SHEAVES ON PULLEY.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING STEPS OF CAT TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP AND HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH RIGHT ARM. DISLOCATED RIGHT SHOULDER.

USING TOOLS (KNIFE) IMPROPERLY. WHILE TUBING DRILL HOLES WITH CARDBOARD SLEEVE, LOST FOOTING ON LOOSE MATERIAL CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON OPEN KNIFE BLADE.

EE JUMPED FROM THE BACK OF A TRUCK CAUSING HIS TO STRAIN A GROIN MUSCLE. HE ALSO INJURED HIS ELBOW DURING THIS TIME.

EE CUTTING TRIM FOR LAB IN SHOP, KNIFE WAS SHARP AND EE WAS PULLING KNIFE NOT PUSHING AWAY FROM HIM. KNIFE PULLED THROUGH WOOD AND INTO HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

INJURED WAS GETTING THE CORRECT SIZE WIRE SCREEN CLOTH ON 2ND DEKC OF THE #3 SCREEN. HE MOVED THE EXCESS WIRE INT HE ROCK TO CLEAR PATH TO REMOVE HIS WIRE AND OTHE RWIRE FELL ON HIM CAUSING O AN ABRASION.

TWO WELDERS WERE WELDING IN THE AREA & THE EMPLOYEE MUST HAVE GOTTEN REFLECTED LIGHT BURN HIS EYES WERE BOTHERING HIM NEXT DAY SO HE WENT TO MD

A NEW "2" DIAME7ER GRINDING WHEEL INSTALLED IN A HAND HELD AIR DRIVES GRINDER CAME APART WHEN INTIALLY STARTED. FRAGMENT OF THE WHEEL STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN UPPER RIGHT CHEST CAUSING LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO S TRAIGHTEN STEEL HYD. LINE ON ALLIED 2012 ROCK BREAKER, WHICH WAS RRIMPED WHILE ATTACHED TO CRANE BY SPREADER CHAIN WHILE IN PROCESS. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO HEAT TH E LINE WHITHA TORCH, WHEN SUFFICIENT HEAT HAD BEEN APPLIED THE EMPLOYEE TOOK HOLD OF THE LINE TO STRAIGHTEN AND FLUID CAME OUT WITH FIRE IN EMPLOYEES FACE.

EMP WAS WASHING OUT BUILT UP MATERIAL UNDER #8 CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY. HE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES WASHING OUT THE MATERIAL FROM UNDER THE TAIL PULLEY. THE STOCK TRUCK WAS BACKING UNDER BINS TO LO AD OUT MATERIAL. THE EMPLOYEE STOOD UP THE SAME TIME THE TRUCK WAS ABOUT TO STOP PINNING HIM BETWEEN TRUCK AND CONVEYOR- CONCRETE FOUNDATION OF THE CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED BROKEN R SHOULDER