Landisville Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Miner was cutting packaged material

Employee was changing screens on wash plant and when he tried to put screen over the rail part of the screen cut his wrist.

EE finished end of day mixer washout and slipped on ice and hard packed. He broke his fall with his right arm outstretched.

Employee was lifting steel C Channel (@75 lbs) up to a saw to cut down for a sign. He strained his back but waited until 8/3/10 to seek medical attention. Possible disc herniation.

Employee was cutting I-beam from primary crusher frame and it dropped and struck him in the neck and chest, bruising him.

Employee was kneeling on stones cleaning around a conveyor, when a stone punctured skin on his right knee. Employee did not want to seek medical treatment at this time. About a week later employees right leg was badly swollen. He went to the doctor and was told he has cellulitis in his right leg due to an infected puncture wound on his right knee.

THE EE SUSTAINED PAIN INHIS RIGHT SHOULDER FROM THE REPETITIVE LIFTING OF A HOSE (~45 LBS.) ON AND OFF WATER TRUCK.

PLANT FOREMAN AND ANOTHER EE WERE WORKING ON A SCREEN TO FIX BEARING. AS FOREMAN WAS REMOVING COUNTERWEIGHT COVERING BEARING, IT SLIPPED OFF PINCHING HIS RIGHT RING AND LITTLE FINGERS.

DOOR TO WATER TRUCK SWUNG OPEN DUE TO THE WIND &HIT HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK.

EE FELL APPROX. 15' FROM ELEVATED CONVEYOR/CATWALK AREA. HE WAS POSITIONING A WATER HOSE.

EE SLIPPED FROM CATWALK OF HAUL TRUCK & CAUGHT HIMSELFT BY HOLDING RIGHT ARM ONTO HANDRAIL. HE REPORTED INCIDENT BUT DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 1/8/01. HE HAS NOT MISSED WORK BUT WILL UNDER GO THERAPY FOR SHOULDER STRAIN & HAS LIFTING RESTRICTIONS FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH.

EMP WAS KNEELING UNDER DUMP TRK. HE PICKED UP PUMP (APPROX 75 LBS) AND LIFTED OVERHEAD TO INSTALL ON TRK. WEIGHT OF PUMP FORCED EMP TO LOWER AND RE-LIFT. STRAINED BACK DURING RE-LIFT.

EMP DRIVING R35#1 FROM SHOT ROCK AREA. DRIVE SHAFT BROKE ON TRK, CAUSING IT TO PICK UP SPEED. EMP PANICED AND JUMPED FROM MOVING TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SCREEN PANEL ON WASH SCREEN, PICKED UP ONE END OF SCREEN PANEL AND LOWEER END PINCHED AND CUT LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

WORK BOOTS MUDDY - LOST FOOTING ON CONVEYOR WALKWAY [GRATAED] - HIT MOUTH ON CONVEYOR FRAME CUTTING UPPER LIP - CUT NEEDED 5 SUTURES.

ANOTHER EE WAS TRACTOR DRIVER MOVING SPRAYER AND POWERING PUMP. EE WALKED THE AREA SPRAYING HERBICIDE AS REQUIRED. THE EE EXCHANGED JOBS PART WAY THRU THE WORK ASSIGNMENT. THE MIST OR OVERSPRA Y FROM THE SPRAY STEAM WAS INHALED, CAUSING ILLNESS.

42957 COME ALONG TOOL TO LIFT PC STEEL THE HANDLE OF THE TOOL SLIPPED OUT HIS HAND HIT HIM ON MOUTH STRIKING HIS L UPPER CUSPID

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT. THE KNIFE SLIPPED OF THE CONVEYOR AND CAUGHT HIM ON HIS UPPER LEFT LEG.

HANDING A COME AL ONG TO OTHER EMP IT SLIPPED FELL ON HIS HAND

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING TO THE BATCH PLANT VIA THE CATWALK. HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE CATWALK.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HELPING UNJAM THE CRUSHER, USING A PIPE. THE ROCK WAS JAMMED AND HE LOOKED UP TO SEE WHAT WAS HOLDING THE ROCK. ABOUT THE TIME HE DID THIS, THE ROCK CAME DOWN, HIT THE P IPE HE WAS HOLDING, AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS FACE.

FORMALLY REPORTED THE ACCIDNET 2-7-90. EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING; LOST HIS FOOTING; TWISTED HIS KNEE. DID NOT FEEL THE INJURY WAS BAD ENOUGH TO REPORT AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED. THEN, ON FRIDAY, 2-2-90, HE WAS GOING UP THE STEPS TO THE PRIMARY SCREEN HOUSE AND SLIPPED ON THE STEPS. HE SAID THIS AGGRAVATED THE ORIGINAL INJURY.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PUTTING BELTS ON THE CRUSHER; HIS FINGERS SLIPPED AND HE CAUGHT THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE FLYWHEEL.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL ON THE TRUCK. THE WHEEL SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND CAUGHT HIS HAND AS IT WAS UNWINDING.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HIT HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE METAL CRUSHER WHEN HE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK ROCK FREE FROM THE CHUTE

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE SEAT ON THE LOADER THAT HE OPERATES IS BROKEN AND HIS BACK WAS HURTING SO HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR TH HAVE HIS BACK CHECKED. DOCTOR STATED HE HAS A LOWER BACK INJURY.

EMPLOYEE OVERTURNED HIS LEFT ANKLE WHILE AT THE CRUSHER. NO DOCTOR NEEDED.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK A ROCK STUCK IN THE CRUSHER. A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE AND FLEW HITTING HIS FRONT TEETH CHIPPING THE TWO FRONT TEETH. DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A ROD TO WORK A ROCK TO THE FIRST CRUSHER WHEN THE ROCK GAVE LOOSE PUSHING HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM AGAINST THE STEEL FRAME. FRACTURED AND BRUISED RIGHT ARM AND WRIST.

EMPLOYEE'S RIGH7 EYE BECAME IRRITATED AND HE HAD TO HAVE DIRT REMOVED AND GENTAMYCIN EYE DROPS PUT IN BY DR. TO PREVENT INFECTION.

EE WAS HANDING 7HE WELDING PERSON THE WELDING TORCH. I.NAME RECEIVED A BILATERAL WELDERS FLASH CAUSING MINOR PAIN TO EYES.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A METAL BART TO PRY A TOCK LOOSE IN THE CRUSHER. WHEN THE ROCK WAS RELEASED, EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HAND AGAINST A METAL POLE.

I.NAME USING HAND TO REMOVE ROCK WEDGED IN TAILGATE OF DUMP TRUCK.WHEN ROCK WAS RELEASED TAILGATE HIT I.NAME HAND CAUSING PINCHED NERVE AND SWELLING RIGHT HAND.

EMP BUMPED HIS ELBOW WHILE CHANGING A SCREEN IN THE CRUSHER. HE AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE CHANGING IT. AT THE TIME HE SAID HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW BUT HE SAID IT WAS JUST A BRUISE. ON 1 -30 HE INFORMED ME THAT IT HAD NOT HEALED PROPERLY SO HE WAS GOING TO SEE A DR

MR. MURPHY WAS WATCHING ANOTHER EE USING A CUTTING TORCH ON THE HOOD OF A TRUCK. MR. MURPHY REACHED FOR A WIRE CUTTER & TURNED TO TALK TO SOMEONE BEHIND HIM. AT THE SAME TIME THE CUTTING TORC H WAS TURNED TOT HE SIDE IN ORDER TO TURN IT OFF. THE TORCH FLAME WENT ACROSS MR. MURPHY\S HAND CAUSING 1ST DEGREE BURNS ON THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND & 2ND DEGREE BURNS BETWEEN HIS FINGERS.

EMP WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE FEEDER THE ROCK WAS BETWEEN TWO BARS. AS THE ROCK WAS REMOVED THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HAND