Lemont Quarry & Mill: 43 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS DOING REPAIRS INSIDE CRUSHER, PLACED HIS HAND ON BRASS SOCKET RING AND CUT FINGER ON SHARP EDGE.

EE OPERATING LOADER TO REBUILD BERM ON RAMP, LOST POWER, BRAKES & HYDRAULICS - ROLLED FORWARD OVER EDGE OF RAMP, LOADER ROLLED ONTO LEFT SIDE & SLID ABOUT 20' TO REST ON BENCH.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING A JAM IN OR UNDER THE JAW CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK SLIPPED OR ROLLED OVER PINCHING HIS HAND AND BREAKING ONE FINGER.

AFTER INSPECTING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN A LOADEREE STARTED WALKING BACK TOWARDS THE SHOP. EE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS TREATED FOR A FRACTURED ANKLE WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY.

EMPLOYEE WAS MANUALLY PULLING CONVEYER BELT OVER THE DRIVE PULLEY OF A CONVEYER USING THE V-BELTS ON THE DRIVE ASSEMBLY TO TURN THE HEAD PULLEY WHEN HIS LEFT THUMB BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO OF THE V-BELTS. THE UNIT WAS LOCKED OUT AND EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES. EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRUISED THUMB,AND THUMB WAS PUT IN A SPLINT.

WHILE OFF-LOADING SCREEN DECKS, EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ATTACH A CHAIN TO A SET OF 3-DECKS WHEN HE BUMPED THE TOP DECK CAUSING IT TO SHIFT UNEXPECTEDLY. EMPLOYEE WAS BRIEFLY CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO DECKS BEFORE HE FELL TO THE GROUND. HE WAS TREATED FOR MULTIPLE LACERATIONS AND CONTUSIONS. PHYSICIAN IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS PREVENTED RETURN TO WORK.

EE'S LEG WAS CAUGHT BY THE UNANTICIPATED MOVEMENT OF A CONVEYOR BELT WHILE HE WAS BREAKING A ROCK THAT WAS WEDGED IN THE TAKE-UP PULLEY. THIS RESULTED IN A RIGHT LEG FRACTURE.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER WHEN THE LADDER SUPPORT FAILED. THE EE LOST BALANCE AND SLIPPED APPROX. 18' LANDING WITH HIS WEIGHT CONCENTRATION ONHIS RIGHT LEG.

WHILE SLIDING UNDER H-BEAM AND CHUTE STRUCTURE, EMPLOYEE'S HARD HAT WAS KNOCKED OFF. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO SLIDE ON HE RAISED HIS HEAD AND HIT IT AGAINST THE CHUTE WALL. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERA TION TO HIS SCALP WHICH NEEDED 3 SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING WORK WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON ICE-SNOW AND FELL BACKWARD SHURTING HER BACK.

EE ALLEGES BACK INJURY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO MECHANISM OF INJURY. CLAIM WAS DENIED. A 11-12-96 ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT TO MSHA INSPECTOR JAY BELL INDICATED THAT A LOADER TIPPED FORWARD AND BA CK ON AN UNREVEALED DATE CAUSING A BACK INJURY. THIS CLAIM IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION.

EE NOTICED A SECOND EE FALLING FFOM A SHORT ELEVATION AND CAUGHT HIM. THEY BOTH FELL TO THE GROUND. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT SOUGHT UNTIL LATER FOR BACK STIFFNESS.

EE WAS REMOVING A COME-A-LONG FROM THE DRILL STEEL CAROSEL ON A ROTARY DRILL. THE STEEL & COME-A-LONG SHIFTED UNEXPECTEDLY & CAUGHT THE EE'S RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE COME-ALONG & THE CARO SEL.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF THE BACK TAILGATE OF PICKUP & SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE ON 08-09-95 HE WAS PLACED ON NO-WORK STATUS

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF FEEDER ON LADDER WHEN BOTTOM OF LADDER SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE SLID TO BOTTOM OF FEEDER HOPPER.A ROCK HAD FALLEN FROM THE FEEDER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HAND AND LEFT SHOULDER.EMPLOYEE WAS SEEN BY PHYSICIAN WHO PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY FROMM 07-19 AND RETURNED TO FULL WORK CAPACITY AS OF 07-23-91.

EMPL PERFORMING ROUTINE SERVICE ON SIZING SCREENS.STEPPED ACROSS CATWALK ON MOTOR STEPPED DOWN ON FRONT CATWALK AND A BOLT HOLDING WALKWAY SUPPORT SNAPPED AND EMPL FELL 10' WITH CATWALK.

APPROACHING MACHINE TO CHANGE HOSE SLIPPED ON OIL ON FLOOR REACHED UP CATCHING HIMSELF ON LADDER RESULT IN SPRAIN, AND CONTUSION TO L KNEE STRAIN TO R SHOULDER.

TIGHTENING BELTS PANTS BECAME ENTANGLED IN MESH OF MOTOR. FT TAKEN OUT FORM UNDER HIM AN HE FELL STRIKING HEAD AND CHESST ON MOTOR JAW BASE RESLUTING N FORHEAD LACERATION CRACKED RIB.

EMPLOYEE WAS ENGAGED IN LOADING SHOT ROCK AND WHILE DIGGING IN MUCKPILE A PORTION OF THE HIGHWALL COLLAPSED FALLING ON LOADER BUCKET WHICH LIFTED THE REAR OF THE LOADER BOUNCING THE OPERATOR I N THE CAB.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING CONTROLS AND KNEELING BY THE CABINET. WHILE STANDING BACK UP HE BUMPED HIS KNEE, CAUSING A BRUISE WHICH LATER TURNED INTO BURSITIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS AT3THE FEED HOPPER AT PRIMARY REPARIING HOPPER WHEN A STONE FELL OFF PLATFORM ABOVE HIM STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH AND BREAKING TWO FRONT TEETH

EMPL WALKING TO3LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SNOW/ICE FELL BACKWARDS BUMPING HEAD AND RE-SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.

A NEW CRUSHER W5S PLACED ON SAT AT THE LEMONT QUARRY & ROD FROM TOGGLE PLATE WAS BEING TIGHTENED DOWN. EE WAS ASKED TO HAND DOWN A PIPE WRENCH & UPON TURNING AROUND ON THE PLATFORM EE TRIP PED OVER THE 2N8 TOGGLE SPRING & FELL 10' TO T HE GORUND, LANDING ON FEET.