Lithonia/Pine Mountain Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

The employee was operating a wheel loader to move Type III stone to the stockpile yard. While digging into the pile, the loader jolted as the bucket came to a stop, and the operator felt pain in neck and upper back.

Operator was scooping GAB from the pile when the top of the pile sloughed off and filled the bucket, causing the loader to lose balance and tip forward. The operator quickly dropped the bucket, causing the rear of the loader to fall back to the ground and jar the driver. The driver reported experiencing soreness in their back after the event.

Employee was cutting the metal shipping straps that were securing a new roll of conveyor belt. The employee placed themselves in front of the band while cutting it with a pair of needle nose pliers with side cutters. When it was sheared, the released energy caused the band to spring out and strike them in the forearm.

Injured employee was removing a wear plate from a feeder. As a weld was being cut free with a torch, a secondary weld failed, allowing the steel plate to release, striking the employee on top of the left foot. The employee sustained broken bones to the left foot.

Maintenance man was taking out bad mechanical laces on M10-2. EE had finishing the job and was cutting the outer edge of the belt to keep it from catching. During this process ee was using a standard razor box knife when cutting toward self the knife came loose and struck ee in the lower leg. Causing ee to have to get seven stitches in lower leg

Pond sand pipe clogged up. Using a pipe to unstop the pipe. the pipe was approximately 10 feet long with a 90 degree bend in it 18 inches long. When ee was done with the pipe he threw it across his body to keep pipe from getting covered up in the material. The pipe twisted and made contact with his left foreman requiring 14 stitches.

While reporting to work, an employee of a tenant suffered a fatal cardiac episode. The tenant is not associated with Hanson Aggregates and is not involved in the mining process.

This particular incident was determined to be non-work related as the victim's final cause of death was determined by the Medical Examiner' s office to be a brain aneurysm. Incident was found to be non-chargeable and should not reflect in the mine' s incident rate calculations.

Employee walking from his personal vehicle towards the time clock office when a stray dog ran under his foot, causing him to turn his ankle and fall to the pavement.

Employee clearing up under a crushing tower when a stray rock bounced down and struck him on the back of the neck.

Haul truck was backed in position to be loaded by pit loader. An upper section (20?) of the 50 feet pit wall fell and struck the right side rail of haul truck bed. This damaged the side of the haul truck bed and jarred the operator. The rock that struck the haul truck bed was approximately 3 foot in diameter. The truck was still operational after incident.

Pit Loader Operator was filling up the grease canister on his 990 loader. As EE reached up to connect the grease line from the shop, to the line that runs to the tank on the loader, his hard hat fell off, to the ground. As EE was on his way down off of the loader his head made contact with the loader fender.

The employee was using a sledge hammer to dislodge jammed rock located in the jaw feeder's chute. He was hitting the outside of the chute with the sledge hammer when his knuckle struck (caught between) the chute causing a small gash on his right index finger that required stitches to close the wound.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING THE 988G LOADER TO BACKFILL HOLES WHEN HE RAN OVER A LARGE HOLE. THE LOADER "JARRED" CAUSING HIM TO BE SHARPLY MOVED FORWARD AND BACK. DOCTOR ISSUED WORK RESTRICTIONS AND A NECK BRACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING UP SPILLAGE WITH A WATER HOSE WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TURNED UP THE WATER PRESSURE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND STRIKE A NEARBY CONVEYOR FRAME WITH HIS LEFT KNEE. DOCTOR ISSUED WORK RESTRICTIONS AND A KNEE BRACE WAS NEEDED.

NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT. EE CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK TO CHECK WIRES ON STARTER & ASHED ANOTHER EE TO BUMP THE IGNITION. THE TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD & EE WAS RUN OVER & PINNED UNDER GAS TANK ON THE TRUCK.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN A GRAVEL RAMP. HE SLIPPED TWISTING HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING CUTTING TORCH WHEN HOT SLAG FELL INTO HIS BOOT AND BURNED HIS ANKLE. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO ER AND GIVEN FIRST AID. AFTER A FEW WEEKS INJURY WAS NOT HEALING AND IT WAS DETERM INED THAT A SKIN GRAFT WAS NEEDED.

EE WAS HELPING TO SPLICE A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE BELT KNIFE HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT KNEE

AFTER LOADING A TRUCK, EE THEN PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE LOADING RAMP FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. WHEN HE PLACED IT ON THE FOR, HE CAUGHT HIS RT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE RAMP AND A BOARD HE WAS SETTING THE RAMP ON. THIS CAUSED HIS FINGER TO BURST CAUSING IT TO BE SEWN UP WITH 6 STITCHES.

EE WAS WORKING IN WET, COLD WEATHER. PLANTERY PIN SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND & HIS LEFT RIGH FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE HOUSING & THE PIN.

EE WAS STACKING SCRAP STEEL ONTO A FORK TRUCK WHEN HE PLACED THE STEEL ONTO THE PALLET, HE FAILED TO REMOVE HIS HAND OUT OF THE WAY IN TIME & THE METAL PINCHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING THE INSTALLATION OF SKIRT BOARD TO ON CONVEYOR FRAME. BOARD SHIFTED STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT HAND CUTTING LITTLE FINGER.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING THE STAIRS AT THE PRIMARY SCREEN TOWER WHEN HE MISSED A STEP. HE FELL ONTO HIS SIDE AND SLID DOWN THE STEPSFOR ABOUT 6 TO 8 FT. THE WALKWAY WAS CLEAN AND DRY.

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON OFFICE CHAIR TO WORK ON OVERHEAD FLORESCENT LIGHTS WHICH WERE FLICKERING OFFICE CHAIR WAS EQUIPPED WITH CASTERS AS SHE WAS FINISHING UP REPLACING THE LIGHT WELL COVER THE CHAIR ROLLED OUT FROM UNDER HER CAUSING HER TO L OSE HER BALANCE & FALL STRIKING A NEARBY DESK WITH HER R SIDE BELOW THE RIBS & HER R ARM MEDICAL EXAM SHOWED BRUISING ON ABDOMEN BELOW RIBS & C

EMPL NEEDED TO MOVE FROM ONE SIDE OF CONVEYOR TO THE OTHER.FOOT CAUGHT SAFETY CABLE CAUSING EMPL TO LOOSE BALANCE,TWIST AND FALL PULLING MUSCLE IN LOWER MIDDLE SECTION OF BACK.

EMPLOYEE WSA REMOVING BELT CLAMPS CLAMP JACK KNIFED PINCHING EMPLOYEES FINGER

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT FLOW CONTROL ON #3 AIR MONITOR. STRAINED LOWER BACK BY KNEELING AND BENDING IN AN AWKWARD POSITION.

OVER THE YEARS WITH THE COMPANY THE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED SILICOSIS. APPROXIMATELY 25 YEARS.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF CAB OF THE ROUGH TERRAIN CRANE. SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. THREE FEET LANDING ON THE GROUND FEET FIRST.

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING OUT SHOT WAS WALKING DOWN A SLOPE & SLIPPED ON A ROCK STRAINED LOWER BACK

PLACING PUMP ON MOTOR PULLED BACK MUSCLE

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT THE CHUTE AT THE JAW CRUSHER & A PIECE OF SURGE STONE FELL ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HAND DRILL.HE PRESSED HIS UPPER BODY AGAINST THE HANDLE WHICH CAUSED A CONTUSION TO THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE RIBS.

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING CLEAN-UP IN THE TUNNEL BY THE LOADING BINS.HE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON AND FRACTURING THE 9TH RIGHT RIB.

WELDING BEGAN TO STEP OVER R FOOT CAUGHT ON CROSS PC TRIPPED CUT L SHIN 4 SUTURES

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON STEEL STRUCTURE FOR NEW CONVEYOR EMPLOYEE WAS APPROX TWO/THREE FT OFF GROUND HE STEPPED OFF STRUCTURE ONTO UNEVEN GROUND & SPRAINED RT ANKLE

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS PARKING LOT AND HAD A LOWER BACK MUSCLE SPASM.

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF SURGE STONE & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CREW WORK ON 5-1/2 SHORT HEAD CRUSHER AS HE TOOK HIS TURN AT SWINGING THE 32 LB. SLEDGE TO GET THE NUT ON THE MAIN SHAFT LOOSE, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING UP ON CONVEYOR BELT WITH A STEEL BAR AND PULLED LEFT SHOULDER MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING SLAG OFF WELD AND A SMALL PIECE ENTERED LEFT EYE.

EMPL WALKING ACROSS SUPPLY ROOM FLOOR RIGHT KNEE POPPED OUT OF JOINT CAUSING PULLED MUSCLE TENDONS,LIGAMENTS.

HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUT SKIRT BOARDS ON THE CONVEYOER UNDER THE CRUSHER. WHILE HE WIN KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN HER SWIVEL CHAIR AT HE DESK IN THE SCALE HOUSE. SOMEONE SPAKE TO HER AND SHE TURN IN HER CHAIR HITTING HER LEFT KNEE ON THE CORNER OF THE DESK. SHE DID NOT WANT TO G O TO THE DOCTOR AT TIME, BUT SHE COMPLAINED OF PAIN AND DISCOMFORT (SHE WENT TO THE DOCTORS).

EMP WAS PUTTING NEW CABLE ON DROPBALL CRANE. AS HE WAS PUTTING LOOPED CABLE INTO LOT OF CABLE DRUM TO WEDGE IT T.IT SLIPPED OUT STRIKING HIS UPPER LIP

I.NAME WAS HELP3NG I.NAME TIGHTEN CRUSHER NUTS I.NAME WAS HOLDING A WRENCH FOR I.NAME AS I.NAME SWUNG SLEDGE HAMMER IT RICOCHETED OF A BEAM SMASHING I.NAME LEFT INDEX MIDDLE & RING FINGERS CA USING BRUISES &3SWELLING

EMPLOYEE WAS LO2KING FOR CONVEYOR ROLLER IN THE GRID HOUSE WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A BUMPER ANDFELL HITTING HIS RIGHT WRIST ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BUMPER. POOR LIGHTING WAS A CONTRIBUTING FAC TOR. 3

LACERATION TO L9FT LEG ABOVE KNEE.TIGHTENING CRUSHER NUT BY STRIKING METAL BLOCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.PIECE OF METAL BLOCK WAS BROKE OFF AND ENTERED LEG.

EMPLOYEE HAD MU8CLES IN THE LOWER BACK PULLED WHILE OPERATING THE KOMATSU LOADER IN THE BLAST PILE.

I NAME WAS WELD3NG INSIDE OF OUR WATER TRUCK AND WAS OVER-COME BY THE WELDING FUMES.HE SUFFERED FROM SMOKE INHAULATION HE WAS TOLD TO TAKE A BREAK EVERY 15 MIN.BUT WAS IN A HURRY TO COMPLETE COMPLETE THE JO6 AND DISREGUADED HIS INSTRUCTIONS.

EMP WAS OPERATI3G A LOADER. A HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE AND THE WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN OUT LETTING HYDRAULIC FLUID INTO THE OPERATORS CAB HE PANICKED AND JUMPED FROM THE LOADER FALLING 12' TO THE GR OUND. STAYING I3 THE CAB WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN VERY MINOR INJURIES

WALKWAYS AND LIGHTS HAD NOT YET BEEN INSTALLED AT NEW CRUSHER.EMLP WAS WEARING NEW BIFOCAL GLASSES.HE HAD TO WALK ACROSS A METAL BEAM TO GET OFF CRUSHER.MISSED FOOTING AND FELL STRIKIN GHEAD O N LARGE BOULDER USED FOR SHORING AND STRUCK RIGHT LEG ON METAL BEAM.

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING DOWN ON THE EDGE OF A 988 LOADER REPLACING HYDRUALIC "O" RINGS ON A HYDRAULIC HOSE. THE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY ONTON OF HIS RIBS PLUS THE ADDED PRESSURE OF PULLING ON THE LINE CAUSED A RIB TO BREAK AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE LOADER BODY.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO EMPTY R/R CARS. HE ATTACHED A CHAIN TO THE BOTTOM DOOR, RAN THE CHAIN THRU A LOOP ON THE CAR BODY THEN WRAPPED THE CHAIN AROUND HIS LEFT HAND. AS THE TRAIN MOVED FORWA RD THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN PULLING HIS HAND THRU THE LOOP.