Lockesburg Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was cutting a conveyor belt with a knife, the knife slipped and cut his right leg. Employee received four stitches and was return to work.

Employee @ Barmac crusher attempting to loosen screws. Wrench slipped hurting left arm. Employee has not missed work. Today advised arm still hurts and has appointment with Dr. today at 3:45 pm.

Employee working conveyor belt of washing plant tried to remove clay balls from belt causing sprain to right forearm. *Note: Reported by employee on 9/5/06.

Steering pump locked up jerking steering wheel of pit truck causing injury (sprain) to right palm.

Employee removing clay balls from wash plant conveyor and pulled muscle in right elbow.

Employee, pulling welding leads up to conveyor, sprained a back muscle near right shoulder.

Mechanic working in shop area. Piece of metal lacerated left hand palm.

Employee removing tire from rim and rim fell on top left foot.

EE REPAIRING DRAGLINE BUCKET USING WIRE GRINDER WHEN METAL FLAKE ENTERED LEFT EYE.

EE LOST FOOTING DURING EXIT OF CHERRY PICKER, CAUSING FALL. BRUISING TO LEFT LEG AND SCRAPE TO LEFT UNDER ARM.

EMPLOYEE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON DRAGLINE WHEN SPOOL SHIELD WAS DROPPED BY ASSISTING EMPLOYEE CAUSING SHIELD TO FALL ONTO INJURED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND BREAKING BONE IN THIRD FINGER.

EE REMOVING BEARING FROM PULLEY USING PUNCH, SMALL PIECE BROKE AND METAL HIT LEFT SIDE OF CHEST CAUSING MINOR LACERATION. EE TREATED AND RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY OF INCIDENT.

EE REMOVING CUTTING EDGES FROM LOADER & CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER

DRIVER WAS OPERATING HAUL TRUCK HAULING FROM DRAGLINE TO WASH PLANT. BOLTS BROKE THAT HOLD TRANSMISSION TO MOTOR ALLOWING UNITS TO PULL APART. CLUTCH WAS SMOKING BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION AND FUMES ENTERED CAB. DRIVER OPERATED TRUCK UBTIL NOON. HE REPORTED PROBLEM AT THIS TIME.

EMPLOYEE PULLING ROCKS FROM WASH PLANT CONVEYOR WHEN FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS MASHED BETWEEN ROCKS.

EE ATTEMPTING TO UNJAM ROCKS IN CRUSHER SCREEN WITH BAR, BAR WENT THRU SCREEN CAUSING SPRAIN & BRUISING TO LEFT ELB0W

EE CLIMBING ON WASHING PLANT TO PERFORM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE GRINDING STEEL WHEN METAL PARTICLE GOT IN HIS EYE.

EE EXITING PIT TRUCK AND STEPPED WRONG TWISTING ANKLE.

EE CHANGING TIRE ON PIT TRUCK WHEN BAR SLIPPED TRAPPING TIP OF FINGER, SERIOUSLY LACERATING.

EMPLOYEE AHD JUST COMPLETED A WELDING JOB ABOUT 25 PEET IN THE AIR. HE HAD USED A ROPE TO GUIDE PIPE. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, EMPLOYEE CLIMBED THE ROPE, THE ROPE TWISTED, KNOT BECAME UNITED AND EMPLOYEE FELL ABOUT 16' TO THE GROUND.

EE WAS HELPING PULL SCREENS FROM OLD WASH PLANT. HE STATES HE STRAINED OR PULLED BACK MUSCLE.

EE WAS HOLDING CABLE OF DRAGLINE WHILE CO WORKER WAS USING WEDGE TO LOOSEN PIN. HE RECEIVED A PINCTURE WOUND WITH FOREIGN BODY.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN THE NUTS ON SCREWS OF SHAKER. STRAINED GROIN, RIGHT SIDE, MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEEHAD JUST FINISHED LOADING A TRUCK WITH A FRINT END LOADER. HE WAS GETTIN GOFF OF LOADER, MISSED STEP, LOST BALANCE, FELL AND LANDED ON LEFT LEG JARRING LEFT HIP AND LEG

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT RUBBER BACK INSIDE METAL CASING OF HOPPER THROAT.

EE WAS MOVING 4'X8'X1/2" SCREENS FROM ONE SITE TO ANOTHER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE BLADE ON BUCKET OF LOADER, BLADE STARTED TO SLIP AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GRAB FOR IT. WHEN HE DID HE PULLED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE BELT FORM PULLEY OF WASH PLANT WATER PUMP. SMASHED LEFT INDEX FIGNER BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE BEARINGS ON WATER PUMP. THE SET SCREW WOULD NOT BREAK LOOSE, SO EE PUT AN ALLEN WRENCH IN HEAD OF SCREW AND TAPPED WRENCH WITH HAMMER. WHEN HE DID THE WRENCH FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE RT EYE. PUNCTURED LENS OF RT EYE.

EMP WAS STANDING BY CHERRY PICKER PREPARING TO DO MAINTENANCE ON IT WHEN CLAMP HOLDING HOPPER ON PICKER BROKE AND FELL TO GROUND. EMP SAW IT ANDTURNED TO MOVE AWAY. WAS HIT ON LFT ARM, UPPER L EFT LEG, AND LEFT FOOT.

EE WAS IN BUCKET OF FRONT END LOADER, OPERATED BY ANOTHER EE. HE WAS TRIMMING TREE LIMBS WITH A CHAIN SAW. EE WAS LOSING BALANCE SO HE JUMPED TO THE GROUND, ABOUT 4-5 FEET. HE LANDED ON A TREE LIMB. HE SUSTAINED MULTIPLE COMPOUND FRACTURES AND CRUSHED ANKLE OF RT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR CONVEYOR ON HOPPER AT WASH PLANT, LOST HIS FOOTING CAUSING HIM TO FALL 4'7" TO THE GROUND STRAINING MUSCLES IN ARM AND BACK.

EMPLOYE EWAS BREAKING UP CLAY CLODS ON TOP OF HOPPER WITH A PICK. PICK HIT A ROCK CAUSING PICK TO TWIST IN HAND & PULL TENDONS, OR LIGAMENTS, OR LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE HAS JUST COMPLETED REPLACING A BRAKE PAD ON THE DRAGLINE. HE JUMPED TO THE GROUND, HURTING HIS BACK WHEN HE LANDED.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A KNIFE TO CUT RUBBER STRIP TO REPAIR CONVEYOR BELT. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT THUMB.

PULLING ON ROPE WHICH RAISES GAI TE OF HOPPER PULLED MUSCLE ABOVE RT SHOULDER BLADE

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL SLACK OUT OF DRAGLINE CABLE, FROM DRUM TO BUCKET, WHEN IT SUDDENLY TIGHTENED THROWING HIM BACKWARDS. HE PUT HIS HANDS TO BACK TO BREAK FALL, PULLED HIS LEFT SHO ULDER MUSCLE.

HEATER HOSE BURST INSIDE CAT OF FRONT END LOADER. WATER SPRAYED EMPLOYEE AS HE ATTEMPTED TO STOP ENGINE.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON BUMPER OF TRUCK AS HE WAS GETTING OUT OF BED OF TRUCK. FELL & HIT SHOULDER & LEFT HIP.

SLIPPED AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING DRAGLINE. FELL 4 1/2 - 5 FEET TO GROUND AND LANDED ON SHOULDER.

CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN SCREEN AND METAL AS HE WAS SLIDING SCREEN IN PLACE IN WASH PLANT.

SLIPPED AND HIT ARM WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE PIN OUT OF DRAGLINE.