Mark West Quarry: 158 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was cleaning using a Bobcat MT55 (walk behind loader). Employee became pinned between Bobcat machine and belt frame. Torso and upper legs were pinned.

Employee was operating a 972M Loader. Employee felt something wet on arm, and saw was bleeding from back of right arm, just above the elbow. Employee discovered a small puncture, but has no idea what caused it. Couldn't get bleeding to stop, so went to clinic. A stitch was used to close wound.

Cleaning threads from wire wheel, chunks of wire from wheel came off and some got behind safety glasses into right eye.

Cleaning a chute with a metal bar. Scraped left ringer finger knuckle across chute. Cut became infected.

Cutting shock tube when knife slipped off tube and caused a 2cm laceration to left thumb.

Employee leaned ladder against plastic tank, got on ladder, and ladder slipped down the tank. Employee suffered strain to right wrist and elbow.

Stepping down from access walkway. Twisted right foot on rock. Strain to right foot. X-ray negative for fracture.

Moving product chute, ratchet mechanism came off thread and fell on right hand. Laceration and swelling to right hand.

Cleaning around the wash plant with walk-behind Bobcat. Walked backwards into crusher part beside crusher, pinning left leg between crusher part and Bobcat.

While carrying a 5-gallon bucket of paint up 3 flights of stairs at secondary plant, employee "felt something pop" and felt instant pain in groin area.

Taking small pieces of wood out of 1x4 stockpile. Crossed up feet, and fell down, hitting shoulder and head.

Clearing brush and trees from hillside, came into contact with Poison Oak. Employee is allergic apparently. Poison Oak has spread to various parts of his body.

Grinding chisel for use on F250, got metal grindings in right eye, past safety glasses and face shield.

Worker was putting panels on the racking system and hit his head on a cross rail. EE was wearing hard hat when the accident happened.

Jammed pinky finger while installing a v-belt resulting in a dislocated finger.

Worker was adjusting frames, he tripped lost his balance and fell on a frame.

While cleaning chute, he got the end of finger between chute and bar.

Cleaning around plant with shovel.

He used his foot and leg against a wrench to free a bold & felt pain in his knee

Contact with Poison Oak

Reeling of water hose, felt pain in left shoulder.

Cleaning chute at plant. Smashed tip of little finger between chute wall and bar on 1/14/08. Reported to manager on 1/16/08.

While dismounting backhoe, EE stepped on uneven ground, thereby spraining right ankle.

Running "walk-behind" compactor near 4 foot embankment which sloughed and pushed employee into machine and then to the ground, pinning his right leg and arm.

COWORKER ASKED EE TO HELP HIM STACK STRAW BALES ON UNEVEN GROUND. THEY STACKED BALES 5 HIGH. ONE BALE FELL OVER AGAINST EE'S UPPER LEFT ARM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. EE ASSURED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE WAS NOT INJURED AND RETURNED TO HIS SHIFT. THE NEXT DAY EE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN, AND WAS SENT FOR MEDICAL EXAM.

WORKER WAS DRIVING WATER TRUCK DOWN A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ROAD FROM 5TH TO 4TH BENCH AT QUARRY. TRUCK SLID TOWARD EDGE OF ROAD. WORKER KEPT DRIVING TO TRY TO CORRECT SLIDE BUT WAS UNABLE TO. TRU CK ROLLED OVER EDGE OF ROAD AND SLID DOWN TO NEXT BENCH. WORKER INJURED RIGHT ARM WHEN TRUCK ROLLED OVER.

UNKNOWN EE DOES NOT REMEMBER HITTING HIS ELBOW AND HE HAS NO RECENT ABRASIONS. HE DOES NOT KNOW IF IT HAPPENED AT WORK OR AT HOME. HOWEVER WE CANNOT RULE OUT POSSIBLITY OF BEING WORK RELATED. HE HAS AN INFECTION IN HIS RIGHT ARM AND WAS GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS. MODIFIED WORK NO LIFTING DURING COURSE OF ANTIBIOTICS.

AWKWARD LIFTING POSITION - PICKING UP ROCKS & TWISTING AROUND TO TOSS THEM ON A PILE BEHIND HIM. EE PICKED UP TOO HEAVY OF A ROCK & STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS GRINDING A STEEL HARD LINE [HOSE] WHEN HE CUT HIS LEFT HAND ON GRINDER. HE CLEANED & BANDAGED THIS MINOR LACERATION. EE DEEMED NO OTHER TREATMENT WAS NECESSARY. CUT BECAME INFECTED TWO DAYS LATER & EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED TO CLEAN & DISINFECT WOUND & TO CHECK FOR CARTLIDGE DAMAGE-NEGATIVE.

EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED ADJUSTING WELDER. EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACKWARDS AND TRIPPED OVER A SMALL ROCK AND LANDED ON RIGHT ELBOW IN SMALL PILE OF 6" ROCKS.

WHILE TRIMMING CONVEYOR SKIFT-BOARD RUBBER WITH A RZAOR BLAD-KNIFE, EMPLOYEE CUT HIMSELF ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO POSITION CONVEYOR FRAME, FRAME BECAME HUNG UP ON A SHIM OBSTRUCTING FRAME MOVEMENT. PRY BAR WAS USED TO FREE UP OBSTRUCTION-WHEN FREED, EMPLOYEE WAS PINNED BETWEEN SCREEN S UPPORT & CONVEYOR FRAME CROSS MEMBER.

WHILE REPLACING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER BUCKET WHEN FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN PRY BAR AND CUTTING EDGE.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING STEEL FROM A FLATBED TRUCK WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL IN FALLING HE CUT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE STEEL PLATE.

I NAME WAS WRITING OUT WEIGHMASTER SALES TAGS & USING THE TEN KEY ADDING MACHINE WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT HER RT WRIST & HAND STARTED TO TINGLE & PAIN HER

EE WAS WALKING OVER TO INSPECT THE CRUSHER, AND HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE SIDEWAYS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING CLOSE TO BUCKET AND WAS NOT EXPECTING MACHINE TO ENCOUNTER UNEVEN TERRAIN. EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK WITH THE LOADER BUCKET WHEN MACHINE MOVED TO AN UNSTABLE SLOPED AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING WITH PRY BAR TO DISLODGE A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS BLOCKING THE THROAT OF THE CRUSHER. THE PRY BAR CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE CRUSHER AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY. EMPLOYEE ATTEMP TED TO GRAB BAR AND WAS CUT IN THE RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE UNDER CRUSHER CONVEYOR BELT. EE S GLOVE AND HAND WERE CAUGHT IN A RETURN IDLER AND HE WAS UNABLE TO FREE HIS HAND AS IT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BELT AND IDLER. THE IDLER AND CONVEYOR BELT CAUSED ABRASION TO RIGHT FOREARM, HAND AND FACE.