Midlothian Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

A miner was changing the bucket teeth on a loader. When the miner was striking the tooth for removal, a piece of metal broke off and embedded in the right leg, which required removal.

A miner reported back pain the day after was tasked with shoveling material. First aid treatment was administered on site and EE declined to see a medical professional or go to the clinic. *On 6/15/2022, the EE called off work and said was going to the ER. The employee did not return to work.

A miner received a minor burn from slag during welding activities. First aid treatment was administered on site and EE declined to see a medical professional or go to the clinic. Based upon information communicated by the inspector 07/07/2022, medical treatment may have been rendered. This incident remains under investigation.

Employee's finger was caught between the reaction arm of a hydraulic torque wrench and the frame of the jaw crusher causing a laceration.

Working to dislodge blocked material miner injured back.

At approximately 7:20 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, an electrician was in the process of pulling wire through a 3/4" electrical conduit from a junction box to the belt scales. As he pulled, his left foot slipped and he started to fall but was able to catch himself and regain his footing, but he twisted as he did, and he felt a pop in his back.

Employee reported severe pains in upper stomach / lower chest area. He had been operating a skid steer prior to feeling bad. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance. It was determined that he had a bad reaction to medication, Predazone, a medicine his family doctor had given him for poison ivy/oak. Employee felt he got the poison ivy/oak from his dog.

While on the rock breaker in the pit breaking rock, the employee broke through a large rock and in doing so the machine shook some dust off the ceiling of the excavator and it drifted down behind his safety glasses and into his eye.

While replacing the oil back into the lube tank on the 4 1/4 crusher with an air pump, the discharge end slipped out of the tank and splashed oil on his face which got into his left eye.

Holes loaded and pit was cleared for blasting. When connection was made to the blasting machine and prior to pressing the firing button, holes fired prematurely. No injuries to any miners.

Air grease gun had pin hole occur in rubber grease line, injecting grease into right index finger.

Employee was operating his haul truck and parked at muck pile. A 114 inch rock rolled down face of the muck pile striking the back of the truck jolting the driver and causing his back to tighten up.

WHILE OPERATING SKID STEER, EE HIT HIS ARM ON THE WINDOW BRACE.

STRUCK BY ROCK THAT FELL FROM CONVEYOR DURING CLEAN-UP.

LULL, HIGHLANDER MODEL 844B STRUCK EMPLOYEE RESULTING IN FRACTURE TO BOTH LEGS.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 50 POUND ROLL OF SKIRT BOARD RUBBER FROM THE GROUND TO THE BACK OF A WELDING TRUCK. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE ATTEMPTING LIFT/MOVE 100-150 LB. BOULDER FROM HAUL ROAD IMPROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUE. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LUMBAR SPRAIN.

EE WAS LIFTING DRILL HAMMER ONTO DRILL HEAD WHEN HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN.

EE INFORMED HIS SUPERVSIOR OF ACUTE BACK PAIN IN 230 PM 6-17-98. EE COULD NOT RECALL WHEN OR WHERE INJURY OCCURRED. HE REQUESTED OFF TO GO TO DR. EE STATED CUSHION ON SEAT BACK HAD FALLER OUT OF SEAT AND MAY HAVE CAUSED INJURY. SEAT CUSHIONWAS CHECKED OUT, BUT NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

EMPLOYEE WAS CONSTRUCTING A SIGN FRAME UTILIZING A PNEUMATIC NAILER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FASTEN 2 BOARDS TOGETHER WHEN THE NAIL GUN SLIPPED AND DISCHARGED A 16D NAIL THROUGH THE FLESHY PORTION OF HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN UNPLUGGING OVERSIZE ROCK IN PRIMARY AND FELL, JAMMING HIS THUMB, RESULTING IN A FRACTURE OF THE DISTAL END OF THE RIGHT THUMB.

THE INJURED PERSON STARTED WORKING ON THE PLANT DIRECTLY BELOW ANOTHER EE. THE EE WORKING ABOVE DROPPED A SOCKET WRENCH SOCKET STRIKING VICTIM ONT HE LEFT CHEEK CAUSING A LACERATION.

EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END RUBBER TIRE LOADER. EE WAS DIGGING INTO A NEW PILE OF SHOT ROCK WHEN THE LOADER BUCKET STRUCK A KNOT IN THE QUARRY FLOOR, CAUSING EE TO BE THROWN FORWARD AND HITTI NG HIS KNEE ON THE LOADER DASH.

STEPPED IN HOLE IN WATER AND TWISTED LEG. PULLED LIGAMENTS IN LEFT LEG. PLATFORM HE STARTED TO FALL BCKWARDS SO HE GRABBED THE FRAMEWORK WITH HIS RIGHT HAND JERKING HIS SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO JACK THE CHUTE AT THE ELJAY PLANT BACK INTO POSITION SO HE COULD WELD IT. EMPLOYEE SET THE HYDRAULIC JACK ONTO THE DECK, BEHIND THE TOE BOARD, BENT OVER TO GET THE PORTA POWER AND WHEN HE TURNED BACK AROUND THE JACK FELL HITTING HIM ON THE FOREHEAD.

THREE MEPLOYEE'S WERE PERFORMING MAINTENANC EON JAW CRUSHER. INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH TWO OTHER PRYING THE ROCK BOX TO LINE UP BOLT HOLES WITH THE SUPPORTING FRAME. INJURED EMPLOYEE PLACE DHIS RIGHT HAND BEHIND THE ROCK BOX AND SHOOK IT CAUSING THE ROCK BOX TO MOVE FORARD AND PINCH HIS HAND AGAINST THE FEEDER.

THE JAW CRUSHER WAS JAMMED AND EMPLOEYE WAS USING A CHAIN AND WEDGE TO HELP BREAK UP THE JAM.THE CHAIN WAS JERKED DOWNWARD SUDDENLY HURTING EMPLOEYES LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING TO UNSTOP THE JAW CRUSHER.EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE FEEDER BOX REMOVING ROCKS BY HAND.A LARGE ROCK ROLLED INTO THE FEEDER BOX FOM THE TOP SIDE OF THE FEEDER BOX STRIKLIN G EMPLOYEES RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING OLD BOARDS IN BED OF A DUMP TRUCK & THROWING THEM OUT OF THE TRUCK EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A BOARD & TOSSED IT BUT THE BOARD SPLIT & HALF OF THE BOARD FELL BACK & STRUCK EMPLO YEE IN THE LEFT EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WEDGE ON A CHAIN TO DISLODGE A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE JAW CRUSHER. THE WEDGE AND CHAIN WAS JERKED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE ROCK AND EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BAC K WHILE HOLDING THE END OF THE CHAIN AT THE TIME OF THE JERK.

OPER LOADER,FLAKE OF RUSHT BLOWN IN EYE BY AIR CONDITIONER MED PRES ANTIBOI OINTMENT APPLIED

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE LADDER OF A QUARRY BACK DUMP TO THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WA ADJUSTING THE JAW AT THE AJW CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE WAS PUMPING ONE HYDRAULIC RAM WHICH RELIEVED PRESSURE OFF OF A SECOND HYDRAULIC RAM. THE SECOND RAM FEL AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A RUBBER TIRE CRANE AND HAD THE OUTRIGGERS DOWN. EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO GET OFF THE CRANE BUT DID NOT USE THE STEPS. EMPLOYEE PUT HIS FOOT ON THE TIRE, WHICH TURNED, AND EMPLO YEE JUMPED THEN FELL TWISTING HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE PULLING ON COME-A-LONG ON DRILL LOST FOOTING AND FELL OFF HIGHWALL.

INJ USING ACETYLENE TORCH TO CUT A BOLT AND HOT SPARK FLEW UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO RIGHT EYE BURNING CORNEA.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON THE PRIMARY CONE CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE CONE AND WAS LIFTING A LARG NUT UP TO OTHER EMPLOYEES OUTSIDE THE CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTI NG AND SLIPPED STRAINING A RIB.

INJURED EMPLOYEE AND FOREMAN WERE INSTALLING A PULLEY ON A MOTOR SHAFT THE PULLEY WAS NOT ALIGNED CORRECTLY BSO THEY HAD TO REMOVE IT AND REINSTALL WHILE REMOVING THE PULLEY POPPED OFF MASHIN G THE EMPLOYEES THUMB AGAINST WALL

EMP AND INJ WERE UNLOADING AN OX BOTTLE FORMA PICK UP BED OTHE EMP AHD TOP /OF BOTTLE WHILE INJ HAD BOTTOM. WHEN INJ SAT BOLTTLE ON GROUN D HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BOTTLE AND ROCK.

EMPLOYEE WERE CHANGING SCREENS A THE CRSUHER.INJURED WAS PULLING A SCREEN UP THE STEPS WHILE TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE PUSHING THE SCREEN.AT THE TOP OF THE STEPS THE INJURED EMPLOYEES THUMB GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE HANDRAIL AND THE SCREEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT THE MATERIAL CHUTE UNDER THE SCREENS, WHEN FROZEN MATERIAL FELL FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREENS STRICKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CH9CKING THE CONVEYOR BELT IN THE TUNNEL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE WET AND MUDDY WOODEN WALKWAY.EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND HIT THE CONVEYOR AS HE FELL.

EMPLOYEE WAS BR9AKING ROCK WITH DROP BALL CRANE. A LARGE FRAGMENT OF BROKEN ROCK RICOCHETED OFF A BOULDER AND FLEW THOUGH THE OPEN CRANE DOOR STRICKING EMPLOYEE ON ARM.

EMPLOYEES WERE 3N THE PROCESS OF CHANGING SCREENS AT THE SECONDARY PLANT.INJURED WAS LIFTING A SCREEN UP TOT HE NEXT LEVEL.WHEN EMPLOYEES ON THE UPPER LEVEL PULLED UP ON THE SCREEN IT CAUGHT T HE INJURED'S FI3GER AND CUT IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING UNDER CONVEYOR. THIS CONVEYOR WAS STOPPED BY THE CONTROL HOUSE OPERATOR TO LET THE CONVEYOR CLEAN OFF. WHEN HE STARTED STONE WHICH HAD PILED UP ELL OVER THE SIDE AND ST RUCK EMPLOYEE O3 THE BACK. THE CONTROL HOUSE OPEATOR HAD NOT BLOWN THE WARNING SIGNAL BEFORE RESTARTING BELT.

EE WAS REMOVING3USEABLE PIECES OF STEEL FROM A SCRAP PILE & TOSSING THEM INTO ANOTHER PILE. AS EE WAS TOSSING THE STEEL A SHARP BURR PUNCTURED HIS LEFT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING ROCKS OUT FROM UNDER #5 CONVEYOR EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE CONVEYOR STRUCTURE WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND WAS MOVING THE ROCKS WITH HIS RT HAND HE WAS DOING THIS TO BALA NCE HIMSELF A L5RGE ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE CONVEYOR BELT JUMPED THE BELT AND LANDED ON EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON THE CRUSHER USING A SUSPENDED RAM OR HAMMER. EMPLOYEE SWUNG THE RAM AND MISSED THE WRENCH, INSTEAD OF LETTING THE GO HE TRIED TO HOLD IT BACK RESULTING IN A LUMBARS STR AIN. 3

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5TING A BRACKET UNDER THE CONVEYOR, HE HANDED THE TORCH TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO HOLD WHILE HE HIT THE BRACKET WIITH A HAMMER. WHEN HE SWUNG THE HAMMER BACK HIS RIGHT HAND PASSED THROUGH THE FL5ME BURNING THE BACK OF HIS HAND AND FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING UP A VERTICAL LADDER TO THE TOP OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. WHEN REACHING THE TOP EMPLOYEE STRIGHTENED AND HIS HARD HAT HIT THEANGLE IRON GUARD WHICH ENCLOSES THE PLATFORM. T HE GUARD SWUNG 8OWN AND HIT EMPLOYEES MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND. FINGERNAIL WAS LANCED TO RECIEVE PRESSURE UNDERNEATH.

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING UNDER CONVEYOR WHEN THE DISCHARGE CHUTE FROM THE PRIMARY SCREENS BECAME BLOCKED EMPLOYEE CLIMBED INTO THE NARROW CHUTE TO DISLODGE THE OBSTRUCTION. EMPLOYEE HAD TO TWIST AND TURN TO GE7 IN AND OUT OF THE CHUTE APPROX. HOUR LATER AT THE QUARRY OFFICE, EMPLOYEE WENT TO STAND UP FROM A SITTING POSITION AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING CRUSHER AND USING A SUSPENDED HAMMER RAM TO HIT THE LARGE WRENCH ON THE NUT WHICH TIGHTENS THE CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING THE WRENCH BACK SO THAT THE RAM COULD HIT FINGER AGAINST THE WRENCH.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A EMPTY OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE TANK WITH FULL ONES EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE RACK WHICH HOLDS THE CYLINDERS, AND WAS REMOVING A FULL TANK OF OXYGEN AS EMPLOYEE A PULLING THE CYL INDER IT SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS FINGER AGAINST ANOTHER CYLINDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BOB CAT WHEN HE SAW THAT HIS FELLOW EMPLOYEES NEEDED HELP REPATRING CRUSHER. I NAME RAN TO ASSIST AND PROCEEDED TO WRAP A 1 1/4 INCH STEEL CABLE AROUND LOADED BUCKET AS DOING THIS BURR ON THE CABLE CUT HIS HAND FOUR SUTURES WERE USED TO CLOSE LACERATION.