MILL POINT QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was rocking the sheave on the grizzly feeder with his right hand because he thought the bearings were going out. Turned to talk to the employee beside him and caught his free hand (left) between the belt and the pulley, cutting off the very tip of his finger.

Employee was cutting wood for the trucking/mining shop wood furnace. The employee had cut a tree down. When cutting a branch off of the downed tree, the branch kicked back towards the employee striking him in the upper abdomen. Hospital observations had taken place, no injuries were found. The employee is on light duty for two weeks.

Employee drove a Kamatsu WA600 Wheel Loader into the muck pile to transport raw material to the primary crusher. As the loader entered the muck pile, the loader hit something making the machine come to a violent stop, straining the operators lower back. It is still unknown what the bucket hit to make the machine come to a sudden stop.

The injured worker was using a 4 1/2 inch angle grinder to plunge cut a cast bearing on the tail pulley of BC-2. This plunge cut would allow access to the steel part of the bearing, which would allow the use of a torch. The grinder got in a bind and kicked back and struck the worker on the safety glasses of his left eye down the side of the nose.

WHILE WALKING ON CATWALK OF WA600 STEPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED / BENT FOOT BACK.

WAS GETTING UPON A LADDER AND HIT HIS L KNEE ON BOTTOM STEP.

WHILE HOLDING A WIRE TIE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT THUMB ON LEFT HAND

WHILE BACKING OFF 11/2 LR PILE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK

WAS CLEANING UP AROUND CRUSHER WITH BOBCAT WHEN A ROCK FLEW OFF CRUSHER AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.

WAS CLEANING UNDER #9 CONVEYOR BELT WHEN DUST FELL AND BLEW INTO RT. EYE.

WAS INSTALLING LACING IN CONVEYOR BELT & HIT RIGHT HAND ON FRAME WHILE HAMMERING

WAS DRILLING A PIECE OF METAL IN TRUCK FLOOR BOARD, WAS READJUSTING BIT W/CHUCK KEY IT SLIPPED AND BIT PUNCTURED HAND.

WAS CHANGING BUCKET ON TOYOTA UTILITY LOADER ANDGOT OFF MACHINE TO LOCK BUCKET IN PLACE, GOT RIGHT ANKLE/FOOT UNDER BUCKET AND BETWEEN CROSS MEMBER

WAS CUTTING BRUSH WHEN CHAIN SAW SLIPPED AND LACERATED LEFT THIGH.

WAS SWITCHING BUCKET ON TOYOTA UTILITY LOADER & GOT OFF MACHINE TO LOCK BUCKET INTO PLACE. IT CAME DOWN ON RIGHT FOOT.

ROCK FLEW OUT OF HOPPER & STRUCK LEFT EYE. WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

WAS CLEANING THE SCREEN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW UP & HIT KNEE.

WAS SHOVELING ROCK OFF BELT & MUD OFF ROLLER, HAND WAS PULLED IN.

WAS CHECKING HOPPER AND ROCK FLEW OUT OF CRUSHERHITTING RIGHT CHEEK

WAS DUMPING LOAD OF GRAVEL AND TRUCK TIPPED OVERCAUSING INJURY TO LEFT SHOULDER, BACK OF NECK AND LOWER BACK.

WAS CHECKING BELTS ON CRUSHER BEFORE STARTUP. THIS REQUIRES STANDING ON A LADDER, WHILE STANDING LADDER FELL BACKWARDS.

WAS LIFTING SACK OF STONE TO BE TESTED.

GETTING INTO LOADER AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP.

LIFTING ROCK WITH PRY BAR.

LIFTING SACK OF STONE TO DUMP IT INTO PANS FOR DRYING.

DRIVING A STEEL PIN IN A DRIVE CHAIN AND A PIECE OF THE PIN CAME OFF AND HIT NECK.

WAS LOADING TO BLAST A SHOT & FELL OFF HIGHWALL

CLIMBING IN AND OUT OF LOADER.

TIGHTENING BOLT ON LOADER WITH IMPACT WRENCH PARTICLE FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE.

I.NAME WAS DOING MAINTENANCE ON HIS LOADER AT SAID TIME, HE WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF OIL ONTO THE LOADER TIRE AND HE FELT A PULL IN HIS STOMACH AREA. IT CONTINUED TO HURT THROUGHOUT TH E DAY.

WASHING MUD BUI5DUP FROM CRUSHER HOPPER ROCK (6)IN.ROLLED & HIT MIDDLE FINGER OF RT.HAND CAUSING A LACERATION NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED