Odlin Road Mill & Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Employee's foot slipped off the CAT 374 excavator track while dismounting during the morning startup maintenance. Employee's right wrist struck the track as they fell causing a fracture of the right wrist. Employee stated that their boots had mud buildup causing loss of traction.

Employee was trying to remove a taper lock from a tail pulley using a hammer and punch. A small piece, the size of a pen tip, broke off the punch and stuck in left cheek. It was removed with tweezers and antiseptic wipes.

Employee was pulling and lifting rocks with a hooked tool to remove the jam. Originally diagnosed as a left inguinal strain, returned to normal duty as a truck driver. 7/16/14 follow up doctor's visit indicated aggravation of the injury, employee placed on temporary modified duty with restrictions on driving, lifting and repetitive bending.

Thunderstorms were in the area, approx 3:45 pm quarry shut down & mains turned off. Employee had just finished & sat in a chair by door to wait out storm, lightning came in the power lines & destroyed the spare breaker box by door, employee jumped out the door and landed on right side & shoulder.

EE WAS CLEANING FLOOR OF QUARRY AFTER BLAST WITH LOADER, IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS HE RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK WITH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AND WHEN THE ROCK SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER THE TIRE IT JAR RED THE OPERATOR'S LOWER BODY, TWISTING HIM & HE THOUGHT HE STRAINED HIS STOMACH AREA/RIB CAGE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A HOLE THAT HAD JUST BEEN DRILLED, DRILLER WAS MOVING RIGHT ON ITS TRACKS AND RAN OVER HIS RIGHT FOOT WITHT HE TRACK ON THE DRILL, HE WILL HAVE A FEW RESTRICTED DAYS AS A RESULT OF THE INJURY. NO LOST TIME AS OF THIS DATE.

INDV HELPING PUT LARGE BOLTS IN CRUSHER AND ONE SLIPPED AND FRACTURED RIGHT RING FINGER UNDER THE NAIL.BOLTS 20-25 LB EA.

THIS INDUVAL WAS BACKING A ROCK DRILL DOWN A SLOPED ROCK AREA, WITH A COMPRESSOR ATTACHED TO IT, UNABLE TO GET UP ONTO THE AREA HE WANTED THE DRILL FROM THIS POSTION IN BACKING THE MACHINE DOW N THE RAMP, IT HAD TO PASS WITHIN AN INCH OR SO OF A LARGE PIECE OF QUARRY ROCK ON ITS LEFT SIDE, RIGHT WHERE THE OPERATORS LEVERS ARE FOR TRACK CONTROLS AND WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE IT BEFORE IT

SEE ATTCH..#G58 EUCLID LOADED WITH QUARRY STONE ROLLED OVER ON ITS SIDE ON UPHILL PORTION OF RAODWAY TO MAIN CRUSHER FEED.OPERATOR OF MACHINE RECD BRUISES AND BUMPS ON LEGS,HIPS & ARMS FROM JU MPING FROM CAB TO SAFETY BEFORE EUCLID TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE.CHECKED AT EMERG.RM AND RELEASED.RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY.

JOY TRACK DRILL3WAS BEING MOVED BY I.NAME FROM THE HOLE HE HAD JUST DRILLED TO THE NEXT DRILL HOLE THE TERRAIN WAS VERY ROUGH AND A 6 X 6 BLOCK OF WOOD HAD BEEN PLACED IN A POSITION SO AS TO B RING THE DRILL 2VER A ROUGH SPOT ON ITS JOURNEY TO THE NEXT HOLE I.NAME WAS WATCHING AND TILTING THE DRILL ITSELF TO MAINTAIN ITS BALANCE AS IT WENT OVER THIS ROUGH AREA TRYING TO HANDLE THE

INDIVIDUAL WAS CLEANING UNDER THE PEDALS OF THE BOBCAT LOADER AND HE ACCIDENTALLLY TRIPPED THE LEVER TO THE BUCKET. SINCE THE BUCKET WAS RAISED PART WAY UP WITH HIS LEGS BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE MACHINE, THE BUCKET DRIFTED TOWN AND PINNED HIS LEGS (KNEE AREA) BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE MACHINE. THE MACHINE WAS NOT RUNNING AT THE TIME