PACOLET QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was walking around a maintenance truck not paying attention and walked into a stick of drill steel that was laying on the closed tailgate of the truck chipping their left front tooth.

Cooling press off and fitting blew out. The steam started burning and EE couldn't see and ran away into a pipe.

Employee was holding a piece of rubber with one hand and running a rigid brand multi tool with the other hand when the tool slipped striking the employee's index finger causing laceration.

As employee was doing maintenance on the crusher, the door fell off onto the webbing of employee's finger cutting it open.

Injured employee exited haul truck to move a rock weighing approximately 160 lbs from the haul road, and while moving it felt a sting in right bicep. EE received a MRI on 09/28/2021 showing complete avulsion of the biceps brachii tendon. EE had surgery to repair tendon on 10/05/2021.

An employee was backing at the break room doors when EE turned to the left, EE tripped over a doormat that had been rolled and left on the sidewalk.

The operator was using a dozer to remove topsoil from the edge of bench. While removing the soil, they came to close to the edge of a 10' slope. When they reacted, the machine pitched and overturned down the slope. The machine rested on the right side, damaging the right and rear windows. The employee suffered a fractured right shoulder.

The employee was changing poly deck panels using a screwdriver and hammer to remove the pins. When ee removed one of the pins, it popped up making contact with safety glasses, throwing sand in right eye causing an abrasion on the cornea.

Systems Integration Specialist was utilizing part of an extension ladder to install communications cables in a shop building. The ladder shifted causing the employee to fall.

The employee was cleaning up spilled stone from the surge tunnel. When he lifted a large rock, he felt a pop in his back. He informed his supervisor, but did not seek medical care until 6/25/15, making this a reportable accident.

On 3/24/15, the employee was carrying a drill bit when he slipped and fell. He reported the incident to his supervisor but did not require medical attention. On 4/7/15, the employee went to the medical clinic and is currently losing time. This incident is being report within 10 days of the employee seeking medical attention.

While operating a Cat 980 loader to build a crane pad he hit a pothole that caused him to get shaken violently in the cab which caused a back strain.

While replacing a lift cylinder on a haul truck, employee released tension on chain jack and the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the frame and cylinder head.

Employee was removing a drill bit form the bit basket when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back

Employee was performing his area inspection of the blending tunnel. He entered the tunnel and crossed under the conveyor belt and began to ascend the steps to the upper level. He struck his hard hat against the bottom of the return roller frame resulting in a neck injury.

Employee was performing his workplace inspection. He had a flashlight in one hand and traffic cones in the other. As he was checking the bin gates he slipped on a patch of ice and fell to the ground. He struck his right elbow and jammed his right shoulder.

EMPLOYEE FELL APPROXIMATELY NINE FEET WHILE REPLACING PINION SHAFT ON PRIMARY CRUSHER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE 42 CONVEY0R TUNNEL. HE SQUATTED TO LIFT A 29.5 POUND ROCK. AS HE WAS LIFTING, HE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK

The employee was steam cleaning the loader around the cab. He opened an access panel in the flooring during the cleaning process. While rinsing the loader, he stepped into the opening caused by the open access door. Employee scraped his left leg. He did not seek medical attention until 05/22/2005. He was treated for infection.

EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND DECEASED IN EMPLOYEE'S LUNCH ROOM. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO UNSAFE CONDITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEMISE. THE CORONER DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF DEATH TO BE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.

EE WAS SITTING IN HIS VEHICLE TALKING TO ANOTHER EE WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

EE SLIPPED WHILE CARRYING A COME ALONG DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS #2 SCREEN TOWER. THE STEPS HAD ICE ON THEM. THE EE SLID APPROX. 12 FEET.

EE WAS HOLDING ONE SIDE OF THE NEW IDLER FRAME. OTHER WAS USING HIS FOOT TO PUSH THE OTHER SIDE INTO PLACE SO IT COULD BE BOLTED DOWN. AS OTHER PUSHED, THE ENTIRE FRAME SLID AND CAUGHT EE S HA ND BETWEEN THE IDLER FRAME AND THE CONVEYOR FRAME.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING A EUCLID R-50 HAUL TRUCK EE SLIPPED ON STEPS & FELL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND

THE WITNESS WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A LIP PROTECTOR FROM THE LOADER BUCKET. AS THE INJURED WAS WALKING TOWARDS THE BUCKET, THE WITNESS STRUCK THE LIP PROTECTOR WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. THE INJURE D WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF METAL THAT FLEW OFF OF THE LIP PROTECTOR.

THE SUPPORT LINE USED BY CRANE TO LIFT LOAD BROKE. AS THE TAGLINE WAS BEING JERKED OUT OF THE INJURED'S HAND, THE TAGLINE BECAME TANGLED IN THE INJURED'S HAND AND BROKE HIS FINGER.

ROCK FELL FROM LOADER BUCKET INTO BED OF HAUL TRUCK.

EE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT THE WELDS HOLDING A SECTION OF THE MAIN FRAME LINER IN PLACE. AFTER HE HAD CUT THE LAST WELD, THE LINER CAME FREE, FELL AND CUT HIS ARM

EE WAS TAKING A WATER DEPTH MEASUREMENT BESIDE A SIX STAGE TURBINE PUMP WHEN A 25 FT METAL MEASURING TAPE WAS SUCKED OUT OF HIS RT HAND AND CUTTING THE LEFT HAND AS IT WENT BY. HE WAS FEEDING THE TAPE DOWN WITH THE LEFT HAND. AS THE TAPE UNREELED IT CAUSED A 3/4 INCH CUT BETWEEN THE LEFT THUMB AND FOREFINGER REQUIRING FOUR STITCHES.

THE EMPLOYEE HAD A TRANSMISSION SET ON A SMALL TABLE SO THAT HE COULD WORK AT WAIST LEVEL. AFTER SETTING THE IMPUT SHAFTT, HE TAPPED THE END OF THE SHAFT. A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF OF THE SH AFT AND HIT HIS FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING IN A TUNNEL WHEN HIS RIGHT ELBOW STRUCK AGAINST A DRAIN PIPE RUNNING AGAINST THE TUNNEL WALL

THE EE WAS WORKING TO REMOVED A CONE CRUSHER HEAD WHEN ONE OF THE LIFTING EYES THAT HE HAD INSTALLED BROKE FREE AT THE WELD UNDER PRESSURE AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE JAW.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UNCOUPLE A SECTION OF ALUMINUM PIPE THE COUPLING BROKEFREE & THE PIPE SWUNG AROUND& STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEG

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RETRIEVE A HOUSE ROLLER FOR THE DROPBALL FROM UNDER A TABLE. TRYING TO SLIDE IT TOWARDS HIMSELF, THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK.

LOADING BIN GATE FELL INTO BED OF CUSTOMER TRUCK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD TRUCK. TRUCK PULLED AROUND INTO OPEN AREA. EE AND TRUCK DRIVER CLIMBED INTO BED OF TRUCK, LIFTED GATE, AND THREW IT OV ER SIDE OF TRUCK STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING GATE.

EE WAS WELDING ON HEAD NUT OF CRUSHER IN PREPARATION TO REMOVE NUT AND WORN MANTEL. DURINGV THE PROCESS A PIECE OF HOT METAL ROLLED DOWN THE MANTEL FACE AND LANDED IN BOOT, BURNING EE ON LEFT ANKLE.

HE WAS RETRIEVING LOADER BUCKET PARTS FROM THE STOREHOUSE WHEN IN THE PROCESS OF LIFTING A 76 LB. LOADER BUCKET TOOTH HE TURNED TO PLACE THE TOOTH IN A BOX ON THE FORK LIFT AND FELT A SHARP PA IN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS WORKING W/OTHER EE ON HIS LOADER. HE CLIMBED ONTO THE LOADER TO MOVE IT HE BECAME SIDORIENTED AND FELT SICK ANOTHER EE RUSHED TO HIS AID AS HE PASSED OUT HE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AND P ASSED OUT AGAIN HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL PINS & BUSHINGS ON A R50 EUCLID HAUL TRUCK HE WAS UNDER THE TRUCK ON HIS KNEES & ALSO BENT OVER MOVING TOOLS & PUTTING HEAVY JACK STANDS IN PLACE HE WAS PULLING & PULLING ON THE JACK STANDS TO GET THEM IN PLACE WHEN HE CAME OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK & STOOD UP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT A SLING CABLE TO A DAMAGED SNUBBING PULLEY IN ORDER TO REMOVE PULLEY FROM CONVEYOR FRAME. EDGE OF PULLEY HAD BEEN DAMAGED WHEN PULLEY SHAFT BROKE DURING OPE RATION. EMPLOYEE REACHED BETWEEN THE BEARING & PULLEY TO CONNECT CABLE SLING. IN PROCESS HE CONTACTED EDGE OF PULLEY WITH BACK OF HAND. BURRED STEEL PENETRATED RIGHT FINGER.

EMPL WAS STANDING ADJACENT TO CONVEYOR FACING TAIL PULLEY END (CONVEYOR ON HIS LEFT). EMPL HAD BEEN SHOVELING STONE DUST FROM UNDER CONVEYOR WHEN HE SAAW A PIECE OF SKIRTBOARD RUBBER BETWEE N THE TAIL PULLEY GUARD & THE TAIL PULLEY. HE REACHED BETWEEN THE GUARD & THE BELT WHILE IT WAS MOVING TO REMOVE RUBBER & CUT HIS FINGER ON ANUNDETERMINED OBJECT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED THE TASK OF CHECKING AMOUNT OF GREASE IN SPYDER BUSHING CAVITY OF PRIMARY CRUSHER HE HAD POSITIONED THE HYD HAMMER SO AS TO PROVIDE A WORK PLATFORM WHILE STANDING ON HYD HAMMER PREPARING TO INSERT A STEEL BAR IN THE BGEARING CAP HOLE HYD HAMMER MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING HIM TO MOMENTARILY LOSE BALANCE HOLDING TO STEEL BAR HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS INVOLVED IN REPLACEMENT OF WEARLINERS AT PRIMARY CRUSHER. HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE ATTEMPTING TO PROPERLY SPACE ADJACENT LINER PLATES BY USING A CHISEL PLACED IN THE SPACE BET WEEN THE 2 PLATES AND HITTING CHISEL WITH HAMMER. INJURED WAS HOLDING CHISEL AS OTHER EMPLOYEE HIT THE CHISEL. A PIECE OF METAL FROM LINER PLATE BROKE OFF AND CUT INSIDE OF RIGHT WRIST. HOLDI

WAS TIGHTENING LUG NUT ON WHEEL STANDING ON RIGHT SIDE OF WHEEL AND STARTED TIGHTENING NUT ON BOTTOM AND WAS WORKING UPWARD. WAS PULLING DOWN TO TIGHTEN NUT WHEN STUD BROKE, LOST FOOTING. SOME OF THE STUD HAD ALREADY BROKEN OFF.

CHECKING WIRE HIS L FOOT TOUCHE D GROUND ANKLE ROLLED OVER AND TWISTED

EMPLOYEE TWISTED TO PICK UP 30LB TOOL BOX. HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

ON MORNING OF OCT 18 1991 I NAME & I NAME & I NAME &I NAME WERE INSTALLING A NEW 36 IN CONVEYOR BELT FROM 17-84 CRUSHER TO SURGE PILE ROLL OF NEW BELT WAS INSERTED INTO THE U SHAPED BELT RACK MADE FROM 9 INCH CHANNEL & WEIGHING ABOUT 250# & SUSPENDED FROM LINKBET 22 TON ALL-TERRAIN CRANE CABLE NEW BELT WAS COUPLED TO THE OLD BELT WHICH WAS COUPLED TO A STEEL CABLE STEEL CABLE WAS

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A STEEL BLOCK UP EMBANKMENT. HE SLIPPED AND THE STEEL BLOCK FELL ON HIS THUMB-CRUSHING THE FIRST JOINT ON HIS LEFT THUMB, RESULTING IN AMPUTATION TO THIS THUMB JOINT.

EMPL WAS STEAM CLEANING HIS MACHINE WITH HIGH PRESSURE STEAM CLEANER DIRT WAS BLOWN INTO HIS EYE FROM OPERATION HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN AND DISCOMFORT THAT EVENING

CONVEYOR BELT SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON CONVEYOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE DOOR ON BOTTOM OF RAILCAR BELONGING TO SOUTHERN RAILROAD. HE WAS HOLDING UP LATCH WITH RIGHT HAND AND PUSHING DOOR CLOSED WITH RIGHT FOOT. AS DOOR CLOSED, RI GHT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN DOOR AND LATCH. 4 STITCHES REQUIRED.

EMPL WAS DISMOUNTING FROM QUARRY TRUCK AT WATER STATION TO GET DRINK OF WATER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON BOTTOM STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING GEAR BOX ONTO MOTOR OF EUCILD HAUL TRUCK WHEN GEAR BOX SLID ONTO SHAFT MASHING EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN GEAR BOX AND MOTOR. FIRST AID ACCIDENT EMPLOYEE WENT FOR MEDICA L TRATMENT ON 4-7-88 AND 4-14-88 FOR INFECTION

EMPL THROWING W2RN OUT SCREEN CLOTH OFF SCREEN TOWER.HEEL OF LEFT HAND AT INSIDE BASE OF THUMB STRUCK BY SHARP EDGE OF SCREEN AND CUT REQ 4 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING DOWN OFF OF SHOVEL HE STEPPED ONTO SHOVEL TRACK WITH ONE FOOT TURNED & HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF TRACK & HE FELL TO 4 FT .GROUND

THE INJURED PIC5ED UP ONE END OF SCREEN CLOTH (NAME)HAD OTHER END.HE SET HIS END ON THE FLOOR.WHEN THE OTHER EMPLOYEE LIFTED OTHER END-UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT OF SCREEN,HIT THE INJURED ON FINGER A ND CUT IT. 3

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING CARDBOARD TUBE FOR BOREHOLE WITH POCKET KNIFE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING UPPER THIGH OF LEFT LEG

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING VALVE FROM UNDER NO 8 CEMENT SILO WHILE SETTING VALVE DOWN EMPLOYEE STRUCK PIECE OF SHARP METAL LACERATING LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND REQUIRING 3 SUTURES

EMPL ON CRUSHER3RUN STONE CONVEYOR HAMMERING IDLER TO ALIGN BELT,MISSED IDLER ANDHIT LEFT KNEE WITH HAMMER.FLUID WAS DRAINED FROM HIS KNEE.

EMP WAS LYING O3 THE GROUND UNDER 155 P&H SHOVEL HITTING LOWER TRACK ROLLER PIN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE FROM MACHINE AND RT ELBOW STRUCK SIDE FRAME OF SHOVEL

COMING DOWN LAD8ER AT 54 CRUSHER CONVEYOR AND TURNED RIGHT ANKLE WHEN STEPPING OFF LADDER ON GROUND.

REMOVING BEARING FROM PUMP SHAFT,HIT BEARING WITH SHOP HAMMER PIECE OF BEARING FLEW OFF AND PENETRATED LEFT FOREARM RECD MED ATTENTION TO REMOVE AND STITCHES-4.

INJURED MAN WAS PULLING AIR HOSE AROUND FRONT END LOADER IN WELDING SHOP.WELDER HAD WELDED PLATE ON SIDE OF LOADER FOR WORK PLATFORM.I NAME WALKED INTO PLATE AND CUT FOREHEAD. STITCHES WAS NEE NEEDED.

SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CALLED-TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON WINDOW PANE DIVIDER TO OPEN WINDOW WHEN HAND SLIPPED AND HIT GLASS, GLASS BROKE AND CUT WRIST.

WAS STANDING IN BOTTOM OF CHUTE CUTTING CHUTE LINER LOOSE, IT FELL AND HIT RIGHT LEG. (STITCHES WERE REQUIRED).

REMOVING STARTER FROM EUCLID WATER TRUCK FOR REPAIR. ALL BOLTS WERE REMOVED. AS HE TURNED STARTER TO GAIN ACCESS TO LAST WIRE THE STARTER SLIPPED FROM HOUSING, BROKE WIRE, AND FELL TO FLOOR ON TO EMPLOYEE RIGHT HAND.