Pit #71 Columbus Metal/Non-Metal

Hopping off dredge and felt back pain

Employee was cutting some rubber and the knife slipped off the rubber hitting his hand. Knife cut approximately 1 inch laceration in right hand near the thumb.

The EE had finished welding in the shop, when the wind blew a particle into his left eye. He could not flush it out. Medical facility had to remove a small piece of metal, given RX.

A customer drove his pickup truck onto scale to get an empty weight. He got out of the cab and walked around the pickup instead of walking to the end of the scale as the signs say to do. He tried stepping over the scale side rail, it was snowing and he slipped and fell on the rail.

The employee was welding an ibeam the steel i beam was rolled over to access the other side, the beam came loose from a chain and fell, about 2 feet onto his left foot. His left big toe was fractured behind the steel toe in his boot. This resulted in a lost time injury

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SOME DISASSEMBLED CRUSHER EQUIPMENT BROUGHT INTO THE SHOP, HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE BOWL THREADS, CAUSING A LACERATION AND CONTUSION.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT TAIL PULLEY ON A CONVEYOR. HE REACHED DOWN TO GRAB THE SHAFT TO POSITION IT WHEN IT SLID OVER AND PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND.

THE EE WAS SITTING IN DUMP TRUCK BEING LOADED WITH SAND/GRAVEL. THE LOADER OPERATOR DROPPED THE MATERIAL INTO THE DUMP BOX TOO HARD, WHICH CAUSED THE EE'S BACK TO POP AND LOSE SOME FEELING IN HIS LEFT LEG FOR A LITTLE WHILE. EE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 6/3/04. HE RECEIVED MEDICATION TO RELAX HIS BACK; NO RESTRICTIONS, RETURN TO DRIVE DUMP TRUCK.

IN THE EE WAS AT AN MSHA ANNUAL REFRESHER TRAINING CLASS WHILE SITTING AT A TABLE HE STARTED TO FEEL LIGHT HEADED AND DIZZY. HE STOOD UP AND WAS GOING INTO THE RESTROOM HE FELT LIKE HE WAS GOI NG TO COLLAPSE AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED, HIS VITAL SIGNS WERE OK-HOSPITAL DIAGNOSIS WAS DEHYDRATION AND ELEVATED BLOOD SUGAR-NOT EATING AND CONSUMING ALCHOL THE NIGHT BEFORE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEEL BAR TO KNOCK LOOSE MATERIAL INTO THE ROCK WASHER. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS HIS SHOULDER MUSCLES WERE STRAINED, WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL 3/24/00.

THE EE WAS HOOKING CHAINS ON EQUIPMENT, WHEN THE BOOM ON THE FRONTEND LOADER WAS LOWERED WITHOUT WARNING STRIKING THE EE RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE BOOM AND SPLITTER CAUSING THE BROKEN RIGHT MIDDL E FINGER AND LACERATION. THE EE HAD 5 DAYS LOST TIME AND 3 DAYS OF RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY. RETURNED TO NORMAL DUTIES OF DRIVING TRUCK ON.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTIN GOFF A PIECE OF HOG PANEL, THAT WAS CAUGHT UNDER A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITH A CUTTING TORCH, WHEN THE LAST WELD WAS CUT, THE HOG PANEL KICKED BACK AND STRUCK HIS LEFT KN EE FROM THE PRESSURE THAT WAS ON IT. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS INFORMED THAT SURGERY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPAIR THE LIGAMENTS - SURGERY ON 2-15-99.

A FELLOW EMPLOYEE CLOSED THE LID ON THE TOOL BOX, BUT WAS UNAWARE THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HAND STILL INSIDE AND THE LID PUNCTURED THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING SCREENS ON THE BIN WHEN EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.