PLANT #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Was sitting in truck while being loaded and struck head on the steering wheel.

Twisted knee while carrying a box of explosives

Employee was walking up side bank to get to upper level. 980F loader bucket came into contact with employee. No visible life threatening injuries, called 911 per company policy. Employee was taken to hospital where they found a small puncture in lung, broken ribs, and bruising on chest and back.

Employee was changing screens on screening plant. When the screen was set into place it landed on left thumb. Employee was wearing gloves. Left thumb was broken and lacerated.

EE was walking and stepped on rock and twisted his ankle. Went to DR on 7/30/08 and was told to take the rest of the week off. EE will miss 3 days & is expected to return 8/4/08.

Greasing stacker belt while it was moving. Standing between drive tires and transport tires. Fell and was run over, probably by drive tires. Left foot was crushed, right knee was lacerated.

WHILE CONDUCTING DRILLING OPERATIONS EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK FALLING FROM THE HIGHWAY.

EE WAS WORKING FROM WALKWAY AROUND BREAKER FEEDER USING A BAR TO DISLODGE ROCKS. A PIECE OF ROCK SHOT OUT OF BREAKER STRIKING EE ABOVE THE LEFT EYE. ROCK SHOT OUT THROUGH THE PROTECTIVE CHAINS . EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAW WORKING WITH A BAR REMOVING FROZEN MUD FROM BELOW THE OVERHEAD CONVEYOR OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS SCREEN UNIT WHEN THE MUD CAME LOOSE SUDDENLY HE FELL BACK AGAINST FRAME HITTING HIS SIDE & BA CK.

EE WAS HOLDING ONTO AN HYDRAULIC HOSE WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS CUTTING IT WITH A POCKET KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING VICTAM BETWEEN THE RIGHT THUM & FOREFINGER Y

EE OPERATES A SMALL 4UB TRUCK (EUCLID) EE WAS UNLOADING HIS TRUCK& WAS BACKED UNDER THE SMALL BIN. HE STARTED THE CONVEYOR & WAS WATCHING THE TRUCK GET LOADED. THE START-STOP BUTTON IS LOCATED CLOSE TOT HE TONGUE OF THE BIN. EE WAS STANDING IN THIS LOCATION WHENT HE BIN VIBRATED OFF THE SUPPORT THIS CAUSED TONGUE TO SWING AROUND

EE WAS HAULING RIP RAP(PIT RUN) IN HIS 1991 MACK TRUCK. THE ROCK WAS FAIRLY LARGE AND IS HARD ON TAILGATE. AS EE WAS DUMPING HIS LOAD A LARGE ROCK HIT TAILGATE HINGE BREAKING IT LOOSE. THIS CA USED ON SIDE OF TAILGATE TO DROP DOWN. EE ATTEMPTED TO REOPSITION TAILGATE AND AS HE DID THE WEIGHT OF THE TAILGATE CAUSED INJURY TO HIS SHOULDER(POSSIBLY TORN LIGAMENTS)

EE WAS PRYING A ROCK THAT WAS ABOUT TO ENTER THE IMPACT CRUSHER. EE SAW THE ROCK NEEDED TO BE TURNED SO HE POSITIONED THE PRYBAR BETWEEN THE SIDE OF THE IMPACT CRUSHER AND THE ROCK. AS HE PULL ED, THE BAR SLIPPED. THIS CAUSED SOME DISCOMFORTIN HIS SHOULDER AREA. EE WENT TO DR. AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE TWO SAYS OFF.

[SEE ATTACHMENT] CHAGEABLE EVENT PENDING INVESTIGATION - 9/24/97 AM EE WAS RUNNING SCALES & OPERATING HIS LOADER. HE ALSO HELPED MOVE A FUEL TRAILER TO ANOTHER SITE IN THE QUARRY. APPROX 12:20 PM HE WAS EATING HIS LUNCH, HE GASPED A COUPLE OF TIMES STOOD UP CLINCHED HIS CHEST WITH HIS HAND & DROPPED TO THE FLOOR. HELP WAS CALLED, CPR ADMIN, TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, WHERE HE PASSED AWAY.

EE WAS REBUILDING A LIME GRATE THAT SEPARTES FROZEN CHUCKS OF LIME FROM FINE MATERIAL.AS EE WAS GRINDING SMALL PARTICLES WENT UP AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. IT WAS NOTED THAT HE WEAR A CLEA R FACE SHIELD OVER SAFETY GLASSES. TIGHTER FITTING SAFETY GLASSES WILL BE PURCHASED TO STOP ANY AND ALLPARTICLES.

EMP WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK THAT WAS LOADED WITH SCREENED RIP RAP. TRUCK WAS OVER LOADED APPROX 1000LBS HEAVY. EMP WENT BACK TO PILE TO GET RID OF EXCESS. WHEN BACK AT PILE EMP TRIPPED TAIL GATE AND EXCESS ROCK FELL OUT. ALL WAS FINE. EMPWENT BACK TO CHECK TAILGAT AND FOUND IT WAS NOT CLOSED. AS HE CLOSED GATE HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN GAT AND ROCK, BRUISING RT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING THE SCREENING PLANT TO BE REPAIRED. HE WAS UNDERNEATH THE PLANT AND LOOKING UP AS HE WAS WIPING AN AREA OUT, RUST PARTICLES ENTERED INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS USIN G GLASSES BUT SHOULD HAVE HAD GOGGLES ON. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN INFORMED TO USE GOGGLES WHEN WORKING IN THIS TYPE SITUATION AND/OR POSITION. WORKED 21ST, 24TH, OFF 25TH, BACK 26TH.

EE WAS REPLACING A DRIVE BELT ON A SMALL CONVEYOR BIN. HE HAD SET THE NEW BELT INTO POSITION AND PROCEEDED TO TURN THE HEAD PULLEY USING A PIPE WRENCH AND A CHEATER PIPE. AS EE WAS ROLLING THE HEAD PULLEY, THE CHEATER PIPE SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL APPROX. 10' TO THE FROZEN GROUND BELOW. EE SUFFERED BRUISES TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND RIBS.

EE WAS UNHOOKING A CHAIN ON A METAL PLATE THAT WAS BEING USED FOR A CHAIN GUARD ON A KOLMAN BELT. THE METAL PLATE KEPT ROCKS FROM GETTING CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE DUALS AND DAMAGING THE TIRES. AS HE GOT THE CHAIN LOOSE THE METAL PLATE SLIPPED AND HIT HIM JUST ABOVE THE KNEECAP ON HIS RIGHT LEG. THE METAL PLATE WAS APPROX. 3 FT WIDE AND 6 FT LONG. IT WEIGHED AROUND 150 LBS.

WAS REPAIRING THE HAMMERS IN THE HAMMERMILL. RAISED HOOD AND CHANGED HAMMERS. WHEN LOWERING HOOD, THE CRANK CAME LOOSE STRIKING EE ON LEFT FOREARM. THOUGHT ARM WAS JUST BRUISED, BUT WHEN EXAMI NED BY DR. FOUND OUT THAT A SMALL BONE WAS FRACTURED.

OPERATING A BREAKER WHENA LARGE ROCK STOPPED THE FLOW OF ROCK INTO THE FEEDER. THE ROCK WAS APPROX 2 1/2 FOOT THICK 3' WIDE AND 4' LONG AND WEIGHTED INT HE AREA OF 1500 LBS. INJURED TOO A 6' PRY BAR PROCEEDED TO PRY THE ROCK UP IN THE HOPES OF MOVING HT EROCK TO ANOTHER POSITION. AS HE WAS PRYING TH EROCK UP THE BAR SLIPPED OUT CAUSING HIS RIGHT FOOT TO MOVE FORWARD AGAINST A 4"

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING FLOOR OF A LOADER BUCKET.A NEW SECTION OF STEEL FLOOR WAS BEING PRESSED DOWN WHITH A 10 TO PORTA-POWER. A CHAIN WAS SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE SIDES OF THE LOADER BUCKET. PORTA-POWER WAS POSITIONED BETWEEN THE CHAIN & SHEET OF METAL. INJURED PLACE HIS LEFT HAND ON TOP OF THE CHAIN ABOVE THE PORTA-POWER, WHICH SLIPPED. [SEE ATTACHED FOR REST OF NARRATIVE]

THE INJURED PERSON WAS REMOVING SHOT ROCK OFF OF SHALE LOADING TRUCKS WITH AN ENDLOADER. THE JARRING AND TWISTING OF THE LOADER CAUSED STRESS TO HIS BACK.

THE INJURED PERSON WAS ON THE ROCK LEDGE DRILLING BLAST HOLES AND A ROCK FELL OFF THE HIGHWALL HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD.

THE INJURED PERSON WAS UP ON THE SCREENING PLANT TO SHUT DOWN AND CHANGE SCREENS. HE CAME DOWN OFF THE PLANT AND WALKED OUT FROM BEHIND THE LIME BIN INTO THE PATH OF A STOCK-PILE TRUCK RETURNI NG FROM DUMPING HIS LOAD. THE TRUCK WAS ESTIMATED AT GOING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED, LESS THAN 5 M.P.H. THE TRUCK STRUCK HIM WITH THE LEFT FRONT BUMPER, KNOCKING HIM DOWN, THEN THE LEFT FRONT

INJ PERSON WAS CLEANING UP JUNK MATERIAL OUTSIDE SHOP. KINGBALL OFF DIRT MOVING SCRAPER WAS LAYING ON BENCH TO BE THROWN AWAY IT FELL OFF BENCH HITTING HIM IN RIGHT KNEE.

THE INJURED PERSON WAS FUELING AN END LOADER WHEN THE WIND BLEW THE DOOR OF THE LOADER OPEN HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD.

INJURED PERSON WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A GUARD OFF THE DRIVE BELTS ON IMPACTOR WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL APPROX 4FT TO THE GROUND IT WAS VERY WINDY THAT DAY & THE WIND CONTRIBUTED TO HIS LOSING HIS BALANCE

HE WAS LIFTING A ROLLER GUN OUT OF THE BACK OF A PICK-UP TO GREASE THE ROLLERS ON A DOZER. THE LIFTING OF THE GUN CAUSED A HERNIATED DISC IN HIS BACK.