Red Oak Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

EE fractured the tip of left index finger.

At approximately 7:15 am Monday Morning, employee came and sat down in the plant manager's office. Employee stated he did not feel good. He stated he was having some chest pains and sweating real bad. Plant manager asked him if he needed to go to the hospital. Employee stated "yes". The Plant Manager drove him to the hospital.

Employee was helping to remove a bolt from the 4265 gyratory crusher when his right middle finger got caught between the large bolt and the crusher frame. The employee was taken for medical treatment and received stitches to close up the cut. He was released to full duty.

He knelt down to cut tube off and slipped with knife and cut leg.

Employee was removing the chute from the HP 500 crusher. He and a co-worker were cranking the chain hoist when the eye it was attached to broke loose. When the lifting eye came off, the chain hook hit the employee in the face causing the cut above his lip.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SPLITTER AND ARM GUARD, EE RIGHT FOOT WAS STRUCK BY SPLITTER ARM GUARD WHEN LIFT EYE CAME LOSE

EE WAS LOOSENING A BOLT THAT HOLDS THE CUTTING EDGE ON THE UNILOADER. HE WAS USING AN ELECTRICAL WRENCH ON THE NUT ON TOP. THE BOLT IS COUNTERSUNK SO YOU DON'T NEED A WRENCH TO HOLD THE BOLT WHEN YOU ARE LOOSENING THE NUT. HOWEVER, EE WHENEE LOOSENED THE NUT THE BOLT CAME OFF OF THE COUNTERSUNK HOLE. EE HAD GLOVES ON SO HE PUSHED THE BOLT AND THE NUT TURNED AND CUT HIS FINGER.

MY FOOT SLIPPED INTO A HOLE AND MY RIGHT FOOT REMAINED OUTSIDE OF THE HOLE, BENDING MY BACK INTOAN AWKWARD POSITION. MY BACK POPPED AND STARTED TO HURT.

DEVELOPED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME OPERATING HYDRAULIC SHOVELS.

EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING SHANK PROTECTORS ON PIT LOADER BUCKET. THE LEFT SIDE WAS STUCK SO THEY HAD TO HIT IT WITH A 8 LB SLEDGE HAMMER. A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF THE SHANK PROTECTOR AND STRUC K EE IN THE LEFT LEG CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND IN THE FRONT OF HIS THIGH AND THE METAL LODGED UNDERNEATH THE SKIN ON THE BACK OF HIS LEG.

LOADER OPERATOR WAS OPERATING A 980G CAT LOADER ON THE SHIPPING YARD. HE RAN LOADER INTO A SMALL HOLE (POTHOLE) AND IT SHOOK HIM AROUND IN HIS SEAT. THIS CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK.

WHILE SECURING LOAD ON PICKUP, BUNGY CORD BROKE CAUSING METAL HOOK TO CUT RIGHT HAND.

AS INSTALLING HYD. HOSE AND CLIMBING DOWN OFF BACKHOE #43, SLIPPED ON HYDRAULIC OIL SPILLED, SCRAPPED AND BRUISED RIGHT SHIN.

EE WAS LIFTING 30" TROUGHING IDLER TO HAND UP TOEE OF CATWALK (IDLER WTS APPROX 62LBS)

EE WAS BITTEN BY A SPIDER WHILE OPERATING A HAUL TRUCK.

EE WAS OPERATING WATER TRUCK. WHILE DRIVING INTO THE PIT EE ATTEMPTED TO DOWNSHIFT, HE WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE TRUCK OR GET THE TRUCK INTO GEAR, ROLLING THE TRUCK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.

EE WAS REPAIRING A CHUTE WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FELL STRIKING EE ON THE LEFT ARM, CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND.

EE WAS REPLACING LIGHT FIXTURE ON FRONTEND LOADER, FIXTURE SHATTERED CUTTING EE'S HAND.

INJURED EE & WITHNESS WERE MOVING 2 1/2" X 20' STEEL PLATE WHEN INJURED EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE GROIN.

WHILE INSTALLING A FLUID COUPLING ON THE 36 BELT, #3 TOWER EE RAISED HEAD STRIKING AGAINST 1" X 1" RAILING CAUSING A MILD CONCUSSION & CUT TO NOSE.

WHILE WALKING UP AN INCLINE, OUR EE FELT PAIN IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT KNEE. THIS REPORT IS LATE DUE TO THE FACT TAT THE QUARRY WAS REFUSING TO GIVE THEIR MSHA ID NUMBER. THEY STILL, AT THIS TI ME, HAVE NOT RELEASED THE NUMBER TO US.

OPERATOR WAS DRILLING A HOLE WHEN A SMALL BOULDER SLID DOWN A 2-3' EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST AAGAINST THE ROCK DRILL'S CONTROL PANEL, TRAPPING OEPRATORS RIGHT FOREARM BETWEEN BOLDER AND CONT ROL PANEL.

EMPLOYEE HAD A PERIODIC SCREENING CHEST X-RAY READ BY 3 "B" READERS USING THE FLO PROCEDURES.THE X-RAY WAS CHARACTERIZED AS "CONSISTENT" WITH PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH 2 SCORES OF 1/1.TWO READERS RE PORTED POSSIBLE LUNG CANCER. DAMAGE OF IMPAIRMENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED BY READING CHEST FILMS.THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO SATISFY MSHA PROGRAM POLICY LETTER P92-III-2.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHARPENING DRILL BIT WITH GRINDER WHEN GRINDING (SILICA) WHEEL SHATTERED PIECE OF WHEEL PUNCTURED SKIN JUST ABOVE RT SIDE OF UPPER LIP

HE HAD JUST FINISHED OPENING THE BATTERY COVER BOX ON HIS TRUKC TO JUMP THE SHOVEL OFF. HE TURNED AROUND TO CLIMB DOWN THE LADDER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER STEP. HE FELL FORWARD STR IKING THE TOP SIDE OF THE SHOVEL TRACK WITH HIS RIB CAGE. HE THEN FELL BACKWARD STRIKING HIS SAFETY HELMET AGAINST THE BUMPER OF HIS TRUCK.

THE CAP HOLDING A STRIKING BAR ON AN AIR TRACK DRILL BECAME LOOSE. HE TOOK A SLEDGEHAMMER AND HIT THE CAP TO TIGHTEN. A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND HIT HIM JUST BELOW MASK IN NECK. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

CLIMBING ON TOP OF SCREEN TO UNHANG. WHEN HE GOT ON TOP HE HE PUT HIS FOOT ON A PIECE OF ANGLE AND IT SLIPPED OFF AND HE FELT THREW HOLE WITH RIGHT FOOT AND HIT HIS FACE ON METAL SCREEN FRAME.

PLACING DRILL TUBES INTO DRILLED HOLES.STARTED TO CUT THE TUBES BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO LONG.KNIFE HE WAS USING CLOSED ON HIS THUMB.

EMPLOYEE ADN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE RECHARIGN THE BATTERIES ON THE HITACHI SHOVEL THEY TOOK THE BATTERIES BACK TO THE SHOP AND SET THEM OUT. HE WENT BACK TO THE SHOVEL AND BENT DOWN USING HIS LEGS TO PICK UP THE GREASE GUN TO BE CLEANED WHEN HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SCREEN CLOTH OFF TRUCK WITH BACKHOE. WHEN EMPLOYEE FINISHED HE STEPPED OFF BACKHOE AND TWISTED ANKLE.

EMPL WAS CLEANING WINDOWS WHEN HE SPRAYED THE WINDOW CLEANER WIND BLEW CLEANER IN HIS EYE R EMPL WAS WEARING CONTACT LENS AT THAT TIME

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TRUCKS WHEN BIN GATE STUCK OPEN EMPLOYEE SNATCHED AT GATE LEVER TO TRY AND GET THE GATE CLOSED.

EMPLOYEE WERE M2VING CABLE BRIDGES TO NEW LOCATION. HOOKED A CABLE TO SLED AND JUST AS CABLE TIGHTENED UP THE WELD BROKE LOOSE ON POLE SUPPORT. WELDED TOSLED FRAME AND POLE FELL STRICKING EMP OYEE, IN LOWER 1ART OF BACK.

EMPL AND ANOTHE9 EMPL PUTTING PATCH IN CHUTE WITH SLAG PLATE CUT.I.NAME HOLDING PLATE TO GET NUT STARTED AND PLATE SLIPPED AND MADE SMALL INCISION ON FINGER.

EMPL CLEANING A9OUND SCALPING SCREEN AREA WHIL SCREEN WAS RUNNING WHEN ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD -STITCHES REQ.

EMPLOYEE WAS CH9CKING CABLE SPOOL ON BACK OF 1500 SHOVEL. GLOVE CAUGHT ON BUR AS SPOOL WAS TURNING, RIPPED GLOVE AND CUT FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING GRATE ACROSS THE FLOOR INSIDE THE SCREEN TOWER. A ROCK HAD THE GRATE LODGED. WHEN HE MOVED THE ROCK, THE OTHER TWO EMPLOYEES WERE STILL PUSHING ON THE GRATE. THE GRATE BEC AME UNLODGED AND MOVED TO A POSITION THAT LODGED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND THE GRATE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER FOR 773 CAT TRUCK. OIL COOLER SLIPPED AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN OIL COOLER AND FRAME.

TO PRY IT LOOSE WITH A METAL BAR. WHEN NEW CHUTE CAME LOOSE IT PUSHED BAR AGAINST OLD CHUTE TRAPPING HIS FINGER CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT 5TH FINGER, STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING INSULATION OFF OF SHOVEL CABLE USING A RAZOR KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED WENT INTO TO EMPLOYEES LEFT THIGH CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES

EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING WEDGE OUT OF DRUM, HOIST CABLE WAS DOUBLED OVER, WHEN WEDGE CAME LOOSE IT RELEASED THE TENSION ON HOIST CABLE, CABLE STRAIGHTEN OUT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE CAUSIN G CONTUSION WITH LACERATION TO RIGHT EYE LID STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

HE & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE REPAIRING A LEAKING CYLINDER ON A BACKHOE AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. THE PIN WHICH HELD THE CYLINDER ARM IN PLACE HAD BEEN PARTIALLY CUT OUT WITH A TORCH, BUT A SMALL P IECE REMAINED IN PLACE. EMPLOYEE TOOK A PIECE OF COLD ROLL AND AN 8-LB. SLEDGE HAMMER TO TRY TO KNOCK THE PIN OUT. AS THE THE HAMMER SWUNG FORWARD, HE MISSED THE COLD ROLL AND STRUCK HIS RIGH

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SEATED POSITION PEELING THE INSULATION OFF SHOVEL CABLE HOLDING KNIFE DOWNWARD, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT THIGH.