ROCKY POINT QUARRY: 74 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

Laceration to left cheek area when air impact socket struck employee working on dragline. Employees were working under the Lima dragline removing nut from the vertical travel shaft pinion. When the air impact wrench was removed from the nut, the trigger was accidentally hit. The socket spun off and struck employee in the left cheek.

Employee was getting into truck T-648 and did not bend over far enough (was wearing hard hat) causing him to hit top of hard hat on the inside of door opening. This caused his head to bend backwards very hard hurting his neck. His fingers, hands, and feet are numb and tingling. Also, his arms and legs feel weak.

Employee was cleaning up in the surge tunnel when he heard a spring on the feeder rattling. He placed his hand on the springs to determine which one was loose and his finger slipped between the broken spring and the bracket where it was pinched through his glove. He sustained a laceration to his index finger which required 5 stitches.

EE was working in the engine room of the lima 2400 dragline when he slipped on the slick floor plates due to mud and fell striking his head ont he engine. He suffered a laceration to his forehead above the left eye which required 9 stitches. Medical only.

EE CUT HIS FINGERS ON THE AIR CONDITIONER FAN. WHILE TRAMMING THE CAT 988F LOADER, ONE OF THE AIR COND VENTES FELL OUT OF THE OVERHEAD UNIT. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REINSTALL THE VENT WHEN THE MACHINE HIT A BUMP CAUSING HIS HAND TO GO INTO THE OPEN VENT HOLE ANC CONTACT THE BLOWER FAN LACERATING TWO FINGERS ON THE RIGHT HAND AND CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF THE MIDDLE FINGER

STRUCK ON LEG BY A CHAIN HOIST. EE WAS PULLING A 5 TON COME-A-LONG FROM INSIDE OF ROCK BOX THATSETS OVER THE JAWCRUSHER. THE COME0-A-LONG WAS BEING USED TO LIFT CHECK PLATES OUT FOR EXCHANGE. WHEN LIFTING THE RACHET PART OF THE COME-A-LONG OUT & DRAGGING THE LIFT HOOK BLOCK UP WITH THE COMEALONG, CHAINS FOR REMOVAL FROM THE BOX, THE HOOK BLOCK REACHED THE TOP EDGE OF THE BOX & SWUN

WHILE CLIMBING PLANT STRUCTURE TO ACCESS CONVEYOR, SLIPPED AND FELL AND CUT LEG ON BOLT ON CONVEYOR. LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES TO CALF OF LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF #1 CAT WALK(DEISTER SCREEN), L.H. SIDE, WHEN A ROCK BOUNCED OFF THE SCREEN AND HIT HIM ON HIS HARD HAT, BACK R,H, SIDE.

ROCK WAS WEDGED BETWEEN CAB AND TRACK ON ROCK BREAKER. HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND BREAKER BAR TO DISLODGE ROCK. HE WAS SWINING THE SLEDGE HAMMER AT THE BREAKER BAR AND TOOK HIS EYES OFF THE BAR. HIS SWING WENT HIGH AND HE HIT HIS HANDON THE BREAKER BAR.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM CRANE WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO SLIPPERY TRACKS. HE SAID HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND LANDED ON THE TRACK AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

REBUILDING INNER PARTS OF SAND PUMP AT THE PLANT. THE EE WAS HOLDING HUB TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING. THE HUB SLIPPED AND CAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER CATCHING IT BETWEEN THE HUB AND THE PU MP SHAFT CAUSING A GASH ON HIS FINGER. EE WAS W WEARING GLOVES.

EE WERE PULLING WIRES FOR NEW JAM-BREAKER INTO SWITCH HOUSE IN ORDER TO PULL WIRES THROUGH COVER FOR BOX WAS REMOVED & PLACED ON TOP OF THE TROUGH VIBRATIONS FROM PULLING WIRES CAUSED THE COVE R TO FALL STRIKING EE IN THE FACE & KNOCKING HISFRONT TOOTH OUT & CUT HIS MOUTH

EE HAD WENT DOWN ON #1 BELT TO PULL A SLAB FROM THE FEEDER BOX CHUTE. AFTER HE PULLED THE SALB FREE HE HAD THE BELT RUN-UP, WHEN THE BELT STARTED THE SLAB MOVED AND FELL TO THE LEFT OF THE BEL T CATCHING HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE SLAB AND WHERE HE WAS STANDING. THE MOVING BELT AND THE SALB STARTED PULLING HIS FOOT FROM UNDER HIM AND JAMMING IT UP AGAINST THE OPENING IN THE FEEDER C

REMOVING COVER ON 1 CRUSHER OIL TANK SLIPPED FROM HANDS STRIKING RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN MOUTH AREA WHILE DISASSEMBLING A SPRING IN BRAKE CHAMBER. SPRING FLEW OUT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH. SEVERAL TEETH REQUIRING ROOT CANAL, CROWNS AND BRIDGES.

I,NAME WAS HELPING LINE #1 SCREEN CHUTE WITH 3/4" STEEL PLATE. WHILE THE PLATE WAS BEING LOWERED INTO THE CHUTE, THE STEEL PLATE BECAME HUNG. I,NAME SHOOK THE METAL PLATE TO LOOSEN IT CAUSING THE HOOK TO COME LOOSE. THE METAL PLATE SLID DOWN THE CHUTE HITTING HIM ON HIS RIGHT LEG.

CABLE TANGLED IN IDLER PULLEY ON JAW HOIST.TOOK DEAD END LOOSE WHEN HE PULLED IT OUT OF IDLER.IT CAME DOWN AND HIT HIM IN MOUTH CHIPPED RIGHT UPPER FRONT TOOTH.

EMPLOYEE THROWED CLEANING SOLVENT VARSOL ON DRAG CLUTCHES TO GET THE GREASE OFF OF IT & IT EXPLODED WHEN THE SOLVENT HIT T HE HOT DRUM

EMP. WAS STEMING ENGINE AND RADIATOR ON THE 275. HE WAS STANDING IN THE CENTER OF THE TIRE WHICH HAD MUD AND WATER ON THEM. HE STARTED SLIDEING AND REACHED FOR THE HAND RAIL AND HIS ARM WEN T BEHIND IT AND HE SLID UNTIL HIS FOOT CAUGHT SO HE COULD GET BACK UP.

EMPLOYEE WAS RE1LACING DRIVE CHAIN ON RIGHT TREAD OF DRILL. THE CHAIN NEEDED TO BE MOVED FORWARD TO PUT MASTER LINK IN LINE WITH ALINEMENT HOLE. WHEN FORWARD PRESSURE WAS PUT ON THE CHAIN THE MASTER LINK PO1PED OUT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ACROSS BRIDGE OF NOSE.

EMPLOYEE HAD A 7LAY BALL JAM IN JAW CRUSHER. HE WAS TRYING TO BEAT IT OUT WITH A HAMMER WHEN THE HAMMER HIT THE JAW HOIST CABLE CAUSING THE HAMER TO COME DOWN ON HIS LEFRT HAND INJURING HIS T HUMB AND HAND. 3

STRIKING CHIPPI3G HAMMER WITH HAND HAMMER ANDA PIECE OF THE CHIPPING HAMMER CAME OFF AND STUCK INTO LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FIRST FINGER.

I. NAME WAS HOLDING ALLEN WRENCH ON BOLTS TO BREAKE LINING ON 275 LOADER. AN IMPACT WRENCH WAS USED TO TIGHTEN NUT ON BOLT. ALLEN WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING IMPACT TO DRIVE WRENCH INTO HAND.,

REPLACING SCREEN CLOTH ON #3 SCREEN EMPLOYER GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN SCREEN CLOTH AND FRAME CAUSING CUT BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

DENNIS WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD MOTOR FREIGHT TRUCK WHEN THE SCREEN CLOTH SLIPPED IN HIS HAND CAUSING IT TO CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

MOVING A DRUM OF OIL ON FLAT SURFACE THE DRUM WAS SET DOWN ON BOYKINS FIRST DIGIT OF HIS LITTLE FINGER CAUSING A CUT