SALISBURY PINK QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Operator was changing steel on drill when wrench spun back and hit EE's foot.

Picked plug drill strained back.

Employee alleges they have silicosis.

Employee inflating airbag to move wall and natural seam in rock shifted rock causing a tear in bag and air released through tear blowing dust/dirt in employees eyes.

Employee was breaking rock and he slipped and cut his leg on granite

He was setting up wire saw when a wall was being pulled down and a pc came loose once wall fell and struck him in the elbow

Employee slipped on mud and fell (same level) hurting his right upper thigh.

Employee was lining up an I-beam when it slipped and hit his finger.

Aggravation to feet from previous incident, 9/6/11 dr note to restrict to sit work, worked 9/7/11 sitting, Family dr appt 9/8-12/11. returned 9/13/11 and no sit work available. Out till dr releases.

He was putting a wedge in hammar using a 2lb hammer, hit his left fore thumb area causing laceration.

Using sledge hammer to drive wedges missed wedge and hit rock - hammer bounced off rock and hit him in nose. Was in a kneeling position.

Employee pulling on wire for wire saw & felt a pain in lower abdomen.

Silicosis

Employee was pulling on airline and a knife blade was hung up on line and punctured his forearm.

Employee injured right shoulder-sprain and has been through dr visits and found a rotor cup tear out for surgery on 11/17/08. moving items/with hand truck when weight shifted tilting hand truck and pulling on shoulder.

Employee was operating 90 ton truck crane. When lifting a block to lower the main fall, brake locked and would not release load. Block swung out past riggers on crane causing load to shift crane and caused a rocking motion. Operator jumped out of crane onto granite. This crane was being operated from bottom of quarry pit.

EE fell off ledge, 12' to next ledge, catching himself on his knees and hands.

Employee was grinding on derrick swing shaft with 2 other ee for repairs when a piece of metal flew up under his glasses.

Drilling & rock dust came up & into eye. Had safety glasses on.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING WEDGE W/HAMMER & STEPPED INTO SWING, STEPPING TOO CLOSE & HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE WEDGE NEXT TO THE ONE HE WAS HITTING.

EE was hammering a wedge into a piece of granite when the wedge flew up and hit EE in upper lip.

DOGGING A HOLE WITH PLUG & DRILL WHEN DRILL SLIPPED & FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS RIGHT CALF.

Employee step down off of piece of granite foot slip-causing rt. forearm to brush granite wall cutting his rt. forearm

Moving ladder when it slipped, striking ee on rt forehead causing a laceration that took 5 stitches.

EMPLOYEE THOUGHT THE MACHINE WAS SHUT OFF. WHEN HE UNJAMMED THE TIP IT STARTED UP CAUSING HIS LEFT RING FINGER TO BE PINCHED.

EE HOOKED A NOVAMAC DRILL UP WITH CHAINS IMPROPERLY AND WHEN DRILL WAS LIFTED IT SWUNG AROUND STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND KNOCKING HIM TO HIS FEET.

WORKING A JACKHAMMER. HE PROPPED HIS HAND ON GRANITE WALL & LEANED JACKHAMMER OVER & IT LANDED ON HIS HAND THAT WAS PROPPED ON WALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS BLOWING OUT CHANNEL AND DUST AND DIRT BLEW INTO HIS EYE UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES. HURT ON 8/20/02; DIDN'T REPORT OR GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 8/28/02.

EE WAS WORKING ON LEDGE & TWISTED HIS RIGHT LEG & HIS KNEE.

HE WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER & ON HIS OWN DECIDED TO WASH OFF HIS GLOVES. HE HELD HIS HAND AT CLOSE RANGE TO VALVE & PULLED TRIGGER TOO HARD PUNCTURING HIS FINGER THROUGH HIS GLOVE.

PICKING UP ROCK WITHOUT GLOVES & CUT FINGER.

HE WAS PICKING UP GRANITE PIECE AND CUT HIS HAND LEFT THUMB AREA.

HE DRILLS GRANITE WITH A JACKHAMMER AND STEEL. HE WAS SETTING UP STEEL AND SETTING JH DOWN ON STEEL AND MISSED RETAINER. THE JH SLIPPED AND STEEL BENT AND HIT HIM ON FOREHEAD.

HE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF A 992 LOADER AND STEPPED DOWN ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE FRACTURED LEFT TOE USING A JACKHAMMER.

EE WAS BLOWING OUT A CHANNEL WITH AIR WHEN HOT ROCK WENT IN THE CHANNEL IGNITING LEFT OVER FUELIN THE CHANNEL COMING BACK ON HIM & BURNING HIS ARMS & FACE

EE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE PIECES OF ROCK THAT DAY AND BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A LARGER PIECE OF ROCK. WHEN HE PICK UP THE ROCK AND TURNED WITH IT, HE FELT HIS BACK POP. HE HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS S INCE. NOTIFIED 1/24/00 AT 7:30 AM OF INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS WAITING ON A PIECE OF STONE TO BE PULLED AND A PIECE OF ROCK HIT HIM ON THE HAND CUTTING HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS UNHOOKING ROCK FROM DOG HOOK. WHEN ROCK WAS RELEASED - THE ROCK CAME BACK ON HIS LEG. ROCK WAS BEING LOADED ONTO DUMP TRUCK.

HE WAS PICKING UP PIECES OF SHELL ROCK AND THROWING THEM IN A PAN, AND A PIECE OF ROCK CUT HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING PIECES OF SHELL ROCK IN PAN AND ROCK CUT HIS HAND.

HE JUMPED UP ON A ROCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE FELL AGAINST A ROCK CUTTING HIS LEFT LEG. GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS AND TETANUS SHOT.

HE WAS USING A 12 LB HAMMER TO DRIVE A WEDGE WHEN THE HAMMER CAME BACK IT STUCK HIM IN THE FACE AREA.

EE WAS DRIVING A WEDGE AND WEDGE BROKE OFF HITTING HIS LEFT ARM.

HE WAS HELPING TO DOG A BLOCK WHEN HE REACHED FOR A JACK HAMMER THE BLOCK SLIPPED AND WEDGED HIS FOOT BETWEEN GRANITE.

CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN A CHAIN & DOGS.

HE WAS LOOKING DOWN IN A CHANNEL OF THE AUTOMATIC BURNER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK DUST WENT UP UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES & INTO HIS EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH A 16# SLEDGE HAMMER HITTING AN EIGHT INCH WEDGE WHEN THE HAMMER HANDLE BROKE & HIT HIM IN THE RIBS (NOTIFIED WORK RELATED 04-06-95

A GRANITE BLOCK WAS BEING LOADED ONTO A FLAT BEDTRUCK AND THE DOG HOLES BROKE LOOSE CAUSING BLOCK TO FALL ONTO TRUCK. GRANITE CHIPS FROM BLOCK BROKE LOOSE FROM BLOCK AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.

A GRANITE BLOCK WAS BEING LOADED ONTO A FLAT BEDTRUCK & THE DOG HOLES BROKE LOOSE CAUSING BLOCK TO FALL ONTO TRUCK. GRANITE CHIPS FROM BLOCK BROKE LOOSE FROM BLOCK & HIT EE IN WRIST.

HE WAS WORKING ON A DUMP TRUCK MOTOR AND THE CYLINDER FELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

HE WAS UNTWISTING A DERRICK ROPE AND IT PULLE DON HIS RIGHT ARM SPRAINING HIS WRIST.

EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT AND HIT A ROCK, HE LIFTED THE ROCK ON SHOVEL TO MOVE IT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE DROPPED A GRANITE ROCK ON HIS RIGHT RING FINGER.

EE S ANKLE WAS HIT WITH AN AIR HOSE THAT HAD COME LOOSE FROM A DRILL THE AIR LINE HAD THE WHIP LINE ON HOSE TO KEEP FROM TWISTING. THIS CAUSED A SPRAIN TO THE LEFT ANKLE. ALTHROUGH ACCIDENT OC CURED 4-22-94, HE DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL 4-25-94.

EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING A BOARED WITH HIS HAND & TH4ERE WAS A NAIL IN THE BOARD HE DID NOT SEE HIS HAND HIT THE NAIL & IT PUNCTURED HIS RT HAND NO STITCHES RECHECK ON 04-25-94 WITH DOCTOR

HE WAS USING HAND HELD TRIMMING BURNER AND FLAMES FROM BURNER IRRITATED HIS EYES. HE WAS WEARING A RADIANT LENS SAFETY GLASS, A MORE DARKENED LENS WILL BE USED WHILE OPERATING BURNER.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING GRANITE ROCK WITH HIS HANDS AND DROPPED IT ON HIS FOOT. REPORTED TO FORMAN ON 1-17-94 HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS FOOT.

HE WAS DRILLING WITH A JACKHAMMER & A PIECE OF GRANITE WENT IN HIS EYE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS SAFETY GLASSES ON

EMPLOYEE3 WAS HOOKING UP WELDER & CROSSED PHASES CUASING AN ELECTRICAL FLASH WHICH BURNED BOTHE HANDS. (2ND DEGREE BURNS)

HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER & SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER & HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SLEDGE HAMMER & 1/8 WEDGE

ROCK HUNG UP IN DUMP BED WHILE DUMPING OVER DUMP CAUSING TRUCK TO TIP OVER EMPLOYEE WAS NOT INJURED AT TIME BUT OVER DAYS FELT SORENESS IN BACK & NECK WENT TO DOC ON 03-03-93

PULLING CABLE (HOIST) AND WEIGHT SHIFTED CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

LIFTING CHAINS TO PUT AROUND BLOCK OF GRANITE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

PULLING DOGS AND TWISTED IN HAND AND TRIED TO CATCH BENDING HIS FINGER BACK.

STRAING LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING GENERATOR.

85065NT TO MOVE A LADDER AND SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND CUT HIS ARM ON A PIECE OF GRANITE.

85049OPPED A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL ON TOES OF LEFT FOOT.

DRIVING WEDGES HELD ON TO DRIVER IT BOUNCED ON FOOT

HE WAS PULLING ON PIPE WRENCH AND STRAINED BACK.

DRILLING HANDLE OUT OF SLEGE HAMMER DRILL SLIPPED OR JUMPED OUT AND CUT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND 1 ST FINGER LACERATION LEFT HAND.

WORKING IN MUDDY AREA,PICKED UP 5-GAL CAN OF FUEL OIL SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS BACK. CONTINUED TO WORK BUT PAIN GOT WORSE SO WENT TO EMERG RM 12-2-90.

DRILLING CAP LINE,TWISTED TO RIGHT,FELT SOMETHING PULL WITH BURNING SENSATION IN BACK.

HE WAS HELPING PUSH BLOCKS OVER WITH AIR BAGS. HE PUSHED WITH FOOT BLOCK FELL BACK ON FOOT BREAKING SMALL BONES TO TOES.

HELPING PUT LIFT HOLES AND WHEN SLIDING MACHINE AROUND HE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

PLACINGDOG HOLE INBLOCK OF GRANITE. THE DRILL SLIPPED, BIT MADE CONTACT WITH CALF OF LEFT LEG PINCHING IT BETWEEN BLOCK AND DRILL BIT.

ATTEMPT TIGHTEN BOLTS ON DRILL RIG LOST BALANCE FELL CAUSING INJ TO R ANKLE

DRILLING PIN HOLE TO HANG BASKET SLIPPED HIT KNEE ON DRILL STEEL

HE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WITH PLACEMENT OF A DRILL HOLE WHEN A SMALL SLIVER OF GRANITE WENT AROUND HIS EYE PROTECTION LODGING IN LEFT EYE

DRIVING WEDGE TO OPEN CRACK IN BLOCK OF GRANITE.STRUCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER ,WEDGE RICOCHETED OUT OF BLOCK AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED STRIKING HIM ON INSIDE LEFT ANKLE.

SLIPPED ON LADDER, WHEN TRYING TO BRACE HIMSELF, HIT RIGHT WRIST ON CORNER OF STONE AND CUT IT.

HE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE PIECE OF GRANITE JAMMED IN CHANNEL WITH A STEEL BAR HE WAS HIT ON THE THIRD TOE OF R FOOT WITH EAR OF STEEL BAR

HE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER IN GOLF STYLE AND HE FELT SOMETHING "POP" IN LEFT SHOULDER WHICH CAUSED SHARP PAIN.

HE WAS PACKING A VERTICAL LIFT HOLE WHEN THE KNUCKLE OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER STRUCK THE EDGE OF BLOCK ABOVE THE ONE HE WAS WORKING ON.

SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER.

HE WAS CHANGING WIRE & GREASING THE WIRE SAW WHEEL HE GRABBED WHEEL & CUT MIDDLE & RING FINGERS AMPUTATION THRU DISTAL PLALANX LEFT MIDDLE FINGER