San Pedro Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was diagnosed with silicosis. Notification by medical advisor of reportability.

EE WAS CUTTING HOLE IN HOPPER BRACES WITH TORCH WHEN SMALL PIECE OF SLAG HIT RIGHT EYE, ABRADING IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM CRUSHER TO WELDING MACHINE, HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCK. LIGHT DUTY.

ELECTRIC STARTER SHORTED OUT CAUSING THE DOOR OF THE SWITCH BOX TO FLY OPEN. DOOR STRUCK EE ON RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD. STARTED LOSING TIME ON 8-14-91 DUE TO SURGERY.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOSTING HEAVY METAL SCREENS WITH ROPE ON T OP OF CATWALK STARTED LOSING TIME ON 10-14-91 DUE TO SURGERY

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL AS HE STEPPED IN A WATER PUDDLE ON A CONCRETE SLAB. THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PARKING AREA AND THE INCIDENT OCCURRED PRIOR TO CLOCKING-IN.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER AND MISSED BOTTOM STEP WITH HIS FOOT CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS CHEST ON THE LADDER.

EMP WAS WASHING LOADER, CAT 988B, AND AS HE WAS PULLING ON THE HOSE THE COUPLING CAME APART CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL DOWN ON THE CONCRETE SLAB

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 988B CATERPILLAR WHEEL LOADER WHEN A SMALL SLIDING WINDOW ON THE RIGHT DOOR OF THE MACHINE CLOSED ON HIS FINGER PINCHING IT BETWEEN THE WINDOW AND THE FRAME.

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET A DRILL STEM IN THE KEEPER ON AN INGERSOLL-RAND TRUCK MOUNTED DRILLING RIG. AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING THE MAST HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE BETWEEN THE MAST FRAME AND THE TAKE-UP CHAIN.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT SOME TIME AROUND MID FEBRUARY HE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE PAIN IN HIS BACK DUE TO OPERATING A 35-TON HAUL UNIT. LOST TI,E STARTED 4-3-84.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE I// AMP FUSES FROM A BOX THAT WAS NOT DE-ENERGIZED THE INJURED CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BOTTOM BRASS CAP ON A FUSE AND SUFFERED A 277 VOLT ELECTRICAL SHOCK. HE WAS N NOT USING FUSE PULLERS AND STATES THAT HE THREW THE SWITH BUT DID NOT PULL IT DOWN FAR ENOUGH TO BREAK THE CIRCUIT. A SLIGHTLY BENT SAFETY CATCH ON THE DOOR OF THE BOX ALLOWED IT TO OPEN EVEN

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE DISCHARGE GATE ON A TOPPING ROCK SILO LOADING HAUL-UNITS WHEN HE LOOKED UP AND WAS STRUCK IN THE MOUTH BY A 1IN ROCK WHICH HAD FALLEN FROM THE VIBRATING SCREEN LOCAT ED ON TOP OF THE SILO

WHILE REMOVING A GUARD ON THE HEAD WHEEL OF 12 CONVEYOR ALONG WITH A CO WORKER THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS FORCED TO HOLD THE ENTIRE WEIGHT OF THE GUARD WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM THE CO WORKERS GRASP APPROX WEIGHT 40LBS

THE MAINTENANCE CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING A BREAKER BAR THAT THEY HAD JUST REMOVED FROM A IMPACT CRUSHER INTO THE BUCKET OF A FRONT END LOADER. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE NOTICED THAT THE B AR NEEDED TO BE SLID DEEPER INTO THE BUCKET ANDID SO WITH HIS LEFT FOOT. THE NECT DAY HE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE PAIN IN HIS LEFT ANKLE.