San Rafael Rock Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Changing drill hammer on drill rig putting on Jay wrench onto the hammer and wrench dropped on employee's left hand crushing the tips of EE's two middle fingers. EE needed stitches to close the cuts on both fingers.

Employee step down on two steps stair and twisted his ankle then fell to the ground. The ankle swelled and, so employee left to go home in Sparks Nevada. Employee went to a health clinic and the ankle is fracture. Employee has not missed any work days as he is an administrator and will be working from an office to do his work.

EE is a dump truck driver/owner operator working thru T407. As he was on standby work due to a blasting operation, he was staged outside the pit area and in the North/East area of the quarry. While standing outside of his truck on a pile of material, he proceeded to step off the pile and lost his footing, thereby falling onto the ground.

Injury occurred while pile butt was repairing handrail at the Quarry spring line. He cut the handrail away and lost footing resulting in a fall to the water below, where he struck a float in the water. This resulted in two broken ribs and a punctured lung. Employee will be off duty until he has rehabilitated. Lost time injury.

Swinging a striking hammer.

Rock or uneven surface

While removing a rubber lined wear plate, the plate came free and struck employee on the foot above the steel toe causing a laceration.

Transporting wheelbarrow when it began to tip over. Caused employee to be unbalanced and he incurred a strain to his lower back.

Strained right shoulder while pulling fill cord during water truck filling operation.

Hearing STS

Hearing STS

Employee was operating loader to place broken rock into haul trucks, while digging, the loader contacted unbroken rock which stopped the loader causing the employee to be jarred resulting in pain in lower back and pain radiating into left leg.

Walking on level but uneven surface and felt a twinge in lower right back. Pain became more severe and notified supervisor.

While cleaning out a rip-rap chute with pry bar a rock moved and the pry bar struck the employee on the right shoulder. Xray was negative. Slight bruise to right shoulder.

While loading a barge, operator was attempting to make slack in a hand line and the line struck him in the back of the right hand causing a break between the little and ring fingers.

HE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING ON THE LOADING DOCK. HE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND ON A METAL GRATING CAUSING A LACERATION. PROVIDED GLOVES BUT WAS NOT WEARING THEM.

Ee was clearing diester of rock that was blocking passage. He was using a sledge hammer, the handle broke, causing right hand to strike rock.

Employee was patching hole on the barge when hydraulic ram shifted unexpectedly causing multiple pieces of debris to hit right temple area.

While changing punch plates in diester at primary plant, he was in a hurry and not wearing gloves. Lacerated his fingers on punch plates.

DOING MAINTENANCE WORK, WAS CUTTING JAW BELT WITH RAZOR KNIFE & IT SLIPPED DUE TO WET CONDITIONS & LACERATED FINGERS.

LARGE ROCK ROLLED ONTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND PINCHING HIS FINGERS BETWEEN A ROCK & STEEL STRUCTURE.

RIGHT HAND SMASHED WHILE DRIVING GROUND ROD.

CLIMBING DOWN FROM STRUCTURE, ROLLED LEFT ANKLE OUTWARD.

WHILE OPERATING MANLIFT, TRAVELLING DOWNGRADE (~22%) MACHINE APPEARED TO OVERSPEED. MACHINE TRAVELLED OVER A DEPRESSION CAUSING A VIOLENT JERK WHICH CATAPULTED EE INTO THE AIR. HE WAS PULLED B ACK INTO THE BASKET BY THE HARNESS & LANYARD. HETHEN STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE BASKET.

WHILE LIFTING HAUL TRUCK BATTERY EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS RIGHT WRIST.

EE WAS IN MIDDLE DECK OF SCREEN (SAFETY GLASSES WERE ON) GLASSES FOGGED UP & EE TOOK OFF GLASSESTO WIPE OFF GLASSES & FACE. DUST WAS INTRODUCED INTO RIGHT EYE

PERFORMING NORMAL DUTIES WHEN EE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SIDE LOWER ABDOMENT

EE WAS RETURING FROM LUBE SHOP WALKING TOWARD TRUCK STOP. AT TOP OF KNOLL HE THEN STARTED DOWNSLIGHT DECLINE WHEN HE STEPPED IN A SLIGHT DEPRESSION. HE FELL FORWARD TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE

RE-SET DUST COLLECTION BIN IN PROPER LOCATION UNDER AUGER. WET MATERIAL WAS CLOGGING DISCHARGE FROM HOPPER TO AUGER. EE WAS HITTING SIDES ON HOPPER WITH RUBBER MALLET. WHEN HE SLIP AND RT HAND WAS PUT IN AUGER BLADES. RESULTING WITH THE SEVERING OF THUMB, FOREFINGER AND MIDDLE OF THE RT HAND AND THE FIRST KNUCKLERS.

EE WAS HELPING LUBE ENGINEER ENTEREING PASSENGERSIDE OF CAB, EE WHEN STEPPING UP SLIPPED & FELL FLAT ON HIS BACK

CLIMBING ON LOADER TIRE TO ACCESS OPERATORS COMPARTMENT LADDER WAS TORN OFF TO PRIOR TO EE'S SHIFT. NOT REPAIRED BY OTHER DEPT USING MACHINE

WHILE HOLDING WEAR PLATE WHICH WAS BEING TIGHTENED, EE SLIPPED ON FEEDER FLOOR, SEVERING TIP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER UNDER PLATE.4'X6'X3/4" WEAR PLATE WAS SUSPENDED BY CRANE AT THE TIME OF THE A CCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BETWEEN TWO CONVEYOR BELTS AT PORTABLE CRUSHER AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DRIVE SHAFT ON HAUL TRUCK. IT SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS RIGHT SMALL FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSEMBLING A NEW ROCK CRUSHER. WIND BLOWN DIRT MUST HAVE IRRITATED EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHIFTING GEARS OF EUCLID TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING IN THE QUARRY PIT. RIGHT HAND BECAME NUMB. EMPLOYEE FELT THIS MAY BE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. WILL SEE DOCTOR. MAY LOSE SOME TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN PRIMARY CRUSHER FEEDER AND WORKING BETWEEN TWO OTHER WELDERS. HE RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO HIS EYE SFROM BOTH SIDES.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING DOWN A LARGE PIECE OF STEEL. HE THOUGHT HE HAD A CLEAR AREA BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER PIECE OF IRON HE DID NTO SEE WHICH CAUSED THE STEEL TO REST ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGR. CR USHED LEFT INDEX FINGER.

WHILE CRAWLING INTO CHUTE OF STACKER #2 AT PRIMARY PLANT TO WORK, KNEE POPPED.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE QUARRY PIT REAPRING A HYDRAULIC LINE ON THE DOW HOLE ROCK DRILL. WHILE CHANGING THE LINE HE SLIPPED AND FELL, RECEIVING A GASH ON HIS HEAD AND A SEPARATED SHO ULDER. AREA WAS WET FROM PREVIOUS NIGHT'S HEAVY RAIN. OIL FROM LEAKING LINE COMBINED WITH WATER TO MAKE SLIPPERY FOOTING.

TRUCK ROCKING DURING LOADING CAUSED DRIVER TO HIT SIDE ON ARM REST.

EMPL REPLACING FUSES IN SECONDARY SAND CONVEYOR STARTER AFTER THROWING DISCONNECT SWITCH TO CUT POWER TO FUSE BOX.DISCONNECT SWITCH FAILED;FUSE BOX ARCED BURNING EMPL RIGHT ARM FROM HAND TO EL BOW.

EE WAS CUTTING BOLTS HOLDING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER BUCKET. AFTER LAST BOLT WAS CUT AND TORCH WAS PUT AWAY CUTTING EDGE FELL, SENDING SLAG INTO EE S EYE. EE LEFT EYE WAS BURNED AND BRUISED.

USING ROCK BREAKER,ROCK WENT THROUGH HOLE IN WINDSHIELD AND BROKE EYEGLASSES CAUSING GLASS TO FLY INTO EYE AND SCRATCH EYE.

LIFTING STEEL RAMP 16 X 8 WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF SAWHORSE.IMPACT FROM OPPOSITE END HITTING GROUND CAUSING VIBRATION TO END I.NAME WAS HOLDING BREAKING HIS WRIST.

LIFTING ROCK WITH LOADER WITH BACK END OF LOADER OFF GROUND. ROCK GAVE WAY AND LOADER SLAMMED DOWN CAUSING HEAD TO SLAM INTO ROOF OF LOADER.

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED LADDER APROX 630 OF LOADER TO GO TO WORK AND DOWN ON OPPOSITE SIDE. BOTTOM STEP ON LOADER HAD BEEN KNOCKED OFF. EMPLOYEE DID NOT KNOW STEP WAS MISSING AND LOST BALANCE FALLING ON UPPER BACK AND SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE ONLY HAS ONE ARM WHICH DID NOT ALLOW HIM TO RECOVER HIS BALANCE.

LIFTING A CABLE.

WELDER HAD REMO5ED SAFETY CHAIN TO SECURE HIS WELDING LEADS I.NAME WALKED UP WALKWAY RAMP PAST CHAIN AND STEPPED THRU ACCESS OPENING FALLING TO THE GROUND

SHOVELING DIRT 5ND GENERAL CLEAN UP WORK WITHA SHOVEL BACK MUSCLES TIRED AND STRAINED.

REPAIRING ASPHA5T PLANT PULLING ON WRENCH.PERFORMING MECHANIC WORK-STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE PULLING ON WRENCH.LAST DAY WORKED 1-29-86.

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 CLIMBING ON A BARGE AT THE BARGE LOADING FACILITY AT THE MCNEARS QUARRY WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND BROKE HIS FALL WITH HIS LEFT HAND FRACTURING HIS LEFT WRIST.

WHILE INSTALLIN1 TROUGHLING ROLLER FRAMES AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING ROLLERS.

EE SMASHED THE 9ND OF HIS LEFT RING FINGER WHILE INSTALLING OXYGEN/ACETYLENE BOTTLES IN COMPARTMENT ON SERVICE TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE STUBBE8 HIM LEFT THUMB WHILE CLEANING THE WINDOWS ON A 988 LOADER.

WHILE WASHING T2E KUE KEN CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL GOING DOWN THE STAIRS. THE EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS TAIL BONE.

A STEEL PLATE W5S BEING UNLOADED FROM A FLATBED THE EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A BLOCK UNDER THE PLATE WHEN IT SHIFTED ON THE FORKS OF A FORKLIFT AND DROPPED ON EMPLOYEES HAND

WHILE HELPING T2 REPLACE PUNCH PLATES IN DIESTER SCREEN EMPLOYEE SMASHED HIS FINGER NAILS ON THE RING & INDEX FINGERS OF THE LEFT HAND

EMP WAS IN A CO3FINED AREA. HE SWUNG AROUND & BUMPED HIS ALREADY TENDER ELBOW ON A HAND RAIL

EMPLOYEE SITTING IN TRUCK BEING LOADED WITH A 988 LOADER LODER HITTING TRUCK CAUSING TRUCK TO BOUNCE RESULTING IN NECK SPRAIN

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 WASHING HIS HANDS AND ARMS. THE RAG HE USED TO DRY HIS HANDS AND ARMS HAD A NEEDLE IN IT. THE EMPLOYEES LEFT ARM WAS SCRATCHED FROM THE ELBOW TO THE WRIST PLUS THE NEEDLE WA S INBEDDED UNDE9NEATH THE SKIN. THROUGH SURGERY, THE NEEDLE WAS REMOVED.

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT BY #49 HEAD PULLEY ON SHORT BELT WHILE TRYING TO CLEAR A ROCK FROM THE UNDR SIDE OR RETURN PORTION OF BELT

EMPLOYEE IS NOT SURE HOW INJURY HAPPENED HE HAD BEEN CLIMBING UP AND DOWN LADDERS ALL DAY HIS LEFT ANKLE STARTED TO HURT THE LADDER THAT EMPLOYEE USED THE MOST ON 2-20 WAS THE ONE LOCATED AT THE SWOOP WINCH STATION

WHILE CHANGING SCREENS AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, THE EMPLOYEE GOT HIS 3RD & 4TH FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCREEN & SUPPORTING FRAME THIS ACTION SMASHED THE 3RD & 4TH FINGERS ON THE LEFT HAND

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE DOCK LOADING BARGES.HE STEPPED ON A ROCK FELL TO HIS KNEE AND IN THE PRCESS TWISTED THE LOWER PORTION ON HIS BACK.

I.NAME AT PORTABLE PRIMARY CRUSHING PLANT. HE WAS HSIFTING ROCKS SO IT COULD BE SAFE TO GO DOWN THE MAIN TOP TO BOTTOM LADDER. WHILE HE WAS SHIFTING THE ROCKS ONE ROCK SLIPPED SMASHING HIS RI GHT THUMB & BRUISING HIS RIGHT HAND.

WHILE STANDING ON A LADDER - THE RUBBER SKID PADS GAVE WAY THE EMPLOYEE FELL INJURING THE LEFT SHOULDER

WHILE WALKING EMPLOYEE FAILED TO SEE BOARD WITH NAIL STICKING OUT OF IT. STEPPED ON THE NAIL PUNCTURED HIS FOOT.

WHILE STEAMCLEANING, EMPLOYEE CHANGED DIRECTION OF THE WAND AND HE STRUCK HIS LEG IN DOING SO.

AFTER EMPLOYEE COMPLETED A WELDING JOB HE LIFTED UP HIS HOOD, AT THIS POINT A FOREIGN BODY FELL INTO HIS EYE.

WHILE GRINDING STEEL, THE GRINDER WHEEL BROKE A PIECE OF THE GRIND WHEEL HIT MR. HILL IN THE MOUTH.

STEPPING BACK, LOST BALANCE AND PUT STRAIN ON THE LEFT KNEE. CLEANING UP EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS AND LOST BALANCE BECAUSE OF LOOSE DEBRIS ON GROUND.

WHILE PULLING WRENCH TO TIGHTEN THE SHORT HEAD CRUSHER PULLED OR STRAINED LOWER LEFT BACK MUSCLE.

WHILE GREASING PRIMARY PLANT SLIPPED ON ROCKS UNDERNEATH AND STRAINED BACK WITH PAIN IN LEFT LEG.

BREATHING SILICA DUST WHILE REPAIRING HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT

EMPLOYEE TURNED AND STEPPED ONTO A PLUGGED CHUTE. EMPLOYEE MIS-JUDGED DISTANCE. STUMBLED AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.