Scott County Quarry: 38 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

While removing hydraulic pump from machine, the lifting chain/strap caught and subsequently released causing a sudden upward shift of the chain.

Two employees were tightening bolts on a hydraulic rock breaker. An employee was handling a wrench, the wrench slipped off of a bolt, the wrench struck the second employee in the mouth resulting in an upper lip laceration.

The employee was helping the company electrician inspect the wiring on the pit water pump, he tripped and fell injuring his right hand.

Employee was preparing to work on chute at end of #8 conv. While he was standing on the catwalk a part of the catwalk floor gave way causing him to fall onto the catwalk. While he was falling he grabbed the chute and it cut his left hand requiring 8 stitches.

The employee was injured when he fell from a portable ladder. (Ladder propped against conveyor belt. Fell approx. 5-6', landed on concrete pad. Laceration to head - 4 stitches & hand - 7 stitches. Follow up appt. determined probable concussion.)

The Employee was replacing bushings in the arms of a pit loader for the bucket. As he was driving in the bushing a particle entered into the right eye.

EE WAS CLEARING AG-LIME OUT OF THE ROLL CRUSHER. THIS EQUIPMENT WAS LOCKED AND TAGGED OUT. THE MATERIAL WAS CLEANED OUT FROM UNDER THE ROLL CRUSHER AND NEEDED A SMALL AMOUNT REMOVED FROM THE T OP. WHEN THE MATERIAL CLEARED THE TOP, THE ROLLSPULLED EE FOOT DOWN WARD MASHING HIS BIG TOE AND 2ND TOE REQUIRED STITCHES.

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE SENT TO CHANGE A BROKEN SCREEN, INJURED WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL OFF THAT IS USED TO DIVERT MATERIAL TO A CHUTE. AFTER THE METAL WAS CUT LOOSE, HE PROCEEDED TO MOVE TH E METAL OUT OF THE WAY WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE A PART A UNIVERSAL JOINT IN A TRUCK DRIVE LINE A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF JOINT & ENTERED EMPLOYEES LEFT INNER THIGH

EMPLOYEE WAS DESENDING DOWN A SMALL FLITE OF STAIRS, WHEN REACHING THE BOTTOM PLATFORM HE SLIPPED ON WET LIME DUST, CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING BIN TO BE CLEANED OUT. THE LADDER WAS COVERED BY MATERIAL, THE EMPLOYEE PROCEDED TO CLEAN AWAY FROM LADDER BEFORE ATTACHING SAFETY LANYARD, WHEN MATERIAL BROKE AWAY. EMPL OYEE THEN LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING INTO A BRACE RUNNING ACROSS THE BIN. EMPLOYEE HAD CONTUSION TO RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST AND SPINE STRAIN.

A VEHICLE WAS PARKED 127 FT NORT OF OFFICE TRAILER. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ADN AIR BRAKES WERE SET. THE AIR BRAKES RELEASED ALLOWING THE TRACTOR TRAILER TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL AND HITTING TH EOFFICE TRAILER. THE OFFICE MANAGER WAS INSIDE THE TRAIELR STANDING BETWEEN HER DESK AND THE FILE, CABINET, THE IMPACT THRU HER INTO THE FILLING CABINET ON HER LEFT SIDE.

I.NAME STRAINED BACK WHILE INSTALLING 8" WATER LINES TO WATER PUMPS.

INJURED WAS DIGGING OUT A STUMP AT THE 73 STOCKPILE AND CUT HIS FINGER ON A FOREIGN OBJECT.

EE WAS REMOVING SEAT FROM TOGGLE BLOCK WHEN CHISEL WAS DISLODGE, STRIKING HIM IN FORHEAD CUTTING HIM, WHICH TOOK ELEVEN STICKAS TO MEND CUT. HAND HAT AND SAFETY GLASSES WAS BEING WORN AT THE T IME OF THE ACCIDENT.

NO #3 CONVEYOR BECAME BLOCKED CAUSING MATERIAL TO OVERFLOW OFF OF SIDES OF CONVEYOR FALLING APPROX. 5' TO GROUND. HE WAS CLEANING MATERAIL UP WHEN ROCK JUMPED OFF HITTING HIM ON SIDE OF HEAD. HARD HAT AND EYE PROTECTION WAS BEING WORN AT TIME OF INJURY.

HE WAS TAKING HEAD BOLTS OFF ENGINE WHEN BOLTS LOOSENED QUICKLY AND JAMMED ELBOW INTO MOTOR HOUSING. WE WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT BUT MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED UNTIL 7-28-89. FLUID WAS DRAINED AND EMPLOYEE HAD NO LOST TIME.

EE WAS HAMMERING ON PIECE OF STEEL WHEN A SLIVER OF METAL FROM HEAD OF HAMMER INSTEAD INTO HIM PALM ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

HE WAS USING A PRY BAR WORK ON THE SHOVEL WHEN IT SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN IT AND THE GEAR.

SWEEPING & CLEANING UP UNDER CONVEYORS,I.NAME BITTEN BY INSECT ON LEFT HAND.

I NAME WAS CUTT3NG A PIECE OF METAL WHEN SMALL PIECE SHIFTED CAUSING IT TO PINCH LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

I,NAME WAS HITT3NG ON A PEN IN THE REAL END UNIT, WHEN A FRAGMENT OF METAL HIT HIM JUST BELOW THE LEFT EYE. THE CUT WAS CLEANED OUT AND WAS THOUGHT TO BE TAKEN CARE OF THE CUT NEVER LEALED UP AND WAS SENT T2 HANG IT CHECK OUT. A SMALL PIECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED.

EE & 3 OTHER MEN WERE REMOVING A BAD TRANSFORMER-231#-WHEN THEY LIFTED IT, HE HURT HIS BACK-INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED TO CO. UNTIL 4-4-83 ORIGINAL INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED AS WORK RELATED. AFTER INVESTIGATION BY THE CO. -THE H&W INSURANCE- WORKMAN\S COMP. IT WAS CONCLUDED & AGREED UPON 4-19-83 BY ALL PARTIES THAT IT WAS WORK RELATED INJURY.