South New Hope Quarry & Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was standing on a ladder cleaning a pin to put bushing in tailgate of the Terex TA400. EE was stepping down the ladder, and was further up than they realized. As EE was stepping down to concrete floor, they ended up falling to concrete floor, landing on the left hip - braking a hip bone, with possible injury to shoulder, elbow, head, fingers.

EE was sitting on loader waiting for another truck to be loaded. He broke out in a sweat and had severe chest pain. He had a heart attack.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OTR TIRE USING BOOM TRUCK, HAMMER, BARS, JACK STANDS. HE WAS PICKING UP A FLANGE FROM THE GROUND, WEIGHING 80-90 POUNDS, AND PLACED IT ON A CAT LOADER

Employee was grinding. He felt a hot piece of metal on his forehead above safety glasses. When he wiped it off, it fell in his left eye.

Climbed up ladder to remove hydraulic hammer from a track hoe. He stepped off ladder into mud hole, onto loose gravel and turned ankle and leg.

Steer cylinder rod was against chest while bent over to pull cap up rod. He felt chest pop, hurt left ribs.

Employee was closing tailgate on dump truck and strained back.

On 6/17/09 EE was bush hogging when he ran into the ditch causing the steering wheel to jerk - jarring his right shoulder. He continued to work until Dr scheduled surgery on 8/27/09.

Routine maintenance at crusher - repairing conveyor belts, shim the jay - maintenance.

Employee was loosening a bolt with a wrench to remove a bucket from loader. He used his hand to hold up bolt, spun and cut hand - right palm - had 13 stitches.

EE was reaching for a water hose to wash a bucket and got bit by a spider on his left middle finger.

Employee stepped up on the D25#7 Water Truck. His foot slipped off the truck and he used his left hand to grab a bar on the water truck to keep from falling, which caused pain in his left shoulder.

EE was swinging a 12 lb sledgehammer to remove a bucket pin from a bucket. He felt a strain or pull in his left elbow.

Employee lifted a screen off the Gradall to put it on the shaker. As he was raising the screen to put it on the shaker, he almost dropped the screen. Bracing the screen to get a better grip, it hurt/twisted his back.

EMPLOYEE WAS WIPING DEW OFF THE BELL END DUMP WINDOWS. HE REACHED BETWEEN THE MIRROR & THE CAB. HE HIT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON THE MIRROR BRACKET. HIS HEAD WAS CUT & STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A GEAR FROM THE PIONEER JAW. THE GEAR SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND HIS 5TH FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE GEAR AND I-BEAM, BROKE FINGER.

WAS WALKING HOSE FROM WATER PUMP TO LOCATE LEAK. STEPPED OVER ROCK, FOOT LANDED ON ANOTHER ROCK THAT SLID CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

HE WAS GRINDING A FRESH CUT ON THE 8X24 BOX ABOVE THE CHUTE, PREPARING IT TO WELD. WHILE HE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW UP AND DEFLECTED OFF HIS CHEEK UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE.

EE WAS WELDING ON THE PIONEER FEEDER. THERE WAS ANOTHER EE BEHIND HIM GRINDING AND SOME OF THE DUST BLEW UP UNDER HIS WELDING HOOD AND GOT IN HIS EYE.

THERE WAS FROST ON THE BAR HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP ON TO CHECK A SCREEN. HIS HAND SLIPPED AND ALL HIS WEIGHT WAS ON HIS RIGHT ARM.

EE WAS TRYIG TO DRIVE A PISTON NTO A DTH HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF OF THE SLEDGE HAMMER AND LODGED IN HIS UPPER ARM. DIDN'T NOTICE UNTIL 4 HRS LATER WHEN ARM WENT NUMB AND STARTED BLEEDING. WENT TO HOSPITAL WHERE THEY REMOVED A PIECE OF METAL APPROX THE SIZE OF A DIME. REQUIRED 17 STITCHES TO SEW UP.

WAS MOVING AIR JACK. PLACED JACK ON BUMPER OF VEHICLE AND IT FELL OFF STRIKING LEFT FOOT.

STEPPIN OFF OF TRAILER AFTER CHECKING ANTI FREEZE IN LISTER GEN.

HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE 1135 KICK OUT BELT. WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND HE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER ATTACHED TO THE PLANT. HE EITHER MISSED A STEP OR HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. HE LANDED ON A CONCRETE FLOOR CAUSING HIS RIGHT LEG TO BREAK.

WAS GOING FROM ONE LEVEL OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS TO ANOTHER AND SLIPPED AND FELL, CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND.

WE BELIEVE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE CONVEYOR BELT AT THE SAND PLANT WHILE IT WAS STILL RUNNING AND CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND PULLED HIS HAND IN. THIS IS COMPLETELYA GAINST OUR SAFETY POLICY.

INJURED WAS CHANGING SCREENS ON THE 6 X 20 WHEN HE KNELT DOWN HIS KNEE WAS JABBED BY A BOLT. IT DID NOT BREAK THE SKIN BUT WENT BEHIND THE KNEE CAP,

EE WAS HELPING OTHER CHANGE SCREENS ON THE MESOBI SHAKER. OTHER HAD REMOVED THE DRIBBLE SPOUT AND HANDED IT TO EE TO PUT DOWN. WHEN EE WENT TO LAY IT DOWN HE TWISTED AS HE WAS PUTTING PUTTING DOWN AND CAUSED HIS BACK TO CRAMP UP. HE SADI ITFELT LIKE HE HAD A CHARLIE-HORSE IN HIS BACK BUT IT STOPPED HURTING AND HE CONTINED TO WORK THE REST OF THE DAYS.

HELPING TO BREAK DOWN A HAMME RBIT ON A DRILLING RIG, THE INJURED GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE HAMMER BIT AND PINCHED THE SKIN ON HIS SHOUULDER. THE PINCHIN GACTION CUT THE SKIN REQUIRING STITCHES.

CHECKING TO SEE IF BUMP BLOCK'S WERE IN PLACE. WHEN HE PULLED HIS HAND OUT HE CUT IT ON WATER HOSE BAND CLAMP.

INJURED WAS PUTTING BOLTS INTHE SAND PLANT & TIGHTENING THEM DURING RECONSTRUCTION. SOME OF THE BOLTS HAD SOME RUST ON THEM WHICH EVIDENTLY FLAKED OFF & GOT INTO HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A STRAINED BACK MUSCLE FROM FURIVING A DUMP TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A LOWER BACK INJURY FROM BOUNCING IN SEAT WHILE DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK.

CLIMBING STEPS AT THE CRUSHER HIS FOOT SLIPPED HURTING HIS KNEE.