St Paul Stone Company: 202 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

Miner was installing wheel hub on truck. Miner pinched small finger on left hand while attempting to align valve stem. Required 3 stitches on small finger of left hand.

Employee was standing on ground washing out material buildup when employee turned hitting head on steel structure with forehead. Causing a laceration above nose resulting in three stitches.

Employee was tightening bolts on loader cutting edge. The edge slipped catching employee's watch wrist band causing lacerations to left hand.

Backed up to dump point, raised bed to dump material, ground gave way under back tires, truck upset. Driver complained of back and knee pain possibly caused by seat belt jolt.

While adjusting jaw crusher, toggle plate came loose and moved pinching/crushing tip of right little finger.

Mechanic was repairing hoist cylinder. Attempting to hook cable hoist sheave, slipped away from grasp and hit right foot causing contusion. Went for x-ray (negative).

On 4-11-07 employee pulled on bin gate that was slightly frozen straining right shoulder. Treated with physical therapy with no lost time until worker's compensation decision that surgery was needed. Surgery on 08-16-2007.

On 5-4-07 slipped off step while climbing off water truck. Caught self with right arm to avoid fall, straining shoulder. No lost time as tried therapy to rehab shoulder. Did not respond so Worker's Comp authorized shoulder surgery on 7-23-07. Return to work date not determined at this time.

Lifting 2" water pump to put in backhoe bucket, strained to lower back.

Removing rivets from I-beam with a sledge hammer & a punch. Employee was hit on his right thumb by the sledge hammer.

Removing rivets from I-beam with a sledge hammer & a punch. Employee was hit on his wrist by the sledge hammer causing a bruise to his left wrist.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CUTTING EDGE. WHEN HE CUT THE BOLT & REACHED FOR HAMMER, CUTTING EDGE FELL ON HIS FOOT.

EE WAS REMOVING RADIATOR FROM TRUCK. CHAIN CAME LOOSE FROM HOIST & THE METAL GRILL HIT HIM ON TOP OF HEAD MAKING 2 CUTS REQUIRING STITCHES.

EE SLIPPED & FELL WHILE EXITING HAUL TRK. WAS TREATED FOR DEHYDRATION, CUTS & BRUISES. RECEIVING 3 STITCHES.

EE WAS TIGHTENING PIPE ON WATER TRUCK. WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACK TWISTING BOTH KNEES.

EE WAS LIFTING PIECE OF STEEL & DROPPED IT, CUTTING HIS RIGHT RING FINGER. EE RECEIVED 6 STITCHES.

SWINGING SLEDGEHAMMER. HIT HAND AGAINST STEEL I-BEAM, BREAKING BONE IN RT. HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING HEATER(APPROX 40 LBS) OUT OF A PICKUP. HE REACHED OVER THE SIDE AND AS HETURNED HE FELT SOME SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE WAS STEPPING OFF 988B LOADER AND SLIPPED BACK. HIS RIGHT ARM WAS STILL HOLDING LADDER, AND HIS ELBOW WAS BENT BACK AGAINST THE TIRE. HE SAID IT WAS SORE BUT OK. WED. NEXT MORNING WHEN ASKE D HOW HIS ARMWAS HE SHOWED BRUISE AND SOME SWELLTO INSIDE OF RIGHT ELBOW. HE STATED HE HAD STRENGTH NOT MUCH PAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CAT 988B FRONT END LOADER HE WAS CLIMBING OFF LOADER AND STEPPING ONTO AWORK PLATFORM WHILE STEPPING ON TO THIS PLATFORMHE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 631B SCRAPER WHEN HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. EMPLOYER SAID HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK HE STOPPED HIS MACHINE AND COLLAPSED TO THE GROUND AS HE STEPPED OFF.

GARY WAS WORKING ON DRIVE CHAIN ON SHOVEL (LINKBELT). AS HE WASD PULLING THE CHAIN OFF THE SPROCKET, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. GARY SAID HIS BACK FELT STIFF. HE WORKED UNTIL 3:30 P. M. HE SAID PAIN WAS GETTING WORSE.

DOING MAINTENANCE IN SHOP AREA ADJACENT TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS DOING WELDING REFLECTION FROM WELDING GLARE CAUSED EYES TO BECOME IRRITATED

STEPPED UP TO CLEAN WINDOW AT JAW CRUSHER CONTROL BUILDING GUARD RAIL BROKE & JAMMED RT KNEE INTO WALL

EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN OPENING GARAGE DOOR.

PICKED UP BOX CONTAINING APPROX. 50 POUNDS OF EQUIPMENT PARTS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK & LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON REAR DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE FOREHEAD.

STRAIGHTENING PLATFORM ON DUMP OTHER EMP BAR SLIPPED STRUCK VICTIM ABOVE R EYE

EMPL WAS HELPING LIFT CYL HEAD OFF DIESEL ENGINE. HE TURNED WHILE SETTING HEAD DOWN & TWISTED KNEE. EMPL WORKED FOLLOWING TWO DAYS BEFORE INJURY CAUSED TO MUCH PAIN HE FELT HE SHOULD SEE DR.

THE INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE INSTALLING SYNTRON F-440 VIBRATING FEEDER ABOUT 3 FT ABOVE THE GROUND UNDER AHOPPER BIN.VICTIM WAS ARMS LENGTH AWAY WHEN CHAIN CAME UNHOOKED AS THE FEEDER DROPPED IT STRUCK AN I BEAM ON THE BIN STRUCTURE CAUSING THE FEEDER TO MOVE FORWARD STRIKING VICTIM ON SHIN AND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON AIR FILTER OF 777 WABCO GRADER. HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN WHEN HE SLIPPED OR MISSED THE STEP ON THE GRADER. HE FELL BACKWARD HITTING HIS LOWER BACK ON THE GRADER BLADE.

EMP HAD JUST FI3ISHED WELDING LEVEL INDICATOR ON LOAER. HE GOT DOWN OFF THE LOADER TO BURN OFF WELDER AND REMOVED HOOD. WHEN HE CLIMBED BACK ON THE LOADER TO INSPECT THE WELD, HE BUMPED HIS HE AD INTO THE BOT7OM BOLT REARVIEW MIRROR. THE BOLT TORE A GASH 1 1/2" LONG AT HIR LINE ON R SIDE OF FOREHEAD

DOING MAINTENAN7E WORK FOOT SLIPPED SPRAINED ANKLE

PLATFORM AT TOP OF LADDER USED TO ENTER WABCO ENDDUMP. EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO ENTER TRUCK. HE MISS JUDGED PLATFORM AND BUMPED KNEE ON UNDERNEATH SIDE OF PLATFORM. WHILE CLIMBING ON ENTER TRUCK EMPLOYEE MISS JUDGED HIS CLEARENCE FROM PLATFORM EMPLOYEE ELFT LEG HIT THE PLATFORM ON KNEE CAP.