STROUDSBURG QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Employee struck by piece of angle iron causing a laceration to the scalp requiring medical treatment offsite for wound closure.

While hammering a bucket guard on a loader a small piece of metal broke off and went into the employee's leg.

Employee was working on power steering box on a Mack haul truck; the box swung down and pinched his left wrist/arm, causing a laceration.

The injured worker was assisting in the removal of a snubber pulley from a conveyor frame. As the snubber pulley was being lifted the IW's hand became momentarily pinched between the pulley and the conveyor frame. The IW suffered a broken finger and severe laceration. The IW returned to work with restrictions.

EE started shift @ 6:30 am & was working w/co-worker. At about 6:50 am, EE carried a come-a-long weighing about 20#. Immediately afterwards, EE commented he may have pulled a muscle in his back. He continued working, incl. walking, carrying tools & picking up 80# angle iron (@ 8:30 am). When he returned to co-worker & handed him 15# bearing he said he felt sharp pain in his back

Employee was exiting his personal vehicle, standing by car door, reached in to grab lunch box from car seat and his right knee popped. resulting in a right knee acl tear.

Pocket knife in hand, cutting tie strap, knife slipped cutting left hand between thumb and index finger.

Lightening strike caused fire to office building.

EE WAS USING A SHOVEL TO CHIP AWAY AT A PIECE OF PVC PIPE STANDING OUT OF THE BOREHOLE. WHEN EE STRUCK THE PIPE, A SHARP FRAGMENT HIT INJURED EE IN THE EYE.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING A 4'X 8' 1/16" THICKSTEEL PLATE. ONE WAS SUPPORTING A NUMBER OF OTHER SIMILAR PLATES, BALANCING THESE PLATES BUT THEWEIGHT OF THE PLATES OVERCAME HIS STRENGTH TO SU PPORT THEM. THEY WENT OVER THE CENTER PUSHING HIM BACKWARDS. THE PLATES FELL ON HIS KNEES AND LEGS.

WHILE TRYING REPOSITION ONE OF THE SPRING LOADED RAMS WE USED TO ADJUST OUR GYRO CRUSHER, MY RIGHT HAND SLIPPED OFF THE RAM & I COULD NOT HOLD THE RAM WITH JUST MY LEFT HAND. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE FORCE DROP MY HAND, PINCHING IT BETWEEN THE RAM & THE CRUSHER ADJUSTING RING. THE FORCE FORCE OF WHICH BROKE MY FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING HIS WORK AREA WHEN HE PROCEEDED TO TAKE STEPS UP TO OPERATOR'S CONTROL ROOM, WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED AN AREA OF ICE, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL IN THE PROCESS INJURING HI S KNEE. AREA WAS DIMLY LIT. COLD MORNING THE DAY AFTER A RAIN STORM, TEMPERATURE WAS AT 32 DEGREES.

TOOK A UTILITY KNIFE AND WAS CUTTING THE HOSE WHEN INADVERTENTLY THE KNIFE CAME OFF THE HOSE CUTTING THE LEFT INDEX FINGER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE HOSE IN LEFT HAND PULLING KNIFE TO HIM

EE WAS BACKING OFF A NUT ON A SCREEN BOLT AT WASH PLANT. THE TIME WAS 800 PM THE BOLT HE WAS WORKING ON HAD PAINT ON THE THREADS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO TURN THE NUT. IN THE PROCESS THE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF THE NUT. THE FORCE OF HIS WEIGHT SLAMMED HIS FIFTH FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND INTO THE FRAM EWORK OF THE SCREEN.

EE WAS GATHERING CRIBBING WHEN ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A WET BLOCK OF SUBSTANTIAL SIZE INTO HIS LOADER BUCKET. HE THEN FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER AFTER GETTING A SECTION OF PLATE STEEL WERE STACKING 4X8 SHEETS BACK ON ENED. THE STEEL WSAS IN A BUILDING AND ADJACENT TO APUMP MOUNTED ON A TRAILER. WHEN THE Y HAD THE STEEL BACK UPRIGHT THEY TRIED PRYING THE BOTTOMS AWAY FROMT HE WALL TO ACHIEVE PITCH AND STABILITY, BUT THE STEEL SHIFTED OVERCAME THE STRENGTH OF EMPLOYEE AND PINCHED HIS LEG BETWEE

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING WIRE CLOTH ONTO HANGERS AT OUR SCREEN BUILDING, FELT A STIFFNESS IN HIS BACK BUT CONTINUED TO WORK, THOUGHT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE.

OPERATING A SKID STEER LOADER AND REINJURED HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS RECOVERING FROM A PULLED BACK MUSCLE FROM AN INJURY HE SUSTAINED ON 9-1-92. THIS TIME HOWEVER LOST TIME RESULTED FROM H IS BEING BOUNCED AROUND IN THIS SMALL LOADER WHICH CAUSED A COMPRESSED DISC.

54736YEE WAS PRYING A LUMP OF ASPHALT MATERIAL THAT WAS BRIDGED OVER THE OPENING OF A HAMMERMILL. BAR WHICH EMPLOYEE WAS USING WENT THRU THE LUMP STRIKING THE MOVING ROTAR OF HAMMERMILL. THE F 69350RIPPED BAR FROM EMPLOYEE'S HAND CAUSING A LACERATION AT THE BASE OF HIS RIGHT THUMB.

DISLOCATED SHOULDER WHILE DESCENDING STOCK TRUCK. ALTOUGH ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN OCT EE LOST NO TIME. HE WAS SHCEDULED FOR SURGERY JAN 6. TO REPAIR THE TEAR IN HIS SHOULDER AND THAT IS WHAT THIS REPORT IS COVERING.

EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN THE TASK OF CLEANING MATERIAL FROM CATWALKS IN PLANT MSHA HAD CITED US THE PREVIOUS DAY FOR THE BUILD UP OF MTERIAL WHICH MADE IT NECESSARY TO SEND I NAME T O CLEAN IT UP IN THE PROCESS HE WAS USING HIS RT FOOT TO PUSH MATERIAL FROM THE CATWALK WHILE DOING THIS A STONE WEDGED IN THE CATWALK TWISTING HIS KNEE RESULT WAS TORN CARTLAGE OF THE KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING FROM DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO A SNOW COVERED RAIL, SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO THE GROUND BRUISING HIS LOWER SPINAL AREA.

EE WAS WORKING ON A WING PULLEY. HE WAS HEATING THE WINGS OF THE PULLEY TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN THEM WITH A BAR. AS HE WAS PULLING DOWN FROM OVER HEAD HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. BUT CONINU ED TO WORK. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE PAIN WOULD NOTALLOW HIM TO WORK AND THERE BY SOUGHT TREATMENT FINDING OUT HE HAD A SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.

TRUCK COULD NOT BE STARTED,SUPERVISOR DECIDED TO PUSH TRUCK TO THE SHOP BY USING A 988 CAT LOADER.WHILE PUSHING UP A GRADE THE TRUCKS FROM WHEELS CAME SLIGHTLY OFF THE GROUND.WEIGHT OF THE TRU CK SHIFTED OFF OF BUCKET DROPPING CAUSING WHIPLASH TO THE DRIVER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING DOWN ON CONVEYOR BELT TO FREE IT FROM SIDE SKIRTING WHICH WAS FROZEN TO THE BELT. EMPLOYEES LEG SLIPPED ON BELT AND HIS SHIN STRUCK CATWALK CAUSING A SMALL WOUND REQUIRIN G TWO STITCHES TO REPAIR.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING HIS LOADER, ON THE LAST RUNG OF HIS LADDER HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED. EMPLOYEE LANDED HARD ON HIS RIGHT FOOT AND FELT AN IMMEDIATE SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE D IAGNOSIS IS AN INFLAMMED DISC IN HIS LOWER BACK.

AFTER PUTTING DOWN BEAD OF WELD EMPL TOOK CHIPPING HAMMER & NOCKED SLAG FROM WELDED AREA. EMPL WAS WEARING PRESCIPTION GLASSES & FULL FACE SHIELD. SOMEHOW FRAGMENT OF METAL FOUND ITS WAY TO EY E & LODGED IN PUPIL WHERE UPON NEXT DAY HE HAD MEDICAL TREATMENT TO REMOVE IT.

EMPL WAS REPLACING DIGGING TOOTH ON LOADER. WHILE STRIKING TOOTH ONTO ADAPTER WITH 2# HAMMER SLIVER OF METAL BROKE OFF TOOTH & LOADGED IN EMPL SUPPER LIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SPARK PLUGS IN QUARRY PICK UP. HE WAS USING A LARGE SREWDRIVER TO REMOVE MUD FROM AROUND MANIFOLD AND WHILE LEANING OVER FENDER FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SIDE. AF TER A FEW DAYS OF THIS INTERMITTANT PAIN EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BROKEN RIB.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE RUNNING BOARD OF HIS DUMP TRUCK. WHILE BED WAS BEING RAISED EMPLOYEE THREW LEVER FOR THE TAILGATE. HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LEVER AND THE CAB ENTRY HAND LE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST AN ENGINE HOIST BLOCK LEVERER WHILE PULLING A EUCLID ENGINE. AS ENGINE WAS LIFTED IT TURNED AND A BOLT WITH A BURR CUT INTO EMPLOYEES PALM OF LEFT HAND.

OBSERVING JAW CRUSHER HANG-UP. SHOVEL TOOTH ON CABLE BEING USED TO FREE HANG-UP. SHOVEL TOOTH STRUCK FINGER.

LIFTING 12X12 CRIBBING TIE.

CLIMBING DOWN FROM PORTABLE SCREEN DECK STEPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED ANKLE

MANUAL REPAIR WORK ON CONVEYOR BELT BECAME DIZZY AND FAINT

EXITING SKID LOADER STEPPED OVER BUCKET SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING RT ARM

EMPLOYEE HAD RE4OVED A PARTIALLY FILLED DRUM OF EIA-TRAC-OIL FROM TAC-WAGON WITH MOBILE CRANE & SAFETY CHAIN WITH SAFETY HOOKS APPROX.100FT.FROM SHOP WHILE TGRAVELING T O SHOP TO PLACE DRUM I NSIDE HE RAN TH9U A SHALLOW RUT CAUSING ST EERING WHEEL TO RUN WILD CAUSING INJRY TO WEB OF LEFT HAND

WHILE WALKING D2WN A CONVEYOR BELT OF A PORTABLE CRUSHER WITH A GREAS GUN AND GREASE CARTRIDGE, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON BLET AND GRABBED BOTH SIDE RAILS TO BREAK FALL. EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOWER BACK 5ND BACK OF UPPER THIGHS.

UNLOADING A HEA8 PULLEY FROM A PICKUP TRUCK WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN THE PULLEY CLEARED THE TAILGATE THE OTHER EMPLOYEE DROPPED HIS END I.NAME HELD ON AND WAS PULLED FORWARD BY THE WEIGHT

EMPLOYEE WAS LO2KING FOR AN OIL LEAK ON A 50-TON DUMP TRUCK & SLIPPED & FELL INJURING HIS RIGHT ELBOW

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON A 4" X 4" BEAM, WORKING A BIN GATE RELEASE LEVER. HE SLIPPED ON THE BEAM AND FELL STRIKING BOTH LEGS. PULLED LIGAMENTS BEHIND BOTH KNEES.

REPAIRING BELTS3ON WASH PLANT EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON STEPS AT WASH PLANT & TWISTED HIS ANKLE SEVERE SPRAIN & CHIPPED BONE LEFT ANKLE

REMOVING STEEL 9OLLERS FROM APRON FEEDER ROLLER SLIPPED AND PINCHED LEFT HAND BETWEEN BAR AND WALL

ADJUSTING CYLIN8ER ON 84 IN CRUSHER CYLINDER CAUGHT ON EMPLOYEES RT FINGERS

GUIDING STEEL A8 IT WAS BEING LOADED STEEL WAS SUSPENDED AND BECAME STUCK ON OTHER PARTS ON THE TRAILER EMPLOYEE PUSHED ON THE STRUCTURE TO FREE IT AND IT CAME BACK STRIKING HIM

WHILE CLIMBING 8TAIRS EMPLOYEE FELL FORWARD INJURING WRIST

HOOKING A CHAIN3ONTO A CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY TAIL PULLEY FELL ON INSTEP OF EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK UP A SPRING LOADED TURNBUCKE WHILE PULLING ON TURNBUCKLE TO ATTACH TURNBUCKLE SLIPPED SPRING HAS A HOOK ON END AND WHEN IT SLIPPED HOOK SLICED EMPLOYEES LEFT PA LM FOURTEEN SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND