Tilcon Newington Quarry: 73 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

Removing wear plate. Wear plate bounced off wall of chute and contacted employee leg

Employee couldn't see above the sides of the truck for correct location under chute, so EE straddled between the truck and the concrete wall to see the correct chute location. Employee slipped off the step and fell between the wall and the truck on the ground and bent right knee out on a 45 degree angle. It was diagnosed on 11/3/16 that employee had a broken tibia.

Employee was walking and holding a pipe union in left hand. Employee stopped and headed back to their truck to grab a wire brush when they tripped causing them to fall forward to their hands and knees. The two pieces of the pipe union the employee was holding cut their finger when they fell.

Employee was using a torch to cut bolts off of the feeder in tunnel #3. A piece of slag landed inside left ear burning close to ear drum.

Employee was changing a large acetylene tank on the welding cart. When ee picked up the large tank, ee felt pain in lower back and couldn't feel left leg.

Employee worked all day on top of the bag house, and he was drinking water regularly. It was hot on top of the steel structure. Employee felt fine until the last hour of the day, when he felt a little dizzy. Employee came back down with manlift and went to the break room to get cool air. Employee was taken to the emergency room where he was treated with IV fluids and released.

After getting into cab of truck, driver was stung by a bee and had an allergic reaction.

Employee servicing a CAT 922 loader. While descending loader, lost his grip and fell backwards. Fall was broken when his left upper arm struck a U-shaped piece of steel on a nearby welder. Employee crushed an artery. Had surgery to remove blood clot and sew arteries together. Full circulation restored. Out of work with restrictions.

Entering tunnel for daily housekeeping and found water running in the tunnel from the evening before. Stepped off stairs and hit a slick spot causing him to slip and twist left knee. Felt injury superficial and gave it some time to heal. On 5/12 pain still persisted. Sought medical care. Left knee sprain. Placed on restricted duty and prescribed PT and prescription.

unusual back pain while testing material (lifting heavy rock) has been diagnosed with back strain/sprain

stemming holes & attempting to pull pipes, went to bend over and felt pain in low back

Rag employee was holding got caught on drill bit used to clean shavings, amputated top of right middle finger.

was turning with shovel in hand when felt pain in Rt side

WHILE FRONT OF TRK WAS OFF THE GROUND (USE OF OVERHEAD CRANE) THE HOOK HOLDING IT SLIPPED & THE PU DROPPED 2 FT STRIKING EE'S KNEE

WHILE CARRYING SCREEN ONTO DECK FOOT WENT THRU OPENING BETWEEN ELECTRIC MOTOR & CATWALK CAUSINGHIM TO FALL Y

EE PUNCHED OUT AND WAS MAKING HIS WAY TO HIS VEHICLE. DUE TO WINTER WEATHER, HE SLIPPED ON SNOW/ICE.

EE WAS INSTALLING CAT WALK. PLANKING UNDER HIS LEFT FOOT BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

EE WAS LOADING TRUCKS. HIGH WINDS CAUSED DEBRIS TO BECOME EMBEDDED IN EYE.

EE CLAIMS DEVELOPED PAIN IN BACK AFTER DRIVING OVER POTHOLES IN QUARRY . EE LOST 1 DAY OF WORK AND IS CURRENTLY ON RESTRICTED DUTY

EE WAS MOVING A LARGE ANGLE IRON WITH ANOTHER. THE ANGLE IRON WAS BEING SUPPORTED BY A SLING. THE SLING SLIPPED CAUGHT EE'S HAND TO BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ANGLE IRON AND A CHUTE, EE SUSTAIN ED A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT HAND CURRENTLY ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS FABRICATING A GATE POST. WHILE LOADING THE GATE POST ONTO A TRUCK, EE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK. WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTAED DUTY UNTIL 3/3/98 FOLLOW UP. CALLED SUPERVISIOR AT HOME TO INFORM HIM OF INJURY. OCCURRED IN GARAGE AREA OF QUARRY.

HE SLIPPED 7 FELL AGAINST A STEEL RAILING. HE HAD BEEN STANDING ON RAILING, CHANGING A LIGHT BULB, AND HE HAD SAFETY HARNESS ON.

EE STATED, I WAS COMING DOWN LADDER ADN LOST MY FOOTING, LANDED ON LFT LEG AND FELT SHARP PAIN UP TO MY THROAT. DISCOMFORT IN LFT KNEE, BEHIND KNEE UP TOWARD CHEEK (BUTTOCKS).

IT IS A STORMY(SNOW)DAY, THE PARKING AREA WAS SLIPPERY-EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND HIS LOADER TO GET UP INTO IT NEAR REAR WHEEL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND R ANKLE TWISTED UNDER HIM.

HE WAS WORKING WITH PIECE OF METAL, ONE SECTION WAS ON TRUCK. OTHER WAS HORSE AND SECTION FROM TRUCK FELL, HIT GROUND OTHER SIDE WENT AND HIT MY FINGER CAUSING IT TO BE HURT.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD PUT ON A HEATER FOR WARMTH. HE WAS STANDING ABOVE THE HEATER AND WAS CUTTING WEAR BAR (UNDER ROCK CRUSHER). DEBRIS FLEW OUT WHEN CUTTING AND BLAST FROM HEATER CAUSE D DEBRIS TO GOT INTO BOTH EYES BUT RIGHT EYE AFTER BEING WASHED AT EYE WASHER STILL FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS IN EYE. DIAGNOSIS WAS FOREIGN OBJECT IMBEDDED IN CORNEA- REMOVED BY DOCTOR.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE OPERATING A DRILL METAL CHIPS FLEW INTO MY LEFT EYE I WAS NOT WEARING MY SAFETY GLASSES

EMPLOYEE JUMPED DOWN FROM METAL FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR AND LANDED INTO A HOLE.HE DIDN'T SEE DISTANCE WAS APPROX 12 FT.

EMPLOYEE STATES,"I WAS HAULING TRASH TO DUMP ON GROUNDS IN LARGE TRUCK (EUCLID) WHEN RAISED BODY- TRASH STUCK TO BODY AND WHOLE FRONT OF TRUCK WENT INTO AIR. LOAD GOT LOOSE AND SHIFTED AND WHE N TRUCK CAME BACK TO GROUND MY LEFT KNEE HIT HANDLE OF DOOR, CAUSING PAIN AND SWELLING."

EMPLOYEE STATED, " I UNLOADED A WHEEL BARREL (LOADED WITH SAND) TIPPED IT FORWARD, IT HIT LOADER BUCKET AND JARRED ME BACKWARDS. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AT THE TIME BUT THAT NIGHT I FELT NEEDLES AND PINS IN MY BACK. AT WORK NEXT DAY BACK VERY PAINFUL, WENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.

EE STATED I WAS TAKING A CANVAS OFF A DUMP TRUCK BODY AND THE SPRING LET GO KNOCKING ME OFF THE LADDER CAUSING ME TO GRAB THE TRUCK BODY INJURING MY HAND.

EE STATED I STEPPED OVER METAL MY FOOT CAUGHT ON METAL AND DROPPED ON MY FOOT.

EE WHILE I WAS WORKING I SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND INJURED MY LEFT KNEE.

LIFTING UP STEEL PLATE WEIGHING 100 POUNDS IT SLIPPED AND ELL OUT OF HIS HANDS BECAME OFF BALANCE AND HURT LOWER BACK.

GOING UP LADDER - GUARDWIRE WAS BETWEEN LADDER, HIT GUARDWIRE AND LACERATED TOP OF RIGHT HAND - REQUIRED 4 STITCHES - RETURN TO WORK AND LOST O NO FURTHER TIME.