VANCE QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was working on the tramp system jacks on the RC60 cone. He relieved the oil pressure off the system. Employee was getting out of the opening beside the crusher. The jack blew out from the bottom. The piston from the jack hit his left hand. Catching his hand between the piston & the bonnet support.

Employee was stepping off a piece of equipment, when he missed a step and fell back on his heel.

EE took spacers weighing approx 15lbs each for Jaw out of storage basket. He came across motor base platform going to install plates. He stepped down from one platform to another, his right foot slipped on wet platform. Foot slipped forward away from body and other foot wasn't planted. He landed on the platform hitting he step with the middle lumbar region of his back.

Employee was staightening a step taken off the 990 loader, while it was clamped in a vise. He was using a large crescent wrench to straighten the step. He was pulling it towards him, when the wrench slipped. The wrench handle hit him under the brim of his hard hat on the left forehead area. Injured employee sustained a cut to the forehead requiring 8 stitches.

Loader operator reported soreness in his left shoulder that was aggravated by operating his loader.

While descending from the cab of the truck the employee bumped his right elbow on the handrail step.

Employee attempted to climb back onto his machine when his foot slipped off the cat walk causing his right lower leg to strike corner of cat walk. When his leg struck corner of cat walk it caused a 14cm laceration to the right lower leg.

Employee was striking the wedge on the jaw crusher with a sledge hammer to try to free it. He felt a burning in his lower back but didn't think a lot of it until the next morning when he woke up and had some pain & tightness in his lower back.

EE WAS INSTALLING PUNCH PLATE ON THE NEW RIP RAP SCREEN. AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE LIFTING CHAIN (WHICH WAS WEDGED UNDERNEATH) FROM THE SCREEN PANEL, THE BAR HE HAD WEDGED UNDER THE PANEL SLIPPED AND THE PANEL DROPPED ABOUT A HALFINCH AND PINCHED THE END OF HIS FINGER, FRACTURING IT.

A PIN IN AN EXCAVATOR'S TRACKS WERE BEING DRIVENBACK INTO PLACE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. A SMALL SLIVER OF THE PIN CHIPPED OFF AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE LEFT CHEST. THE SLIVER PENETRATED THE SKIN ROUGHLY A 1/4" AND CAME BACK OUT, THE EE WAS GIVEN SEVERAL STITCHES AND RELEASED TO FULL DUTY.

EE ATTEMPTED TO ENTER A CHUTE THRU A TOP CHECK DOOR TO DISLODGE A ROCK THAT WAS STUCK. THE DOORWAS NOT DESIGNED FOR ACCESS BUT AS A VISUAL CHECK. AS THE EE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER HE WAS UNABLE TO GET HIS FOOTING AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER TRYINGTO HOLD ON.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING A DRILL STEM WITH A PIPE WRENCH. THE WRENCH SLIPPED FROM THE STEM & THE EMPLOYEE'S ELBOW STRUCK AGAINST A DRILL STEM BEING STAGED DIRECTLY BEHIND HIM. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A MINOR LACERATION TO HIS ELBOW.

THE EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE COVER PLATE OVER THE STATIONARY JAW DIE. IN THE PROCESS OF TIGHTENING THE BOLT, THE EE STRAINED HIS BACK.

CLEANING CRUSHER RUN CHUTE HE CUT 4TH FINGER ON RIGHT HAND ON SCREENS REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.

CHANGING JAW DIE AND PUTTING THROAT BACK OVER JAW, THE CHAIN WAS TOO LONG SO THEY WERE GOING TO REHOOK IT, EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND STUMBLED GRABBING A BAR AND THE THROAT SMASHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

WHILE CLEANING OUT CONE TRAILER, EE SLIPPED AND FELL.

CHANGING THE CYLINDERS ON DEMAG, EMPLOYEE HAD CYLINDER LINED UP TO PUT PIN IN AND INJURED WENT UNDERNEATH TO PUT BLOCKS UNDER IT AND THE CYLINDER SLIPPED FALLING ON HIS (INJURED'S) RIGHT IN DEX FINGER.