Ottawa Lake QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Traveling between stockpiles to load customer trucks, employee traveled over a pile of stone placed in the yard to prevent customer trucks from traveling over a soft area and becoming stuck. The employee was jostled around and struck the right side of EE's head against the cab window breaking out the window, cutting EE's head and contracting an abrasion to the right cornea.

Employee was using a razor knife to cut a piece of rubber for a conveyor back plate. The knife caught the edge of a steel plate, used for a template, and skipped up causing the employee to pull the knife across the right thigh, cut through the jeans and cutting the employee. The cut was about two inches long requiring six sutures.

Ee was loading in shot hit a rock, loader stopped suddenly jamming left wrist into the controls. Ee was examined by Fit for Work therapist was treated with ice, bandage wrap, exercises. Checked several days over week. Ee stated still had some pain. Sent Ee to clinic on 5/3. Ee returned on 5/4, restricted no manual transmission. Moved Ee to operate plant, hand/wrist not used.

Employee operating a man-lift across stone yard when ran over an 8"" to 10"" rock that catapulted employee in the man-lift. Employee had a retractable harness on keeping employee contained in the basket but not preventing all injuries. Employee received 4 stitches to lip along with a few scrapes and bruises.

Employee was putting cap back on hydraulic tank and stated a burr punctured left pinky finger while installing.

The injured employee and co-worker started to trouble shoot cone #6 to determine the cause of the cone shutdown. The injured employee started to remove the sensor when it unexpectedly released and released hydraulic oil. The oil caused a laceration to the right hand.

Miner was pulling a 25 pound bag off of a truck when he felt pain in his right forearm. No lost time or restricted time.

Employee was performing maintenance duties on third shift. He was wearing safety glasses, hard hat, and gloves while performing these tasks. After the shift, the employee went home and reported to management that he had something in his left eye. He decided to seek medical treatment and a small particle was removed from the left eye.

Employee was performing clean-up duties with a shovel when he struck his right hand on a piece of angle. The employee suffered a laceration that required sutures to repair.

Employee was exiting the scale house at 11:00 a.m. and stepped off the last stair onto a concrete pad. The employee felt a sharp pain in her ankle and was given ice and continued to work. The employee's pain continued throughout the shift and the employee decided to seek medical treatment. The employee's diagnosis was a right 5th metatarsal fracture.

MILL OPERATOR TRIED TO REMOVE A LODGED ROCK FROM A RUBBER IMPACT TROUGHING ROLLER, WHICH PREVENTED THE ROLLER FROM TURNING. THIS RESULTED IN A BRUISED HAND.

LOADER OPERATOR WAS WALKING TOWARD THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. HE STEPPED ON UNEVEN FROZEN GROUND AND HIS RIGHT ANKLE TWISTED/ROLLED, CAUSING A SPRAIN/FRACTURE TYPE INJURY. EE STATED THAT HE HAS HAD SOME HISTORY OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS ANKLE.

EE HAD CLIMBED ON A CONVEYOR TO DISLODGE SOME BERM STONE FROM A HOPPER. APPROX. 4' HIGH. WHEN FINISHED JUMPED FROM CONVEYOR. MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND CAUGHT ON UNKNOWN OBJECT. FINGER FRACTU RE AND SOFT TISSUE INJURY RESULTED (FINGERTIP & NAIL).

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN OVERHEAD HOIST TO MOVE A STEEL PLATE. HE HOOKED HOIST DIRECTLY TO PLATE, THE HOOK SLIPPED AND THE PLATE STRUCK HIS ELBOW CUTTING IT.

EE WAS STANDING ON A WALKWAY. AS HE TURNED TOWARD HIS WORK HIS LEFT KNEEE TWISTED CAUSING DISCOMFORT (1/30/01). NO MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 2/10 WHEN X-RAY TAKEN. SAW DOCTOR ON 2/17 & HAD FLUID REMOVED & PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE ALLEGES TENDERNESS TO HIS BACK FROM BEING JOSTLED IN THE HAUL TRUCK WHILE SHOT ROCK WAS BEINGLOADED WE ARE CURRENTLY EVAULATING THE CLAIM TO DETERMINE IF THE ALLEGED INJURY IS WORK RELATED

A SKID-LOADER OPERATOR & LABORER WERE CHANGING ATTACHMENTS ON THE BOBCAT. THE OPERATOR HAD THE BUCKET TIPPED UP ON ITS FRONT PARTIALLY AS A THE SECOND LOCK PIN WAS DISENGAGED, THE BACK OF THE BUCKET DROPPED DOWN STRIKING THE LABORER'S FOOT. EE WAS WEARING STEEL TOED SAFETY SHOES.

WHILE SERVICING BRAKES ON A QUARRY SERVICE TRUCK, THE MECHANIC PINCHED HIS LITTLE FINGER (RIGHT HAND) BETWEEN THE BRAKE ROTOR AND THE WHEEL HE WAS REMOVING. THE MECHANIC WORKS FOR SE JOHNSON C O, PARENT COMPANY OF STONECO INC AND WAS WORKINGON THE QUARRY SERVICE TRUCK.