3M Arch Street Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

An employee was operating a Skid Steer. The employee went in to scoop up a pile of fines and ran into something solid. This caused the skid steer to come to a sudden stop. This caused the employee's arms to be driven backwards. This caused a strain on the right shoulder.

POOR ERGONOMICS IN KOMOTSU FRONT END LOADER CAUSING SYMPTOMS OF TINGLING, NUMBNESS, AND PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST AND ELBOW. SUBSEQUENT DIAGNOSIS OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.

While the employee was descending a 16' aluminum ladder, the legs of the ladder slipped, causing the EE to wrap his arm around a ladder rung pinching his arm between the ladder & the wall the ladder was leaning against.

USING 8 LB SLEDGE HAMMER, TRYING TO REMOVE NAIL STAKE HIT STAKE LOW, NAIL STAKE KICKED BACK AND HIT PINKY FINGER POSSIBLE FRACTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR ON A FLATBED TRUCK WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS ELBOW ON METAL TRUCK FRAME.

WHILE SECURING AN ACETLENE BOTTLE ON A TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOTTLE AND THE SECURING CLAMP.

WHILE WALKING THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIS LEFT ANKLE TO TWIST.

EE CLAIMS THAT REPETITIVE JERKING FROM CONTINUOUS LOADER OPERATIONS HAD CAUSED INJURY TO THE EE'S NECK.

EE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF GRATING, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON HIS WRIST, FRACTURING IT.

SHOULDER POPPED WHEN LIFTED HIS END OF FEED GATE FROM FLOOR TO CONVEYOR. REPORTED ACCIDENT ON 10-2-00. SEEN MD ON 10-2-00. HAD MRI ON 10-6 WHICH SHOWED LEFT SHO7LDER BUBRAL TEAR. CONTINUED TO -ERFORM HIS JOB UNTIL SURGICAL REPAIR ON 10-30-00. FOLLOWUP ATTACHMENT WILL BE SENT ON RESTRICTED & LOST WORK DAYS.

EE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM A/C CRUSHER, WHEN ROCK FROM LOADER FELL AND STRUCK EE IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT CALF OF LEG. EE SUSTAINED MINOR ABRASIONS AND A CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK (EE PERFORMED REG ULAR DUTIES 9-25-00-11-17-00 EE CONTINUED WORK UNTIL 11-17-00 WHEN HE STATED BACK STILL HURT. DR ASSIGNED TIME OFF UNTIL FOLLOW UP REVIEW IS MADE 12-8-00.

EMPLOYEE STATES GRADUAL INCREASE OF PAIN IN LOW BACK OVER TWO WEEKS. BOUNCING IN HAUL TRUCK HAS INCREASED PAIN. REPORTED 8/8/00. TO DOCTOR ON 8/10/00.

WAS USING UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT SKIRTING MATERIAL.

WHIEL DRIVING ANOTHER EE BACK TO HIS WORK AREA, EE SLUMPED OVER WITH HIS HEAD ON OTHER EE. EE APPARENTLY SUFFERED A HEAR ATTACK. OTHER EE WAS ABLE TO STOP TRUCK WIUTHOUT MVA INVOLVEMENT. TRUCK WAS ON SIDE OF ROAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON #5 CONVEYOR SNUB PULLEY USING A PRYBAR TO PRY PULLEY IN PLACE. ARM WAS OVER HIS HEAD. WHEN TRYING TO GET BETTER LEVERAGEON PRYBAR, HE FELT A SIGNIFICANT POP ON RIGHT WR IST. REFERRED TO PHYSICIAN ON 08/16/99. PLACED ON WORK RESTRICTIONS AND SPLINTED ON 08/16/99. RECHECKED ON 08/25/99. WORK RESTRICTIONS CONTINUED

CUTTING EXCESS WELD OFF SNUB ROLLER COVER WITH ACETYLENE TORCH WHEN DEBRIS BLEW BACK CAUSING A PIECE OF SLAG TO CONTACT RIGHT FRONT TOOTH. MINER DAMAGE TO THE ENAMEL OF TOOTH.

WAS COMPLETING A PRESHIFT INSPECTION ON EE TRANSPORT BUS. ON EXITING THE BUSS SHE STEPEED ON A ROCK TWISTING ANKLE.

ALLEDGED HEARING LOSS.

TYING REBAR USING SAFETY HARNESS AND LANYARD AND UNHOOKED HARNESS TO MOVE AND SLIPPED AND FELL 10 FEET.

AFTER REPAIRING A HAMMER FOR A DRILL, THE EMPLOYEE AND A CO-WORKER LOADED THE STEEL INTO THE TRUCK AND THE INJURED LIFTED IMPROPERLY AND STRAINED THE RIGHT WRIST.

EMP WAS TRYING TO HOLD A WRENCH ONTO THE STEEL OF A DRILL, WHEN HIS OTHER FOOT SLIPPED. TRIED TO BREAK HIS FALL BY GRABBING A CONTROL LEVER ON THE DRILL. THIS ENGAGED THE DRILL TURNING THE DRI LL STEEL AND THE WRENCH. THE WRENCH HIT HIS FOOTCAUSING IT TO STRIKE THE MAST OF THE DRILL.

PRYING THE TRACK BACK ON THE ROLLERS OF THE TRACK LOADER, THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A STRAIN TO THE LEFT CHEST AND SHOULDER AREA.

AGE CORRECTED STANDAND THRESHOL SHIFT IN HIS HIGH FREQUENCY HEARING LEVELS. HEARING LOSS IN THE RIGHT EAR.

CLEANING TIP OF CUTTING TORCH AGAINST PALM WHLE WEARING COTTON GLOVES -- GAS ACCUMULATED IN GLOVE, IGNITED, EXPLOSION OCCURRED RESULTING IN BURNS TO LEFT HAND.

REMOVING HYDRAULIC LINE WHILE REPAIRING EXCAVATOR, BUMPED RIGHT ELBOW ON FRAME OF MACHINE.

SHOVELING ROCK BACK ON CONVEYOR.

EMPLOYEE AS OPERATING LOADER.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS BINDING A DRILLER TO A TRAILOR, THE BAR USED TO CLOSE THE BINDER STRUCK HIM. HANDLE WAS NOT CLOSED COMPLETELY.

WHILE WELDING, SLAG PIPPED OFF. WELD FELL ON PANTS AND INTO BOOT, BURNING TOP AND SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT.

EE WAS HELPING MOVE CROSSTIES TO BLOCK UP CRANE. CROSSTIE TURNED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN BUCKET OF LOADER AND CROSSTIE. FINGER WAS CUT REQUIRING STITCHES.

CHANGING TOOTH ON 992 LOADER BUCKET WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHILE STRIKING TOOTH A PIECE OF TOOTH LODGED IN FOOT.

EE WAS WALKING BACK FROM GETTING A CUP OF ICE & WAS WALKING IN FRONT OF THE LUNCHROOM WHEN SHE STEPPED ON A ROCK & TURNED HER LEFT ANKLE CAUSING HER TO FALL TO THE GROUND

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING RAILROAD CAR DOORS.

AGE CORRECTED STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT IN HIS HIGH FREQUENCY HEARING LEVELS. HEARING LOSS IN THE RIGHT EAR.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING THE AIR COMPRESSOR ON A DRILL WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND HIS LOWER RIGHT ARM TOUCHED THE EXHAUST. THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUSHING HIS WORK.

EE WAS TIGHTENING FEED PLATE BOLTS WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO HIS RT EYE

ALLEGED HEARING LOSS.

WHILE INSTALLING NEW HAMMER ON 850 DRILL, EMPLOYEE SLID HAMMER OUT OF BACK TRUCK AND STOOD HAMMER UP ON DRILL PLATFORM. HE FELT BACK PAIN AFTER STANDING HAMMER UP.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LEFT GROIN WHEN PLACING A PORTO-POWER JACK TO INSTALL BUSHING IN TRUCK FRONT END. BECAUSE OF CRAMPED QUARTERS, THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR AN ASSISTANT OR MECHANICAL MEANS TO L IFT WEIGHT OF JACK.

ALLEGED HEARING LOSS.

STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT IN RIGHT EAR.

STANDARD THRESHOL SHIFT IN RIGHT EAR.

ALLEGED HEARING LOSS

USING SLEDGE HAMMER IN AWKWARD POSITION.

CLOSING DOORS ON R R CARS SMASHED R THIRD FINGER

HE GOT DOWN ON HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE SERVING 810 WATER TRUCK. HE KNELT DOWN ON SMALL ROCK.

STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT FOR RIGHT EAR.

STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT IN RIGHT EAR.

STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT IN LEFT EAR.

PULLING ON GUARD BOX AND IT CAME LOOSE MASHING FINGER.

HEARING LOSS FOR THE LEFT EAR.STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT(STS=11) FOR THE LEFT EAR IN 1990.NOT NECESSARILY WORK RELATED.NOTIFIED ON 10-12-90 FROM 3M MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

CHANGING BEARING ON TURRET DRIVE ON THE DROP BALL. BACKED OUT OF THE SIDE OPENING AND TURNED AND LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF PLATFORM. HE FELL ABOUT 4 FEET TO THE GROUND WITH ALL WEIGHT ON LEFT LE G.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN FRONT OF OFFICE AND DUST BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

SNADING SHAFT ON THREADING MAHCINE WIHT GLOVES ON . R. GLOVE CAUGHT ON SHAFT AND PULLED ARM HA D AROUND SHAFT.

ILLNESS IS HEARING LOSS FOR THE LEFT EAR A STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT STS WAS NOTED ON 12-14-88 HEARING T EST FOR LEFT EAR STS-A CHANGE IN HEARING THRESHOLD RELATIVE TO BASELINE AUDIOGRAM OF 10& B OR MORE FOR KFREQUENCIES 2000 3000 & 4000HZ INEITHER EAR

BENDING OVER DIRLL HO;LE TO PUT FIBERGLASS CASING IN HOLE R. LE G GAVE OUT ON HIM AND SAT DOWN ON R. KNEE.

REMOVING BOLTS TO LOWER OIL PAN ON TRAYLOR CRUSHER. AFTER REMOVING BOLTS WAS HANDED AIR WRENCH DOWN & STARTED TO GET DOWN & OIL PAN & CART FELL APPROX 18" HITTING HIM ON SHOULDER.

ADJUSTING IDLE ON ENGINE WITH WRENCH. WRENCH SLIPPED OFF NUT & HAND HIT FAN BLADE.

LIFTING AND MANUERING A METAL FEEDER INTO PLACE ABOVE CONVEYIR. FELT PAIN IN MIDDLE AREA OF BACK.

PUTTING UP RAIL CAR DOORS USING STEEL BAR. BENDING OVER ON HIS KNEES AND FELT A TIGHTENING IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK.

LIFTING MOLTEN ZINC OUT OF A POT WITH A LADLE STRAINED LEFT WRIST WHILE LIFTING WITH LADLE

LOADING EMPTY O3YGEN BOTTLES INTO PICKUP TRUCK.LEFT FOURTH FINGER GO CAUGHT BETWEEN BOTTLE AND BED OF PICKUP TRUCK AND TORE FINGERNAIL LOOSE.

BACKING OFF RR 7RACK PUT ON BRAKES DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

LOADING GEAR BO3 ON BACK OF TRUCK IT SPUN & CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN GEAR BOX & BED OF TRUCK.

WAS UNLOADING O3YGEN & ACETYLENE BOTTLES OFF TRUCK ONTO LOCOMOTIVE. OXYGEN BOTTLE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN TRUCK AND BOTTLE.

WAS ATTEMPTING 7O REMOVE DRILL STEEL FROM ROTARY HEAD.HAD LEFT HAND ON THE WRENCH AND ACCIDENTLY PUSHED THE WRONG CONTROL HANDLE CAUSING THE WRENCH TO MOVE AND PINCH FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH HANDLE AND DRIL5 BOOM.

WHEN SKIMMING Z3NC IN MELTING POT,SPLATTERED THE MELTED ZINC.

I.NAME OPERATIN1 SHOVEL WHEN SHORT HYD.HOSE AT BASE OF BOOM BUSTED SPRATING OIL OVER MOTOR AND MANIFOLD CAUSING CLOUD OF SMOKE.WHEN OIL HIT MANIFOLD,I.NAME THOUGHT SHOVEL WAS ON FIRE.TOOK SMAL L FIRE EXTNG.FR2M CAB STARTED ALONG PLATFORM TO ENGINE.LOST FOOTING FALLING TO QUARRY FLOOR 6-7' LANDING ON ARM AND SHOULDER.WHEN I.NAME GOT UP HE HIT HEAD ON SHOVEL TRACK.

BLASTING ON THE3SW POINT OF B LIFT IN QUARRY. I.NAME WAS OBSERVING THE SHOT APPROX 1500' AWAY ON THE SE CORNER OF C LIFT, BEHIND A PICKUP TRUCK. FLY ROCK FROM THE SHOT HIT THE ROCK FACE BEHIN D HIM. A ROCK T2AT RICOCHETED OFF THE FACE STRU-CK SIDE OF HIS HEAD AND R ARM

CLEANING CRUSHE9 CONCAVES & UNSTACKING THEM BY HAND. 1 CONCAVE FELL ON RIGHT ANKLE WHILE IT WAS BEING TAKEN OFF PALLET. STEEL CONCAVE SCRAPED THE RIGHT FOOT CAUSING SEVERE CONTUSIONS OF THE RI GHT ANKLE. 3

WAS MANUALLY HA3DLING DRILL STEEL AS ELECTRIC HOIST WAS NOT OPERATING WAS REMOVING STEEL FROM RACK IT FELL OVER MASHING RT HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER FOR A SKIRT BELT AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT LEG.

I.NAME WAS CHANGING OLD GASKET OFF TRANSMISSION OF 981 WITH SCREWDRIVER SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED & HE CUT HIS HAND ON INNER CASE OF TRANSMISSION HOUSING CUT WAS BEHIND KNUCKLE OF LITTLE FINGER ON R T HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A LARGE PIECE OF SKIRT MATERIAL UP THE #1 CONV. CAT WALK AND STRAINED MY LOWER BACK. RE-INJURED BACK ON 5-2-85 WHILE BEATING ON TRAYLOR HEAD NUT WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.

REACHED INSIDE CAB TO PICK UP BOX,TOO HEAVY AND WHEN TWISTED STRAINED BACK.

I.NAME ASSISTED IN LOADING A SHOT OF EXPLOSIVES. AFTER LOADING HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO WAIT IN COVERED SHED WHILE BLAST WENT OFF AND AFTERWARDS HELP MOVE A SHOVEL. AFTER BLAST, A CLOUD OF DUST SE TTLED OVER THE AREA. I.NAME INHALED THE DUST AND FELT PAIN IN LEFT LUNG.

PICKING UP BOX OF BLASTING CAPS SHARP BURNING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

I NAME WAS HELPING PUT CABLE CLAMPS ON A 1 1/4 CABLE CABLE END WAS PLACED IN VISE I NAME AND I NAME WERE PULLING CABLE CAME OUT OF VISE AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH FRACTURED 3 FRONT TEETH CONTU CONTUSION TO CHIN

MACIE HAS WORKED AS A DRILLER AND LEADMAN R DRILLER DURING ALL HIS YEARS OF SERVICE WITH 3M. HE HAS DEVELOPED RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND HIS DR FEELS THAT THE CONDIT ION OF HIS LUNGS HAS DETERIORATED TO THE POINT HE CANNOT CONTINUE TO WORK AFTER INVESTIGATION THIS CASE WAS ACCEPTED AS A PARTIALLY WORK RELATED ILLNESS, 31 YEARS, 7 MONTHS

PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE OF BACK USING PRY BAR WHEN TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN BENT BRACKET ON A TRUCK

OWENS WAS CHANGING STEEL ON AIR-TRAC DRILL WHEN HE GOT HAND BETWEEN CENTRERLIZOR & HAMMER. MASHED HAND PUNCTURE WOUND.

THE 980 LOADER HAD DEVELOPED A SHIMMY OR SHAKING IN ITS STEERING THIS EMPLOYEE CLAIMS BACK INJURY DUE TO THIS SHAKING

EMPLOYEE WALKED OUT OF WELDING SHOP AND STUMBLED AND FELL ON ROCK AND HURT RIGHT KNEE.