Sweetwater QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

EE reported neck/back pain. States it is due to the bouncing of the dozer while operating. It has gotten worse overtime. Chronic issue.

Operator was setting up to fill the hydraulic oil on the Wirtgen 2200 Surface Miner. This involves hinging a plate metal cover back to access the tank cap. After the cover was hinged back, operator placed EE's left arm on the top step. The cover swung down from it's position, striking the operators left arm causing a fracture to the forearm/wrist area.

Maintenance tech was replacing a faulty LCL Filter in a drive cabinet. After filter was replaced, tech was moving old filter to get it out of the electrical room. Filter has casters but they are locked in place. When attempting to rotate the filter, the unit tipped over. Tech attempted to stop it and felt a pain in left arm.

Employee was assisting in cleaning up around the ready line area when they were loading up broken wood and pallets into the loader bucket. The injured employee attempted to pick up a pallet that was partly buried under some dirt and felt a pop in left bicep.

Before the welding could take place, maintenance had to grind off an old weld. While in operation the grinding wheel guard came loose, spun, and contacted the surface. The contact caused the grinder to jerk towards the mechanics off hand, resulting in a laceration on the left thumb.

While making shop repairs to a spare mixer assembly, technician turned the internal rotor. The rotor became momentarily seized and released before the technician could remove their hand. Finger caught between the rotor assembly and the lid, causing the loss of a portion of the distal phalange, 1/3 of the fingernail, on the left ring finger.

The operator applied the socket to the segment bolt head on the D8 Dozer sprocket and was in the process of applying downward pressure when the socket came loose resulting in left thumb getting caught between the wrench handle and the lifting eye on the right pusher arm. The operator sustained a laceration requiring three stitches and fracture to the left thumb.

Quarry Crusher Operator was exiting the PC House at an angle twisting his left ankle when his foot encountered the ground.