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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 21,764 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 20,944 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 21,718 | 3 | 1 | 138.1 |
| 2025 Q1 | 19,564 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 20,613 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 21,693 | 1 | 0 | 46.1 |
| 2024 Q2 | 22,658 | 1 | 0 | 44.1 |
| 2024 Q1 | 22,639 | 2 | 0 | 88.3 |
Cleaning window (Plexiglass) of Rock Breaker. Injured party states was cleaning window with left arm/hand bending down to reach bottom of window and heard a pop sound in shoulder.
The jack used to lift dump truck off ground broke causing tire to land on mechanic left foot behind steel toe insert and bruised foot.
Employee was wearing safety glasses yet particles were able to get into eyes.
Walking around Shop Building ground uneven and injured party rolled ankle.
Injured party states EE was putting a conveyor belt on the back stop at the primary crusher and while leaning forward pulling heard a pop on EE's right side of EE's rib cage.
The battery arced and exploded in face and eyes.
While fueling up quarry dump truck employee climbed up on some rocks that were close to parked equipment to fuel truck and slipped and twisted right ankle.
Backing off of a rock breaker machine a boulder with sharp edge cut the back of the right calf of our employee.
Mechanic states was trying to loosen nut on hydraulic line and when nut gave way from force mechanic fell down with left hand exposed trying to brace fall and hurt hand.
Injured party states they had turbo in hand and as they are walking around engine being rebuilding, catches a foot on engine stand, looses balance, falls to shop floor and hits left cheek and cuts left pinky.
Employee was walking in between pallet on floor and a forklift. Employee got to close to pallet which was holding a crankshaft and end made a gash in employee left shin requiring stitches.
Injured states was walking in shop area when injured stepped on a hose and the hose rolled out of injured's foot and caused injured to twist left side.
Injured states EE was trying to get pin out of conveyor leg to lower. When EE was successful in getting pin out conveyor leg folded and pin right hand causing some bone to be fractured.
Loader Operator came to work Monday morning. Loader was sitting still and operator was laying back in cab of loader. Operator suffered major heart attack per rescue squad personnel. MSHA was called on Monday October 15, 2018 and was assigned to Field Office. MSHA representative called and spoke with Quarry Superintendent. We are filing information.
Injured party states EE was trying to pick up 3 x 3 sheet of metal and when EE raised up heard a pop sound in EE's lower back.
Injured party states EE was grinding on cab shield in truck bed. After EE was done EE was climbing out through tailgate and ladder that was propped up kicked out from gravel and injured party landed on EE's right side bruising EE's ribs on bed of dump truck.
Truck driver was cleaning off lip of tailgate and when material fell off truck, left hand was pinned between tailgate and bed of truck.
Equipment Operator failed audiogram test performed
Miner failed audiogram test performed
Equipment Operator failed audiogram test performed
Mechanic failed audiogram performed.
Equipment Operator failed annual audiogram test.
Scale person was standing and turned quickly and right ankle rolled to the right.
It was a seasonally humid day. Mechanic working on mobile equipment. As EE carried jugs of antifreeze to equipment to add EE stopped and got a drink of water. After carrying jugs to equipment EE came back in to get water bottle and as EE was walking out door mechanic blacked out and fell to ground.
Injured states ee was installing a starter on work truck. EE was underneath truck when ee was pushing self up by elbow to reach the top bolt of the starter. This caused left elbow to develop a fluid sack.
Injured states employee was grinding slag off metal washer and a piece came back at individual and got in employee's eye
Shift was over and employee was getting out of excavator. Employee became dizzy standing on tracks and fell backwards onto ground.
Injured states was climbing on equipment using handrail to pull self up approximately 4 to 5 feet off ground when heard a pop in shoulder.
Injured individual along with another individual was changing impact roller. Each individual on side of belt prying up roller to flip and when roller flipped caught injured individual on middle index finger at tip on left hand smashing tip.
Employee was shoveling and felt twinge in back.
Replacing impact bars and one of the bars came down and struck employee on right foot. Employee was wearing steel toes shoes but still caused contusion to right foot.
Injured states he was getting out of dump truck and when stepping down right foot twisted on rock which caused ankle sprain.
Injured states he was closing file cabinet and cut left hand on edge of file drawer when closing said drawer.
Reportable hearing loss 25 dB left ear 3000Hz frequency.
The injured states he was putting nozzle back on the fuel truck. It was kinked the swivel was not swiveling right which caused the swivel to twist and caused injury to the injured's right hand.
Injured states he was scraping paint off dump bed of truck, then sweeping mess off floor when a foreign object went into the eye. Injured states he tried washing it out at quarry but would not come out.
An empty train traveling from Winchester, VA. to Gore, VA struck an OTR Delivery Dump Truck at the Quarry Grade Crossing. Dump Truck Driver stated he did not see or hear the train until he was on the tracks. (Driver was listening to I-Pod with earphones in ear)
Standard threshold shift of more than 10 db due to miner's lack of use of PPE. *Amended should be resinded shift was not 25 DB total shift, was 10 DB when age correction was applied. Corrected to a call from field office supervisor after contact with company that did testing*.
Standard threshold shift of more than 10 db due to miners lack of use of PPE
The injured states that he was loosening bolts on impact crusher. The ratchet slipped and he pinched his finger between ratchet and router.
Standard Threshold shift of more than 10 db due to miner's lack of use of PPE.
Standard Threshold Shift of more than 10 db due to miner's lack of use of PPE. (Employee states he uses hearing protection most of the time.)
The injured states that he was removing some guards on the plant conveyor. He sliced his finger on the metal guard. He had 10 stitches and a tetanus shot.
The injured states he was unloading saw horses in a dry area. They became tangled and he caught his finger in between the 2 metal saw horses.
The injured states that he was hitting bolt with hammer. A piece of steel flew out into his leg.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS SHOVELING DIRT, MUD AND STONE (COMBINATION OF MATERIAL THAT WAS WET). HE STARTED HAVING PAINS IN HIS BACK. HE TOOK A BREAK AND WHEN HE WENT BACK TO SHOVELING, HIS BACK STARTED HURTING HIM AGAIN.
PUT TUBE IN JACK STAND IN A HURRY - HAND GOT PINCHED / CUT IN PROCESS.
THE INJURED STATES THAT HE FELT A PRICK IN HIS LEFT FOREARM, THEN FOREARM STARTED TO SWELL.
INJURED STATES THAT HE WAS SLICING A CONVEYOR BELT. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS WRIST.
THE INJURED WAS HELPING EE TO WELD A PLATE TO THE FRAME AT THE SCREEN HOUSE. HE STATED THAT HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH DARK LENSE.
THE INJURED STATES THAT HE WAS REMOVING A STARTER ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. (50 TON CAT) THE STARTER SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS THUMB.
THE INJURED STATES HE WAS CLOSING WATER VALVE ON THE WATER TRUCK AND JAMMED HIS FINGER. HE DISLOCATED HIS FINGER. HIS FINGER LOCKED UP ON HIM AND HE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY.
INJURED STATES HE WAS HAMMERING OUT THE BUCKET TEETH'S PINS TO REPLACE WITH NEW PINS FOR THE TEETH ON BUCKET. WHILE INJURED WAS HAMMERING ON PINS, A PIECE OF THE PIN (STEEL) BROKE OFF AND WENT INTO HIS LEG (2-3 STITCHES-TETANUS SHOT). PIECE OF STEEL IS STILL IMBEDDED IN LEG-MAY OR MAY NOT REMOVE LATER.
THE INJURED STATES HE WAS LIFTING HYDRALIC CYLINDER AND PERSON HELPING DROPPED HIS END ON THE INJURED'S HAND.
THE INJURED WAS WORKING AT THE LIME PLANT. THE INJURED STATES HE WAS GETTING READY TO STEP DOWN FROM EQUIPMENT. HE STEPPED ON TAILGATE. THE LIME SLID AWAY CAUSING INJURED TO FALL TO THE GROUND .
INJURED STATES THAT HE WAS SHOVELING DIRT. HE HAD A SHOVEL FULL OF DIRT AND TURNED AND FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK.
INJURED STATES HE WAS WORKING ON SCREENS OF PLANT. INJURED ASKED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO DROP A WRENCH TO HIM. IT BOUNCED OFF THE SCREEN AND STRUCK THE INJURED ON THE FOREHEAD.
THE INJURED STATES THAT HE WAS TRYING TO UNCLOG TUNNEL FEEDER AND GOT HIT ON THE HAND BY A ROCK.
THE INJURED STATES HE WAS REMOVING AN OIL PAN FROM UNDER A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND STRAINED HIS BACK. THE PAN HAD APPROX. 20 GAL. OF OIL IN IT.