Makakilo Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

EE experienced a sudden sharp pain in the right knee while walking. No root cause was determined for pain. EE was prescribed self care with no work modifications. As of 05/24/2023, EE was placed on modified duty. That is why we're reporting this now.

2 mechanics were reinstalling a plant crusher accumulator. The part had 3 sheared bolts and broken seal causing a hyd oil leak. EE was lifting the part back into position by hand while waiting for the hyd jack to hold it in place. Accumulator got in a bind with the support clamp and fell back to the deck smashing EE's left middle finger. EE was wearing gloves. Part weighs 30-40lbs.

Employee was assisting to move a battery box. EE had opened the lid of the box and braced it to check the forklift fork position. While looking into the box to check fork position, the box shifted and the lid fell down striking the left hand. This resulted in a two inch laceration that required stitches. EE was taken to the emergency room and Quarry safety personnel were notified.

Mechanic was servicing a bearing cylinder & shaft-approx weight 50lbs. It was secured in a vice that was loosened to reposition the bearing. The bearing slipped. Mechanic tried to catch it causing the EE's right thumb to get caught between the vice stand & bearing. This resulted in lacerations & a broke bone. EE was taken to the ER and treated/ released.

EE was refueling a 990 CAT Loader. When finished, EE stepped down from the access ladder onto a 5" by 5" rock, lost EE's balance and fell down. EE sustained bruising, swelling and abrasions to EE's right knee, forearm and wrist.

Employee was removing a pressure switch, when Employee released switch, a plastic part of the switch flew and hit EE's right middle finger.

While employee was servicing chains & opening doors, left pinky finger got stuck in the doors.

Worker exiting back of service truck stepped on tailgate which EE did not realize was unlatched, causing worker to fall backwards, landing on right hand/wrist.

As employee was working on bucket and arc welding, the employee reported flash burns to eyes at the end of shift.

Employee was checking engine oil dipstick, felt sharp pain in lower right side of back.

Worker was picking metal out of concrete feed. Felt something in left eye.

Worker was trying to remove water canon hose. Hose wire cut thumb.

Employee was sorting punch plate screen panels. Panel was dropped on uneven ground which caused it to bounce back, hitting employee on the shin.

Trying to line up the bobcat tire to the studs when it slipped pinching right middle finger and between the stud and rim.

Swinging sledge hammer to tighten crusher nut.

Fixing pallet on truck, missed step on rock.

Lifted a rock to move it out of the way. Hurt back.

Employee was in a kneeling position to install the VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) in the switch Gear in the Electrical room and when he stood up he strained his left knee.

using metal spade to soften ground to trench it for putting up silt fencing and was hitting hard spots & rocks. Felt pain in wrist, shooting up to forearm.

Fitting in new adapter for bucket, strained back.

Unloading a leaf spring and the item bounced up when he dropped it on the ground. Spring pinched the end of his finger.

Grinding screen wall, metal went in eye.

Climbing off ladder on equipment and twisted left knee.

Driving Haul truck and veered off haul road and hit parked equipment.

Brush fire along the south and southwest sections of the quarry and buffer area. Brush along the freeway ignited by an unknown source. Fire traveled up the hill to the outside edge of the quarry and continued west into the buffer zone. Honolulu Fire Dept. contained the fire within 3 hours. HFD remained on site to monitor and extinguish hot spots. No miners were injured.

Attempted to lift and reposition drill steel that had fallen out of storage carousel. Steel slipped downward while in grasp.

Changing out hammers and employee picked up an 80LB hammer and turned.

Welding a chute and skirt board. Got flashes from other welders.

Employee was using a razor to cut ground wire.

Changing hammer on crusher, fell back on finger.

Employee was removing a rock which was stuck in the cone crusher. Rock was too heavy and while still holding rock, had slid down side of crusher and smashed left hand, middle finger.

Brush fire along the SE boundary of our property line adjacent to the freeway. The brush was ignited along the freeway & the fire traveled up the hill below the pit & to the berm along our access road. Cause of ignition is unknown. Honolulu Fire Dept responded to the fire both on & off the mine site. Fire was under control in 45 minutes & extinguished in less than 2 hours.

Lifting heavy buckets of rock samples.

EE was walking on concrete piling when his shoe slipped and he hit his shin.

Loading truck, went into pile to get a scoop and hit a boulder that was mostly buried.

Removing rubbish from king bin, rubbish bin had a gauge on top. While looking in bin sliced left palm on top of bin.

Climbing to get into Grader, right hand slipped from the assist handle and fell into blade hitting left side back (rib). Fell off machine landing on the ground.

Removing final drive mounting bolts. Slug wrench pinched right hand ring finger when nut came loose.

While cleaning area with the bobcat, EE accidently hit a small boulder.

Washing back of truck, slipped off bumper.

Suicide, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Employee was flipping the gate on S-9. After removing the nut on the Waianae side, employee was pulling the bolt out with his right hand and catching the 2 washers with his left hand. The gate fell down, crushing his finger between the handle and angle iron.

While concluding loading blast, employee took a step away from the bore hole he had just loaded and his left knee had two popping sounds and buckled with pain.

Changing screens at wash plant.

Cleaning head pulley chute and was removing a chunk of mud when finger was punctured on a worn out piece of metal.

Loaded boxes onto truck while preparing for blasting. Employee did not report injury until 11/23/05.

UNHOOKING TRAILER FROM TRUCK, HE WAS ON THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER TO PULL OUT KING PIN AND HIS LEFT FOT SLIPPED OFF THE EDGE OF TRAILER. HE WAS LIFTING HIS LEFT FOOT BACK ON THE TRAILER TO GAIN BALANCE AND HIT HIS SHIN ON THE EDGE. PUNCTURE WOUND ON LEFT LEG SHIN AREA.

UNLOADING BAGS IN CONTAINER, FELT SOMETHING POP IN LOWER BACK REGION. EE DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL A FEW DAYS LATER.

THREW SHOVEL ON BELT, AS CLIMBING UP THE END OF THE SHOVEL, IT HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE. SWOLLEN ABOVE LEFT EYE. LEFT EYE RED.

ADJUSTING TAIL PULLEY ROLLER, HAMMER GOT WEDGED BETWEEN ROLLER AND BELT AND RIGHT ARM, SHOULDER AND SIDE OF BODY GOT SUCKED UP INTO ROLLER. SEVERE ABRASIONS AND BURNS TO RIGHT ARM, ELBOW, SHOULDER AND SIDE OF BODY SCRAPED. ALSO SCRAPES ON LEFT KNUCKLE.

WHILE CHANGING SCREEN, ONE OF THE SHARP METAL ON THE SCREEN PUNCTURED RIGHT HAND (BACKSIDE) BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER, PULLED OUT OLD SCREEN. EE IS ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL NEXT APPOINTMENT WITH THE PHYSICIAN ON 12-24-02.

WHILE OPENING FRONT GATE, GATE CATCH PINCHED AND SMASHED FINGER.

WHILE WORKING ON IMPACTORS (CRUSHER) ON B-PLANT,AREA WAS TOO SMALL AND HE WORKED IN AN AWKWARD POSITION.HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. EE CONTINUED TO WORK THROUGH 10/22/02. STAYED HOME 10-23 & 10-24-02. RET ON 10-25-02

WHILE WELDING RAILING SUATTING DOWN, OTHER WELDER WAS MOVING/SETTING ANGLE IRON TO BE WELDED AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT INJURED'S HEAD WHILE INJURED WAS WELDING.

WHILE GENERATING MATERIAL ON DOWN SLOPE OF RAMP,EE TURNED TO LEFT SIDE TO OBSERVE GROUND CONDITION. LOADER ENCOUNTERED TOE CAUSING LOADER TO STOP, CAUSING A WHIPLASH EFFECT/JERK W/HEAD TURN ED TO LEFT.

MOVING ROCK OUT OF WAY OF DRILL, PULLED SOMETHING IN RIGHT SIDE GROIN AREA.

HELPING WELDER TO LIFT STEEL PLATE ONTO CONVEYER BELT, RIGHT PINKY FINGER WAS SMASHED. FINGER HAD SWELLING AND CONTUSION.

WHILE PUSHING MATERIAL AT6 HOPPER, A-PLANT, 35-TON CAT 769-C TRUCK BACKED INTO LOADER.

AT WASH PLANT, CHECKING ON WATER TANK LEVEL, SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE, INJURING RIGHT KNEE.

WELDING BROKEN BOLTS IN CRUSHER, SITTING IN AKWARD POSITION, EXPERIENCED A SORE BACK. *EE DID NOT REPORT INJURY TILL 9/7/00; ALMOST ONE MONTH LATER. COMPENSABILITY OF INJURY IS PENDING INVESTI GATION.

CLIMBING UP LADDER TO TRUCK, WHEN PULLING SELF UP OFF THE GROUND, PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER. EXPERINECED NAGGING PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER WHEN MOVING AND NOT MOVING. **EE REPORTED INJURY ON AUGUST 12, 2000 (SATURDAY) TO SUPERVISOR, CALLED HIM AT HOME. EE WAS ON VACATION FROM AUGUST 8, 2000 THROUGH AUGUST 20, 2000.

UNSURE, MAY BE PULLING WATER HOSES, DRIVING AND EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES; HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE LATE JUNE. EE FEELS NUMBNESS, TINGLING, AN ARTHRITIC FEELING IN THE LEFT HAND.

LOST GRIP ON DRILL LADDER WHEN DESCENDING AND FELL. LANDED ON LEFT SIDE, INJURING HIP, LEG AND RIBS.

ATTEMPTING TO LIFT/PUSH WHEELBARROW TO EMPTY, WHEN FELT PAIN IN BACK AND NECK.

WHILE LOADING, CARRYING & DISTRIBUTING ANFO BAGS, EE FEELS PAIN, PINS & NEEDLES SENSATION IN HIS LEFT SIDE FINGERS, SHOULDER AND LEGS. **EE FINALLY SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR INJURY ON JUNE 1, 2000. THUS FAR, HAS LOST ONLY THIS DAY AS TIME AWAY FROM WORK.**

LIFTED A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF WATER TO CLEAN TRUCK, RE-INJURED RIGHT AND LEFT SHOULDERS.

LIFTING AND CARRYING A 30 LB BEARING TO SET INTO HOUSING OF PRESS, EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN IN UPPER BACK AND AROUND RIB CAGE AREA.