51st Ave. Plant 35: 141 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Injured employee was unplugging chutes in #2 wash plant using a 3/4" by 60" round stock. The chutes were shoulder height or slightly higher and while hitting chute, employee used force to dislodge material and injured right shoulder. (Torn rotator cuff; surgery performed 7/14/05.)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE DRIFTED OFF THE ROADWAY STRIKING A BERMED AREA.

EE WAS CUTTING BELT MATERIAL AND CUT HIS HAND.

WHILE IN THE JAY-JOHN A FELLOW EMPLOYEE DUMPED A BUCKET OF WATER AND SAND ON JOHN. THE EE SUFFERED A CHEST WALL STRAIN. ALL PARTIES INVOLVED WERE THEN DISCIPLINED FOR HORSEPLAY.

EE WAS CUTTING A NEW PIECE OF SKIRTBOARD ON THE GROUND WHEN ANOTHER BACKED UP A PICK-UP TRUCK STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE.

WHILE USING A UTILITY KNIFE THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THE EMPLOYEES LEFT ARM.

EMPLOYEE WASHING DOWN EQUIPMENT, LET GO OF WATER HOSE, HOSE WAS UNDER PRESSURE AND WHEN EMPLOYEE LET GO OF THE HOSE IT WHIPPED DOWN AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF FOOT.

EE WAS HOLDING A BAR IN LEFT HAND MISSED AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB CUTTING IT OPEN REQUIRING 7 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING A GATE FOR A SPLITTER BOX. THE LADDER WAS NOT SET UP PROPERLY AND HE FELL.

WHILE TRIMMING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELTING ON THE FEEDER, EE CUT THROUGH BELTING AND KNIFE WENT INTO HIS FOREARM.

WHILE PUTTING A CHAIN AROUND A CONCRETE ROCK, WHEN HE AND A CO-WORKER STARTED TO PULL THE ROCK UP IT SMASHED RIGHT HAND BETWEEN CHAIN AND ROCK.

LIFTING A BIG PIECE OF METAL TO PUT IT WHERE IT GOES, HE FELT A PAIN ON HIS LOWER BACK.

TAKING DOWN WING ON THE FEEDER IT SLID ON TO HIS FOOT (RIGHT FOOT)

CREW WAS CHANGING CONE LLINER, PLACIDO PUT FINGER IN HOLE TO REMOVE A SHIM AND THE LINER FELL AND CUT OFF PORTION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER 1 ST JOINT.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PORTABLE STAND WITH A FOUR POUND HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FROM A PINCUT HIS CHIN.

DRIVING SCRAPER ON ROUGH GROUND STRAINED BACK

WHILE CUTTING BELTING WITH RAZOR KNIFE, CUT LEFT WRIST.

WHILE LIFTING SCRAPER CUTTING EDGE, OVEREXTENDED ELBOW AND CAUSED STRAIN.

WHILE REPLACING RIPPER TOOTH ON LOADER BUCKET, EMPLOYEE HAMMERED ON HARDENED TOOTH TO LINK UP HOLES FOR RETAINING PIN. SPLINTER BROK OFF AND PENETRATED LEFT FOREARM. PIECE WAS SURGICALLY REMOV ED.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A FLYWHEEL FROM A TRUCK WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS RIGHT WRIST.

EMP WAS STEAM CLEANING TRUCKS. AFTER A FEW HOURSSHE EXPERIENCED A TINGLING SENSATION IN RIGHT ARM. NEXT MORNING SHE AWOKE WITH NUMBNESS IN ARM AND HAND.

WHILE ADDING COOLANT TO RADIATOR, MECHANIC LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED OFF OF LEFT KNEE, STRAINED ONLY.

EMPLOYEE WAS PLCING A FULL FUEL CAN 5 GAL. INTO BED OF TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.

EE, A MECHANIC, BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A CHUTE AND WHEN HE AROSE, STURCK HIS HEAD ON FLOP CHUTE. LACERATION ON SCALP AND MEDICAL TREATMENT REQUIRED (STITCHES).

EE WAS REPAIRING A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE LOADER BUCKET IN WHICH HE WAS STANDING ABRUPTLY AND RAPIDLY DESCENDED APPROX 6 INCHES. HE DID NOT FALL OR HIT HIMSELF BUT WAS JARRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING INSIDE A SCRAPER IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE, SLIPPED, FELL AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE. AT TIME OF INCIDENT, EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING A STEEL WEDGE WITH A SMALL HAMMER.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING DIRT FROM UNDER THE WASHPLANT WHEN JOB COMPLETED EMPLOYEE FELT A STRAIN OR PULL IN GROIN/TESTICLE

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE BOLTS OUT OF SCREEN BOX. HAMMER BOUNCED OFF BOLT STRIKING FOREHEAD ABOVE LEFT EYE, CAUSING A LACERATION.