Augusta Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

While removing the bucket shank a piece came off striking the employee in the knee

On 9/14/17, the injured employee was attempting to connect a pipe to a pump in the pit when employee felt pain in left shoulder. Employee reported the accident at that time but did not seek medical treatment. Injury became reportable on 11/20/17 when the employee went to the doctor and was given restrictions.

While moving a pallet of parts in the bed of the pick-up truck, the pallet fell and caught the employees fingers between the pallet and the parts. This resulted in a laceration to the ring and middle fingers on the right hand, requiring 5 stitches.

Injured employee sprained his left ankle as he jumped down from the CAT 775D haul truck to extinguish a fire. After the original treatment of the injury, the employee required an additional medical procedure to treat swelling/blistering that had developed in the area that was splinted. The fire was extinguished in less than 10 minutes.

Employee was working in chute cutting a 3" X 30" piece of metal when the cut metal dislodged and ricocheted off the opposite wall and struck the top of the employee's right foot resulting in a laceration requiring (6) stitches.

Technician was hammering with sledge hammer and hit his left hand pinky (lower hand on hammer handle). Finger on fixed adjustment bolt which broke the bone in the finger.

Employee tripped over own footing and burned left hand on closed grill cover while attempting to move it after cooking out for school tour of mine.

Employee cut left hand fingers (index and middle) due to sticking hand in overhead a/c vent while operating loader.

Remounting impact troughing ilder out hand in moving, also cut glove

Technican attempting to cut wiring harness with knife. Knife slipped and cut finger.

Striking the hammer against the chisel cause a small piece of the hammer face to came off and went into index finger on left hand.

SUPERVISOR PINCHED THUMB WHILE CLOSING GATE VALVE.

Employee was shoveling material when he experienced a lumbar strain to lower back.

WHILE REMOVING A FEED PLATE FROM THE CRUSHER WITH A CRANE, EE'S HAND GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE FEED PLATE AND THE RIM OF THE CRUSHER.

EE WAS MOUNTING HIS 992 LOADER WHEN HIS RIGHT ANKLE TWISTED DUE TO A LOOSE STONE ON THE GROUND.

DRILLING BOULDER, WENT TO MOVE THE BOOM OFF THE BOULDER, IT SLIP DOWN AND PINCHED HIS FINGER.

TECHNICIAN HAD TO UTILIZE MANLIFT TO PERFORM MAINENANCE ON SCALE READOUT. THEY FINISHED & MOVED THE MANLIFT TO AN OUTSIDE AREA. WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO STOP, THE UNIT SHUT OFF ABRUPTLY WHICH FO RCED THEM ONTO THE SAFETY RAIL OF THE MACHINE & BRUISED THEIR RIGHT SIDE.

EE WAS HELPING TO MOVE A SUCTION HOSE WITH A ROPE WHEN AFTERWARDS HE WENT TO THROW THE ROPE TO HIS SUPERVISOR HE SLIPPED & FELL, HURTING HIS LEFT KNEE.

LOADER OPERATOR SUSTAINED LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN WHILE LOADING TYPE ONE RIP RAP TO A CUSTOMER TRUCK. HE STRUCK A "TOE" IN THE STOCKPILE (PIT) WHILE ACCELERATING TO HAVE POWER TO LOAD.

ON 11-29-01 BETWEEN 12-2PM EE WHO IS THE YARD LOADER FOR A 980F, WAS ABOUT TO LOAD A TRUCK (CONTRACTOR) WHEN HE DUG HIS BLADE OR BUCKET ANDSTRUCK A ROCK IN THE STOCKPILE. EE REPORTED HE WAS "JARRED" INSIDE HIS CAB AND THUS HURT HIS NECK (STRAINED). HE WAS LOADING #1 RIP RAP.

EMPLOYEE, EE FELL OF EQUIPMENT (DM-30) AFTER COMPLETING MAINTENANCE. HE SUSTAINED BRUISES TO LEFT SIDE OF RIBS AND CUT LEFT ARM.

EE WAS CHANGING OUT A ROLLER FROM A CONVEYOR BELT AT AN ANGLE SO WHEN EE ATTEMPTED TO GET UP AFTER COMPLETING HE TWISTED HIS BACK AND HEARD A "SNAP" SOUND.

EE WAS WORKING AT HIS DESK WHEN HE FELT SOME PAIN ON HIS RIGHT THIGH MUSCLE. SWELLING WAS OCCURRING RAPIDLY. EE THEN ATTEMPTED TO DISCHARGE THE FLUID THUS ENABLING IT TO ONLY TO BECOME EVEN MO R INFLAMED. EE THEN WEN TO THE ER. TO SEEK TREATMENT.

THE EE WAS BACKING DOWN A STOCKPILE ON A C-980-F FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS UPPER SHOULDER AREA AND HIS KNEE BOTHERED HIM AS HE USE THE EQUIPMENT, SO EE WENT TO THE DR T O BE SURE IS WAS OKAY THE SHOULDER INJURY WAS ONLY MUSCLE SPASMS AND THE KNEE WAS A FORM OF AUTHORITZER.

THE EE WAS USING A 1" WATER HOSE TO WASH OUT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR. WHILE DOING SO, A ROCK FROM THE FEED LOCATION OF SCREEN #1, HITTING THE EE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK.

WORKING IN THE WELDING TO CLOSE CAUSED FLAHS BURN TO EE EYES. SAFETY SHIELD, NEEDED THE EVENT THIS HAPPEN AGAINST AS MEANS OF PREVENTION.

EMP WORKING WITH WELDERS. FAIL TO COMPLY WITH SAFETY RULES AND RECEIVED FLASH BURN FROM WELDERS,YET LIED ABOUT REPORT FOR 2 WEEKS CLAIMING INJURY CAME FROM DUST IN EYE UNTIL DR STATEMENT WAS F LASH BURN.

EE IN A HURRY TO REFILL WATER TRUCK AND STUMBLE OVER THE PIPE AND FELL ON HIS PALM HURTING HIS RIGHT WRIST RESULTING IN A SPRANG WRIST AND ABUSED.

EE WAS USING A PIPE ON THE END OF AN OPEN END WRENCH AND SLIPPED, FALLING FORWARD UNTIL STOPPED BY ONE EE, THEN LOST BALANCE, FALLING BACKWARD UNTIL STOPPED BY ANOTHER EE. AFTERWARD HE COMPLAI NED ABOUT BACK PAIN AND PREVIOUS INJURY ON HIS FOOT FROM 11-02-95. DR STATEMENT "EE IS OUT OF SHAPE AND NEEDS TO EXERCISE."

COME-A-LONG WAS IN USE LOWERING THE SHAFT TO THEPLATFORM, THEREFORE THE METAL PLATE FELL APPROX. 12 INCHES FROM THE PLATFORM HITTING THE EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE COUNTER WEIGHT FROM THE SCREEN TOWER #2. IN DOING SO, THE BEARING FELL OUT OF THE SOCKET, THEREAFTER THE ROUND METAL PLATE THAT HOLDS THE BEARING FELL OUT ON THE VITIM'S RIGHT ANKLE. RESULTS: ABRASION TO ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A STRAIN MUSCLE TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. SENT TO THE DR. 2 WEEKS AFTER INJURY DUE TO SORENESS & PROBLEMS WHILE MOVING. EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 988-B FRONT END LOADER WHEN STRAIN ESS OCCURRED OF LOOKING OVER SHOULDER 1 DIRECTION TO LONG.

THE EE'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP OF A LADDER WHILE GOING DOWN, THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WOULD BETHE REASON THE EE'S FOOT SLIPPED. BASICLY THE LADDER ON CONVEYOR #8 NEEDS TO BE REDISIGNED. THIS MEASUREMENT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO PLANT FOREMAN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING THE 988 FRONT END LOADER AND LOST HIS FOOT POSITION AS A RESULT HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF RESULTED IN A MUSCLE SPASM AROUND. THE SHOULDER MUSCLE. CONDITION THAT EXS ISTED WAS EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FROM WALKING IN A MUDDLY AREA AND NEAAR REPORTED ANY DAMAGE TO THE LADDER OF THE 988.

CONVEYOR BELT WAS OVERLOADED WITH STONE, SO THE EE AND A COWORKER WERE KNOCKING THE TROUGH ROLLER FORWARD DURING THIS PROCESS THE ROLLER BECAME WEDGED SO AS THE OTHER EE HIT THE WEDGE ROLLER T O TIP IT DOWNWARD AND ONCE THE ROLLER FELL BACKWARD IT CAUGHT EE'S HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PLACING CHECK-PATE IN A JAW CRUSHER & THE PAD EYE THAT WAS WELDED BROKE OFF THE CHECK-PATE, AFTERWARD, THE METAL ELL ABOUT 4', HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT THIGH MUSCLE & KNOCKING THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK AGAINST A PIECE OF METAL. RESULTS: A BRUISE MUSCEL OF THE THIGH & BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AT THE PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER ALONG WITH TWO OTHER WELDERS. AS A RESULT, THE EMPLOYEE BELIEVES THAT WHILE REMOVING HIS HELMET TO NOTICE HIS WORK HE RECEIVED A FLASH BURN FRO M OTHER WELDERS IN THIS AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ON #2 TOWER. FOLLOWING DAY HE COMPLAINED OF SORE WRIST AND SWELLING.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE SEVERAL OVER-SIZED STONES FROM 5 1/2 CONE CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE MOVED FROM FRONT OF BYPASS CHUTE TO REMOVE LAST PIECES. EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO TOSS ROCK FROM DECK- AN U NSEEN METAL CUT EMPLOYEE AT CHUTE. 8 STITCHES NEEDED.

EMPLOYEE WORKING IN RAIN ON PUMP IN THE PIT. EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING FROM PUMP TO SERVICE TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING CUT OVER LEFT EYE.

SCREEN TOWER DISCHARGE DOOR WAS WEDGED AGAINST A BOLT. EMPLOYEE PULLED DOOR WITH RIGHT HAND AND REMOVED BOLT WITH LEFT HAND. DOOR FELL TOWARD CLOSED POSITION CATCHING LEFT INDEX FINGER.

WHILE UNLOADING SCREENS OFF DELIVERY TRUCK, EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING TO SUPPORT PALLET OF SCREENS. EMPLOYEE MOVED TO ALLOW FORK LIFT OPERATOR TO LEFT PALLET. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, FORK LIFT RAN OVER F OOT. BREAKS MALFUNCTIONED.

WHILE CHANGING SCREENS, APPROX WEIGHT OF 150-200 LBS, EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING & PULLING SCREEN WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

WHILE CHANGING SCREEN, RECEIVED 1 1/2 INCH CUT ON RIGHT FOREARM. A WIRE THAT HAD BROKEN FROM ATHE SCREEN CAUGHT GLOVE & FOREARM AS SCREEN WAS BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE TOWER.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPING ON THE LADDER OF WATER TANK WHEN STEP GAVE WAY. SHARP PAIN IN KNEE AREA AS HE WALKED AWAY.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TRYING TO LOOSEN BLOTS ON JAW DYE BY USING THE WRENCH. EMPLOYEE TRAINED A MUSCLE WITHOUT BEING AWARE OF INJURY UNTIL DIFFICULTY SLEEPING. WENT TO DOCTOR FOR INJURY OF CONFIN DED PAIN BEHIND NECK & THE RIGHT ARM.

WHILE EXITING FRONT END LOADER, EMPLOYEE MISSED HIS LAST STEP, PUTTING PRESSURE ON HIS LEG CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. THIS REPORT WAS LISTED AS FIRST AID UNTIL 4-1-93 THRU 8-18-93. EMP LOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR FOR SWELLING & PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE.

EMPL WALKING BEHIND SHOP WHEN UNKNOWN OBJECT FELL INTO LEFT EYE. WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME.

EMPL SLINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER FELT SOMETHING POP IN RIGHT WRIST.WENT TO DR 8-19 WHEN WRIST STARTED TO BOTHER HIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LIFT METAL STANDING IN SUCH AWAY AS TOO PULL MUSLE.

WAS HELPING TO CLEAN OF BELT HAND GOT CAUGHT AND HIT RIGHT HAND AGAINST GUARD RAIL.

EMPL REMOVING ROCKS FROM UNDER CONVEYOR BELT AT JAW,ANOTHER EMPL USING A HOE TO PULL ROCKS OUT WHILE 1ST EMPL PICKED OUT ROCKS BY HAND.EMPL USING HOE REACHED ON TOP OF ROCKS TO PULL ROCKS OUT CAUSING ROCKS TO BECOME DISLODGED FALLING ON 1STEMPL HAND BREAKING 1ST FINGER LEFT HAND IN 3 PLACES.

EMPL HELPING STACK SCREENS,THE SCREEN BEING SUPPORTED BY FORKLIFT.EMPL HIT RIGHT KNEE ON TEETH OF FORKLIFT CAUSING RIGHT KNEE TO SWELL.

PC OF METAL ON ASPHALT EXPLODED FOR HEAT CAUSING OBJECT TO HIT THE L EYE

EE MAY HAVE BEEN INJURED WHILE PERFORMING JOB DUTIES FROM CARRYING ROCK SAMPLER MOVING ROCKS WILL A SHOVEL THE LIFTING A MOTOR THAT OPERATE A CONVY BELT WHILE CLEANING THE SHOP BUT WE ARE UNAB LE TO PIN POINT PRICES CAUSE OF INJURY WHICH HISRESULT IN A HERNIA

WHILE BUNG LOADED BY SHOVEL, FINE PARTILE OF DUST ENTERED EMPLOYEE LEFT EYE SAFETY GLASSES WERE BUNG WAM AT THE TIME.

EMPL HELPING CHANGE SCREENS.SCREEN BECAME WEDGEDF WHILE BEING PUSHED OFF SCREEN DECK.GLOVE EMPL WAS WEARING CAUGHT ON EDGE OF SCREEN PULLING EMPL RIGHT ARMS CAUSING STRAIN TO ELBOW.

SHOVELING FT SLIPPED OFF SHOVEL RESULT OTE HIT THE SHOVEL CAUSING TOE TO SWELL

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER BELT SHOVELING, WAS HIT ON SHOULDER WITH ROCK.

SHOVELING BELT SHOVEL CAUGHT IN BELT, CAUSING SHOVEL TOBREAK HITTING EMP IN LOWER ABDOMEN RESULT BRUISE TO ABDOMEN

EMPL WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER IN TUNNEL TO CLEAR DOOR BEFORE WLEDING LEFT WRIST BEGAN HURTING EMPL ON 1/13/90 NOTICED SWELLING ON 1/15/90 WENT TO DR ON 1/18 INJURY BELIEVED TO HAVE RESULTED FRO M USE OF SLEDGE HAMMER ON 1/10.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE SCREENS WHEN FRONT OF RIGHT LEG WAS STRUCK BY SCREEN LEG REMOVED CAUSING IT TO LOWER FRONT CHIN AREA.

BECAUSE OF A MALFUNCTION IN THE HYD CYLINDER, THE HYD CYD FAILED TO GUIDE THE DRILL STEEL, THE STEEL FELL OVER AND PINNED THE OPER RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE TOWER AS THE HAND WAS GUIDING THE STE EL WHICH RESULTED IN 16 STITCHES IN THE BALL OF RIGHT HAND.

EMPL HELPING UNLOAD CRUSHER SCREEN FROM TRUCK.TOOK STEP BACKWARDS CAUSING SCREEN TO SLIP HITTING EMPL ON RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNDER SECONDRY PLANT SHOVELING WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING BACKHOE BACKHOE BUCKET SWANG AROUND CAUGHT EMPLOYEES RT ARM BETWEEN BUCKET OF BACKHOE AND WALL CAUSING FRAT URED WRIST OF RT ARM EMPLOYEE WAS POINTING WITH HAND AT TIME OF INJURY

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING INSIDE LOW OF STUDYS STOCKPILE, SPLOTS CAUSE ANLYLYZE TO BECOME BACK OF THE TOP OF HE BACK BY BANK.

WHIEL PULLING O3 WRENCH DURING THE TIME OF UNSCREWING BOLTS EMP HEARD A PIP AND FELT A PULL IN BACK RESULTED IN BACK PAIN 2 2 MUSCLE STRAIN

EMP WAS HELPING3AT JAW, ROCK FELL HITTING HIM IN MOUTH KNOCKING OUT TOOTH

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO UTN WATER PIPE AT SCALER HE WAS STANDING IN TRASH OF BOOM TRUCK LOOKER WATER PIPE HIT CABLE OF BASKET CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL APPROX. 6 FT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON 88B SHOVEL, WHILE CLIMBING DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL 2-3 FT RESULTING IN PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON SCALE,PRYING UP CORNERS OF SCALES WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMERS AT OPPONTS CORNER.EMPLOYEE USING SLEDGE HAMMER MISSED HITTING PLATS,HITTING OTHER EM EMPLOYEE ON FAC9 WITH SLEDGE HAMMER CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT SIDE OF FACE.

EMPL HELPING WASH DUST CONTROL SYSTEM ON DRILL TRUCK WHEN HE WAS WEDGED BETWEEN DRILL AND COMPANY TRUCK DUE TO ANOTHER EMPL BACKING UP DRILL, CAUSING HIM TO INJURE ELBOW OF LEFT ARM.

EMP WAS CLEANING UP PLANT AREA AROUND JAW CRUSHER WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM LOADER WHEN FOOT SLIPPED AND HE TURNED HIS FOOT HAD BEEN RAINING AND GROUND WAS WET AND MUDDY

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ICE FROM HEAD PULLEY ON #4 CONVY. WHEN HIS RIGHT ARM WAS CAUGHT BY PULLEY.

HELPING CHANGE CABLE AT SHOVEL WHEN LEFT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT.

HAD BEEN RAINING ,EMPL GOING TO CONTROL HOUSE AT PRIMARY,FOOT SLIPPED OFF ROCK AND FELL ON LEFT HAND CAUSING CUT TO PALM OF LEFT HAND AND SEVERE SPRAIN OF LEFT WRIST.