Bardstown Quarry: 135 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was walking and stepped into a puddle where the left foot came into contact with a rock which twisted their left ankle.

Non-employee was driving dump truck and passed out striking a telephone pole.

Stationary jaw die bolts were loose cut out old bolts with Air Arc wasn't wearing proper PPE and the slag rolled down arm into glove opening causing burn to right wrist.

Employee carried buckets or stone up some steps and spilled some stone on to the steps. On the way back down the employee slipped on said stones and fell on the steps injuring EE's low back on the steps.

Working on a wheel, hit ring with hammer and knocked it off and EE tried to grab it and it cut EE's right pinkie finger.

Lack of Awareness of the employee's surroundings.

Employee removing bolts from belly plate of a wheel loader and the torque multiplier on the wrench slipped making employee loose balance employee felt a pull in the groin area.

Employee from American Tire company was at our site breaking beads on a tire on our equipment (2872). The bead breaker smashed the middle finger on right hand between the piece of equipment and the hydraulic pusher resulting in 20 stitches. The finger was not broke and no ligaments are involved.

Employee was making sure Drill Press drill bit was securely tightened. Right hand slipped causing contact with the drill bit and employee cut finger on right hand needing 3 stitches.

Employee was assisting with maintenance and walked up a ladder to hand off a wrench. When EE was stepping back down EE felt pain in lower back.

Employee was replacing V-belts on the dry screen feed conveyor and he was trying to loosen the speed reducer up so it would make it easier to slip the V-belts over the pulleys. He was using a pry bar approximately 30" long to loosen up the turn buckle when the bar slipped out he smashed his finger between the pry bar and the hand rail on the man lift.

Removing bed liner plate from haul truck with cutting torch. As he was cutting the plate with the torch, the plate flexed and hit his welding helmet and knocked him back onto the ground.

Working out of a man lift basket. Harness protection was used. Removing old idlers with new ones. Body in awkward position to do so. Felt pain in shoulder then down right arm.

Employee was removing rock from a conveyor. A large rock fell from the conveyor to the ground then ricocheted off another on the ground and hit employee's left leg.

Employee was driving retaining pin form hydraulic hammer. A piece of rock was holding retaining in place broke off and impacted right eye.

Employee exited haul truck to remove rock from haul road. Employee picked up rock (approximately 15lbs) and carried it to the side of the road. As the employee was tossing the rock he heard and felt his right knee pop.

Wrench mashed small finger, cut botom of first knuckle on right hand.

Employee opened engine access door during inspection and pulled lower back.

Employee was using a hammer to break rock loose from around primary crusher when the hammer scraped the back of his leg causing an abrasion in the leg calf area.

Employee was removing bearing from housing of a shaker screen deck and hit his finger with a hammer. Injury resulted in sutures and broken finger.

Stepped off the back of a F350 Box Truck into a rut, sprained right ankle.

Employee slipped on bank, and while trying to break fall, fell on right arm, injuring right wrist. No restricted duty initially involved.

EE STRUCK HAND WITH HAMMER WHILE HITTING A DRIVE SHAFT.

EE ENTERED OFFICE. WIND CAUGHT DOOR. WHEN EE REACHED BACK TO CLOSE DOOR WITH LEFT HAND DOOR SLAMMED SHUT AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND JAMB.

EE WAS WASHING UNDER LOADER WHEN SOAP/WATER MIST FROM PRESSURE WASHER SPRAYED BACK AT EE AND FLOWED AROUND SAFETY GLASSES, FOAMING IN CONTACT WITH EYES.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CARRY BEARING ASSEMBLY UP STEPS WHEN EE PICKED UP BEARING & PLACED ON SHOULDER WHEN FELT STRAIN ON RIGHT SIDE OF ABDOMEN

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PULLEY AND SHAFT FROM TAIL ASSEMBLY. EMPLOYEE WAS SLIDING PULLEY AND SHAFT FROM CONVEYOR WHEN BEARING SLID FROM MOUNTING PLATE AND PINCHED PINKY FINGER BETWEEN SHAFT AND CONVEYOR FRAME.

EE WAS SHOVELING AROUND TAIL/HEAD PIECE OF CONVEYOR WHEN ROCK STRUCK FROM ABOVE.

EE WAS BACKING UP LOADER FRONT AXEL MOUNT BROKE CAUSING LOADER TO DROP DOWN 2-3' JARRING EE . EE WAS WEARING SEAT BELT.

EMP WAS REMOVING A CONVEYOR PULLEY FROM ITS SHAFT. PULLEY SHAFT AND GEAR BOX WERE SUSPENDED FROMCHAIN HOIST. WHEN PULLEY WAS REMOVED FROM SHAFT, WEIGHT OF GEARBOX RAISED SHAFT PINNING EMPS LFT LITTLE FINGER TO PULLEY. LITTLE FINGER HAD TO BEAMPUTATED AT FIRST JOINT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON ELECTRICAL AT CONVEYOR. ATTEMPTED TO STEP DOWN FROM CONVEYOR FOUNDATION, LOOSING FOOTING AND CATCHING HIMSELF WITH LEFT HAND, BENDING HAND IN BACKWARD POSITION.

EE WAS LEAVING OFFICE BUILDING WALKING DOWN STEPS WHEN EE LOST FOOTING FALLING AGAINST STEP CAUSING INJURY FRACTURE RIBS.

OPER FRONT END LOADER SHUT DOOR ON HAD PAIN MDE HIM FAINT

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING AN OIL FILTER FROM A DIESEL ENGINE. THE FILTER HAD A GLASS SEDIMENT BULB. THE GLASS BULB BROKE AND LACERATED RIGHT HAND OF EMPLOYEE. THE LACERATION REQUIRED SIX SUTURES.

TWO WELDERS WERE WELDING A CHUTE OPPISITE EACH OTHER. ONE WELDER RECEIVED WELDING FLASHBURN TO THE EYES.

EMP WAS CHANGING OIL FILTER ON AIR COMPRSSOR. THE COMPRESSORE WAS NOT DISHCARGED. THEOIL FILTER TOP CAME OFF STRIKING EMP BELOW LEFT EYE CAUSING LACERATION STITCHES WERE REQUIRED

EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING NEW METAL TO FIT A SCREEN THE METAL SLIPPED FROM EMPLOYEES HAND SLIDING EMPLOYEES FINGER ON RT HAND CRUSHING IG

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING BINS AFTER PLANT SHUTDOWN. A STONE FELL FROM MAIN BIN STRICKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT ARM. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR XRAY SHOWED SEVERE BRUISE.

EMP 3 WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK UP PORTABLE WELDER BY HIMSELF. THE WELDER SLID OFF THE BUMPER OF THE TRUCK AND THE TONGUE SMASHED HIS RT INDEX FINGER. THE FINGER REQU3RED SIX STITCHES

EMPLOYEE WAS HA4MERING ON A PIECE OF METAL.HE LOOKED SOWN AND METAL FELL INSIDE HIS WELDING HOOD. PART OF THIS GOT INTO HIS EYE.

EMP WAS LIFTING3BLOCK OF WOOD ANOTHER EMP TOOK THE WOOD AND DRIPPED IT ONTO SOME METAL THE INJ EMP HAD HIS HAND ON THE METAL AND HIS LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS BROKEN. SURGEON OPENED FIN FINGER TO RELEA8E PRESSURE

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON HIS EUCLID DOOR HE STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB WITH A HAMMER

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO REMOVE AN OVERSIZE ROCK FROM 4' CONE CRUSHER. PINCHED HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE CRUSHER AND THE ROCK. FRACTURED HIS RIGHT THUMB.