Bassett Stone Company: 67 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

JUMPED OUT OF STOCKPILE TRUCK LANDED ON A CLOD OF DIRT AND TWISTED ANKLE.

EE ATTEMPTED TO BREAK AN AUGER FREE WITH A PIPE WRENCH. HE PLACED ONE FOOT ON A RAIL WHICH WAS ABOUT A FEET HIGH AND LEANED HIS WEIGHT ON THE WRENCH. THE WRENCH BROKE FREE CAUSING EE TO FALL O N HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

STATIONARY LADDER GOING UP TO CATWALK ON CONVEYOR BROKE LOOSE AND FELL WITH PERSON ON IT. PERSON INVOLVED WAS BRUISED AND SORE AND HAD SMALL CUT TO SIDE OF HEAD.

DISMOUNTING LOADER, WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN ON GROUND HIS ANKLE TWISTED OVER.

45381NIC WAS REMOVING SPARK PLUGS FROM ENGINE OF FUEL TRUCK SPARK PLUG BROKE LOOSE SUDDENLY & EMPLOYEES HAND CONTINUED ON INTO HOSE CLAMP END LACERATING LEFT KNUCKLES BETWEEN RING &MIDDLE FING 59200

PUTTING BELT ON CRUSHER

DRIVING STOCK PILE TRUCK PULLED UP TO BIA DIDN'T USE THE STEPS JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK TO PULL THE BIN LEVER.

HE WAS DRIVING A EUCLID IN QUARRY,HAULING DIRT TO DUMP.TIRES ON TRUCK WERE CUTTING RUTS IN GROUND,SO HE THOUGHT HE WOULD PICK UP ROCKS TO FILL IN TRACKS.WHEN HE STARTED TO BEND OVER HE HAD A P AIN IN LOWER BACK AND HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP.

HE HAD REMOVED GEAR BOX FROM EUCLID I NAME & I NAME WAS MOVING GEAR BOX & DROPPED IT & IT BOUNCED ONTO TOE BRUISING TOE

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE SCREEN HOUSE, RE-WIRING A BREAKER BOX AFTER MOTOR HAD SHORTED AND BURNED OUT. WHENEVER THEY SWITCHED BREAKER BACK ON, THE LID BLEW OFF THE BREAKER BOX STRIKING HIM BESIDE H IS RIGHT EYE.

HE WAS ADJUSTING BRAKE ON SHOVEL USING A PUNCH.THE PUNCH SLIPPED AND CAUGHT GEARS THROWING PUNCH AND THUMB INTO SHARP EDGE OF CAB CUTTING OFF THE END OF HIS LEFT THUMB.

HE WAS PUTTING TARP ON TRUCK LOADED WITH AG. LIME. ROPE BROKE & HE FELL TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS ARMS. HE BROKE HIS RIGHT WRIST & SPRUNG HIS LEFT WRIST.

HE WAS REMOVING3TORQUE CONVERTER FROM SHOVEL. TORQUE CONVERTER POPPED OUT HITTING HIM ON FOOT KNOCKING HIM FROM CATWALK OF SHOVEL, LANDING ON GROUND ON RIGHT SIDE BRUISING HIS RIBS. TORQUE CON VERTER HIT GROU3D THEN BOUNCED UP HITTING HIM IN FOREHEAD, REQUIRING 4 STITCHES TO CLOSE LACERATION.

HE WAS USING TH9 WRECKER TO MOVE A ROCK. THE FRONT WHEELS OF THE WRECKER WERE OFF THE GROUND WHEN THE CABLE ON THE WRECKER BROKE. WHEN THE CABLE BROKE, THIS TOOK THE PRESSURE OFF AND FRONT WHE ELS FELL TO THE3GROUND, JERKING THE DRIVER.

I NAME AND TWO 2THER EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING A CONVEYOR FOR A NEW READY MIX PLANT. THEY WERE RAISING THE CONVEYOR 31 INCHES OFF THE CONCRETE FLOOR TO SET IT ON ITS FRAME WHERE IT WAS TO BE WELDED. THE LOA8ER OPERATOR PICKED THE CONVEYOR UP WITHT HE LOADER AND PLACED IT ON TOP OF THE FRAME I NAME TOLD II NAME AND III NAME TO HIT THE FRAME ONE OF EACH SIDE TO JAR IT INTO PLACE.

EMP WAS WORKING IN GARAGE USING A PORTABLE GRINDER TO GRIND THE SLAG OFF OF A PIECE OF METAL THAT GOES ON THE BOOM, THE GRINDER HUNG ON A BURR AND KICKED OUT OF HIS HAND AND HIT HIS LEFT ARM C UTTING HIS ARM JUST ABOVE THE WRIST

I.NAME AND I.NAME PUTTING GEAR SEALS ON OUTSIDE GEARS OF SHOVEL. I.NAME SITTING IN SHOVEL SEAT WITH LOCK BRAKE LEVER ON.HE RAISED UP IN THE SEAT TO TELL I.NAME TO PUT GEAR SEAL ON TOP OF GEARS WHEN HE RAISED UP,HE KNOCKED BRAKE LOCK LEVER OFF.DIPPER FELL AND CABLE UNWOUND STRIKING I.NAME ON RIGHT CHEEK AND LEFT SHOULDER KNOCKING HIM BACKWARDS WHERE HE FELL ON THE BOOM.

HE WAS LIFTING A CRANK SHAFT UP TO PUT IN THE ENGINE OF A CEMENT TRUCK HE STRAINED HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE HAD FILLED A GREASE GUN AND WAS PREPARING TO GREASE HIS T RUCK. HE BENT OVER HIS T RUCK AND STARTED TO TURN TO THE RIGHT WHEN HIS HIP AND RIGHT LEG WENT NUMB, AND HE HAD CONSIDERABLE BACK PAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE DIPPER OF A LOADER TRYING TO ROLL A BEARING OUT ON THE GROUND.THE BEARING HIT SOMETHING AND ROLLED OVER AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND, CUTTING THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A CLUTCH IN THE SHOVEL. HE WAS USING A BAR TO PRIZE THE DRUM AND THE BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE CAB OF THE SHOVEL AND THE BAR, CUTTING AND BREAK ING HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

HE WAS TAKING A TRACK DRILL APART. HE TOOK 2 BOLTS OUT OF THE DRILL AND RAISED THE HAMMER UP. WHEN HE RAISED THE HAMMER, ONE PIECE OF THE DRILL FELL OUT AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB, MASHING HIS THU MB AND BREAKING HIS DISTAL THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING BELTS ON CRUSHER TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN THEM OUT. HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELTS AND THE PULLY ON THE CRUSHER, CUTTING HIS HAND IN SEVERAL PLACES.