BATTLETOWN QUARRY: 141 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Mechanic was using a pry bar to straighten a bearing on a dog bone on a CAT 777 when the pry bar slipped and the dog bone fell cutting EE's finger.

Barge loader was moving a piece of cable. Pulled back while pulling to move cable.

Employee was ascending an access ladder to the right-hand side of a 992K Cat loader to check engine fluid levels. Their left hand slipped on the wet hand hold on the ladder, they used their right arm to correct the fall. In the process they aggravated a previous non work shoulder injury.

Employee was in process of removing a speed reducer from the head pulley of a conveyor due to it failing. After removing the bolts from the moment coupling, the employees were unbolting the reducer from the mounting frame when it suddenly fell over crushing an employee's left foot and breaking their right arm, right thumb, and right finger.

Employee was putting materials (motor Sheaves) on a wooden pallet when material rolled on to right ring finger mashing and cutting it.

Employee was in haul truck receiving a full load of waste material from loader when a large rock rolled to the right side of the inside of the bed causing the truck rocked back and forth

Employee was operating a D9 dozer pushing off the overburden dump. When backing up, the dozer ran over a large rock which caused the back of the dozer to rise and then fall over the large rock.

Employee was welding grizzly rack for structural repairs and received welding flash to right eye.

Employee was working routine work and it was a very windy day. Dust/dirt particles blew behind EE's safety glasses into EE's eye.

Employee was walking and tripped on frozen ground from tire travel tracks. Employee failed to have proper awareness of surroundings

Employee was attempting to climb up ladder to haul truck at start of shift.

Employee using grinder broke thumb. Should have used vice to hold metal prior to grinding.

Employee not following procedure climbed 6' ladder that was not level, employee was not wearing PPE gloves, the ladder tipped and employee cut finger.

Employee was lifting hammer lift assembly without help. Equipment too heavy for one person. Employee stated was angry with co-worker so didn't follow procedure. The hammer assembly slipped hit right big toe. Employee has language barrier. EE didn't inform us of the accident until investigation was launched on 8-13-19.

Employee got finger caught between screen and guard.

Employee was trying to dislodge a rock from the primary crusher with a 30lb jack hammer when a piece of rock struck EE in left wrist and arm knocking EE backwards.

EE noticed winch cable had slack and was hanging down the side of dock. EE grabbed a pole to try to grab cable and move it to proper side of gavel. The winch cable was activated causing the cable to jump the gavel striking EE on the outside of left knee.

Employee was walking near river bank feeling with foot to determine edge of bank. Once employee felt employee located it employee knelt down to feel with hand the ground gave way and employee fell about 10 feet.

Began work and was fueling up the excavator. When fueling was complete stepped off the excavator onto a step, slipped and fell to the ground on EE's right elbow.

It was stated that the accident happened on 12/29/2015 but not reported until 1/8/2016. Was hooking water hose to fill up the water truck and tripped over wooden blocks and lost his balance. Says he aggravated his left shoulder.

Employee was washing out from under the crusher platform using a water hose and spray nozzle to clean out build-up that had accumulated over the last week. While doing so the water hose burst causing the hose to whip and splashed mud and debris in his face and right eye.

Employee was engaged in loading barge when dropped a rope into river. He became very angry with himself, hit building with hand which resulted in broken bone in hand.

Employee was climbing into 777D truck, when he slipped, grabbed onto the handrails and strained his left shoulder.

employee was attempting to free frozen material from a chute with a sledge hammer and a prybar. The employee mis-hit the prybar and struck the index finger of his left hand against a piece of angle iron on top of the hopper.

Removing coupling from from barges. Cable had a twist in it and when employee grabbed it twisted his right arm.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS TO HIS JOB SITE, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL.

EE STATES RODS FELL AND CAUGHT ROD CLAMPS, FOOT PEDAL RELEASE, CAUSING PEDAL TO GO BACK IN UPWARD POSITION WITH EXTREME FORCE.

EE WAS OVERSEEING CORE DRILLING OPERATION. HE ATTEMPTED TO ALERT DRILLER BY STEPPING ONTO PLATFORM, PLATFORM WAS MUDDY & HE SLIPPED. HE SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS RT. RING FINGER AGAINST A DRILL LIF TER, CUTTING IT WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE WAS LIFTING FLOOR GRATE IN RECLAIRE TUNNEL, STEPPED BACKWARD AND TWISTED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WORKS LOADING BARGES. HE WAS POSITIONING MIMSELF TO THROW A ROPE TO ANOTHER BARGE, WHEN THE ROPE CAUGHT ON A CLEAT OF THE BARGE. THE RESULT WAS A SPRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.

PULLED BELT TO 700 PIT WHEN HE UNHOOKED CHAIN HE STEPPED BACKWARDS ADN TRIPPED OVER BELT AND FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD, BACK AND SHOULDER.

REPLACED A SHAFT ON THE APRON FEEDER. USING A COME-A-LONG TO LIFT THE SHAFT INTO PLACE. IT SLIPPED DOWN THE ANGLE IRON PINCHING THE 3 FINGERS.

PULLING BARGE INTO DOCK WITH CAPSTAN ROPE. ROPE SLIPPED AND CAME OFF CAPSTAN AND STRUCK RIGHT ARM.

EE STATED HE HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON WINDOW FRAME ON 50 TON TRUCK WHEN A LARGE ROCK WAS LOADED ONTO TRUCK.

CUTTING METAL BIN STRAPS ON METAL WITH CUTTING TORCH. CUT ONE OF THE STRAPS THEN LOOKED AROUND TO SEE WHERE THE NEXT ONE WAS. HE WAS STEADYING THE TORCH AGAINST HIS RIGHT HIP AND AS HE TURNED THE TORCH TURNED TOO. HE FELT THE HEAT BUT DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS BURNED UNTIL HE FINISHED.

ADJUSTING MOTOR ON FEEDER. TIGHTENING BOLT OVERHEAD USING A HAMMER IMPACT WRENCH WITH EXTENSION SWIVEL AND SOCKET. SOCKET CAME OFF AND HIT SOME AND UPPER LIP.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE SIDE LIGHT OF D9L DOZER WHEN THE BATTERY BOX LID FELL ON THE EE S HEAD WHILE HE WAS IN A BENT OVER POSITION, FIXING THE LIGHT FIXTURE. THE LID OF THE BATTERY BOX HAS TO B E OPENED IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE LIGHT. THE DOOR TO THE CAB WAS OPEN, BUT WAS SHUT BY ANOTHER EE, CAUSING THE BATTERY BOX LID TO FALL. TEN SUTURES TO CLOSE. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED

YEE WAS WELDIGN SHANK ON BUCKE TOF 480 WHEN A FOREIGN BODY BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE. EE WAS WEARING A WELDING HELMET AND SAFETY GLASSES. WELDING SLAG WAS WEDGED IN LEFT EYE AND HAD TO BE REMOV ED.

INJURED WAS WELDING ON LOADER BUCKET OUTSIDE IN WINDY CONDITIONS. HE GOT WELDING SLAG IN HIS LEFT EYE. INJURED WAS WEARING WELDING HELMET AND SAFETY GLASSES. SINCE THE WELDING SLAG WAS WEDGED IN LEFT EYE, IT HAD TO BE DRILLED OUT.

ON 9-29-94 TWO EE'S WERE WELDING A PATCH IN DISCHARGE CHUTE ON #4 BELT. EE WAS STANDING ON THE PLATE THAT OTHER EE WAS WELDING. ON 9-30-94, EE TOLD OTHER EE THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD BURNED HIS F OOT. ON MONDAY, 10--3-94 AT ABOUT 1:00 PM EE TOLD TEAM LEADER THAT HE WAS GOING TO THE DR,TO SEE ABOUT HIS FOOT, AS HE THOUGHT HE HAD BURNED IT WELDING THE PATCH IN CHUTE LAST WEEK.

A LOADED BARGE WAS LEAKING. HE WAS ON THE BARGE AND I.NAME WAS ON DOCK BARGE HANDING HIM A 2" SUCTION HOSE WITH A 12" SQUARE PLATE FOR A SCREEN AND WEIGHT ON THE HOSE. HE HAD THE PLATE IN HAND AND THE HOSE TWISTED, CAUSING HIS HAND TO HIT THE BARGE WHILE HOLDING ONTO THE PLATE. SUTURES AND SPLINT WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS PULLING BARGE BRAKE CABLE ALONG SIDE OF DOCK BARGE TO HOOK UP CARGO BARGE WHEN THECABLE FELL OFF DOCK BARGE INTO THE WATER. EE WAS HOLDING THE BRAKE CABLE IN ONE HAND AND HOLDING TO SAF ETY CABLE WITH OTHER HAND. WHEN CABLE FELL INTO WATER, IT PULLED EE. HIS BACK HURT BETWEEN SHOULDERS. EE WAS PUT ON LIGHT DUTY.

EE CLIMBED LADDER TO GET IN 920 CAT LOADER. WHEN HE ENTERED THE CAB, HE HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. AFTER CLIMBING DOWN FROM LOADER, HIS BACK AND RIGHT SHOULDER WAS HURTING. CHEST WAS TIGHT, MAKING IT HARD TO BREATHE.

EE WAS USING PRYBAR TO SHUT FEEDER GATE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT RIGHT HAND ON HANDRAIL BETWEEN BAR AND HANDRAIL, CUTTING A BRAKING RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER INJURY REQUIRED EIGHT 8 SUTURES TO CLOSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING BOOM PINS ON 475-C LOADER.SCAFFOLD FELL AND EMPLOYEE HELD ONTO LADDER WITH RIGHT HAND,PULLED RIGHT SHOULDER.EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR FIRST TIME ON 03-18-91.DID NOT BEGIN LOSING TIME UNTIL 04-01-91(FIRST DAY OFF).

EMPL WALKING DOWN GRADE,HEARD SOMETHING MAKE NOISE IN RIGHT FOOT.FOOT HURTS WHEN PRESSURE APPLIED.VISITED DR ,UNABLE TO WORK 5-11-90.

ON 9-21-88 EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF HIS LEFT KNEE HURTING. HE SAID HE KNEW OF NOTHING HE DID AT WORK TO HURT IT ALL HE DID WAS TURN AROUND TO BLIMB UP INTO CHAIR ON THE DOCK AFTER COMPLETING TH E REST OF THE DAY HE VISITED DR IN BRANDENBURG

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING ALONG SIDE THE CARGO BOX OF THE LOADED BARGE A BARGE HOLDING CABLE TIGHTENINED BECAUSE OF A PASSING TOWBOAT AND HIT INJURED AGAINST LEFT KNEE LEFT KNEE BRUISED EMPLOYEE HA S WORKED SINCE 3NJURY BUT WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WAS REFERRED TO ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON EMPLOYEE HAS TENDON DAMAGE AND IS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY ON 7-10-87

INJURED WAS DESCENDING FROM THE CAB OF PAYLOADER FOOT SLIPPED & HE GRABBED HANDHOLD & SUPPORTED HIS BODY WITH RT ARM. CONTUSION RT SHOULDER.

I.NAME PARKED TRUCK ON DOWNGRADE THEN SHUT OFF ENGINE WHICH DEACTIVATED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND AIR BRAKE COMPRESSOR.SHORT TIME LATER WHEN AIR LEAKED OFF BRAKING SYSTEM,TRUCK STARTED TO ROLL DOWN GRADE. I.NAME JUMPED FROM CAB 8\ TO GROUND SPRAINING BOTH ANKLES.

EMPLOYEE AS ASSISTING EIGHT OTHER EMPLOYEES IN LIFTING A RADIATOR WHILE CARRYING RADIATOR (WEIGHING APPROX 600LBS) EMPLOYEE HURT BACK