Belvedere Plant Metal/Non-Metal

While standing near a loader, the employee jumped back and twisted EE's ankle when the loader moved forward.

Employee lost footing and when they grabbed the rail to steady themselves, they strained their right shoulder.

While performing maintenance work, an employee was welding a patch on the tub of the shaker when they noticed a fire coming from below the shaker. Sparks from the welding, ignited the conveyor belt.

Employee was tightening a bolt on a tail pulley and once EE was done, EE noticed mild pain in right shoulder. Incident was not reported to EE's supervisor until the following week. Diagnosed with right shoulder strain and given restrictions.

Employee was in the process of dismantling a gear drive when the steel pivot base frame on which it was setting collapsed onto EE's chest.

Employee was attempting to remove snow when EE slipped and landed on their right hip.

Employee was was working on a final drive (mobile equipment). Employee struck the housing to loosen it. A shard of metal broke off striking employee's right shin.

The employee attempted to break up frozen clumps of sand in a hopper with their hand and while doing so, their hand twisted in an awkward position resulting in a wrist sprain.

Lifting floor grate and felt a pull in their back.

Employee was attempting to move a wheelbarrow, when they felt a pull in their back. EE received medical attention at a panel physician the day of the incident and was cleared to return to work with no restrictions but on follow up apt on 7/31/23, EE was put out of work until 8/2/23 when EE had their next follow up apt and was allowed to return to work but with restrictions.

Employee (mechanic) was changing cutting edge on 982M loader. Edge was on the forks of telehandler and employee was prying up edge with a bar to get the right side up. When the edge started to go over employee reached out to grab the edge to keep it from falling and felt a pull in EE's back. Reported immediately, but did not seek treatment until next day 3/21/23.

Employee was doing a plant start up at the wet plant and was shoveling wet material out from manual drop magnet/bucket elevator and felt a pull/sharp pain in lower back.

Employee was using grinder to cut metal, the grinder kicked back and struck EE's left wrist. The employee received a laceration to their left wrist.

Employee slipped on ice and fell while fueling a piece of equipment.

The employee lost grip of tail pulley and struck their left big toe. The employee suffered a fractured left big toe.

Employee got finger pinched in between two guardrails, while re-installing a catwalk.

Employee got metal slag in the corner of their eye, while other employee was using a grinder.

EE was operating a Caterpillar 992C loader in the South Pit. As they were driving the machine, they reached up with left hand to adjust the airflow coming out of an overhead air conditioning vent. As they reached up, their hand hit the adjacent vent and cut the middle finger resulting in sutures to repair.

Employee inadvertently failed to remove lifting strap from truck crane to excavator bucket. When excavator backed away it raised front wheels of truck with mechanic inside truck. Strap then broke and truck came back down causing employee to strain back.

Employee assisted another employee lifting a drain pan after emptying diesel fuel into pan. When EE lifted pan EE felt a pull in back. Diagnosed with a muscle strain in the back.

Employee was cleaning the tracks of excavator off with a shovel and felt a pop in left shoulder.

Employee was operating a 980G loading a customer truck. While the loader was still in reverse backing away from the truck. Operator depressed the brake / clutch and the loader shifted from reverse to neutral to forward inadvertently. Sudden shift caused pain in lower back.

EMPLOYEE WAS RETRIEVING AN ACETYLENE BOTTLE FROM CAGE WHEN THE BOTTLE SLIPPED AND PINNED EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE BOTTLE AND CAGE. CONTUSION AND LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

Employees were welding a patch on a chute and plastic liner caught fire. Employees discharged 1 fire extinguisher and quickly realized they needed to call 911. The fire department responded and extinguished fire.

Employee cut finger on a fan blade inside the cab of a CAT 992 loader.

Employee was working on a CAT skid steer. He was trying to engage the bucket locking handle. Bucket swung out and struck employee on the right ankle.

Employee was unpacking a lighting ballast out of the box when he lacerated his right index finger on a safety latch that was on ballast. Required 2 stitches

Employee was removing a conveyor when he struck his left shoulder on the side of it.

Employee was assisting 3 other employees to lift a set of clothing lockers up 3 steps. During lift he felt a sharp pain in his right bicep area. He was diagnosed with a bicep tendon tear that will require surgery to repair.

Employee was trouble shooting a brake problem on a scraper. Mechanic found a hose that seemed to be leaking air. He loosened the line slightly to try and reseat the line, while doing so the line popped off and hydraulic fluid punctured his right middle finger.

Employee was applying jumper cables to a crane when the clamp slipped off battery post onto his right index finger.

Walking on uneven terrain, tripped over rock in path. Lacerated and fractured left hand index finger.

Employee was using a pry bar to unjam a rock from the lump kicker. The pry bar kicked back and struck him in the right side of his face causing a facial fracture.

Employee was pulling a wear plate into position to line up holes. The plate snapped up crushing the right hand ring finger between wear plate and bucket.

Employee was hooking up clevises to a lifting hook, which he gained access by climbing up a ladder on the inside. After hooking up clevises he decided to jump off an 8' high tank to the ground. He strained his thigh on his right leg.

Employee was cleaning under counterweight with a shovel, when his knee gave out.

Employee was using a pry bar to dig clay out of the feeder when the pry bar gave way and smashed employees finger. Contusion to left middle finger.

Employee was cutting off a roller with a torch. When roller got cut through it accidentally fell on employees right hand and lacerated hand and fractured his index finger.

Employee was refueling his dozer when he slipped and came down on his left knee. Contusion to knee at this point but has to follow up with a specialist.

EE WAS OBSERVING THE #3 PIT CONVEYOR LINE. WHILE OBSERVING HE WAS WALKING DOWN HILL & SLIPPED IN MUD, HE SAID HE HEARD SOMETHING POP IN HIS LEFT FOOT. DIAGNOSED WITH A SPRAINED LEFT FOOT/ANKLE .

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG PIT CONVEYOR LINE STARTING UP LINE AND SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL.

REMOVING OLD SILT FENCH. PULLING ON SILT FENCE WHEN RIGHT ARM MUSCLE HURT HEN SWELLED UP.

EE WAS LIFTING A STEEL PIPE ONTO A TRAILER. SPRAINED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDER SAND TANKS INVESTIGATING WATER OVERFLOW FROM THE LARGE WATER TANK, WHEN HE WALKED INTO A METAL BEAM, STRIKING HIS HEAD.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE WHEN APPROCHING EQUIPMENT GATE.

HE WAS WELDING A PIECE OF METAL ON BOTTOM OF LOADER BUCKET. A SMALL PARTICLE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE.

HE WAS DESCENDING DIRST & GRAVEL BANK ABOVE CONVEYOR, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIS KNEE TO TWIST & HYPOEREXTEND CAUSING HIM TO SLIDE DOWN BANK.

WHILE INSTALLING GUARD ON TAIL END OF CONVEYOR EMPLOYEE TURNED HIS HEAD SUDDENLY STRIKING HIS RT EYE BROW ON SHARP EDGE OF TAIL SHAFT CUTTING ABOVE EYE BROW REQUIRING 3 SUTURES

REMOVING CUTTING EDGE FROM LOADER, USING TORCH, PRY BAR, AND HAMMER, CUTTING EDGE FELL BREAKING LEFT FOOT. WAS REMOVING CUTTING EDGE FROM 988 CATERPILLAR LOADER, CUTTING EDGE (PIECE OF HEAVY S TEEL) CAME LOOSE SUDDENLY. CUTTING EDGE POPPED DOWN AND OUTWARD-AT THE SAME TIME STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING FRACTURE OF LEFT FOOT.

WIND BLEW START-ALL COVER (HEAVY METAL LID) ONTO LEFT WRIST. EMPL STARTING START-ALL TO BOOST LOADER BATTERY DURING TERRIFIC WIND STORM.

CUTTING WITH KNIFE IT SLIPPED PUNCTURED L FOREARM

SLIPPED ON FROST FELL ON L HAND INJ WRIST AND TWO FINGERS PREPARING TO WELD MOVING ON TOP OF FEED SLIPPED ON FROST & FELL

BENDING OVER WORKING ON REBUILDING ROLLERS FOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM.PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

USING HAND GRINDER-PIECE OF METAL SLIVER FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE.

USING PRY BAR. AT SAND CONVEYOR, BAR SLIPPED, SMASHED TIP OF PINKY FINGER LEFT HAND.

HELPING FELLOW EMPLOYEE TO REMOVE BEARING OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING HAMMER METAL FLEW FROM HAMMER LODGED IN LEFT EYE METAL REMAINED IN EYE FOR ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATM ENT ON 01-15-91

USING ELECTRIC WELDING-WELDING-R ECEIVED A WELDERS FLASH

UTILITY KNEE CUT PC OF RUBBER CUT PINKY FINGER ON L HAND

A MICHIGAN 275B LOADER WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS A COUNTY ROAD (BELVEDERE ROAD-CECIL COUNTY=MD) AND THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED-THE LOADER HIT A TRACTOR TRAILER TRAVELING NORTH ON BELVEDERE ROAD. T HE TRACTOR TRAILER SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE & THE DRIVER WAS INJURED. THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS CITED BY THE MD STATED POLICE.

TRYING TO GET ROLLER ON CONVEYOR TO TURN-CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN ROLLER & CONVEYOR BELT, USING HAMMER. RIGHT HAND BECAME CAUGHT-CAUSING HAIRLINE FRACTURE & BURNS OF RIGHT HAND.

DRIVING SMALL TRUCK OVER SAND PROPERTIES-AT SAND PLANT-REAR WHEEL CYLINDER POPPED OUT OF TRUCK-CAUSING BRAKES TO FAIL, EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK INTO SAND, SPRAINED WRIST.

STEADYING BEAMS ON CABLE, TWO BEAMS CAME TOGETHER CRUSHING AND LACERATING MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND.

USING SHOVEL TO SHOVEL SAND, BENDING OVER, SLIPPED ON LOOSE SAND AND GRAVEL, BACK POPPED, BACK SPRAIN.

OPENING SHOP DOOR DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON R HAND LACERATING 4TH DIGIT OF R HAND

CUTTING BOARD WITH UTILITY KNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED CLACERATING L THUMB

SHOVELING SAND UNDER CONVEY LINE FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME BACK STRAIN

WELDING ON LOADER BUCKET AT SAND PLANT.RECEIVED WELDING FLASH-TO EYES-OFF WORK 2 DAYS.

WORKING IN SAND SCRUBBER. WELDING IN AN EFFORT TO REMOVE LIFT PLATES FROM SCRUBBER. SCRUBBER WHEELS HAD BEEN CHOCKED TO PREVENT THEM FROM MOVING. HOWEVER CHOCKS EVIDENTLY WORKED OUT. SCRUBBER BEGAN TO MOVE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE BALANCE. PIECE OF OVERHEAD STEEL FELL, WEIGHT ABOUT 300 LBS. FELL PINNING HIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AS SAND PIT AREA-CLEARING ICE FROM CONVEYORS-SLIPPED ON ICE-STRIKING FRAME OF CONVEYOR-JAMMING THUMB-SPRAINED THUMB.

WORKING AT SAND PJLANT MAINT. USING LOADER TO PUSH ROLL OF CONVY. BELT CAUGHT L. FT. BETWEEN CONVEY. BELT AND I BEAM.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AT SAND SCREW AT SAND PLANT SLIPPED ON ICE INJURING RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPL OPERATING ROLLER AT SAND PIT.GOT OFF ROLLER TO CLEAN SAND FROM ROLLER WHEELS.WIND BLEW SAND INTO RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE GOT PIECE OF STEEL IN RIGHT EYECLAIMS IT HAPPENED AT WORK HOWEVER DOESN'T KNOW WHEN OR HOW.

OPENING FEEDER AT SAND PLANT, BENDING OVER RAISED UP HIT HEAD ON STEEL ANGLE.

WELDING AT SAND PLANT WELDERS SLAG FELL ON LEFT FOOT BURNING FOOT ACCIDENT WAS 2-3-88 NO LOST TIME HOWEVER UNTIL 2-5-88

WALKING AT PLAN7 AREA- WALKED INTO STEEL BEAM.

CUTTING TAG OFF3HOSE-KNIFE SLIPPED-CUTTING LEFT FOREARM LACERRATION OF LEFT FOREARM

CHANGING BUCKET3TEETH ON LOADER-USING HAMMER-SPRAINED LEFT WRIST.

SLIPPED IN WET 8AND- FELL INTO DITCH.WAS WALKING TO PUMP HOUSE,TAKING WRENCH,BEARING NEDED TIGHTENING.

WORKING AT SAND3PLANT-SLIPPED IN MUD-WHILE WALKING-CARRYING METAL HOOKS-TIE DOWNS FOR ELECTRICAL CABLES SLIPPED IN MUD-HOOK CUT THUMB ON RT HAND

WORKING IN SAND3SCREW-AT SAND PLANT. WAS BENDING OVER-RAISED UP-& HIT HEAD ON ANGLE OF CONVEYOR.

PULLING MAINTEN5NCE--DURING WINTER MONTHS--AT SAND PLANT. BUILDING CHARGE BOX-- SLIPPED IN SAND SCREW- FALLING INTO CHUTE

TWISTED ANKLE W2ILE STEPPING DOWN FROM LADDER CHANGING SPEED REDUCER IN PIT AREA USING LADDER WHEN STEPPING OFF LADDER TWISTED ANKLE

LAYING PLANK ON3ROADWAY-FOR DOZER TO TRAVEL ON-PROPPED PLANK ON RT HAND TORE NAIL OFF MIDDLE FINGER OF RT HAND & FX & LACERATED FINGER

MOVING SHOVEL F9OM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER-DROPPED SHOVEL ON LEFT FOOT-BRUISED LEFT FOOT

CHANGING ROLLER8 ON CONVEYOR SYSTEM AT SAND PLANT USING HAMMER TO KNOCK PINS OUT PIN BROKE HITTING GLASSES GLASSES BROKE CUTTING LEFT EYE LID AND CAUSING HIM TO GET SLIVERS OF GLASS IN HIS EYE

EMPL BURNING BR6SH FOR SEVERAL DAYS.CLEARING GROUND REMOVING TREES AND BRUSH.USING FUEL FOR RAGS AND BRUSH FUEL SOAKED THROUGH BOOTS AND SOCKS AND INFECTED LEFT TOE.

WORKING AT SAND3PLANT-ON CONVEYOR SYSTEM-DOING MAINTENANCE. PLANT SHUTDOWN. WORKING AROUND TAIL SECTION OF CONVEYOR SYSTEM-CLEANING UP-GOT TO CLOSE TO CONVEYOR-GLOVED HAND-BECAME CAUGHT IN TRO OUGH ROLLER-HAN8 WEDGED BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT AND TROUGH ROLLER.

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING ANGLE FROM SAND SCRUBBER ANGLE FELL STRIKING LEFT LEG ABOVE ANKLE.

LIFTING ROLLERS CHANGING ROLLERS ON SAND CONVEYOR PULLED BACK MUSCLE

EMP FINISHED FILLING WATER TRUCK WENT OT GET DOWN FROM TANK TO ENTER TRUCK CAB SLIPPED GRABBED CAB DOOR TO BREAK FALL CUT RT HAND ON CORNER OF D OOR DEEP LACERATION

EMPLOYEE OPERATES EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT-TEREX.DEVELOPED A GANGLION CYST ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER-ATTRIBUTES THIS TO OPERATING CONTROLS ON TEREX-PULLING BOWL CONTROL-IRRITATES FINGER.

SHOVELING SAND AT PLANT-FROM SPILLAGE AT CONVEYOR.

LIFTING BEAM WITH CRANE CHAIN SLIPPED JUMPED TO AVOID BEAM & TRIPPED OVER ANGLE FALLING TO GROUND.

WORKING ON CONVEYOR SYSTEM AS SAND PLANT-REPLACING GUIDE PIPES ON CONVEYOR FRAME-CHANNEL SLIPPED ON CONVEYOR FRAME CATCHING LEFT HAND & FINGERS BRUISES & LACERATION

USING BURNING TORCH WELDING HOOD OBSTRUCTED VIEW WHILE USING WELDER BURNED LEFT WRIST

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING GRAVEL AT SAND PLANT-FROM SAND SPILL AGGRAVATED OR PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

WORKING ON TAIL PULLEY OF SAND CONVEYOR TRYING TO PUT BEARINGS THAT HAD MOVED BACK INTO PLACE USING PRYBAR BAR SLIPPED STRIKING EMP ON NOSE BREADKING NOSE

CHANGING ON ROLLER BAR-ON CONVEYOR SYSTEM-AT SAND PLANT-LIFTING WITH BAR-BAR SLIPPED-CATCHING LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND CAUSING DEEP LACERATION-& CRUSHING OF LITTLE FINGER.

WORKING AT STEEL PILE - STEEL PLATES, LIFTING TO PUT OBJECT PLATES - TO SEPERATE IN ORDER TO BURN ONE OF THE PLATES. STEEL PLATE FELL ON RIGHT ARM - CAUSING LACERATION AT ELBOW REQUIRING 9 SU TURES, SCRAPED LEFT LEG. RECEIVED TREATMENT & RETURNED TO WORK FOLLOWING DAY

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING CRANE IN SLOW LANE ALONG ROUTE 40 WEST NEAR PERRYSVILLE, MD COCA COLA TRUCK RAN INTO REAR OF CRANE IN SLOW LANE CAUSING NO DAMAGE TO CRANE OR EMPLOYEE HOWEVER LATER 5-17- 84 EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO SUFFER NECK PAINS FROM APPARENT WHIP LASH REACTION WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM FOR XRAYS OF CERVIACAL AREA TO DETERMINE CUSE OF NECK PAIN.

OPERATING SCRAPER AT SAND PLANT CLEARING LAND HIT BUMP IN TERRAIN CAUSING EMPL TO CATCH RIGHT ARM BETWEEN ROLL BAR AND CAB CAUSING HIM TO FRACTURE RIGHT ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON R EPLACING BELT FASTENERS ON SAND CONVEYOR BELT-MAN OPERATING CONTROLS TO PLANT - LEFT CONTROLS ENGAGED - STARTING CONVEYOR BELT-MAN OPERATING CONTROLS TO PLANT-LEFT CO NTROLS ENGAGED -STARTING CONVEYOR BELT(FAILED TO LOCK OUT CONT ROLS-REGULAR OPERATOR WAS NOT OPERATING PLANT)

TRYING TO HAMMER BEARING RACE FROM SPEED REDUCER WITH HAMMER END OF DRIFT PIN BROKE PIECE OF METAL FROM DRIFT PIN WENT INTO RIGHT ARM

CLEANING UP AROUND TAIL PULLEY OF CONVEYOR-SAND CONVEYOR-USING SHOVEL.SHOVEL BECAME CAUGHT IN PULLET CAUSING SHOVEL TO STRIKE EMPL IN RIBS BRUISING RIBS.

WORKING AS LABORER AT SAND PLANT.CHECKING ON SAND SHAKER ABOUT TO CLEAR STONES FROM SHAKER BUT FAILED TO SHUT DOWN SHAKER .RIGHT HAND BECAME CAUGHT IN SHAKER CAUSING FRACTURE OF 2 FINGERS OF R IGHT HAND LOSS OF SKIN AND NAILS.

EMP HAD FINISHED WORKING FOR DAY WORKING WITH EARTHMOVERS MR WILSON WAS PREPARING TO MOUNT HIS TEREX TO TAKE IT BACK TO PARKING AREA FOR NIGHT MR WILSON WAS PARTIALLY MOUNTING OR ENTERING TEREX FELLOW EMP ALONGSIDE WITH ANOTHER TEREX BACKED UP HIS TEREX STRIKING A TREE DEAD LIMB FELL FROM ATOP TREE PERHAPS 75 FT STRIKING MR WILSON KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND

WORKING ON WELD TRUCK - WASXING AND CLEANING IT UP - GOT FOREIGN OBJECT IN LEFT EYE DIRT OR SAND

WORKING WITH WELDER - RECEIVED WELDING FLASH FROM WALL OF SHOP

OVERSEEING WORK BEING DONE ON PIPE LINE WELDER SLAGE PIECE GOT INTO RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING EQUIPMENT-SLIPPED ON ICE, FELL INJURING LEG & ANKLE.

USING WELDING TORCH-HOT METAL FELL AGAINST RIGHT LEG CAUSING BURN.