Bluffton Stone Company LLC.: 163 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was loading a skid steer tire in back of pickup and felt a sharp pain in groin area. Employee did not seek medical attention right away. Employee now had surgery on 10/17/2019 for a hernia.

Writing weights on pallets of flagstone and bent over to pick up a marker and felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

Employee was running over to shut off belt that was slipping due to rain. Employee tripped on rock and twisted ankle. X-rays showed a small chip broken in right ankle.

Employee was picking up a piece of flagstone to put on a pallet and felt a pop in his lower back.

EE was stacking flagstone off the conveyor belt when he picked up a piece of stone it split in half, when EE reched to grab it he caught his finger between the stone and belt head on side of conveyor belt. When he took his glove off he had cuts on the top and bottom of his right index finger.

The employee was stacking flagstone on a pallet when a piece of stone slid off an adjacent pallet and struck him in the back of the right knee causing him to twist and strain his knee. The injury caused swelling and pain.

DRIVING TRUCK TO MOVE BOULDERS ALL DAY WITH WINDOWS DOWN, HE STARTED FEELING SICK IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FLOOR BOARD OF THE TRUCK. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL BUT THEY DID NOT DO A BLOOD TEST TO SEE IF HE DID HAVE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THEY DID A CAT SCAN TO RULE OUT TUMOR.

EE WAS STACKING FLAGSTONE & ANOTHER EE WAS UNPLUGGING HOPPER WITH THE LOADER WITH FORKS & A 6" PIECE OF FLAGSTONE FLEW OUT & HIT INJ EE IN THE RIGHT CENTER OF HIS BACK.

EE WAS WRITING PRODUCT NAME AND WEIGHT ON PALLETS AND A COWORKER IN THE FRONT-END LOADER WAS PICKING UP PALLETS AND MOVING THEM FOR AN ORDER. THE COWORKER CAME IN TO PICK UP A PALLET AND THE FORKS WERE A LITTLE OFF TRACK AND PUSHED THE PALLET AND ROCK INTO EE, HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT ARM AND BACK.

WAS UNPLUGGING A CHUTE WITH A SPUD BAR AND IT CAME BACK AND PINCHED MY LEFT HAND AGAINST AN I-BEAM.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING DRIVE BELTS ON CONVEYER.RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT IN END WRENCH BROKE FINGER JUST ABOVE THE KNUCKLE.

GRINDING SLAG & BOUNCED OFF WALL TOWARDS EE.

EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER TO FIX THE TARP. HE GRABBED THE WRONG SECTION OF THE LADDER. HE GRABBED THE TOP SECTION OF LADDER WITHOUT THE RUBBER FEET. WHEN HE CLIMBED UP THE LADDER IT SLID O UT FROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL (STILL ON THE LADDER) TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE HIT HIS ELBOW, BRUISING IT.

SLIPPED COMING OUT OF CHUTE ON BELT AND CUT HIS SHIN OPEN A LITTLE ON ANGLE IRON.

MINER TRAVELING DOWN A RAMP IN A F.E.L., HE LOST CONTROL AND WENT OVER A BERM, SLID 18'DOWN THE SIDE OF THE RAMP AND ROLLED ONTO THE TOP. THE MINER'S LEG WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE SEAT, TWISTING TH E LEG AND DISLOCATING THE HIP. CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR AND DRY.

HE PLACED HIMSELF IN HARMS WAY BETWEEN A MOVING LOADER AND STATIONARY FLAGSTONE CONVEYOR; LOADEROPERATOR'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF BRAKE AND HIT EXCELERATOR. THE LOADER LEAPT FORWARD, PINNING VICTIM BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR AND LOADER.

CARRYING IDLERS DOWN STEPS, LOST BALANCE & FELL BACKWARDS.

GREASING 988 LOADER IN BETWEEN LOADING PIT TRUCKS. I CRAWLED ONTO THE BUCKET TO GREASE CYLINDERS; WENT TO GREASE THE OTHE RENDS AND SLIPPED; GRABBED THE CYLINDER TO PREVENT FLALING. IN THE P ROCESS I TORE THE ROTATOR CUFF IN MY SHOUDLER; CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 9PM THINKING IT WOULD IMPROVE, BUT TO NO AVAIL.

A BUCKET TOOTH BECAME LODGED IN THE CRUSHER. AFTER IT WAS DISLODGED IT FELL, HITTING EE ON THE HAND.

WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON LOADER THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE ER WHERE HE RECEIVED 6 STITCHES AND RETURNED TO WORK.

WHILE WATCHING THE PLANT OPERATOR MOVE SECONDATRY BREAKER TO THE JAW TO REPOSITION A BOULDER THE HAMMER HIT A PRY BAR AND THE PRY BAR HIT HIM IN THE CHEST SCRAPING THE SKIN. AFTER HAULING A FE W MORE LOADS HE WAS SORE AND WENT TO ER.

AFTER DUMPING IN FEED HOPPER HE DID NOT LOWER THE BED AND HIT THE TOP OF THE TUNNEL OPENING.

HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF HAUL TRUCK AND HIS FOOT BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE STEP AND HE FELL.

WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF TRUCK AFTER STARTING IT, HE SLIPPED OFF THE STEP AND HIT HIS SHIN. HE REPORTED IT THAT SHIFT BUT CONTINUED TO WORK FOR ANOTHER WEEK UNTIL IT BOTHERED HIM AND HE WENT TO T HE DR.

A PRY BAR HE WAS USING TO OPEN THE INSPECTION DOOR ON THE VSI SLIPPED & HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL ON HIS RIGHT LEG

HAD A HEAD PULLEY AND GEAR BOX ON FORK LIFT. IT SLID OFF, SO HE PICKED IT UP TO MOVE IT BACK WHEN SOMETHING SNAPPED IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.

REMOVING ROCK FROM FEEDER HIT IRON WITH SLEDGE HANDLE FLEW BACK HIT ON LEG

WHILE TRYING TO FREE A LARGE ROCK FROM THE CRUSHER, THE STONE MOVED AND THE CHAIN SLIPPED OFF, HITTING THE EMPLOYEE AND KNOCKING HIM OFF THE RAPISTAN TO THE CONVEYOR BELOW. (APPROX. 10') THIS INJURY REUSLTED IN LACERATIONS TO THE HEAD AND EYE REQUIRING STITCHES AND BRUISED REQUIRING REST.

SAND BIN FROZEN AND CLOGGED. TRYING TO UNCLOG BIN EMP LOST BALANCE AND FELL IN BIN EMERGING FROM BOTTOM CHUTE EMP PULLED MUSCLES AND VERTEBRAE IN BACK

STUMBLED AND FELL OVER SMALL CLUMP OF FROZEN DIRT ON DRIVE. INJURY TO HIS ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE A STEEL PLATE FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER. THE EMPLOYEE SET THE PLATE DOWN AND MOVED HIS HANDS. AWAY FROM THE PLATE. THE EMPLOYEE WENT BACK TO HIS PRIOR JOB AND APPROX. 3-5 MINUTES LATER OBSERVED BLOOD ON HIS GLOVE . HE THEN REMOVED HIS GLOVE AND OBSERVED INJURY. THE GLOVE ITSELF WAS NOT CUT NOR DID IT HAVE ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE. THE PLATE HAD A ROUGHT EDGE FRO