Bull Run Plant: 149 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

We believe that when EE was tightening the side rails on the screen with the impact gun that the metal had fallen into EE's eyes behind EE's safety glasses. The next day, EE woke up with eye pain and went to urgent care to get checked out and they found metal in EE's eyes which they were able to remove.

EE was burning the explosives boxes on the bench immediately after the shot. The wind picked up & blew something under EE's safety glasses while back was turned. EE's eye became irritated. EE flushed eye multiple times with no luck. No object or injury to the eye was found during examination, but an antibiotic cream was prescribed.

Employee was working on an electrical panel with push buttons on the front of the door to the panel. Employee checked the wires inside the panel for current and found no current. Employee began working in said panel and didn't realize that the push buttons on the front of the panel were energized on a separate circuit. The door closed on the employee and shocked him, under 120v.

Employee was using a torch to trim a pipe. He was working in some awkward positions from a manlift. Later he noticed a pain in the mid section of his back. He thought it would go away but didn't.

1 injury; Employee was working at ground level installing an electrical "can" when he slipped on a rock, falling back. He tried to prevent impact of the fall by placing his wrist behind him. He landed on his wrist and broke it.

Rigging a beam, forklift was in a tight area. Needed to get forks from under beam in order to lift with hook. Forklift operator completely retracted boom and still couldn't get fork from under beam. He backed up at that time ee leaned forward to get chocker sling; forks came from under beam and hit ee in the forehead.

While picking up an electric hydraulic ram pump, associate twisted back.

We had a stack of cribbing timbers to be used for the project. The timbers were 10"x10"x8". They were stacked 5 high and 4 rows wide with one band around the center. When employee cut the band on the timbers, the first stack toppled over. The timber that was on the top landed on his left foot. The incident resulted in a broken bone on the top of his foot.

The individual was checking elevations of a cut section when he fainted and stopped breathing from an allergic reaction to physician prescribed medication. CPR was performed until he awoke and started breathing again. An ambulance arrived and took him to Price William hospital for treatment and observation.

Driller was using a hand held hammer and striking the top head of a down the hole hammer to loosen & remove. a mm size piece of steel went into his left wrist.

EE was moving a sign that had fallen in the wind.

Tightening the head nut on the 1560 Omni Cone crusher (P01-0273) at the Bull Run Plant. This procedure requires the use of a sledge hammer. He was swinging the sledge hammer against the tightening tool and when he made contact, the sledge hammer bounced back, hurting his wrist.

Employee was hammering on a rock (upper) jaw when dirt fell out of the jaw hitting him in the face. Employee was wearing safety glasses but dirt still got into the employee's eye. The crew was removing the spacer plate from the jaw.

Smashed left index finger with hammer

Assoc. sitting in water truck at pile, 988II loader backed into the driver door of water truck jarring associate

EE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER IN SHOP, HE MISSED A STEP, SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO CEMENT FLOOR. HE INJURED LEFT ARM AND ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND GRABBED FRAME OF LOADER AT THE BACKEND DOOR. HE PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS RIGHT HAND, WRIST AND FOREARM. INJURY VERY MILD: OFF WORK ONE DAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE THE PUG MILL WHEN THE ELECTRICAL BOX SHORTED OUT, CAUSING SPARKS TO FLY, EMPLOYEE BRUISED LEFT SHOULDER ON DOOR FRAME WHEN TRYING TO GET OUT OF MILL.

EMPLOYEE THOUGHT BELT WAS FROZEN HE WENT TO LLOOSEN IT WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TURNED MACHINE ON HAND GOT CAUGHT IN BELT

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING OTHER WORKERS TIGHTEN SOME LARGE NUTS ON A CRUSHER THE WRENCH BEING USED WEIGHTED APPROX.10-15 LBS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT & F ELL ON TOP OF HIS RT.FOOT

EMPL WAS STANDING ON PLATFORM ABOVE JAW CRUSHER & SMALL CHIP OF STONE STRUCK HIM IN CORNER OF LEFT EYE.

UNLOADING TRUCK LOAD OF STONE AT CRUSHER WHEN STHEET OF STEEL BEING WELDED ONTO CRUSHER FELL OFF AND LANDED ON LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG CUTTING TORCH AND A PIECE OF SLAG FELL ON HIS PANT LEG AND DOWN INTO HIS LEFT BOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND A PIECE OF SLAG WENT INTO HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE BACK OF A PICK UP TRUCK AND WAS NOT HOLDING ON SECURELY WHEN THE PICK UP WENT AROUND A TURN HE FELL OUT OF THE TRUCK

HE SAID HE STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK AND HURT HIS BACK. HE IS N O LONGER EMPLOYED BY US, HE WAS DISCHARGED AUGUST 8, 1984-DISCHARE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS INCIDENT

UNABLE TO FREE A NUT LOOSE WHEN FINALLY BROKE LOOSE SMASHED LEFT RING FINGER

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWNOFF BREAKER AND HIS FEET SLIPPED ON STEPS AND HE FELL HITTING HIS BACK

PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK-PICKING ROCK OUT OF ROADWAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING STONE UNDER THE CRUSHER WHEN HE HEARD A SUDDEN NOISE HE HEARD THIS JUST AS HE HAD FILLED HIS SHOVEL WITH A LOAD OF STONE WHEN HE HEARD THE NOISE HE TWISTED HIS HEAD WITH THE FULL SHOVEL AND TWISTED HIS NECK MUSCLE HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A STEEL BEAM HE WAS WEARING HIS HARD HAT