Burkeville Plant: 83 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

While swinging a sledgehammer onto a crusher head, a metal fragment broke off of the crusher & flew into the associate's neck.

EE was dismounting EE's rock breaker when EE slipped off the track and landed primarily on head and neck.

While using a steel shaft to drive pins from a rock breaker, employee was holding the shaft down on to a jack stand that supported the shaft. Another associate was using a sledge hammer to drive out the pins. The associate missed the shaft & struck employee's left hand which fractured a bone.

WHILE REPLACING OLD SCALE DECK, EMPLOYEE REACHED DOWN TO SUPPORT THE EDGE OF A SECTION OF THE DECKING. WHEN THE SECTION OF THE DECK CUT LOOSE, THE PLATE DROPPED DOWN RESULTING IN CRUSHING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

While loading screens onto truck for transportation to the plant, bent & lifted screen with back instead of legs. This caused the back to tighten.

Reporting to work, associate' s foot slipped on frost covered slope shifting his weight to the left thigh resulting in an injury.

Associate noticed that his back became sore sometime during the afternoon as he operated a haul truck. He does not recall any particular event causing the pain. He left the location to go to his doctor thinking it was from a pre-existing medical condition. The doctor determined that he had a bruised rib that could have been caused by operating the haul truck.

EE was changing out hammer on drill, removing hammer stabilizer. Associate was leaned over to raise the stabilizer and as he lifted, his back was injured.

EE GRINDED OFF PIECE OF METAL FROM GATE BIN, TURNED GRINDER SIDEWAYS, WHERE DISC WAS VERTICAL , PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF AND WENT UNDER SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS HELPING REMOVE SKID PLATES FROM BOTTOM OF LOADER BUCKET. EE WAS HOLDING PRESSURE ON THE BOLT. BOLT STARTED TO TURN, HAD A SHARP EDGE. CUT THRU EMPLOYEE'S GLOVE.

EE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING PICK UP TRUCK.

CLEANING SCALE PIT, CONSIST OF ONE PERSON FILLING A PAIL WITH DIRT AND ANOTHER PERSON LIFTING FILLED PAIL FROM UNDER THE SCAL DECK. THIS EE WAS LIFTING PAIL.

HE WAS TAKING THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE BUCKET OFF THE EXCAVATOR. HE DROPPED IT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. IT LANDED BEYOND THE STEEL IN HIS BOOT AND BRUISED HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE NUTS FROM THE SWING DIE BOLTS WHEN THE SWING JAW MOVED PINCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE IMPACT WRENCH HE WAS USING & THE BOTTOM OF THE PITMAN

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER HE WENT TO PICK UP A SHIM AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK.

EE WAS MOVING MANLIFT DOWN RAMP INTO QUARRY AND ONE DRIVE WHEEL ON MANLIFT WAS LOSING TRACTION AND GAINING SPEED EE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL MANLIFT AND JUMPED OUT STRIKING THE BOOM WHEN THE MANL IFT HIT THE PIT WALL.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SOME MATERIAL (CRUSHER STONE) FELL AND BANGED HIS HEAD AGAINST AN "I" BEAM. THE RELEIVED 5 STITCHES TO A LACERATION ON HIS HEAD.

INJURED WAS INSTALLING A LIENR IN A CRUSHER. IN ORDER TO MOVE LINER INTO POSITION A PRY BAR WAS USED. HE APPLIED FORCE TO THE PRY BAR IT SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

EE ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE WITH HIS LEFT HAND A PIECE OF SLAG THAT HAD ATTACHED ITSELF TO THE CUTTING TORCH TIP HE WAS WEARING P.P.E. BUT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FINGER OF HIS GLOVE. HE RELEIVED 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER.

EE WAS REMOVING THE BOTTOM LINER PLATE IN THE FEEDER. THE ANCHORING NUTS AND BOLTS WERE CUT OFF USING AN OXYGEN ACETYLENE CUTTING TORCH. HE REPORTED SWELLING STRONG FUMES WHILE CUTTING. LATER HE FELT NAUSEATED AFTER WORKING REGULAR SHIFT 6-4-90 HE SAUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.

EE WAS REMOVING THE BOTTOM LINER PLATE IN THE FEEDER. THE ANCHORING NUTS AND BOLTS WERE CUT OFF USING AN OXYGEN ACETYLENE CUTTING TORCH. HE REPORTED SWELLING STRONG FUMES WHILE CUTTING. LATER HE FELT NAUSEATED AFTER WORKING REGULAR SHIFT 6-3-90 HE SOUGHT MEIDICAL ATTENTION.

TRUCK DRIVER LEFT HIS VEHICLE TO SEE WHY THE STORAGE BINS GATE OPERATING CORD WOULD NOT ACTIVATE THE ELECTRICAL SWITCHING MECHANISM AS HE LOOKED UP UNDER THE BIN A SMALL AMOUNT OF #10 DUST DR OPPED DOWN ON H IS HARD HAT FALLING BETWEEN H ISSAFETY GLASSES & FOREHEAD INTO HIS RT EYE

EMPLOYEE WELDED BENT LEG TO BASE & STOOD LEG UP. EMPLOYEE WENT UP LADDER TO UNHOOK CRANE. AFTER CRANE UNHOOKED, BENT LEG STARTED TO FALL, EMPLOYEE GOT AROUND ON OPPOSITE SIDE. HE LANDED ON TOP OF BENT LEG WHEN IT HIT GROUND. SUSTAINED BROKEN RIGHT ANKLE, BROKEN LEFT ANKLE & HEEL AND A CRACKED ERTIBRA IN LOWER BACK.

EMPL REMOVED TAIL PULLEY GUARD TO WASH AWAY LOOSE ROCK AND FINES UNDER CONVEYOR.WHEN COMPLETED,EMPL STEPPED BACKWARD TRIPPING OER REMOVED GUARD AND FALLING ON IT.

HIT RATCHET HANDLE WITH HAMMER CAUSIG IT TO SPI AROUND AND HIT HIMON R. LITTLE FINGER.