Castle Hayne Quarry: 146 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee reported chest pain while operating the Primary Controls in the plant. Employee was taken to the emergency room by ambulance. Employee was found to have had a collapsed stint and heart incident.

Employee was standing next to a conveyor when a rock fell from the conveyor striking his left hand causing a laceration.

Employee was changing a hydraulic hose on a front-end loader and injured his left arm.

Employee pinched left pinky finger while working on a clutch assembly requiring 8 stitches.

Trespasser entered wooded area near entrance road and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Miner was exiting pickup truck and apparently placed right foot out of truck to exit. When weight was placed on foot that was on a rock his ankle twisted and he fell to the ground. Fractured small bone in ankle.

Suffered a hairline fracture of his pelvis & numerous bruises when the loader overturned. He worked his way around the feeder until he was in a position sideways on the ramp. He dumped a bucket of wet material into the feeder and some of it stuck in the bucket, he backed up & exceeded machine's center of gravity &overturned. He unbuckeled his seatbelt and climbed out.

LACERATION TO HIS HAND REQUIRING 8 STITCHES. CHANGING A BEARING, RAISED TAIL PULLEY WITH A PRY BAR. PRY BAR SLIPPED CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND.

HIT FINGER WITH HAMMER WHILE PUTTING A BUCKET TOOTH ON RESULTING IN LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.

BACK INJURY OCCURED WHILE EE WAS SHOVELING ROCK SAND OUT OF THE STOPPED UP SCREEN ON THE SAND CLASSIFIER. STRETCHED TO AN AWKWARD POSITION TO REACH THE MATERIAL AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

CUTTING OPEN A SILICON TUBE WITH A BELT KNIFE, PULLING TOWARD HIS BODY. IT SLIP CUTTING WRIST, 6 STITCHES.

FALL FROM DRAGLINE BOOM RESULTED IN BROKEN RIBS AND DISLOCATED SHOULDER. EE WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE GREASING THE SHEAVES ON THE GANTRY. THE BOOM WAS LOWERED TILL THE BOOM POINT WAS AT GROUND LEVEL AND THE GANTRY WAS LOWERED TO THE BOOM. HE WALKED DOWN THE BOOM AND GREASED THE LEFT SIDE, HE SLIPPED AND FELL 9' TO GROUND STRIKING THE BOOM STRUCTURE ON THE WAY DOWN.

ROLLER FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEG. CUT LEGREQUIRING 4 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CONTUSIONS AND LACERATIONS TO THE HEAD WHEN THE GRADER DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS HEAD. THE GRADER WAS BEING USED TO LEVEL THE GROUND AT THE STOCKPILE AREA. THE GROUND WAS VERY HARD THE BLADE WAS CATCHING AND BINDING. AT ONE TIME IT CAUGHT HARD AND EMPLOYEE STUCK HIS HEAD OUT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAB DOOR TO SEE WHAT IT WAS CATCHING. BLADE BROKE FREE THEN CAUGHT.

EE WAS PUTTING BELT CLAMPS IN D CONVEYOR BELT. HE HAD TO CUT A PIECE OF BELT. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT LEG. REQUIRED STITCHES.

THIS INJURY IS A RECURRANCE OF A BACK PROBLEM WHICH ORIGINATED WHILE WHILE OPERATING A CAT LOADER 988 IN THE PIT AT CASTLE HAYNE ON 4/27/99. THIS WAS A FIRST AID BACK SPRAIN THAT HAS CONTINUED TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. THE DR. PUT HIM OUT OF WORK PENDING FURTHER NOTICE.

EE WAS SIGNALING THE GRADER TO MOVE INTO POSITION NEXT TO A TRUCK WHICH WAS BEING JUMP STARTED. HE FAILED TO MOVE TO A SAFE POSITION AND WAS STRUCK BY THE LEFT FRONT TIRE OF THE GRADER.

EE WAS INSTALLING 1/2 SCREEN CLOTH INTO #2 SCREEN BOTTOM DECK. HIS HARD HAT CAME OFF AND ROLLED DOWN THE CHUTE. WHEN EE WAS COMING OUT OF SCREEN DECK, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON STEEL HANGING DOWN CAU SING CUT ON HEAD REQUIRING STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT THE OIL SYSTEM WHEN HE FELT SEVERAL SMALL ROCKS HIT HIS HARD HAT. AS HE STARTED TO MOVE HE WAS STRUCK ON THE TOP RIGHT AREA OF HIS HARD HAT BY A ROCK OF UNKNOWN SIZE.

EE WAS DRIVING A WEDGE OUT OF CROWS FOOT DRAG CABLE WITH A HAMMER WHEN HE HIT WEDGE AND HAMMER ON SECOND HIT A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF OF WEDGE AND HIT EE IN LEFT LEG BELOW KNEE. METAL LODGED IN LEG AND HAD TO BE REMOVED REQUIRING TWO STITCHES.

EE WAS WASHING SPILLED MATERIAL AWAY FROM THE 4'1/4 CRUSHER WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A WRENCH BEING USED BY ANOTHER EE HE SUFFERED A CUT ON THE RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE ANKLE WHICH REQUIRED 7 STITCHES .

EMPLOYEE AND HELPER WERE PUTTING UP WIRE LEADS FROM WELDING. WHILE HANGING THE LEADS DOWN TO EMPLOYEE BY HIS HELPER WIRE CAUGHT ON A SMALL HAMMER, CAUSING IT TO SLIP FROM PLAT FORM AND FALLING , HITTING LEMPLOYEE IN TOP OF HEAD.

EMPLOYEE AND I.NAME WERE RAISING PULLEY UP TO CONVEYOR WHEN THE HANDLE SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN FACE, CAUSING SEX STITCHES.

CLEANING WHEEL BAGS USING AIR HO;SE, WHEEL BAG CAME APART, CUT L INDEX FINGER

LIFTING DOZER TRACK IDLER WITH THE PETTIBONE CRANE IDLER WASHELD UP BY A CHAIN AND WAS BEING POSITIONED BY HAND A SIGNAL WAS GIVEN TO TOWER. THE IDLER OPERATOR HIT THE WRONG LEVER CAUSING CHAI N TO JERK CAUGHT EE FINGER IN PINCH POINT CUT IT

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING BUCKET ON DRAGLINE WHILE TRYING TO FORM THE EDGES WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER THE HANDLE BROKE CAUSING THE HAMMER HEAD TO FALL HITTING HIM IN THE LEFT FOREHEAD ABOVE THE EYE.

GETTING OUT OF TRUCK OVER REAR TAILGATE RTRUCK MOVED FORWARD EMP FELL OUT ON GROUND.

CREW WAS REMOVING A LOWER & UPPER MANTLE FROM SUPPLIER TRUCK VIA CRANE HAD PLACED THEM ON GROUND UPPER MANTLE WAS STUCK IN LOWER MANTLE I.NAME WAS REMOVING CHAIN FROM HOOK OF THE CRANE PLACI NG ONE HAND ON THE LOWER MANTLE THE OTHER ON THE CHAIN THE UPPER MANTLE CAME LOOSE & PINCHED HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THEM MASHED & CUT FINGERS

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING DISLODGE A SLAB OF ROCK FROM DISCHARGE CHUTE OF PRIMARY FEEDER WHILE PULLING THE ROCK WITH A HOME MADE HOOK THE ROCK CAME LOOSE AND SMASHED HIS HAND INTO THE CROSS BAR BRA CE MASHING HIS 7HUMB

WHILE TAPPING OUT BOLT HOLE ON GUARD ON FRAME OF DOZER WHEN FOREIGN PARTICAL FELL IN EYE.

EE WAS HOLDING HOSE WHILE A PORT-A-POWER JACK WAS BEING USED TO RAISE A SHOVEEL. THE HOSE BURST IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE FELL 5 FT BRUISED BACK MUSCLES

LOADING NEW DRILL TO TRANSPORT TO RP HAD TO REMOVE JACK PADS. REMOVED BOLTS OUT OF PAD AND THE PAD WAS STUCK TOOK ONE SIDE OF PAD AND TILTED IT TO LOOSEN IT FELL OFF AND CAUGHT 2 FINGERS AS IT STRUCK THE GROUND