Catanach Quarry: 129 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

IW working on a tarp and little finger got caught between rope and shaft.

IW was operating a loader when IW struck a solid rock with the bucket, jolting IW forward.

IW was dismounting equipment when EE lost EE's footing on the last step banging EE's right knee.

IW lost footing while dismounting equipment, fell backward hurting back and right hip. Received restrictions 8/8, following initial treatment on 8/5.

Employee was putting roller in and was struggling to get the roller to stand up next to another roller and while doing so, the hand rolled into the roller and got pinched between the two rollers.

Lifting rock out of the cone crusher chute. It slid out and ripped skin and nail of right pinky finger.

While operating an excavator a small rock became dislodged and flew through the open window of the cab striking employee in the face above left eye.

Tightening up a hose that was leaking, standing between tire and step fender on loader #260068 foot slipped, fell backwards onto blacktop approx. 4 feet, injuring center left side of back.

Heavy rain

Lifting 12" x 6" steel beam that was 8' long into loader bucket

Changing rollers at the Secondary crusher area on the 2-A (S-3) conveyor. While removing old roller frame, twisted left shoulder, treated at WorkNet for shoulder injury from time of accident. Went for arthroscopic surgery 7-30-12, had been working up until now.

Employee was moving water hose from drive side of crusher to non drive side of crusher. Employee fell off crusher.

Climbing ladder to haul truck #060090, slipped and fell to the ground.

It was cold, raining and damp, EE stepped on wet platform of his trailer. He slipped and fell, twisting ankle.

EE was cleaning out chute under D-1 scren behind primary crusher on top of D-2 conveyor.

Climbing onto truck #060076 to check the fluid levels before starting it for the day, while climbing up ladder he felt a twinge on his right shoulder upper arm.

EE was starting and checking fluid levels of the haul trucks for the start of the shift. While checking truck #06-0090, EE slipped of the ladder on the front of the truck and fell backwards.

Working on primary crusher he dropped his wire brush onto D4 conveyor. He climbed down to get the wire brush. As he climbed out and off the conveyor he went to jump over the railing and his right knee locked up & he could not bend it.

BLOCK SLID OFF PALLET DUE TO ICE ON BLOCK WHICH HIT EE IN THE LEFT SHIN. HE WAS MANUALLY HANDLING BLOCKS ON PALLET ON FORKLIFT.

EMPLOYEE OPENED DOOR OF FRONT END LOADER TO TALKTO TRUCK DRIVER, FOREIGN BODY BLEW INTO LEFT EYE.

REMOVING ELECTRICAL DRIVE MOTOR ON D3 SCREEN AT THE SECONDARY CRUSHER PLANT. BIG TOE ON RIGHT FOOT WAS HIT WHEN LIFTING EYE ON MOTOR BROKE DROPPING MOTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING MIG WELDER TO BUILD UP BARS INSIDE PRIMARY CRUSHER. HE RAISED HIS WELDING SHIELD UP WITH SAFETY GLASSES ON UNDERNEATH. HE BENT OVER TO MEASURE THICKNESS OF THE BAR, SLAG IN THE WELD POPPED, WENT UNDER SAFETY GLASSES.

CRUSHER WELDER HIT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN THEY WERE HITTING I BEAM TRYING TO FREE IT.

CLIMBING AND WALKING ON CONVEYORS, CRUSHER, AND SCREEN DECK.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS TWISTED LEFT ANKLE AT LANDING.

WHILE INSTALLING WEAR PLATE ON WET SIDE SCREEN DECK NUMBER W2, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND SLID DOWN CHUTE, HITTING LEFT SIDE AND RIB AREA AT THE BOTTOM OF CHUTE; AREA WAS WET AND SLIPPERY.

INJURED WAS REMOVING A SPROCKET FROM THE SHAFT OF AN APRON FEEDER TO FACILITATE THE CHANGING OF THE SHAFTS BEARING, INJURED HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS IN A BENT OVER POSITION AND WHILE REMOVING A HEAVY SPROCKET FROM THE SHAFT, TWISTED TO THE SIDE. HE REPORTEDLY FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE PERFORMING THIS ACTIVITY.

BURNING RIBS OFF CAT TRUCK WITH BURNING TORCH

WHILE USING A PRYBAR TO PRY ROTOR ON A CRUSHER, )PRIMARY CRUSHER), EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK.

CLIMBING OFF DUST TRUCK SLIPPED & FELL

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM A LADDER REPLACING LINNERS, AN IMPACT WRENCH HE WAS USING FELL FROM ABOVE STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING A STACKER CONVEOR WHEN HE SLIPPEDAND TRUCK HIS KNEE ON A GEAR REDUCER BOX.

EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING THE SCALE OFFICE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A WIRE AND LOST HIS BALANCE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS DRIVING HIS QUARRY TRUCK OVER THE HAUL ROAD WHEN HE SSTRUCK A POT HOLE IN THE ROAD THIS CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE HIS SHOULDER & NECK IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK

EE WAS STANDING ON SIDE RAILS OF TRUCK BODY CLEANING OFF THE TOP EDGE OF TRUCK BUDY. AS HE WAS CLIBING DOWN FROM THE SIDE RAILS HE STEPPED ONTO ONE OF THE REAR TIRES AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSI NG HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND RESULTING IN INJURYTO HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING STRIPS OF CONVEYOR BELT FROM THE TAIL PULLEY, HE WAS USING A METAL BAR TO HOLD THE BELT STRIPS. THE CONVEYOR BELT WAS BUMPED STARTED. THE BAR GOT CAUGHT IN THE END PULL EY RESULTING IN INJURY TO THREE FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKFILING BLAST HOLES WHILE SHOVELING MATERIAL INTO HOLES HE FELT PAINS IN HIS CHEST

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A STOCK TRUCK LOADED WITH MATERIAL, HE HIT A POT HOLE IN THE HAUL ROAD RESULTING IN INJURY TO HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SNOW FROM THE TRUCK SCALES WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE & FELL TO GROUND INJURING LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING, HE SLIPPED AND FELL TOT HE GROUND DUE TO AN ICY PATCH.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMANTLING A METAL SHUTE AND CARRYING THE PIECES AWAY. WHILE PICKING UP AND CARRYING A PIECE OF METAL HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HARD FACING CRUSHER UNITS WITH AN AUTOMATIC WELDER. HE HAD REMOVED HIS FACE MASK TO ADJUST THE CONTROLS AT WHICH TIME HE RECEIVED WELDING FLASHES TO BOTH EYES.

EMPL WAS USING JACKHAMMER TO BREAK CONCRETE WHEN JACK HAMMER SLIPPED & FELL STRIKING EMPL ON RIGHT FOOT.

EMPL WAS WORKING IN PRIMARY CRUSHER USING HEAVY METAL BAR TO PRY ROTARS AROUND WHEN HE INJURED LOWER BACK.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING DENATOR CORD WITH A KNIFE HE ACCIDENTALLY CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO SOUND BLASTING SIGNAL WHEN HE CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE BERM TO BE SURE QUARRY WAS CLEAR. AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE BERM, HE STEPPED ONTO A LOOSE ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF A DOZER, WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO A FROZEN PILE OF DIRT, HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING BACK.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLES IN FLOOR TO ANCHOR A NEW SHAKER, A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL FLEW UP AND LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPL REMOVING EXHAUST SYSTEM FROM TRUCK AND WAS STRIKING SYSTEM WITH CHIPPING HAMMER WHEN PIECE OF RUST LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRYBAR TO OPEN A DOOR ON THE CRUSHER UNIT, WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE PRYBAR. HIS HAND HIT THE SIDE OF THE UNIT BREAKING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A CABLE CLAMP WHEN THE THREADS STRIPPED AND A PIECE OF METAL LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BUCKET OF STONE SAMPLE TO PLACE THEM INTO A PICKUP TRUCK HE PULLED THE LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING STOCK BINNS WHEN HE HEARD A PIECE OF METAL GO THRU THE CRUSHER. HE QUICKLY TURNED TO SEE IF HE COULD LOCATE THE METAL AND WHILE DOING SO HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

EMPL HAD PARKED TRUCK UNDER THE PLANT WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE CAB OF THE TRUCK HE TWISTED HSI BACK ON THE METAL STEPS

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING BOLTS AT PRIMARY CRUSHER WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED RESULTING IN A LACERATION OF THE LEFT FIRST FINGER

EPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A TRUCK FROM THE QUARRY PIT TO THE CRUSHER UNIT. HE CLAIMS HE INJURED HIS BACK BUT DOESN'T KNOW HOW HE WAS INJURED.

EMPL MOVING CRUSHER BREAKER SLEEVE ON WELDING WITH PRYBAR.WHEN EMPL LIFTING PRYBAR 5@LONG,18 LBS FELT SOMETHING SNAP IN HIS BACK.

EMPL WAS CLIMBING LADDER OVER D-3 CONVEYOR UNDER PRIMARY BUIDLING WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL LANDING ON LEFT SIDE..

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING FLAT TIRE ON A TRAILER WHEN HE WAS REPLACING TIRE HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE TIRE & THE RIM

DRIVING TRUCK I3 QUARRY FROM PIT TO CRUSHER ROCK FELL FROM BACK OF TRUCK DRIVER STOPPED TRUCK TO REMOVE ROCK FROM ROADWAY PICKED UP ROCK AND THREW IT OVER BANK THIS ACTION CAUSED EMP TO RENEW A BACK INJURY S6BJECT HAD DURING MONTH OF JULY

EMP WAS ALIGHTING FROM THE CAB OF A DUMP TRUCK AND WHILE STEPPING DOWN SLIPPED FROM FINAL RUNG AND FELL HEAVILY TO THE GROUND

EMPLOYEE WAS SCRAPING MATERIAL FROM CHUTES WITH A LONG HANDLED SCRAPER.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A PIT TRUCK IN THE QUARRY. HE LEFT HIS TRUCK TO REMOVED A BOULDER THAT HAD DROPPED FROM ANOTHER TRUCK. IN REMOVING THE BOULDER FORM THE ROADWAY, BY PUSHING IT BY HAND, E MPLOYEE FELT A POPPING IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE MOVING TRACK DRILL AND COMPRESSOR EMPLOYEE RAN OVER BULL HOSE WITH COMPRESSOR-PULLING THE END OUT OF THE VALVE THREADS HOSE WHIPPED HITTING HIM ON RIGHT LEG