CENTRAL ROCK QUARRY: 106 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was assisting in crusher bowl removal and was moving pusher arm into position. Hand slipped on the cylinder allowing finger to be pinched in the retracting pusher arm.

Employees were beginning to pour a crusher. One employee was removing the bolts from the box located over the crusher. One of the bolts was bent and would not pull out of the box. The employee reached to try to pull the bolt out, the box shifted pinching the employee's tip of the finger between the box and the head of the bolt.

An employee was rolling a piece of scrap metal into a machine bucket when a burr caught his glove. This resulted in the piece of metal smashing his pinky finger. The finger required stitches.

EE was working on welding shop roof performing repairs to roof. He was wearing safety harness & rope lanyard. When he relocated towards edge of the roof to be lowered down by the man-basket, he stepped on a skylight causing him to fall through. Slack created in the lanyard caused him to strike the floor. Results, cut on rt arm 3 stitches, fracture to lt elbow. RTW next day, lt duty

EE was assisting in changing out a motor for the Primary Crusher. Upon removing the old v-belt sheave, the injured EE pulled on the sheave to check if it was tight, the sheave then slid down the shaft and fell on the EE's finger, resulting in a fracture.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING JAM NUT LOOSE ON BOLT THAT HOLDS JAM BREAKER TO STRUCTURE WITH A 1" DRIVE AIR WRENCH. THE JAM NUT CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE NUT TO TRAVEL UP THE BOLT. HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS PINNED BETWEEN PART OF THE TELEDYNE AND THE AIR WRENCH. HE HAD TO REVERSE WRENCH TO GET HIS FINGER BACK OUT

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING A PIECE OF METAL 3/4" X 8' LONG FROM FEEDER WHEN THE METAL SLIPPED, CRUSHING EE'S SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND. BROKEN BONE. MEDICAL ONLY.

EE WAS HELPING REMOVE BOLTS FROM CUTTING EDGE HE GRABBED BOLT WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHICH HAD A GLOVE ON THE BOLT TURNED CAUSING A CUT IN THEPALMOF HIS LEFT HAND

EE WAS CHANGING HYDRAULIC LINE ON DEMAG SHOVEL WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF STRICKING EE IN CHIN.

EMPLOYEE WENT TO STOP OFF A CAT 245 SHOVEL,THE STOP WAS COVERED WITH FROZEN DIRT HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING FRACTURE TO RIGHT HEEL.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM L-190 LOADER WHEN HE STEPED OFF LAST STEP TO THE GROUND HIS FOOT LANDED ON A 3"-4" SURGE STONE CAUSING FRACTURE ON LEFT FOOT.

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE WIRE CLOTH ON DEISTER 6' X 16' SCREEN. USING PIPE WRENCH 0N WORN BOLT HEAD--WRENCH SLIPPED AND EE'S ARM STRUCK WIRE ON WORN CLOTH. WIRE PUNCTURED EE'S FOREARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANG EOIL FILTERS. AT A GIVE SIGNAL, EMPLOYEE WAS TO LOWER FILTER THAT OTHER EMPLOYEE HAD LOOSENED. FILTER CAME LOOSE AND FELL. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH FILTER. MASHED FINGER AGAINST SHOVEL FRAME.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ALTER A WRENCH TO FIT A CERTAIN JOB. HAD WRENCH IN VISA AND STRUCK WRENCH WITH A HAMMER WRENCH BROKE AND TRAVELED APPROX. 15 FT AND STRUCK FELLOW EE IN THE FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING DISMANTCE CONE CRUSHER. CABLE WAS FASTENED TO LOCKNUT OVER AND TO LOADER BUCKET. THE CABLE SLIPPED DOWN FROM THE LOCKOUT COVER EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO PUT CABLE BACK IN PL ACE LOADER MOVED BACKWARD TIGHTENED CABLE. EMPLOYEES FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE AND LOCKNUT COVER.

EMPL REPLACING AIR FILTER ELEMENT.THERE WAS A BURR ON SCREEN SURROUNDING ELEMENT.CUT EMPL PALM AS HE WAS REPLACING ELEMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN CHANGING HOIST CABLE WHEN CABLE CAME TO THE END OF THE DRUM, IT CAME LOOSE QUICKLY STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HEEL CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUNDS.

EMP WAS USING 8LEDGE HAMMER TO TIGHTEN WEDGE IN 66 FC CRUSHER. EMP STRUCK WEDGE WITH HAMMER AND A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF THE HAMMER HEAD AND STRUCK EMPLOYEES LEG

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING DEMAG SHOVEL-WHEN HE EMPTIED SHOVEL DIPPER (BUCKET) INTO PIT TRUCK A SMALL STONE CAME INTO SHOVEL CAB AND STRUCK EMPLOYY.EE 'S LEFT HAND. 3

EE WAS HELPING 9ESTART LOADED CONVEYOR. ONE ROCK STRUCK THE MAGNET OVER THE BELT & CAUSED A ROCK TO FALL FROM THE BELT & S TRIKE EES FOOT.

EMP WAS REACHIN1 FOR THE TEMPERATURE INDICATER CABLE TO RE-ATTACH IT. ENGINE WAS RUNNING. HIS FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ENGINE FAN BLADES

EMPL HELPING RE1LACE SCREEN CLOTH.ANOTHER EMPL HANDED SIDE RAIL TO I.NAME-TURNED LOOSE TO QUICK AND SIDE RAIL FELL AND MASHED I.NAME FINGER.

EMP WAS CLEARIN1 TRUCK WITNSHIELD. THERE WAS FROST ON TRUCK FENDER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND HIS R LEG STRUCK TRUCK BUMPER

EMP WAS WORKING3ON CONVEYOR BELT - USING A KNIFE - THE KNIFE SLIPPED - CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HIS WELDING MACHINE AND A PIECE OF HOT SLAG CAME OFF OF THE METAL AND DROPPED INTO HIS LEFT SHOE.SLAG STOPPED AT HIS LEFT HEEL AND BURNED A SMALL AREA.AREA BECAME INFECTED A AND EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR.7-I/ 7-20-859