Crabtree Quarry: 197 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

driver was backing pickup along the outside edge of embankment got to close and slide down embankment, the seat belt caused to strain muscle in left shoulder.

Employee was positioning a crusher adjustment ring with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped, and they stepped back to catch balance. Right heel landed on a 6" transition piece and they felt a twinge in the knee. Employee has been performing regular job until being placed off work by an orthopedic doctor effective 4/25/19 in preparation for upcoming surgery on the knee.

The mine shift ended at 5:30 PM 1/30/19. Last employee left around 6PM. Sometime between 9pm and 10pm, a non-employee called 911 to report a missing person, reported they were allegedly looking for a fishing spot and got separated. Raleigh FD found unconscious victim on mine property. Victim and associate were trespassing on mine property.

Employee was utilizing a small/dremel type tool to grind a shaft when a piece of debris entered employee's left eye. The employee did not report the injury until the following day. Employee received treatment at a local clinic and was prescribed eye drops.

Accident occurred while employee was descending a 24 ft. ext. ladder after having removed crane rigging from a steel weldment. After descending ladder to 9 ft. above ground, right side of ladder sank causing ladder to roll resulting in employee falling onto a small pile of dried concrete and breaking lower right leg.

Annual audiogram revealed a Standard Threshold Shift on an employee. Subsequent re-tests confirmed the shift.

During the process of lifting and pulling a 3" poly discharge hose from a position in the man lift to remove water from the south side of the creek in a sump area the employee through he experienced a potential back related problem. He thought that it might get better overnight but was still experiencing a strain the following morning.

Employee called at 12:48 and stated that he was parking his truck and for me not to panic that he was having chest pains. I called 911 at 12:49. Other employees were involved by radio to assist with the situation. Emergency vehicles were dispatched at 12:50 according to the Fire department personnel. MSHA was contacted at 1:03.

Before attempting to start the pit pump, there was a piece of expanded metal laying on top pump that was picked up by employee and tossed to the side. When he tossed & let go of it, a sharp edge cut his finger.

I.E. was working on a piece of mobile equipment in the pit with a contract mechanic. The i.e. heard a sound that startled him which prompted him to suddenly move away from the mobile equipment. As he moved away he sprain a muscle in his upper left leg.

While installing a troughing idler can the i.e. was using a pry bar to push the conveyor belting; pry bar slipped out of the i.e. hand and the pry bar struck the employee in the chest.

Employee was removing a lodged piece of metal plate and when the plate came loose, it struck him in the wrist. Physical therapy prescribed.

EE notified supervisor that he wanted to see him. When his supervisor arrived, EE then mentioned having chest pains. 911 was called. MHSA was notified. When EMS arrived, they said that the EE wasn't having a heart attack at that time but he needed to go to hospital. EE told EMS that the pain started approx. 15 min. after lunch. EE was taken to hospital where he stayed overnight.

Employee was sitting on a rock and when she went to get up, her foot caught the rock causing her foot to twist. No lost time, no restrictions...only reason reporting is that the doctor prescribed a few days pf physical therapy.

While removing conveyor belting from truck, employee's right pinky finger was pinched between the pallet and bed of truck. Wound required 5 stitches.

While lifting a sample tray of rocks, the QC technician suffered a mild muscle strain in his back.

After using a sledge hammer to remove jaw die bolts, employee experienced pain in his lower back. He was diagnosed with a muscle strain and placed on light duty.

While walking in the plant area, employee stepped on a rock, twisting his ankle. He was diagnosed with a mild sprain and placed on restricted duty.

Two EE's were removing a spring hander from the grizzly feeder. When they moved the hanger, it slid and caught injured's finger between a handrail and the hanger, cutting it between the pinky finger and the ring finger on his left hand.

The employee was walking near a belt conveyor when a high velocity wind gust blew grit off the conveyor into his face, around the edge of his safety glasses and into his left eye. His eye was flushed with solution and he was taken to a physician for examination and received prescription eye medication to prevent infection. He returned to work without restrictions.

Contractor crane operator stepped down from crane to help crew rig a steel plate. The plate slipped out of operator's hand, cutting the right index finger at the top. The laceration required fourteen stitches to close. Gloves were not used when rigging the plate.

Employee had finished filling a water truck, and stepped into a hole that rainwater had washed out from underneath the ground next to the electrical switch at the filling station. The employee fell against the edge of the electric box, fracturing a rib on his right side.

While running rock bolter ee reported numbness on left side of body. Ambulance was called and ee was transported to hospital. Was diagnosed as having a mild heart attack. Ee returned to work with no restrictions two days later. EE scheduled to return to physician for additional tests as he suffers from high blood pressure.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDER CONVEYER, A ROCK FELLOFF CONVEYER STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD. HE WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE HEAD GEAR. THE RESULT WAS A LACERATION TO THE HEAD REQUIRING FOUR STITCHES.

HE WAS CHECKING EQ NO 5512, 988D FRONT END LOADER FOR A FUEL LEAK. THE OPERATOR WAS ASKED TO REV UP THE ENGINE. RUST EITHER FELL FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM OR WAS BLOWN INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

EE WAS TIGHTENING HOSE CLAMP ON WATER HOSE WITH A SCREWDRIVER AND SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED OUT OF SLOT AND RIGHT HAND HIT SHARP EDGE OF CLAMP CUTTING RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS GETTING OUT OF A CAT HAUL TRUCK AND FELL AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EE STATES THAT SHE WAS SITTING IN CHAIR AND TURNED TO PICK UP A BOX OF OIL SAMPLES AND BROKE A PLASTIC IMPLANT IN LEFT ELBOW.

GRINDING BITS FJORM DRILL AND GOT PC OF STEEL PC OF GRINDING ROCK IN L EYE

CUTTING CONVEY BELT WITH KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING R. LEG ABOVE KNEE

EMP STATED HE W5 SUNTANGLING CABLE RACHED OUT TOO FAR LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 4 TO 5 FT INTO JAW CRUSHER AND BROKE HIS COLLAR BONE ON RT SIDE AND CUT HIS RT EAR (2 STITCHES IN EAR)

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS LIFTING STEEL PLATE FOR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO PUT IN PLACE WHEN A ROUGHT BORROW ON STEEL CUT HIS RING FINGER.

EMP STATED THAT3AFTER HEAVY RAIN HE WENT BACK INTO THE PIT TO CUT THE COMPRESSORS OFF AND A ROCK FEL FROM THE WALL AND ROLLED ON HIS FOOT

EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS HELPING WORK ON A DRILL AND THE BOOM FELL ON THE RING FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS DRIVING WATER TRUCK DOWN RAMP IN PIT & POWER STEERING BELT STARTED SLIPPING & HE COULDNT STEER HE JUMPED OUT & HIT HIS LEFT HAND HEAD & SHOULDER ON THE GROUND

EMPLOYEE STRATESS THAT HE CUT THE TRUCK TO THE RIGHT TO GET ON A DOWN RAMP AND WHEN HE TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN IT UP IT WOUL NOT RESPOND DUE TO THE LOW IDLE OF THE ENGINE. EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK AND THE TRUCK WENT OBRER THE BERM AND CRASHED ABOUT 50FT BELOW.

CLIMBING DOWN STEPS OF TRUCK WHEN HE RELEASED HAND RAIL AND RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT IN STEPS,HE THEN FELL BACKWARD TO GROUND ON BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS REMOVING A SCREW FROM HANDLE OF BATTERY JUMPER CABLES WHEN THE SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND PUNCTURED LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WS TRYING TO REPLACE THE STRIKING BAR ON THE DRILL STEEL AND THE BOOM AND THE HAMMER CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE STEEL AND STRIKING BAR.

EMP STATED HE W AS GETTING OUT OF THE TRUCK AND MISSED THE STEP AND SWUNG AROUND AND HIS ARM HIT SIDE OF THE DOOR

EMP STATESD HE WAS TRYING TO TIE THE DOOR OPEN WITH A BIG RUBBER O RING AND THE RUBBER BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL FROM THE FLOOR LEVEL OF LOADER TO GROUND

EMP STATES HE WAS ON A STEEP GRADE IN PIT AND PUT HIS TRUCK IN REVERSE AND TEH ENGINE STALLED HE JUMPED OUT AND HIT HIS BACK ON ROCKS OR HAR GROUND

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS WORKING ON THE SMALL AIR COMPRESSOR AND IT FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND.

TWO EMP WORKING ON CONVEYOR GEAR BOX REMOVING BOLTS WHEN 1ST EMPLOYEES WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLTS STRIKING 2ND EMP ACROSS FACE CUT ON OUTSIDE TIP OF NOSE AND INSIDE OF NOSE REQUIRING 8 STITCHES TO CLOSE BOTH CUTS

EMP STATES HE STARTED TO GET OUT OF TRUCK AND FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELLOUT ON HIS HEAD AND BACK

HE WAS HITTING A PIECE OF STEEL WITH HAMMER AND THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIS HAND HIT THE STEEL. HIS HAND BECAME INFECTED AND HE WAS SENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT REX HOSPITAL.

EMP WAS GETTING OUT OF THE TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL OFF THE STEPS IT WAS THOUGHT THAT HE HAD A PULLED MUSCLE AND HAMSTRUNG BUT TURNED OUT TO BE A RUPTURED DISC