DREDGE ALLEGHENY II: 1 MSHA citation Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS REPLACING MAIN HINGE PIN ON JAW BOWL OF #1 BUCKET. PIN CAME OUT AND TWISTED BUCKET OUT OF ALIGNMENT. BUCKET WAS CHAINED TO GRIZZLY AND TRIED TO OPEN/CLOSE TO REINSERT PIN. IT WAS FOUND A 4" SEAMLESS TUBE(1" WALL THICKNESS) WAS BENT SPRINGING BUCKET. AS EE CUT TUBE IN HALF ON ONE SIDE, HE GOT ON OTHER SIDE & CUT CLEAN THROUGH. TUBE SPRANG BACK 6-8" HITTING EE ON LEFT RIB CAGE

WHILE ON DECK LEVEL OF DREDGE, WAS LIFTING 50# SPOOL OF ROPE INTO RACK. WAS WEARING GLOVES AS HE WAS REACHING WITH SPOOL, SLEAVE GOT CAUGHT ON BRACKET. SPOOL SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND PINCHED RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN BRACKET & PIPE HOLDISPOOL

WAS AT SCREEN 3 CUTTING PIPE WHEN A HOT SPARK FLEW INTO EAR.

WAS IN BARGE TO TAKE SAND SAMPLES. WHILE CLIMBING OUT, FOOT SLIPPED ON TIMBERHEAD, EMPLOYEE FELL HITTING RIBS ON TOP OF CARGO BOX RAIL.

WAS PUSHING HOPPER BARGE INTO PLACE WITH TOWBOATTO LOAD NEXT. STERN WORK LINE TO OUT BARGE BECAME FOULED UNDER HOPPER BARGE RAKE. EE WENT TO HEAD OF HOPPER BARGE TO SECURE LINE TO DREDGE WHEN OUTLINE SNAPPED UP OVER BARGE RAKE HITTING HIM IN MOUTH, AND FLIPPING HIM OVER, HE HIT HIS RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS BURNING KEEPERS OFF CYLINDER PINS ON #2 BUCKET, WHICH WAS BEING CHANGED. AS HE CUT WITH TORCH USING HIS RIGHT HAND, HOT SPALL FELL INTO HIS LEFT WELDING GLOVE CUFF AND RESTED AGAI NST HIS SHIRT SLEEVE. HIS SHIRT SLEEVE CAUGHT FIRE. HE TOOK HIS GLOVE OFF & BEAT OUT THE FIRE. HE RECIEVED A BURN TO HIS LEFT ARM APPROX. 3/8" DIAMETER. LATER IT BECAME INFECTED. WAS TRREATED

CUT RIGHT THUMB WITH RAZOR KNIFE WHILE CUTTING A LINE.

WAS AT REAR OF BOAT GIW PUMP AREA PULLING ON 1 1/2 TON CHAINBLOCK, LIFTING TAIL OF CONVEYOR. WHILE PULLING ON CHAINBLOCK, STOPPED AND SAID CHEST HURT AROUND HEART AREA.

IN COURSE OF TIME, DUE TO REPETITIOUS JOB, DEVELOPED CARPAL TUNNEL IN RIGHT AND LEFT WRISTS.

WAS ON HAT OF #1 BUCKET PUTTING CABLE AND BUCKERT TOGETHER FELT A TWIST IN BACK SHARP PAIN TO LOWER BACK.

23577ED ON NAIL,WENT THROUGH SHOE AND PUNCTURED BOTTOM OF RIGHT FOOT.

68935 PRYING ROCKS OUT OF CHUTE FROM CL SCREEN #2 ROCK FELL LOOSE AND LANDED ON BAR,JERKING SHOULDER.

61204NLOADING BARGES RIVER WAS VERY HIGH & ONLY ACCESS TO BARGES WAS ALUMINUM LADDER PLACED AGAINST BARGE WHICH WAS TOO SHORT & HAD TO PULL & STRAIN TO GET TO THE BARGE

68935 STEPPING OFF BARGE ONTO DREDGE,FOOT SLIPPED ON WET GUNWALE AND HIT ANKLE ON CORNER OF DREDGE,RIGHT ANKLE SWOLLEN.

WAS WELDING STRAPS ON FEED CHUTE, STOOD UP AND FEET SLIPPED ON SCREEN PANELS, TRIGGERING SHARP PAIN IN MIDDLE OF LOWER BACK.

WHILE CHANGING BELTING ON CONVEYOR C1A, SOMETHING POPPED IN RIGHT KNEE AS HE WAS BRACING FEET AGAINST THE ROLLERS.

WAS WALKING, SLIPPED ON GRAVEL AND TWISTED KNEE (RIGHT) WHILE CLEANING SAND TANK OUT.

WALKING DOWN STEPS, SLIPPED ON ROCKS AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

WAS RUNNING IMPACT GUN AT THE TERTIARY CRUSHER, HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN BOLT AND ROTOR OF CRUSHER STITCHES.

LIFTING PUMP, PULLED BACK

CARRYING & LIFTING 1/2 WEAR PLATES INTO #4 SCREEN FELT PAIN LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN

RAISED UP UNDER A BEAM AND JAMMED NECK.MEDICAL INFO NOT AVAILABLE AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

PULLING BARGE CABLE OUT TO BARGE,CABLE GOT PINCHED BETWEEN BARGE & DREDGE FELT PAIN IN MID BACK AREA.

STRINGING POWER CORD ON BUCKET, CABLE SLIPPED CABLE WHIPPED AROUND HITTING EMP ON R THUMB

WHILE HOLDING ROPE AROUDN WINCH ROPE PULLED TIGHT & HIT END OF FINGER

UNCLOGGING CHUTE ROCK SLIPPED FROM HAND SMASHING FINGER TIP STITCHES

WHILE UNPLUGGING JAW CRUSHER TO REMOVE LARGE ROCK, FELT SHOULDER LOCKING.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING 1-1/4 CABLE THROUGH SHEAVE AND CUT THUMB ON LEFT HAND ON SHARP EDGE OF CABLE DRUM. REQUIRED 3 STITCHES, LOST TIME BEGAN 6/4/90.

CAPSTAN CUT LINE WHERE SPLICE AND JERKED LINE AND TWISTED HAND.

CARRYING STEEL ON SCREEN, AND THROWING IT ON BARGE.

CARRYING JUNK IRON FROM DREDGE TO JUNK BARGE, LEFT SIDE HERNIA, TO BE OPERATED ON JAN. 23, 1990 AFTER RUNNING TESTS.

WHILE DISCONNECTING A SCRUB DOWN HOSE, FITTING FLEW OFF AND HIT RIGHT THUMB.

WHILE WALKING DOWN STEPS BY #3 SCREEN, TWISTED KNEE. UDNERTAKING PHYSICAL THERAPY.

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP BARGE CABLE, HURT BACK.

EMPLOYEE MOVING BARGE INTO POSITION FOR FURTHER LOADING WITH WORK LIEN ADN CAPSTAIN, SPLICE IN LIEN SNAGGED AND PULLED HIS HAND.

WAS LIFTING A BOX OF BOLTS, I REINJURED MY LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WALKING UP STEPS AND TURNED TO GO ONTO PLATFORM AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. THE RIGHT ANKLE TWISTED AND DISCOLORED AND SWOLLEN POSSIBLE FLOOD CLOT-WAS PUT INTO HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT TO RUN TESTS.

WAS LYING ON SIDE USING TORCHES, HOT SPALL ENTERED INTO LEFT EAR.

PRYING THE BACK OF PUMP HOUSING INTO PLACE,USING 6'PRYBAR,BAR SLIPPED FROM UNDER IT,WENT FLYING TO THE GROUND.ALSO USING FEET TO TURN LARGE NUT ON BOTTOM ADJUSTER OF JAW CRUSHER.WRENCH SLIPPED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS PUSHING MY BACK INTO STEEL BEAM THAT IS TO LEFT SIDE OF ADJUSTER NUT.

EMPL WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON DRIVE OF C3A CONVEYOR PUSHED WITH FEET & PULLED UP WITH ARMS CAUSING PROSTHESIS TO PROTRUDE 2" FROM PENIS FROM SRAINING. Y

WHILE TURNING BOLTS, ON SECONDARY CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE RIPPED MUSCLES AND TENDONS IN RIGTH SHOULDER.

ORIG DATE OF INJ 4-20-89 NO LOST TIME EMP JUMP EMPTY BARGE TWISTED KNEE LEFT. DUE TO WORK HE AGGRAVATED PREV INJ DR REC. SURGERY.

JUMPING FROM EMPTY BARGE TO DREDGE,EMPL TWISTED LEFT KNEE.DR TRANSFERRED HIM TO DR WHO PUT HIM ON MEDICATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A PERSONEL BASKET THAT WAS BEING LIFTED INTO PLACE BY A MOTOR CRANE. THE OPERATOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THE BASKET HORIZONTALLY WHEN THE BRAKES BEGAN TO SLIP DROPPING TH E PERSONEL BASKET APPROX. 20-25' TO DECK LEVEL. THE OPERATOR TRIED TO RE-ENGAGE THE BRAKE BUT BY THAT TIME THE MOMENTUM OF THE BASKET COULD NOT BE STOPPED.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A PERSONEL BASKET THAT WAS BEING LIFTED INTO PLACE BY A MOTOR CRANE. THE OPERATOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THE BASKET HORIZONTALLY WHEN THE BRAKES BEGAN TO SLIP DROPPING TH E PERSONEL BASKET APPROX. 20-25' TO DECK LEVEL. THE OPERATOR TRIED TO RE-ENGAGE THE BRAKE BUT BY THAT TIME THE MOMENTUM OF THE BASKET COULD NOT BE STOPPED.

WAS HOSING AROUND ACQUAMATORS PULLING HOSE SLIPPED ON GRAVEL & TWISTED LOWER BAKC. EMPL WENT TO CHIROPRACTORS FOR COUPLE OF VISITS.

WHILE CHANGING FLOP GATES ON #3 SCREEN THUMB PINCHED BETWEEN GATE & STGATIONARY REST EMPLOYEE MUST WEAR A THUMB PROT ECTOR FOR 2 WKS. MEDICATION AS DIRECTED

CHANGING WEAR PLATES ON APRON OF SECONDARY CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ONTO ONE OF THE PLATES AS IT SLIPPED AND SLICED LEFT INDEX FINGER, REQUIRING STITCHES.

SLIPPED ON GUNNEL SURFACE AND FELL DOWN, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK IMMEDIATELY, WENT TO HOSPITAL AT END OF SHIFT.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OVER A MOTOR WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS RT CALF WENT INTO A HOOK HOLDING THE TRIP LINE

TAKING OFF CONVEYOR 26 IT GOT STUCK AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO PRY IT OUT. WHEN HE PRIED IT OUT, IT SLID BACK TOWARDS HIM CAUSING BAR TO GO FORWARD AND PINCH HIS FINGER. REQUIRED 13 STITCHES.

AFTER DAYS WORK FINGERS AND LOWER ARM GETS NUMBNESS AND ACHES R HAND MORE THE L HAND GETS NUMB FROM PROLONGED USE OF HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSES CARPAL TUNNELL SYNDRONE O

WHILE TRANSFERRING DREDGE MATERIALS SUCH AS BEARINGS AND OTHER PACKAGES FROM TIED UP MOTOR BOAT AND DREDGE, FOOT SLIPPED ON EDGE OF BOAT, FELL DOWN AND STRUCK TAIL BONE- CONTINUED WORKING TILL IT BEGAN TO BOTHER HIM. HE STARTED TO MISS WORK 5-7-88.

HOSING DECK OFF AND WHILE PULLING HOSE, SLIPPED AND STRAINED LOWER BACK LEFT HIP.