El Cajon Quarry: 133 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Miner has had an audiometric standard threshold shift in R-ear, pending retest, results won't be available within the 10-day reporting criteria. Miner has been exposed to work noise for 12-years and wears ear plugs for protection. Miner experiences ringing in their ear.

Miner was breaking oversized rock with a sure-strike attachment. Though the excavator was boomed out fully, fly rock hit & broke both the windshield & plexiglass protective shield causing miner to get glass in eye.

Miner stepped on a rock and rolled ankle when walking down stairway to primary.

Walking down stairs from primary and twisted left ankle.

Tightening a nut with a pipe wrench when the wrench broke causing employee to fall back onto catwalk injuring arm and hand.

States pain occurred in left chest and ribs while swinging a sledge hammer.

Was working on a return-roller hanger bracket, when last bolt was removed the weight of belt caused the bracket to drop rapidly and broke EE's middle finger on right hand.

Miner claims to have slipped stepping down an A-frame ladder & injured shoulder at the primary, but wasn't witnessed by those working in the area. Didn't mention it to foreman until 1/5/2021, foreman did not take action as no medical issue was stated. We were notified by the staffing agency of the injury on 1/19/2021.

Tipped water truck on the side. neck strain, lumbar strain.

Miner was engaging the manually operated locking pins to secure the bucket on a skid steer. When EE initially pushed on it the handle got stuck. EE applied more pressure when it broke free the handle pinching EE's finger, fracturing it.

Removing a gear component when a metal fragment struck miners left arm, causing a laceration and embedding in arm.

Miner was reinstalling a troughing roller when it fell striking left hand. Fractured left middle finger, laceration left middle finger.

While clearing jaw crusher a large rock shifted into miners leg and foot, causing contusions to leg and foot

Miner was changing parts on a crusher when a part started to fall. The miner tried to hold onto the part. The miner strained left shoulder.

Employee was prying worn rubber that had been siliconed to a chute with a crowbar. When the rubber came loose the crowbar slipped from the employee's grasp causing the bar to drop to the ground which caused the employee to drop to his knees striking his left knee on the center hold down bolts of a screen.

EE WAS USING A BOTTLE JACK AND A PIECE OF PIPE TO RAISE THE ENGINE ON A LOADER. HE RAISED THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE AND INSTALLED A 1" PLATE TO MAKE ROOM TO REMOVE THE OIL PAN. THE EMPLOYEE LOWE RED THE JACK AND REMOVED THE JACK AND PIPE. THE PIPE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND FELL ON HIS ARM CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE LEFT ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING A REPAIR TO REPLACE THE LEAKING SEAL OF THE HYDRAULIC TANK SITE GLASS. DURING REPLACEMENT OF COVER, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WASASSISTING THE INJURED WORKER. DURING LIFTING, THE EMPLOYEE FELT A PINCH TO HIS LOWER LEFT SIDEBACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING AND MOVING ROCKS IN SAW CRUSHER. HAND SLIPPED OFF OF A ROCK HE WAS MOVING AND IT SMASHED HIS 3RD FINGER TIP ON RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO DISLODGE ROCKS FROM THE CAVITY OF A KUE KEN JAW CRUSHER WITH A PRY BAR. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE THE ROCKS, A ROCK WEIGHING APPROX. 75 LBS SLID DOWN A SLIDE AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE FOR APRPOX. 4.2 FEET MAKING CONTACT WITH EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND PINKY FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL A ROCK GUARD. HE LIFTED THE GUARD WRONG AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A 2" PVC WATER LINE IN A TRENCH THAT AS 36" SIDE, 7' DEEP, 30' LONG. WHILE HE WAS INSTALLING THE WATER PIPE (PVC), APPROXIMATELY 1 TON OF MATERIAL BROKE AWAY FROM THE S IDE WALL OF THE TRENCH, PINNING HIM WASTE DEEP IN THE TRENCH.

EE WAS INSTALLING SCREENS ON HEWIT ROBINS SCREEN WHILE TIGHTENING TENSION BOLTS HE MISSED AN HIT HIS LEFT HAND, INDEX FINGER WITH A 4 LB HAMMER.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING WEAR PARTS FOR CRUSHER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAND LOADING A PALLET WITH USED IMPACTOR (ROCK CRUSHER) WEAR PARTS, WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LUMBAR REGION OF HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING AN OVERSIZE ROCK FROM THE KUE KEN JAW CRUSHER. AFTER RIGGING A CABLE SLING AROUND THE ROCK, HE REMOVED HIMSELF FROM THE CAVITY OF THE CRUSHER. AS THE LOADER WAS LIFTING T HE ROCK OUT OF THE CAVITY, THE CABLE SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK. POLEVAULTING HIM HEAD FIRST INTO THE CRUSHER. HE FELL APPROX. 4 1/2 FEET.

CHECKING CRUSHER CHAMBER ON UNIT MISPLAE R FOOT CAUSED HIM TO FAL ON CATWALK HIT CRUSHER FRAME WITH R HAND

OPER STATEMENT WRONG KING OF BUCKET IS ON CRA(E OPER HAS TO LIFT BUCKET A(D SPIKE BRAKE HARD 9 TIMES A MIN. WE BELIEVE THE ILLNESS IS REULT OF THIS OPER DEGENERATIBE JOINT DISEASE.

OPER WALKING ON MUDDY TRACK SLIPED.

OPER JUMPED OFF MACHINE PAIN IN R. KNEE. DR. VISSIT TO RE EXAM 1-11-89 NO TIME LOST.

HYDRAULIC ROOM CRACKED SPRAYING HYDRALIC OIL ON OPERATOR.