El Dorado Quarry: 129 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was operating the CASE Excavator when he noticed what he thought was dust coming from the engine compartment. Upon inspection it was discovered that a fire had started in the compartment. He exited the excavator and called for assistance. He was not physically injured in the incident.

Employee was doing repairs on cone crusher. It has 2 motors and one of the box lids fell off the motor landing on the catwalk were he was standing. The lid hit his left mid foot above the steel toe.

EE was preparing to service transmission of the 988G loader. He had jack stand in place and was in the process of placing the bottle jack. The bottle jack slipped out of his hand before it was fully on the jack stand and fell on EE's thumb. The impact broke the thumb in three places. This was found on 12/22; it was thought to be a sprain when it first happened.

THE EMPLOYEE WORKED OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT ALL DAY.

WHILE INSTALLING V-BELTS GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN V-BELT AND SHEEVE.

CLEANING CAT WALK AROUND CONE ROCK FELL OFF SCREEN HIT RT ARM RECORABLE BECAUSE LACERATION.

EE WAS GETTING INTO SERVICE TRK WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK. RECORDABLE BECAUSE: RESTRICTED DUTY

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WIRE WITH A KNIFE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED RESULTING IN LACERATION OF LEFT HAND.

HE WAS DESCENDING STEPS ON D-9 DOZER SLIPPED ON STEEL STEP ON PUSH ARM AND FELL ON HIS BACK & TAILBONE AREA, ALSO HIT LEFT SHOULDER ON SIDE OFDOZER TRACKS

WHILE PATHCING A HOLE IN A CONVEYOR BELT AND CUTTING RUBBER PATCH RAZOR BLADE SLIPPED AND CUT INTO LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF RUBBER CONVEYOR BELTING FROM A STORAGE PILE IN MAINTENANCE YARD. WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS MANUALLY MOVING ROCKS THAT WERE STUCK IN CRUSHER JAW WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK DUE TO LIFTING ROCKS.

EE WAS WORKING ON MAINTENANCE AT MAIN ROCK CRUSHING PLANT WHEN HE STEPPED ON TO THE HANDRAIL NEXT TO THE 66" ROCK CRUSHING CONE TO GO AROUND CO-WORKER. EE PUT HIS HAND ON EE'S HARD HAT, THEN W HILE WALKING BY ON RAIL, SLIPPED AND FELL OFF RAIL, BOUNCED OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT TAIL PULLEY GUARD. HE FELL IN TOTAL 15 FT TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS BACK AND SIDE IN THE DIRT AND ROCK BES

EE WAS WORKING UNDER CATERPILLER BULLDOZER WHEN METAL & DIRT PARTICLES FELL INTO RT EYE, CAUSINGIRRITATION THAT INCREASED SEVERAL HRS LATER UNTIL HE REQD MED TREATMENT TO REMOVE FOREIGN BODY IN RT EYE. AFTER REMOVED EE RETD TO WORK WITH NODAMAGE TO EYE

WHILE OPERATING SKID STEER, EE WAS WORKING AROUND CONVEYOR BELT AT LOWER PLANT AND DROVE UNDER CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE BELT AND FELL ON HIS RT. KNEE CAUSING BRUISING AND A CONTU SION.

EE WAS WORKING ON REPLACEMENT OF CRUSHER JAW & WAS WAITING FOR EE OPERATING CRANE TO MOVE ROCK BOX. THE CRANE WAS LIFTING THE ROCK BOX WHEN ROCK BOX GOT HUNG UP AND WAS SPRUNG-LOOSE. THE ROCK BOX RAMMED INTO EE & PUSHED HIM INTO RAILING

EMPLOYEE SET SMALL PIECE OF STEEL TO BE WELDED INTO PLACE. STEEL SLIPPED AND INJURED LEFT THUMB WITH BRUISING AND A LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND TO DO A PLANT INSPECTION. HE SAW THAT THE PLANT A.C. STACKER HAD STOPPED AND RAN TO THE CONTROL VAN TO TAK ECARE OF IT. IN THE PROCESS OF HURRYING HE STEPPED IN A LOW SPOT IN THE GROUND AND HYPEREXTENDED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

A COWORKER DROPPED A PIECE OF LUMBER FROM BARMAC EQUIPMENT CATWALK ABOVE EE. EE WAS SHOVELING DIR WHEN THIS PIECE OF LUMBER FELL & HIT HIM IN THE LEFT LOWER LEG MUSCLE & TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

EE WAS PICKING UP A PART THAT FITS ON THE LOADER BUCKET AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE FRONT END LOADER WAS LOWERING BARRELS OF FLIGHT THE LOAD BEGAN TO SLIP FROM THE BUCKET. EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO STOP SLIPPAGE OF BARREL OF FLIGHT BY LIFTING BARREL CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS LOWER BACK.

WELDING UNDER JAW CRUSHER [CONFINDED AREA]

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING PIN WHEN OTHER WORKER SWUNG A SLEDGE HAMMER AND IN THE PROCESS MISSED THE PIN CAUSING THE SLEDGEHAMMER TO HIT EMPLOYEE RIGHT CHEEK AND EYE AREA.

NORMAL CONDITIONS EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WATCHING HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED ON JADAIR CATWALK. WHEN HE SLIPPED HE HIT HIS MIDDLE RT. SIDE OF LOWER BACK.

WHILE REMOVAL OF ROLLERS AND ASSEMBLY, THE ASSEMBLY WAS DROPPED FROM A HEIGHT OF 3 FEET ON TO THE BACK OF EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING WORK BELOW OTHER WORKERS. THE WORKER ABOVE REMOVED T HE ROLLER ASSEMBLY AND IT FELL ON TO INJURED EMPLOYEE'S LOWER BACK.

IT WAS A COLD MORNING 40 DEGREE WITH THE WIND COMMING OUT OF THE SOUTH. HE WAS SPLICING A BELT WHEN HE CUT HIS RIGHT THUMB.

AFTER FINISHING A WELD HE LIFTED UP HIS PROTECTIVE HOOD WHILE STANDING NEXT TO ANOTHER WELDER WORKING, THEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE BY A PIECE OF SLAG METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE.

MAN CUT LEFT KNEE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER TO PUT ON SCREEN LIP MAKE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT KNEE. RECEIVED FOUR STITCHES.