Enon Sand & Gravel: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

The employee was kneeling down to measure for a new A/C unit when something bumped or pushed the guard into a terminal of the line reactor and caused to arc and burn the employee on the arm and side.

Miner was cutting a poly grease line with a knife. The knife slipped and the miner cut his left thumb, resulting in 4 stitches.

Miner was performing maintenance (welding) inside of feed hopper. Miner inside hopper needed a bolt to fill a hole; asked miner on outside of hopper for bolt. Miner on outside of hopper tossed bolt to miner inside hopper; miner inside hopper missed bolt and chipped front tooth in process. Accident is reportable due to follow-up visit at orthodontist office.

Miner was taking a light off light pole, unhooked the brace the light swung around and hit miner in right ear and head.

Miner was washing out plugged feed tube from sand tank to sand screw from discharge end with water hose. When material broke free, hose whipped out of pipe and struck miner in face resulting in five stitches to left eye.

Miner was attempting to tighten the tracks on an 88-B Bucyrus Erie Dragline while utilizing a 3/4 ton come-along. The hook slipped off the pad while under tension and came back to strike the miner in the face, resulting in sutures.

Miner was removing gear reduction assembly from head pulley shaft when it shifted unexpectedly and smashed his right hand between the motor mount and head pulley shaft.

EMP WS USING A 5' PIPE AS A PRYBAR. HE LEANED IT AGAINST THE REAR TIRE OR THE TRUCK HE WAS WORKING ON. HE JACKED UP THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AND PIPE FELL ON HIS LEG.

CHANGED OX BOTTLE ON UNIT 36 PICK UP. EE WAS SITTING IN BED OF P.U. DRIVER OF TRUCK TOOK OFF TO PLANT AND BOTTLE FALL OUT RACK AND ONTO EE S RIGHT KNEE. TONS WAS NOT DRAINED PROPLEY.

EE WAS CLIMBING OFF TAIL END OF #1 CONVEYOR AND HIS RING CAUGHT A SKIRT BOARD AND LACERATED HIS LEFT RING FINGER. 22 STITCHES.

I WAS OVERSEEING WORK BEING DONW ON WASHING SCREEN. I SQUATED DOWN AND KNEE POPPED. WENT TO HOSPTIAL 4-20-96 AND THEY TREATED IT LINE A SPRAIN. GAVE ME A SHOT IN HIP AND X RAY AND PERACRIBED P AIN PILLS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON WASHING SCREEN. IT WAS WINDY AND A PIECE OF RUST BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN SHOP WORKING BETWEEN TANDEM WHEELS OF STOCK TRUCK BENT OVER IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND INJURED HIS BACK TIGHTENING BOLTS ON FRAME.

EE WAS STANDING ON CONCRETE PIER, OPENING #57 BIN. HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH LEFT ARM AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER. DIDN'T INFORM ME OF HIS INJURY UNTIL 11-29-95.

EE WAS REMOVING DRIVE SHAAFT & DIDN'T SUPPORT WEIGHT OF SHAFT. WHEN HE REMOVED LAST BOLT, DRIVE SHAT DROPPED & SMASHED FINGER.

INJURED WAS AT NOAH END OF PIT PULLING UP BEHINDOUTY BY HAUL TRUCK BEING LOADED. WHEN INJURED TRIED TO STOP HE SAID HIS BRAKING FAILED AND COULDN'T STOP. THE RESULT WAS RAMMING THE REAR OF OUT OF HAUL TRUCK #542 SHOVING RADIATOR BACK INTO ENGINE. DURING TIME OF INVESTIGATION NEITHER DRIVER SAID THEY WERE INJURED.

WORKERS WERE TO DISCONNECT A DEACTIVATED POWER CABLE & CONDUIT OUTSIDE THE POWER HOUSE TO ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BEING REMOVED. WORKERS ENTERED THE POWER HOUSE UNAUTHORIZED TO REMOVE CABLE FRO M INSIDE OF POWER BOX TO THE OUTSIDE OF BUILDING. DURING THIS PROCESS WORKERS CONTACTED INSULATED CABLE CUTTERS WITH A HOT LEAD AND SIDE OF BOX RESULTING IN BURNS.

EE WAS CHANING TIRE ON STOCK TRUCK. HE USED A PRY BAR TO LIFE TIRE ONTO AXLE AND INJURED TWO DISC ON LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT NOTIFY ME ABOUT INJURY UNTIL NEXT DAY 9-7-94.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 2" WRENCH TO HIT SKIRTING ON #4 TAIL PULLEY TO LINE UP BELT. WRENCH CAME BACK AND HIT EMPLOYEE, CUTTING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

55061S CLIMBING OFF FUEL TRUCK FROM LADDER WHEN HE PUT FOOT ON GROUND HE STEPE ON ROCK LOOSING BALANCE TWISTING ANKLE.

I NAME WAS HEATING & BENDING METAL ON UNIT #542 FOR REPAIR ON H OIST CYLINDER MOUNT HE WAS USING A 4# HAND SLEDGE AN WHEN HE SWUNG HAMMER THE HAMMER HEAD MISSED & HIT HAND ON UNIT

INJURED WAS PULLING HANDLE ON GATE LOADING HIS TRUCK.WHEN HIS TRUCK WAS LOADED HE CLIMBED BACK INTO HIS TRUCK AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.DOCTOR SAID HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS MIDDLE BAC K.

EMPLOYEE TURNED WIPER ON AND THEY WOULD NOT START.HE REACHED OUT OF TRUCK AND FLICKED WIPER ARM TO GET ARM STARTED.WIPER STARTED AND PINCHED INDEX FINGER BETWEEN WIPER ARM AND WINDSHIELD.

EE WAS ASKED TO SHOVEL MATERIAL UNDER 2 CONVEYOR WHILE OWNER EE WERE CHANGING SCREENS ON WASHING PLANT HE CAME INTO MY OFFICE AT 730 AM AND SAID HE HURT HIS BACK SHOVELING HE SAID HE WOULD GO HOME AND PUT ICE ON IT I OFFERED TO TAKE HIM TO DR BUT HE DECLINED THE OFFER.

EMPL WAS SERVICING UNIT 542 HE WAS GREASING BRAKE CHAMBER LYING UNDER MACHINE. HE BUMPED HOSE UNDER MACHINE & DIRT GOT INTO LEFT EYE. DR TOOK OUT TINY PIECE OF METAL FROM LEFT EYE.

EMPL FOUND IN PIT AREA BY ANOTHER EMPL. SITTING IN HAUL TRUCK-PASSED OUT.WOKE HIM UP BROUGHT HIM TO OFFICE,EMERG SQUAD CALLED.PER DR-NEXT DAY,WEAKNESS & HEADACHE.

EMPL CLAIMED HE HURT HIS BACK OPERATING HOIST LEVER IN UNIT #401 STACK TRUCK HE SAID LEVER WAS POSTIONED TOO LOW BETWEEN SEATS IN UNIT AND CAUSED STRAIN ON LOWER BACK TO OPERATE OTHER EMPLS SA Y UNIT IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND PROPERLY DESIGNED

EMPLOYEE WAS USING STEEL ROD TO POKE MUD THROUGH JAW CRUSHER WHILE MACHINE WAS RUNNING WHEN THE MOVEABLE JAW CYCLED IT PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND CRUSHER CHUTE

MAN WASIN PIT AREA LOADING HAUL TRUCKS. IT STARTED TO RAIN SO HE REACHED AROUND TO CLOSE DOOR ON LOADING BY STICKING HIS THUMB IN CRACK WHERE DOOR HINGES. THE WIND CAUGHT DOOR AND PINCHED THE END OF HIS THUMB.

EMPL UNAWARE THAT HEATER WAS BEING SHUT OFF AND OPENED LOWER VENT TO RESTART HEATER.FLAMES SHOT AND BURNED SKIN ON FACE AND SHOM E HAIR ON HEAD.

I.NAME FINISHED FUELING DRAGLINE ,STEPPED UP INTO BED OF TRUCK,BUMPED HEAD ON CARRIER RACKS ON TRUCK.

LARRY WITT WAS HELPING PLACE LOWER LINER SEGMENTS IN BOTTOM OF HAMMER MILL IN BENT OVER POSITION HE RAISED UP WHEN LINER WAS IN PLACE AND BUMPED HIS HEAD ON FEEDER CHUTE OF HAMMER MILL