Fisher Industries Plant 18: 49 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

While said operator was breaking granite into smaller pieces with a hydraulic breaker, a shard of granite went through the excavator cab safety glass and struck operator in the forehead. He remained conscious and alert. Was brought to local clinic where they sutured the contusion. Doctor said he could return to work next day

Employee was cutting a piece of rubber with a box cutter and cut his left index finger, cut resulted in employee getting stitches.

Laceration to left index finger, EE rec. 5 stitches.

Setting down a piece of iron, left index finger got between iron and rock which resulted in a laceration to left index finger, needing stitches.

EMPLOYEES WERE PUTTING CHUTE BACK ON. CHUTE SLID PINNING EE'S LEFT HAND CAUSING INJURY.

EE WAS USING A CHAIN TO TIE UP A ROCK BY THE JAW. HOOK SLIPPED & EE HIT CHEST AREA INTO CATWALK RAIL, STRAINING MUSCLE.

EE WAS GRINDING WITHOUT FACE SHIELD. ONLY SAFETY GLASSES WERE WORN. EE HAD PARTICLE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ACCESSING THE LADDER TO BOARD THE LOADER AND SLIPPED ON STEP AND INJURED L KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON THE OUT RIGGER OF CRANE WHEN HIS INDEX FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN OUT RIGGER AND FENDER.

SKID STEER OPERATOR TIGHTENED THE CHAIN AND PINCHED EES HEAD BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND CHAIN. EE WERE TIGHTENING THE JAW BOLTS.

EE WAS DOING CONSIDERABLE LIFTING THE PRIOR WEEK. HE DECIDED ON MONDAY THAT HE NEED TO SACK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

PRIOR TO USING A TORCH THE CLAIMANT HAD BEEN SPRAYING SOME BOLTS WITH WD-40. LATER WHEN HE BEGANUSING THE TORCH, HIS PANT-LEG CAUGHT FIRE. APPARENTLY HE HAD GOTTEN SOME WD-40 ON HIS CLOTHES AN D THE SPARKS FROM THE TORCH IGNITED THE PANT LEG

TRYING TO PUSH RIP-RAP OUT OF THE TAILGATE OF AN OVERLOADED TRUCK USING LEGS TO PUSH IT.

EE CLIMBED THE LADDER ON THE HAULPAK. WHEN HE REACHED THE PLATFORM HE FELL OFF TO THE GROUND.

EE WAS AIR ARCING. HE MUST HAVE ALLOWED HIS ARC TO STRIKE BEFORE HE PUT HIS HELMET INTO PROPER POSITION.

EMPLOYEE USING A SLUDGE HAMMER AND TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN A BENT FLASHING BAR. LOST CONTROL OF HAMMER AND SMASHED HIS HAND.

INJURED WAS REPAIRING A ROCK BREAKER AND HAD STOREDUSED & NEW PARTS NEXT TO THE IMMEDIATE WORK ZONE. WHILE USING A PRY BAR IT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL & STUMBLE OVER THE STORED PARTS.

EMPLOYEE JUST STATED HIS BACK HURT - NO DIRECT RELATED INCIDENT. EMPLOYEE DID NOT COMPLAIN TO HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL 7-27-94.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR DURING REPAIR AND MAINTENENCE OF A CRUSHER FEEDER. BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIS CHEEK.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE A CONE CRUSHER USING A TORCH TO CUT OUT THE MAGNESIUM LINER. WHILE CHIPPING AWAY SLAG, THE HAMMER HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH AND CHIPPED A TOOTH.

EMPLOYEE HAD TO CLIMB ON TOP OF A LOAD TO UNTIE HIS CHAINS BEFORE UNLOADING THE TRUCK. AFTER LOOSENING THE CHAINS HE JUMPED TO THE DECK OF THE LOWBOY.

DURING A BLAST A ROCK FLEW A DISTANCE OF APPROX. 1000 FEET AND DAMAGED THE ROOF OF A FARM DWELLING. THE DWELLING IS OUTSIDE OF THE MINING PROPERTY.

WHILE CLEANING OUT THE CONE CRUSHER WITH A BAR, THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS (L) SHOULDER.

EE WAS WELDING ON EQUIPMENT AND ELSE HOLDING PLTES FOR OTHER WELDERS TO TACK IN PLACE HE RECEIVED FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES.

EMPLOYEE HAD SURGERY LAST MARCH. HE WAS LIFTING A DRILL STEM & STRETCHED ABDOMINAL SCAR TISSUE.

EMPLOYEE HAD HIS FINGERS PINCHED WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK ON THE CRUSHER HOLDING A BUTTERFLY NUT WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO SPIN IT ON IT CAME DOWN & PINCHED HS HAD BETWEEN IT & THE T OP SHELL

THE CHAIN ON THE ROD CHANGER WAS NOT PROPERLY LINED UP AND ALLOWED THE ROD TO COME OUT AND FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS BUFFING ACRUSHER LINE RWITH A ELECTRIC GRINDER AND WRIE BRUSH. SHIFT TAIL CAME OUT OF PANTS AND GOT CAUGHT IN GRINDER CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING REPAIRS. HE NEEDED MORE TORQUE ON A WRENCH SO HE USED HIS FEET AND INJURED HIS BACK.

EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH HE NEEDED MORE HOSE HE PULLED ON THE HOSE AND IT CAME APART AT A SPLICE AND BURNED BACK INTO THE HOSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS INSIDE OF THE SCREEN BASKET WHERE QUARTERS ARE VERY CLOSE. HE SAT UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A BEAM YARRING HIS NECK. HE WS WEARING A HARD HAT.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVLEING UNDER A CONVEYOR. HIS SHOVEL HIT A SOLID AREAM (ICE-ROCK) PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER MAY HAVE TORN LIGAMENTS.

REMOVING CHUTE FROM SCREEENING PLANT-CHUTE ROTATER AFTER BOLTER WHERE TAKEN OUT.

CUTTING RUBBER BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND STABBED INTO THIGH AREA OF LEG.

EMPL WELDING INSIDE OF FEEDER AND RECD BURNS TO ELBOW FROM ARC OF FLASH.

95465ING RUST FROM BEHIND THE JAW PLATE IN PREPERATION FOR REPLACEMENT WITH WIRE BRUSH & SCRAPERS. DUST PARTICLE GOT INTO HIS EYE.

WINDY DAY AND A SAND PARTICLE GOT INTO HIS EYE WHILE SHOVELING.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUBBER FLASHING KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS THUMB.

TRIED TO REMOVE HYDRAULIC LINE ON BUCKET FAILED TO RELEASE ALL PRESSUE IT SQUIRTED OIL IN EYE

THE EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE BRUISED HIS KNEE WHILE DOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE TO A JAW CRUSHER.THE JAW PLATE WAS REMOVED AND HE WAS WIRE BRUSHING THE SURFACE TO CLEAN IT IN PREPARATION FOR JAW REPLACEMENT.

EMPLOYEE USED A SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE A WEDGED ROCK. A FRAGMENT BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIS LOWER LEG.

SETTING A CONVEYOR STAND UNDER A CONVEYOR BEFORE IT WAS WELDED INTO PLACE, IT OVERBALANCED AND FELL ON TOP OF HIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR WRENCH TO LOOSEN BOLTS. WHILE RESTING BETWEEN BOLTS, HE LEFT THE WRENCH INTACT ON A UNFINISHED BOLT. THE WRENCH FELL AND STRUCK HIM.

CUTTING WITH THE TORCH-FAILED TO WEAR FACE PROTECTION.

PICKING CLAY OFF OF A CONVEYOR BELT & CUT THE BACK SIDE OF HIS HOME ON A SHARP ROCK.

REMOVING LARGE BOLTS FROM BACK OF JAW CRUSHER.

EMPLOYEE HANDS AND GLOVES WERE CONTAMINATED. SHE USED THEM TO RUB ACROSS HER EYES.

LOADING A CONVEYOR ONTO A LOW BOY FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN CONVEYORS ON THE LOAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS SPOTTING THE TRUCK. WHILE THE HOIST WAS GOING UP, HE DECIDED TO WALK OVER TO GET HIS THERMOS FOR A DRINK. WHILE WALKING BY THE TRUCK HE WAS HIT IN THE FOOT BY A FALLING ROCK.

USING A BAR TO REMOVE A STUCK ROCK IN A CONE CRUSHER. BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON HIS EAR.

RECEIVED A FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS EYE WHILE REMOVING ROCK OFF OF THE CATWALK

REPAIRING JAW WHEN THE LAST BOLT WAS ALMOST OUT THE JAW SHIFTED SMASHING HIS INDEX FINGER TEARING SOME FLESH AWAY.

USING A BAR TO CLEAN A JAMMED CONE CRUSHER WHEN A LARGE ROCK CAME OFF OF A CONVEYOR HIT THE BAR FORCING IT INTO HIS FACE AREA BREAKING HIS GLASSES AND RESULTING IN A LACERATION ON HIS CHEEK.

WELDING AT NIGHT AND RECEIVED WELDING FLASH.

SAND PARTICLE ENTERED EYE CAUSING HER TO LOSE GRIP OF THE SAND SCREEN AND SHE DRDROPPED IT ON HER UPPER FOOT.

STARTING PUMP, REACHED DOWN TO PULL STARTER ROPE AND PUT HAND ON HOT MUFFLER BURNED TOP OF THUMB ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMP BENT OVER T2 PICK UP A PIPE ON THE GROUND INJURED HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS GU3DING CRANE OPERATOR IN POSITIONING A FAN ASSEMBLY ON THE GROUND. THE JAW SLIDE SIDE WORK CATCHING & TRAPPING THEEMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE JAW AND A LOADER BUCKET WHICH WAS PARKED NE ARBY. 3