Fisher Quarry: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was attempting to move a tail pulley with a 6 ft bar and felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

While performing work on the catwalk of the jaw crusher, the worker turned his body to the left and his elbow struck the handrail.

While removing 20' x 2" x 2" steel tubing from the rack, a second tubing rolled from the pile. The edge of the tubing made contact with the employee's right forearm resulting in a 4" laceration.

EE & co-worker were replacing & repairing track groups on the 330 excavator. In an attempt to align the lock slots with the slip fit pins to join the tracks together, EE tapped on the pin with a sledge hammer. The pins did not move. EE took a more forceful swing, the hit glanced off the pin toward the track pad where his hand was caught between the pad & the sledge handle.

His hearing is getting worse all the time. he wears ear plugs/muff and is in an enclosed cab. he has been a driller for many years prior to coming to work at pacific rock products all so it is not clear if the loss was caused by conditions at pacific rock products lll.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON A BLOW BAR. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIM BETWEEN THE RIGHT THUMB AND FOREFINGER. THE STEEL PIECE WAS REMOVED AND ONE STITCH WAS REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND BELOW THE THUMB. THE LACERATION REQUIRED THREE STITCHES TO CLOSE.

EE WAS SHOVELING MUD UNDER THE SCALP BYPASS CONVEYOR. A PIECE OF WET MUD FELL FROM A RETURN ROLLER AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HARD HAT. THE IMPACT CAUSED HIS HEAD TO SNAP BACK JARRING HIS NECK. VIS ITED DOCTOR ON 9/22/03 AND DIAGNOSED WITH A NECK STRAIN.

EE WAS WELDING AND GRINDING ON A CRACKED CROSS MEMEBER OF A TRANSFER. HE HAD LIMITED ACCESS. HE WORE SAFETY GLASSES AT ALL TIMES HOWEVER HE DID NOT WEAR A SHIELD A TALL TIMES BECAUSE OF TIGHT ACCESS. THE NEXT MORNING HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE. IT WAS REMOVED AT THE CLINIC THAT DAY. RELEASED TO FULL DUTY.

EE WAS CHECKING THE BUCKET KICKOUT MAGNET ON HTE 988F. HE HAD CLIMBED ONTO THE ARMS OF THE LOADER TO ACCESS THE MAGNET. WHEN HE FINISHED THE WORK, HE CLIMBED BACK DON. HE PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT ON A BUCKET ARM AND WHEN HE TRANSFERRED HIS WEIGHT, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL. HIS LEFT SIDE STRUCK THE BUCKET ARM. IT WAS RAINING OUT AT THE TIME.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WELDING 1/2" STEEL PLATE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE 375 EXCAVATOR BUCKET. WHEN HE LIFTED THE PLATE INTO POSITION, HE RESTED IT JUST ABOVE HIS RIGHT KNEE. SEVERAL DAYS LATER THE KNEE SWELLED UP, BUT THERE WAS NO PAIN. HE VISITED A DOCTOR ON 10/30/02 AS THE KNEE WAS NOT IMPROVING. DIAGNOSED WITH POST TRAUMATIC PATELLAR FEMORAL SYNDROME OR WATER ON THE KNEE.

TWO EMPLOYEES HAD THE LID OF THE IMPACTOR IN THE RAISED POSITION TO CHECK OUT A PROBLEM. THE WEDGE SHAPED STOP BLOCK WAS IN ON ONE SIDE. VICTIM WAS ADJUSTING THE BLOCK ON HIS SIDE. HIS LEFT TH UMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE BLOCK AND THE BOTTOM OF THE HOOD. HE LOST THE THUMBNAIL.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A NEW CURTAIN LINER IN THE CRUSHER. THE LINER SLIPPED AND PINCHED THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE NEW LINER AND AN ADJACENT LINER. AS HE PULLED HIS HAND OUT OF THE WAY, THE END OF HIS LITTLE FINGER WASCUT AND THE NAIL WAS DAMAGED. STITCHES REQUIRED TO TREAT THE INJURY.

HAUL TRUCK WAS DUMPING ROCK ON STOCKPILE. AS BED WAS BEING RAISED, TRUCK WENT OVER SIDE OF STOCKPILE, DOWN THE SLOP AND CAME TO REST AT TOE OF PILE. DRIVER WAS WEARIGN SEAT BELT. CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS INCLUDE DRIVER PROCEEDING TO DUMP WAS TOO CLOSE TO EDGE AT AREA OF STOCKPILE WHERE BVERM HAD SLUGHED. THE TRUCK'S CATWALKS, HANDRAILS, CAB DOOR AND WINDOWS WERE DAMAGED.

EMPLOYEE WAS JUMP STARTING COMPANY VEHICLE, WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOKKING TRUCK FROM OTHER VEHICLE, THE BRAKES FAILED, TRUCK ROLLED AND EMPLOYEE WAS TRAPPED BRTWEEN THE TWO VEHICLES.

HOOD ON A 980G BUCKET LOADER HAD TO BE LIFTED. ELECTRIC MOTOR WAS BROKEN- A TWO MAN JOB. WHEN HE WENT TO CLOSE HOOD, HE DIDN'T HAVE HELP. THE HOOD SLIPPED OUT OF HANDS AND SLAMMED DOWN ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT.

STANDING ON DOZER TRACK, WAS KICKING OUT MUD FROM THE HARD BAR. STEPPED ON PUSH RAM WHICH WAS SLICK & FELL, LANDING ON WRIST.

AFTER PARKING BOULDER BREAKER (#25-999) HE GOT OUT AND AFTER HE REACHED THE GROUND HE SHUT THE DOOR. AS HE TURNED AROUND AFTER SHUTTING THE DOOR HE WAS STRUCK N THE HEAD BY THE DOOR WINDOW AND FRAME AND SUFFERED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A JAMMEDNECK AND COMPLAINED OF PAIN.

EE WAS HOSING OFF PAD AND WAS SPLASHED IN EYE WHICH MOMENTARILY DISORIENTED. HE STEPPED OFF PAD AND TWISTED KNEE.

HE WAS LIFTING UP ON A GRAVITY WIPE WHILE INSTALLING IT ON THE CONVEYOR, TWISTED HIS BACK AND FELT SOMETHING PULL.

PROLONGE USE OF LEVERS ON TRACK HOE & OTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT. CREATED OR WAS PART OF A CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN RIGHT HAND & FOREARM.

MOVING A MOTOR, TRYING TO MOVE BY PRYING WITH PRY BAR. BAR SLIPPED & ELBOW STRUCK MOTOR.

WHILE STEPPING DOWN OFF OF EQUIPMENT EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A ROCK.

EE HURT SHOULDER AND NECK MUSCLES WHILE THROWING A PIECE OF METAL.

LIFTED TOOTH WEDGE ONTO CATWALK.

EE SAT IN PASSENGER SEAT OF 777 HAUL TRUCK. HE WAS HOT AND PLACED HIS HAND DOWN TO THE FAN BLOWING COLD AIR FROM A/C. THERE WAS NO SHROUD, AND HE CUT HIS 4TH FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.

RIGHT SHOULDER GRADUALLY STARTED HURTING WHILE OPERATING A 980 CAT LOADER.

WHILE LIFTING A SAWHORSE, EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE USING A SLEDGEHAMMER TO KNOCK OUT PINS ON TOGGLE BOLTS, THE HANDLE HIT THE BOLT, SMASHING MIDDLE FINGER OF THE RT HAND. 4 STITCHES REQUIRED TO CLOSE OPEN WOUND CAUSED BY IMPACT.

WHILE WELDING, A PIECE OF METAL SLAG BOUNCED UP UNDER WELDING LOAD AND LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.

DRILL STEEL SLIPPED OUT OF HANDS, TRAPPING/ SMASHING 2 FINGERS BETWEEN GUIDE AND STEEL

EE'S FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND HIS TOOL BOX. EE SUFFERED A CONTUSION AS A RESULT OFTHE PINCH.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN CAT WAGON. EMPLOYEE OPERATING LOADER DID NOT SEE HER AND BACKED INTO HER. CAT WAGON WAS PARKED.

EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF METAL THAT HAD LODGED IN THE TAIL PULLEY OF SCREENING PLANT. PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN BEFORE REMOVAL BEGAN. WHEN PULLED, STEEL PUNCTURED SKIN ON LEFT ARM.

CO-WORKER SHOVELING NEXT TO EE HIT HIM IN THE NOSE WITH SHOVEL

NOTICED INCREASING PAIN WHILE OPERATING CRANE. USES RT HAND FOR PULLING ON HOIST LEVER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH A CABLE TYPE(COME-ALONG) PULLER ON A CONVEYOR 10 FEEL ABOVE THE GROUND - THE TOOL SLIPED AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE, FALLING TO THE ROCK FLOOR.