Flat Rock Stone Quarry: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

CHECKING S11 WASH SCREEN, WALKWAY COATED WITH ICE. RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER, LEFT LEG FOLDED UNDER, LANDED ON KNEE AND RIGHT BUTTOX.

WORKING ON FEEDER PULLED BACK MUSCLE.

CUTTING INSULATION OFF OF ELECTRIC CABLE - INSULATION WAS BRITTLE; PIECE BROKE OFF CAUSING KNIFETO SLIP.

STEEL SLAG IN RIGHT EYE WHILE WELDING.

WHILE EXITING LOADER AT END OF SHIFT, SLIPPED ON THE LAST STEP OF THE LADDER. FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON BUTTOCKS AND STRUCK LEFT SHOULDER. IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND THE STEP WAS WET AND MUD DY. HE WAS ALSO GRIPPING HIS LUNCHBOX. SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AND SHOULDER.

WHILE CUTTING A PIECE OF BELTING TO REPAIR LOADER STEPS, KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING RIGHT LEG REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.

REPRIMING THE PUMP, SHUT OF PUMP, RELEIVED PRESSURE FROM DISCHARGE, HOSE BLEW OFF THROWING HOT WATER ONTO HIM. 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO 15% OF HIS BODY.

UNPLUGGING FEEDER, USING PIPE TO DISLODGE STONE.STONE CAME LOOSE AND FELL ONTO PIPE CAUSING JERKING MOTION WHICH TWISETED WRIST.

TAKING HANDLE OUT OF SLEDGE. SLEDGE HEAD IN A VISE AND WAS DRIVING PIECE OUT WITH A PUNCH AND MISSED AND HIT FINGER AND PINCHED VISE AGAINST VICE.

WHILE CHIPPING A WELD OR GRINDING, A SLIVER OF METAL ENTERED RIGHT EYE PAST ALL SAFE GUARDS, INBEDDING ITSELF IN RIGHT EYE. HE DID NOT KNOW HE HAD A PROBLEM UNTIL 2-24-96.

RELIEVED CRUSHER OPERATOR, REACHED DOWN TO CHECK A BOLT ON CRUSHER, AT THE SAME TIME AS A ROCK WENT THRU THE CRUSHER CAUSING MOVEMENT AND PINCHING LEFT FINGER BETWEEN NUT AND WASHER ON THE LOO SE BOLT.

WHILE EXITING TRUCK AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT, HE CLOSED THE DOOR AND DID NOT GET HIS HAND OUT OF THE WAY QUICK ENOUGH AND THE DOOR CLOSED ON HIS RIGHT HAND AND CAUGHT RIGHT THUMB.

REMOVING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON FROM PORTABLE CRUSHER CHUTE, BOLTS WERE BEING CUT OFF WITH A TORCH, ANOTHER PERSON WAS HOLDING ONE END OF THE ANGLE WHEN TENSION WAS RELEASED THE ANGLE STRUCK EE IN CHIN.

WHILE REMOVING PLUG UP IN CHUTE A ROCK ABOUT 10"X10" BROKE LOOSE AND FELL AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

DIGGING A BIG STONE OUT OF TILE BEHIND SHOP LACERATIO LITTLE FINGER LEFT HAND

WHEN CLOSING RAILROAD CAR DOOR PINCHE DLEFT INDEX FINGER.

CUTTING ON BED OF TRUCK, HOT SLAG BURNED THROUGH APRON AND BURN LEFT FOREARM.

WHILE CLEANING STONE OFF CATWALK, STONE BOUNCED OFF #2 SCREEN STRIKING ON TOP OF RIGHT HAND, CAUSING A BRUISE AND SOME SWELLING.

WHILE WAITING TO BE LOADED WITH MATERIAL TO BE PRESTOCKED, HAVING HIGH WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS , DUST FROM THE LIME PILE BLEW INTO RIGHT EYE.

MOVING A SLAB FROM ROADWAY. WHEN PUTTING ON PILE ANOTHER ROCK FELL CATCHING HAND AND THUMB BETWEEN THEM. BRUISED RIGHT HAND AND THUMB.

WHILE TIGHTENING SIDE BARS ON S-3 BOTTOM DECK DUST WAS BEIFNG BLOWN AROUND BY HIGH WINDS SOME DUST BLEW INTO INJURED LEFT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS.

CHECKING ENGINE OIL,DESCENDING LADDER ON RIGHT SIDE OF TRUCK,FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP AND EMPL CAUGHT SHIN ON BUMPER OF TRUCK.RECD PUNCTURE WOUND & BRUISE TO RIGHT LEG.

WHILE CLEARING PLUGGED FEEDER CHUTE WITH A BAR, ROCK FELL FROM CHUTE STRIKING LEFTHAND AND PINCHING IT BETWEEN ROCK AND BAR. SPRAINED LEFT HAND.

WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE FLOPPER GATES,USING PIPE TO PRY FLOPPERS,SLID DOWN PINCHING HAND BETWEEN PIPE AND GUARY RAIL.BROKEN FINGER RIGHT HAND,LACERATIONS AND CONTUSIONS.

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF LOADER, SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARS APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET AND LANDED ON LEFT HAND. SEVER SPRAIN TO WRIST, BORKEN BONE IN HAND.

AS STEPPING OFF A 988B LOADER, AFTER PRESSURE WASHING ENGINE AREA, GROUND BEING WET AND MUDDY, RIGHT FOOT SLID SIDEWAYS AND THEN STOPPED CAUSING SHIFT IN BODY WEIGHT AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. ( DID NOT GO THE DOCTOR UNTIL JULY, DID NTO START ANY TREATMENT UNTIL AUG. 10, 1990.

WHILE OPERATING DRILL PRESS, HE DRILLED ONE HOLE IN A STEEL PLATE, WHILE POSITION OF PLATE WAS BEING CHANGED TO DRILL SECOND HOLE HIS GLOVE WHICH WAS ON HIS RIGHT HAND BECAME ENTANGLED AT THE LITTLE FINGER WITH THE DRILL BIT WHICH WAS IN OPERATION. THE ACT OF THE EMPLOYEE PLACING HIS HAND IN A PINCH POINT/CAUGHT BETWEEN OBJECTION POSITION.

WHILE INSTALLING DRAWER IN TOOL BOX HIT HAND ON SLIDE LACERATED FINGER THREE STITCHES REQUIRED

WHILE PREPARING RIAL CARS TO BE LOADED WHICH CONSIST OF PLUGGING ALL HOLES AND CRACKS WITH PAPER BAGS EMPL GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN SIDE OF CAR AND RIB OF CAR CUTTING OR PINCHING TIP OF INDEX FINGER REQUIRING 6 STITCHES

CHANGING BELT SCRAPER ON C-20 CONVEYOR SCRAPER BRACKET CAME LOOSE.HIT MOVING BELT CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN BRACKET AND HOPPER OF CONVEYOR CAUSING LACERATIONS REQ 5 STITCHES,BROKEN RING FINGER RIGHT HAND.

WHILE OPERATING3FRONT END LOADER 2 IN HYDRAULIC LINE COMING OFF HYDRAULIC PUMP RUPTURED CAUSING HIGH PRESSURE AND HIGH VOLUME OF OIL TO BE DUMPED OVER ENTIRE ENGINE WHICH IGNITED INTO FIRE INS INSTANTLY ENGUL0ING ENTIRE ENGINE WITH FLAMES SHOOTING AROUND AND OVER CAB OF MACHINE. SMOKE FILLED CAB FORCING OPERATOR OUT OF MACHINE BECAUSE OF FLAMING OIL AND SMOKE OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO