Fort Pierce Mine: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

A Customer Truck Driver had an allergic reaction to a Bee sting.

While dumping material out of the truck, a customer truck driver caught EE's finger in the tailgate resulting in a laceration.

EE drilling in sheet metal, bit hung up twisted hand/arm. No medical at time, later reported pain, had treatment. EE advised of strain shoulder/upper arm. EE returned, regular job duties. Follow up 3/9 added "no operating heavy equip." EE unable to perform the regular job duties. 7000-1 reported within 10 business days of new restrictions. Terminated on 3/14, unrelated to injury.

As the employee was ascending an excavator, EE experienced pain in knee. Because there was no accident, the injury claim was initially denied but later accepted as a work related injury. This injury is being reported within 10 days of the determination that it was a work related injury.

For unknown reasons, the customer dump truck gradually overtraveled the berm without any apparent correctible or braking action and rolled upside down into a water-filled canal bordering the property. The driver is an employee of Al's Excavating (a/k/a JR Trucking)

Equipment operator stepped into a depression in the ground which aggravated his back. Emergency room doctors determined that the employee had a preexisting degenerative lumbar disk condition which was aggravated when stepping from the excavator into the depression. No workdays were missed, but the Dr. placed the employee on limited duty for recovery.

Lower back strain when lifting a box of paper. Went to the doctor and was release for duty. Had follow up visit on 10-18-06 and was prescribed 12 session of physical therapy.

Was removing mill bearing on Cedar Rapids Crusher. He was using a piece of metal round stock to loosen bearing race from mill bearing housing. With continued blows of the round stock to the bearing race he has developed acute tendinitis in his right elbow.

Was standing behind a truck rolling hose, lost footing, slipped forward, tried to catch the back of the truck, back began to hurt.

While climbing on crusher ee stepped on tire that was off the ground. The tire spun around causing injury to neck.

EE FELL TO THE GROUND WHEN THE STEP GAVE WAY ON THE WATER TRUCK. HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER. NOTE: THIS WAS REPORTED AS A DOCTOR FIRST AID UP UNTIL 6/10/04 WHEN THE MRI RESULTS INDICATED THAT SURGERY WOULD BE REQUIRED. RECLASSIFIED AS A RESTRICTED DUTY ON 6/10/04.

LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN AIR OPERATED CYLINDER FOR SWING BRAKE WHILE CLEANING IT, RESULTING IN A COMPOUND FRACTURE. THERE WAS NO RESTRICTED DUTY OR LOST TIME AS A RESULT OF THIS INJURY.

GRINDING SLAG OFF AN END OF ANGLE IRON WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG BOUNCED OFF HIS CHEST AND FLEW UP UNDER SAFETY SHIELD AND INTO HIS EYE.

PICKED UP A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF MINERAL SPIRITS AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. ACCIDENT DID NOT TURNINTO A LOST TIME ACCIDENT UNTIL MAY 11, 1992. EE RETURNED TO WORK ON JUNE 22, 1992 BUT IS STILL ON LIGHT DUTY.

HELPING CHANGE BAIL CHAINS ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET AND GOT HAND PINCHED BETWEEN TWO LINKS.

WHILE ADJUSTING HOOK ROLLERS ON THE DRAGLINE A HELPER WENT THE WRONG WAY WITH THE WRENCH SLAMMING THE ROLLER DOWN CATCHING HIS FINGER IN THE ADJUSTING HOLE CUTTING THE TIP OF THE FINGER OFF

EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 ON A LOADER ARM GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN A TIRE AND THE FRAME HE HUNG BY HIS ARM FOR A WHILE BEFORE HE FELL THROUGH

EE WAS HOLDING 7HE SHAFT ON T H E CRUSHER WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS. THE SHAFT S%@%*%* SLID SIDEWAYS PINCHING-CUTTING- HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE SHAFT & A PIECE OF AN GLE IRON. 3

WHILE INSTALLIN1 THE VERTICAL SWING SHAFT ON THE 2400 LIMA DRAGLINE, I.NAME WAS USING A CROWBAR TO LINE UP THE SPLINES, THE SWINGERS WERE ENGAGED AND THE STRAIGHT END OF THE CROWBAR FELL THROU GH THE DRUM, BE7OMING LODGED BETWEEN THE DRUM AND THE FLOOR PLATE AND AS IT TURNED THE CROOKED END OF THE CROWBAR CAUGHT HIS R LEG ON THE IN-SIDE ABOUT 6" ABOVE THE KNEE. IT W ENT IN ABOUT 4"

OILER STRUCK BA7K OF BUKET TOOTH TO KNOCK TOOTH OFF BUCKET WHEN A PIECE OF THE BUCKET TOOTH BROKE OFF H ITTING THE OPERATOR IN THE RIGHT SIDE.

EMPL AND OILER 6NROLLING CABLE OFF SPOOL TO START CABLE THRU FAIRLEAD.FAIRLEAD CASTING SHADOW OVER AREA WHERE THEY WERE WORKING.EMPL PULLING ON WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS END OF CABLE WHICH WOULD HAV E GIVEN HIM CON7ROL OF CABLE.BUT FROM WHERE HE WAS HOLDING CABLE WHEN IT UNROLLED OFF SPOOL END WAS ALLOWED TO FLY AROUND STRIKING HIM ABOVE LEFT EYE.

EMPL DIRECTING 8OZER BACK TO CONNECT IT TO TONGUE OF CRUSHER.TRYING TO INSERT PIN INTO EYES ON REAR OF DOZER AND END OF CRUSHER TONGUE.HOLES WOULNT LINE UP SO HE MOTIONED FOR OPERATOR TO BACK UP A LITTLE.DO1ER JERKED CATCHING EMPL HAND ETWEEN PIN AND DOZER.

EMPLOYEES WERE SETTING THE WHEEL COVER ON THE CRUSHER TIRES. EMPLOYEE HAD ALREADY SET THE COVER DOWN ON THE WHEEL AND HAD UNHIOOOKED THE CABLE FROMA THE BUCKET, AND WAS DIRECTING THE LOADER BACK WHEN THE WHEEL COVER FELL AND PINNED EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE BUCKET.