Fountain Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

While performing maintenance on stacker, employee struck conveyor belt and made contact with other employee.

While performing maintenance on stacker, employee struck side rail of conveyor.

Employee repairing a blown hydraulic hose and slipped on surface exiting the area

We were working on steel line, when employee walked up beside me and pipe wrench slipped off. Employee was hit in the forehead. Took 6 stitches, then employee returned to work after leaving doctor's office.

Employee was repairing tracks and was driving a pin with a hammer when he was struck in the chest by a piece of metal. Reported this to management on 5/29 when he was sore in that area and was sent to medical facility. A small piece of metal was removed from his chest by the physician.

Employee was cutting a section of rubber water hose with a utility knife and cut his arm requiring sutures.

Employee was removing a guard when it bumped his chest causing bruised ribs. Was seen by clinic on 8/2 - light duty until 8/6.

First knowledge of incident at 8:05; reported to MSHA at 8:12. EE suffered a massive heart attack while driving from the pit to the shop. He pulled over to the side of the roadway at the top of the pit and was found by other EE's following him. CPR was started and EMS was called. He was transported to Trauma Center and was pronounced dead @ appox 9:15 AM.

EE was putting adapter on the bucket cutting edge of the Cat 990 loader when he was struck by a metal chip. He was driving on the adapter with a 12 lb. hammer when a chip flew off and struck him in the upper right thigh. EE was taken to Pitt Memorial Hospital ER where the chip was removed and the wound closed with 7 stitches. Medical only. No lost time.

CHRONIC SILICOSIS. OUT OF WORK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. EMPLOYEE'S CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL ROUTINE MEDICAL SURVEILANCE. HE WAS REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REMAINS OUT OF WORK PENDING DOCTOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

Cleaning gyratory bin, he stumbled, grabbed a chain that was hanging on a hoist and a second chanin that was on hoist struck him in the mouth, chipping front tooth.

EE IS A MECHANIC. HE WAS REPLACING A TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER ON A CAT 990 MACHINE. DURING THE PROCESS HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO MOVE THE TRANSMISSION FOR POSITIONING AND THE BAR SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE TIRE.

THE 2 WITNESSES WERE REPLACING TRACKS ON EXCAVATOR. THE INJURED EE WAS STANDING 10-15'AWAY & RECEIVED A SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND WITH EMBEDDED METAL TO HIS RT. LEFT SHOULDER WHEN THE DRIVE SPROCKE T SLIPPED AGAINST THE TRACK BAR CAUSING METAL FRAGMENT TO FLY OFF AND STRIKE HIM.

MASHED FINGER IN FLOOR JACK WHILE CHANGING OIL IN PICK-UP TRUCK. THE FLOOR JACK HAS TWO HANDLES, ONE APPROC 4'LONG (FOR HAND) THE OTHER SHORT (FOR FOOT). WHEN THE LONG HANDLE COMES DOWN IT COM ES IN CONTACT WITH SHORT HANDLE, CAUSING IT TO COME DOWN ALSO. THIS CAUSES A PINCH POINT BETWEEN BOTTOM OF SHORT HANDLE & LIP ON JACK FRAME. HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS IN THE PINCH POINT WHEN

EMPLOYEE CUT RIGHT LEG JUST ABOVE KNEE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHILE CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYER BELT, REQUIRED 3 STITCHES, MEDICAL ONLY, NO LOSS TIME.

EE WAS CHECKING CRUSHER WHEN HE WENT TO CLIMB OUT FELT PAIN IN BACK.

EE WAS AT GYRATORY CRUSHER TRYING TO BREAK LOOSE ROCK JAM. HE HAD ONE ROCK HE WAS TRYING TO PUSH MANUALLY INTO CRUSHER WHEN HE PUSHED ON ROCK HE FELT A VERY SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE SHOP AND WAS STRUCK BY A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE AND KNOCKED DOWN. BROKE MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND AND LACERATED INDEX FINGER, BRUISED RIB.

INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD PICKE DUP METAL BRACE FOR FUEL TANK TO PLACE ON WORK BENCH FOR REPAIR. WHEN THEY LIFTED BRACK TO PUT ON BENCH HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE SAW PIECE OF METAL IN METAL BIN. HE REACED IN METAL BIN TO PUSH IT DOWN, THE SCREEN CLOTH WAS IN A BIND. IT FLIPPED UP HITTING HIM IN MOUTH. LACERATING LIP & CHIN HAD TO TAKE STITCH ES.

INJURED HAD HIS FINGER UNDER C BEAM WHEN HE LET OFF THE PORTA POWER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING GATE AT FRONT OF SCREEN. HE WAS USING A PIECE OF METAL TO ADJUST DOOR. HE SLIPPED ON ICY DECK AND HIT FINGER WITH METAL.

980C LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING TRUCK HOIST CYLINDER LINE BLOW & BUCKET FELL ON TRAILER OF TRUCK TOOK ANOTHER 980F LOADER ON ATTEMPTED TO LIFT BUCKET OFF TRUCK TRAILER PICKED BUCKET UP OFF TR UCK ON ATTEMPTED TO BACK AWAY FROM TRUCK 980C BUCKET TILLE UP CAUSING 980F LOADER BUCKET TO SLIP OFF OF 980C BUCKET IT FELL TO GROUND & THREW EMPLOYEE AGAINST RT HAND SIDE OF CAB BRUISED LEFT

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING DECK AT JAW CRUSHER. HE WAS MOVING LARGE ROCK. ROCK SLIPPED PINNING HIS FINGER BETWEEN HANDRAIL AND ROCK, CUTTING FINGER.

INJURED WAS SERVICING MACHINE.HE WENT TO GET BACK IN CAB.HE STEPPED ON LADDER LEFT AHND ON HANDRAIL AND STARTED TO PULL UP.HAD A BAD CATCH IN LOWER BACK.

USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE WEDGE OUT HIT WEDGE FELT PAIN IN BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING HOIST CABLE ON DROPBALL. WAS PLACING CABLE IN HOIST DRUM WHEN THE CABLE SLIPPED BACK. EMPLOYEE TOLD THE SECOND EMPLOYEE HELPING TO PUSH CABLE BACK TO HIM SO HE COULD RES ET THE CABLE. THE EMPLOYEE DIDN'T GET HIS HANDS ON THE CABLE BEFORE HE TOLD THE OTHER EMPLOYEE TO PUSH THE CABLE COMPLETELY OUT STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE, HITTING HIS SAFETY GLASSES, HIS LIP AND

ON ONE KENEE TIGHTENING BOLT WHEN ADJUSTABLE SLIPPED HITTING KNEE BOUNCED UP CHIPPED TOOTH.

EMPL WAS WORKING ON PUTTING BLADE ON RIDING LAWN MOVER HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON LAST BLADE WHEN SOCKET SLIPPED OFF HIS HAND HIT SIDE OF DECK CAUSING DEEP CUT ON K NUCKLE ON RIGHT HAND REQUI RING 5 STITCHES.

EMPL HAD FDINISHED DRILLING HOLE & WAS CHANGING STEEL WHEN HE UNSCREWED HAMMER FROM COUPLING HE LOOKED UP & WAS BLINDED BY SUN. COUPLING FELL STRIKING EMPL ACROSS NOSE & CHEEK.

EMP HURT HIS BA7K WHILE DRILLING, HE WAS COMING OUT OF HOLE & UNDOING STEEL. HE WAS PUTTING STEEL IN RACK AND LOST CONTROL OF STEEL, TRIED TO CATCH IT AND WHEN HE DID HE HURT HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF CHANGING DRILL STEEL WHILE SCREWING IN FEW PIECE OF STEEL CHAIN TO HAMMER OF DRILL BROKE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON BACK OF SAFETY HELMENT AND KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS REFRAIN ON CHUTE ON FRONT OF #2 SCREEN HE WAS INSIDE THE CHUTE AND ASKED HELPER TO DROP HIM A PIECE OF METEL PLATE THE PIECE OF PLATE STRUCK BOTTOM OF CHUTE BOUNCED AND WAS CAUGHT CAUGHT EMPLOYEE BUT ONE CORNER OF METEL PLATE STRUCK & LACERATED RIGHT EYEBROW.

REMOVING BELT OUT OF RING GEAR IN DIFFERENTIAL ON LOADER.GEAR DROPPED DOWN,AXLE CAUGHT EMPL BETWEEN CONCRETE FLOOR AND GEAR CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND,REQUIRING STITCHES.

HELPING OTHER DRILLER-DRILLED HOLE 8\DEEP -HAD TO SWING GUIDE DOGS OUT OF POSITION FOR HAMMER TO GO IN BETWEEN,DOGS ARE COUNTER WEIGHTED IN ORDER TO STAY OPEN OR CLOSED.EMPL PUSHED DOGS OPEN B UT DOGS FELL BACK.OPENED AGAIN WITH LEFT HAND AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN DOGS AND STOP.