GRAHAM-VIRGINIA: 131 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee had finished using a cleaning solvent and lit a cigarette. Ashes from the cigarette caught residual solvent on the employee's shirt on fire.

IW was in chute above P4 tail pulley when EE's hand was impaled with a piece of steel that was sticking away from the wall causing a laceration to EE's right hand.

Employee was cutting a piece of wear metal out of a chute. As employee was cutting, the 42-inch x 21-inch x 1-inch plate popped free and smashed their left thumb between the chute and the plate.

Employee was onloading a small pipe bender by hand. When EE set the bender on the ground the handle came around and hit the employee in the ear, resulting in a laceration to the ear lobe.

The employee was changing the drill bit when left index finger was caught between the hammer and the drill bit.

On 6/6/19 at approximately 1330 hours WAH employee #11992 was using a metal pry-bar and the suction hose from a VAC-CON truck attempting to locate an existing water line. The pry-bar was sucked by the vac hose, pinching their left hand index finger and middle finger between the pry-bar and the hose.

Employee slipped while attempting to get into track loader. Employee sprained their left ankle. Did not want to seek medical attention on injury date.

EE got a piece of concrete in EE's left eye while working in a man hole. Concrete flew onto EE's safety glasses and into EE's left eye causing 2 abrasions. EE was taken to the ER.

Employee was helping move a 150lb plate when right thumb got caught in between the two overlapped plates resulting in a laceration and fracture.

Employee was in the process of assisting in removing loader bucket hardware on a 988K loader. Employee reached under the bucket to push the bolt up as another employee spun the bolt. This resulted in a laceration to right middle finger. (3 stitches)

EE was welding and a piece of hot slag rolled into his boot, EE had his pant leg tucked in. EE worked the rest of his shift and part of the next before it started to swell. EE went back to his house and later to the hospital. EE had an infection set in and his Dr's. waited until the swelling went down before releasing him on 8/16/13 and back to full duty 8/20/13.

Pressing bearing into hydraulic cylinder when a piece of the bearing broke off and went into knee.

Employee injured shoulder while picking up chain wrench.

Employee was walking up Gyro tower stairs and tripped, spraining his ankle.

Employee was using a grinder with a sanding pad to clean the mantle liner. The grinder jerked and came in contact with his right forearm creating a laceration.

Pulling nail out of a board, when the nail came out he hit his arm on a pencil rod/all-threaded rod.

A splinter entered the EE's left forearm when he brushed against a rail tie while assisting another EE load a front-end loader onto a lowboy trailer.

Employee's right arm was pinned beneath the handrail and in the roller at the same time as his hand was drawn into the troughing roller while inspecting the #2 conveyor belt, receiving ten stitches and abrasions to multiple areas of right arm/hand while trying to free himself.

EE left index finger was lacerated after cutting it with a utilityknife while trying to cut through a wire tie for a Teledyne.

Skirtboard lacerated employee's right hand palm, receiving stitches.

Employee was in the control booth and walked out the door, stepped with his left foot and twisted his ankle. He did not step on any obstruction.

Ee was removing the center rail hold down bolt with a ratchet wrench. The wrench slipped off the bolt head and pinched his finger between the socket and the angle bolt head protector causing the accident.

Working on the middle deck of a creen shaker and the screen was handed into the shaker the wrong way. Ee then had to turn the screen around before sliding it into place. Also note that this did not become a reportable accident until September 1, 2004

WAS THROWING AWAY OLD ELECTRIC PUMP & OTHER STEEL INTO THE BUCKET OF A BOBCAT. STEPPED OVER THE METAL, GETTING READY TO TAKE IT TO THE DUMPSTER, WHEN HE NOTICED ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL. HE WENT TO GET OUT AND CAUGHT HIS HEEL IN THE ELECTRIC CORD TRIPPING AND INJURING RIGHT ANKLE.

CHANGING THE SHAFT ON THE DRIVE HEAD PULLEY OF CONVEYOR 15, AFTER REMOVING THE SHAFT TO ADJUST IT SO WE COULD PULL IT OUT THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE TOWER, THE SHAFT SLID DOWN AND SMASHED THE LEF T INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND THE FRAME. IT REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.

TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ROCKBREAKER OPERATOR THAT HE HAD AN OIL LEAK. THE OPERATOR PULLED OVER AND SWUNG MACHINE AROUND. IT WASN'T FULLY LEVEL. HE CALLED FOR A MECHANIC. MECHANIC & OPERATOR ADDED OI L TOT HE MACHINE. OPERATOR WAS ASKED TO START MACHINE. GOING DOWN TO START MACHINE, HE TRIPPED OVER THE OIL CAN LEFT ON THE CATWALK, FALLING ONTO THE TRACKS HURTING HIS RIGHT SIDE BACK AREA.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING A R65 EUC HAUL TRUCK.

USING A PORTABLE WIRE BRUSH GRINDER TO CLEAN DIRTAND OLD BACKING MATERIAL OFF OF THE MAIN SHAFT AND CRUSHER HEAD. WHILE DOING THIS JOB A PIECE OF THE WIRE BRISTLE BROKE OFF AND LODGED IN HIS L OWER RIGHT THIGH JUST ABOVE HIS KNEE.

HOLDING DRIFT PIN TO DRIVE BASE PIN INTO TELEDYNE BREAKER.

EMPLOYEE HAD A PERIODIC SCREENING CHEST X-RAY READ BY TWO "B" READERS. USING THE ILO PROCEDURES. THE X-RAYS WERE CHARACTERIZED AS CONSISTENT WITH PNEUMOCONIOSES WHITH READINGS OF Y, AND 1/2. D AMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED. THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO SATISFY MSHA PROGRAM POLICY, LETTER P92-111-2.

HOSE & WIRING HARNESS HAD RUBBED TOGETHER OVER TIME. RUB HOLE IN HARNESS SHORTED OUT ON HOSE CAUSED FIRE UNDER CAB

EE WAS USING A 988 CAT LOADER TO SELECT ROCKS FROM A PILE ABOUT 15 FEET TALL. WHILE RETURNING TO THE PILE AFTER SETTING ASIDE ONE OF THE ROCKS. A ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE PILE AND HIT THE LOADER B UCKET WHICH WAS ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE THE FLOOR. WHEN THE ROCK MADE CONTACT WITH THE BUCKET IT JARRED THE OPERATOR AND INJURED HIS NECK.

EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF WEAR METAL FROM A WA-600 KOMATSU BUCKET. HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMERTO HIT THE PIECE OF WEAR METAL IN ORDER TO KNOCK IT IN TO THE RELEASE POSITION. THIS WAS A SPARE LOADER BUCKET AND WAS SITTING ON THE YARD. IT WAS SLIGHTLY WEATHERED AND RUSTY. WHILE HITTING THE WEAR METAL WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF & PUNCTURED/LODGED IN HIS SHIN.

WHILE SERVICING EQUIPMENT IN THE SERV LANE IN THE SHOP EE WAS WALKING AROUND THE EQUIPMENT WHEN HE STEPPED IN SOME MUD THAT HAD DROPPED OFF SOMEOF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS BEING SERVICED. THE EE SLIPPED & FELL BACKWARDS AS HE TRIED TO BREAK HIS FALL WITH HIS RIGHT ARM. THE CONDITIONS OF THE GROUND OUTSIDE OF THE SHOP WAS MUDDY DU TO RAIN THE NITE BEFORE

WHILE WAITING TO BE LOADED IN THE PIT BY THE SHOVEL A ROCK ABOUR 5' IN DIAMETER FELL FROM THEI HIGH WALL AND HIT THE BACK OF THE R-65 REAR DUMP JARRING THE OPERATOR.

INJURED WAS ATOP THE 7 FT. FEEDER CHANGING THE FEEDER LINER. HE WAS PULLING OUT THE COUNTER SUNK BOLT WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHILE A CO-WORKER WAS ASSISTING HIM BY OPERATING THE IMPACT GUN TO LOOS EN THE BOLT. CO-WORKER STARTED THE GUN WHILE INJURED STILL HAD A HOLD OF THE BOLT CAUSING THE JAGGED-EDGED BOLT TO TURN CUTTING HIS LEFT THUMB.

EE HAD A PERIODIC SCREENING CHEST X RAY REED BY TWO B REEDERS USING THE ILPROCEDURS. THE X RAYS WAS CHARACTERIZED AS CONSITEN WITH PN WITH READINGS OF Y AND 1/2 DAMAGE OR IMMPAIRMENT. CANNOT B E DETERMIND SOLELY BY READING CHRIST X RAYS FILM THIS REPORT IS BEING CUBMITTED TO SATIFSY MSHA PROGRAM THAT LETTER P92 III-2.

TRYING TO PULL 9' BOLT OUT OF BASE OF PRIMARY CRUSHER USING A 1/2 TON COME-A-LONG HOOKED TO AN EYE WELDED TO THE BOLT. THE WELD BROKE.

EE WAS INSTALLING A HYDRAULIC PACK AND HOSES FOR THE HIGH FREQUENCY SCREEN. AFTER WIRE TIES WERE PUT ON HOSES, EE ATTEMPTED TO CUT THE EXCESS OFF OF THE TIES. HOLDING HIS UTILITY KNIFE WITH HI S RIGHT HAND, HIS HAND SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.

THE INJURED WAS TIGHTENING THE ROTARY HEAD ON DRILL STEEL . HE WAS HOLDING THE DRILL STEEL WITH A 60" WRENCH PIPE, WHEN THE DRILL STEEL TURNED AND PINNED HIS ARM BETWEEN THE BOOM.

EMPLOYEE HAD A PERIODIC SCREENING CHEST X-RAY READ BY 2 B READERS USING THE ILO PROCEDURES. THE X-RAY WAS CHRACTERIZED AS CONSISTENT WITH PNEUMOCONIOSIS WIT READINGS OF 1/1 AND 1/2. DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED SOLEY BY READING CHEST X-RAY FILMS. THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO SATISFY MSHA PROGRAM POLICY LETTER P92-III-2

EMPLOYEE WENT DOWN INTO PIT TO CHECK CHARGING SYSTEM ON THE PIT SHOVEL. HE RAISED THE DOOR AFTER REMOVING THE BOLTS, AND THE WIND CAUGHT THE DOOR AND SLAMMED IN DOWN ONTO HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSIN G LACERATION.

JERRY WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WITH THE BELTING KNIFE. HE HAD HIS HAND TO CLOSE AND CUT HIS LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER THROUGH HIS FINGER NAILS.

EE WAS STANDING ON HOOD OF CAT 773A HAUL TRUCK CHECKING RADIATOR FLUID LEVEL. LOST BALANCE AND FELL FROM THE HOOD TO THE GROUND.

WAS CHINGING BUCKETS ON BOBCAT; SUSTAINED CONTUSIONS TO LEFT KNEE AND LEG.

DRILL STELL HAD BEEN MOVED INTO LOCATION AND BACKHOE HAD BEEN PLACED ON BLOCKS WHEN EE UNHOOKED THE CHAIN AND STELL ROLLED ONTO RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE FROM STAFFORD QUARRY OPERATING WATER TRUCK. TRUCK WAS PARKED AND INJURED CLIMBED LADDER TO TOP OF WATER TRUCK TANKE TO INSPECT WATER TANK. AS HE DESCENDED LADDER HE STEPPED DOWN ON T HE HOOD AWKEWARD WITH HIS LEFT FOOT SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

HE WAS RUNNING A 980B CAT FRONT END LOADER. SEAT HAD A WEAK SHOCK IN IT WHICH HE SAID CAUSED HIS BACK TO GET SORE.

SHARP EDGES ON CABLE SOCKET OF DROPBALL.

INJURED HAD REMOVED BOXING HOUSING BY CUTTING OFF WITH TORCH HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO R EMOVE THE INNER BENDING FACE BY CUTTING WITH TORCH & THEN STRIKING IT WITH A 4LB HAMMER WHEN INJURED STRUCK THE INNER BOXING PLACE WITH THE HEATER A SMALL PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIS RT INDEX FINGER

INJURED JUMPED FROM CONVEYOR FRAME 2-21/2FT TO CONCRETE FLOOR ATTEMPTING TO PULL SAFETY STOP CORD TO PREVENT THE CONVEYOR FROM CARRYING A SLEDGE HAMMER HE WAS USING TO DISLODGE BRIDGED MATERIA L FROM A FEEDER FROM GOING INTO THE PUG MILL

OPERATING DOZER ON STEEP INCLINE WITH INADEQUATE BRAKES THE DOZER CAME DOWN STEEP INCLINE IN REVERSE & INJURED WAS FORCED BACK INTO SEAT AT TIME OF IMPACT ON BOTTOM OF INCLINE CAUSING INJURY T O BACK

INJURED WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO MOUNT THE 773-B CAT HAUL TRUCK WHEN SHE STRUCK HER LEFT KNEE ON THE BUMPER OF THE TRUCK, CAUSING HER SOME DISCOMFORT AND PAIN IN THE LEFT KNEE.

INJ & HELPER UNLOADING A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL 30' X 6" DIA FROM BACK OF A BOX TYPE DELIVERY TRAILER WITH AN OVERHEAD SHOP CRANE. AS THE DRILL STEEL WAS BEING UNLOADED IT SUDDENLY MOVED TO ONE SIDE AND EMPL WAS UNABLE TO RELEASE GRIP ON THE DRILL STEEL FAST ENOUGH CAUSING TWISTING OF UPPER BODY STRAINING LOWER LEFT BACK.

WHILE REMOVING V-BELTS FROM MOTOR SHIEVE, THE LAST BELT WAS IN A BIND. HE JERKED THE BELT. THE WEIGHT OF THE MOTOR WAS RESTING ON A GUARD. THE GUARD BRACKET BROKE AND THE MOTOR AND MOUNT FELL APPROX. 4". THE MOTOR MOUNT ANGLE IRON CAUGHT THE RIGHT SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE AND PUNCTURED THROUGH BOOT INTO FOOT.

I NAME WAS PUTTING FAN BELTS ON A 992 CAT LOADER WHEN THE BAR HE WAS USING TO TAKE THE TENSION OFF THE TENSION PULLY SLIPPED & SMASHED HIS RT THUMB BETWEEN THE PULLEY & FAN BELT RT THUMB WAS S MASHED & HAD SEVERAL SMALL CUTRS ON RT

LOADER WAS WORKING MUCK PILE TRUCK WITH INJURED WAS BEING LOADER LARGE ROCK ROLLED OUT OF MUCK PILE STRIKING THE BED OF THE TRUCK CAUSING THE HEAD TO SNAP BACK RESULT WAS NECK SPRAINED

HE ASKED THE SHOP FOREMAN TO BORROW THE SHOP TRUCK TO WORK ON THE 80D. THE FOREMAN ASKED HIM IF HE NEEDED HELP AND HE SAID NO THAT HE WAS ONLY GOING TO CHANGE OIL. HE DECIDED TO INSTALL THE OUTBOARD BEARING HOUSING WHEN THE GOT TO THE 80D AND AS HE LIFTED IT OFF OF THE TRACK. HE INJURED HIS BACK.

I NAME WAS HELPING CUT A PIECE OF METAL OUT OF LOAD-OUT BIN WHEN THE WELDER TURNED TO GET MORE COMFORTABLE & PASSED THE TORCH OVER I NAME LEFT HAND BURNING THE LAST TWO FINGERS

INJURED WAS JUMPING OFF OF DROPBALL. BOOM WAS LOWERED ALL THE WAY DOWN AND CABLES WERE OVER TRACKS. INJURED JUMPED OVER CABLE AND DOWN OFF OF TRACKS TO CONCRETE PAD. WHEN HE LANDED HE FELT SOM ETHING IN RIGHT KNEE.

WHILE USING WRENCH TO ADJUST GOVERNOR LINKAGE THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF HE NUT AND LEFT HAND WENT INTO THE FAN AND CUT RING AND MIDDLE FINGER.

FELL ABOUT 8' OFF OF CATWALK OF HYDRAULIC SHOVEL ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR.

CUT TOP WELDS FIRST ON WEARPLATE MAKING INJURED TO HAVE TO GET DOWN UNDER PLATE TO CUT BOTTOM WELDS.

THERE WERE 3 CONCAVES LEFT TO BE REMOVED THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE UPPER 90S & I NAME WAS WEARING NO SHIRT THE WEDGE BEHING THE CONCAVE HAD BEEN DRIVEN TOO DEEP TO HIT AGAIN I NAME INSTRUCT E D I NAME TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT HITTING THE CONCAVEWITH THE HAMMER I NAME STRUCK THE CORNER OF THE CONCAVE & A PIECE OF IT SPLINTERED OFF & PENETRATED HIS SHOULDER

SHOVELED MATERIAL BENEATH TAIL PULLEY FELT PAIIN IN BACK GOT WORSE DR DETERM HAD SPRAINED BACK RESULTED FORM HIS WORK

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SHORT PRY BAR TO PRY A PIECE OF SCREEN UNDER A SIDE RAIL AND THE BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE KNEE.

INJURED HAD FIN3SHED INSTALLING AN AXLE BOLT IN THE 275 LOADER AND WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE LOADER AS HE TURNED TO PULL THE AIR HOSE FROM UNDER THE LOADER HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS HIP

THE INJURED FOREMAN WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSPECTING THE BUSHING OF THE 7( CRUSHER, WHEN THE ADJUSTING CYLINDER FELL, STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND AND BREAKING THE MIDDLE RING, AND PINKI FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.

PINCHED NERVE IN THE BACK. ACCIDENT OCCURED WHILE LIFTING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER FROM SHOP FLOOR TO BE REPAIRED BY MECHANICS.