Grayson Quarry: 49 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Repositioned a piece of steel to be cut. Steel then slid and landed on top of hand.

Employee was changing drill bit on DM30 drill. The driller dropped the drill bit onto his finger.

Employee was cutting a drill bit out of the gyratory crusher and slag fell in his ear.

The employee was sharpening bits at the shop with a grinder and felt something in his eye.

Went to catch the chute on the bulk truck & struck left index finger. On 6/3/05 lost feeling with the middle/index finger. Reported claim to the employer on 6/3/05.

Employee was raising gyratory crusher door with electric wench. The cable broke; ee jumped to make sure he was clear of the cable and fell onto his back.

The metal access door for the gyratory crusher came loose and fell into the primary feeder. The door was cut into two pieces. One piece was successfully removed without incident. The second section of the door shifted as it was being lifted and smashed the employee's thumb.

EE WAS GOING INTO SCREEN DECK, RASIED UP STRIKING BROW ON CHANNEL IRON.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON GUM "RAW" RUBBER, HAND SLIPPED OFF RUBBER AND FELL BACKWARDS ON THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE LOWERING PIECE OF METAL BY HAND AND IT FELL. FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON LADDER WITHOUT ANYONE HOLDING IT--FRACTURED LEFT WRIST.

EE WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK FROM PIT TO CRUSHER, HIT HOLE IN ROAD AND JAMMED WRIST AGAINST KNOB ON STEERING WHEEL.

EE WAS REMOVING ROCK DEFLECTOR. ROCK DEFLECTOR SLIPPED OUT OF HAND RESULTING IN CUT TO LEFT FOOT JUST PAST STEEL TOE ON BOOT

POSITIONED COME-A-LONG TO RAISE SCREW. PULLED ON CHAIN, COME-A-LONG CAME LOOSE AND FELL APPROX. 4 FT STRIKING RIGHT ARM IN WRIST AREA.

EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS WITH AIR WRENCH, IT KICKED BACK STRIKING EE IN CHIN.

INSTALLING DISCHARGE PIPE AT SAND SCREW. PIPE WAS BEING LIFTED BY CRANE, PIPE SHIFTED CATCHING HAND BETWEEN PIPE AND METAL BRACES.

ROB CONTUSIONS RESULTING FROM A FALL OF ABOUT 4' FROM GRANITY TAK EUP PULLEY. CONVEYOR WAS LOCKED OUT AT TIME. CUTTING AWAY A GUARD TO REPLACE TO GRIZZLY FALSE UP PULLEY.

EE GOT OUT OF HAUL TRUCK TO CHECK HYD OIL WHEN DOOR CAME OPEN KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND. HE FRACTURED HIS LEFT ELBOW.

AN EMPLOYEE WAS MEASURING FITTING SFOR A CRUSHER OILER WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT CHEEK BY A FALLING ROCK RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

THE EMPLOYEE HAD A HEART ATTACK AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT.

EE (CLASS A TRUCK DRIVER) WAS REMOVING A WIRE MESH GUARD FROM BEHIND THE HYDRASET CYCINDERS OF A 5 1/2' STANDARD CONE CRUSHER. HE WAS PULLING ON THE GUARD @ ARMS DISTANCE FROM THE CRUSHER. T HE GUARD WAS BOWED OUT BETWEEN 2 OF THE CYLINDERS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE TENSION. AS IT WAS PULLED FREE THE GUARD UNCOILED & SPRANG INTO EE'S FACE CAUSING LACERATION TO LIP REQUIRING STITCHES.

EE WAS CARRYING METAL TO 4 SCREEN TO PATCH A CHUTE HE DROPPED THE METAL ON HIS FOOT MASHING HIS LITTLE TOE LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT CONVEYOR BELTING WITH A UNTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT PALM OF LEFT HAND. FIVE STITCHES REQUIRED.

INJURED WAS WALKING FROM SHOVEL TO QUARRY TRUCK, STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED ANKLE.

I,NAME WAS TRYI3G TO BREAK ICE FROM THE HEAD PULLY OF RADIAL STACKER WITH A HAMMER AND BAR. HE MISSED THE BAR AND HIT HIS INDEX FINGER, RIGHT HAND WITH THE HAMMER.

TURNING BOLT ON3SHOVEL, GOT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE.

THE INJURED AND3ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CUTTING UP SOME FALLEN TREES IN THE PLANT OFFICE YARD.HE WAS STANDING ON THE TREE BEING CUT.WHEN THE SAW WENT THROUGH THE TREE,HE LOST HIS BALANCE,THREW U P HIS ARMS TO R9GAIN BALANCE AND HIT RIGHT HAND AGAINST CHAIN SAW BLADE.STITCHES REQUIRED.

THE INJURED WAS3WORKING WITH AIR HAMMER INSIDE GYRATORY CRUSHER.HE WAS HOLDING ONTO HAMMER TO HELP BALANCE IT WHILE JACKING CONCAVES OUT OF CRUSHER,THIRD FINGER RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN H AMMER AND CRUSH9R WALL.(APPROXIMATELY 1/4" OF THE FINGER WAS REMOVED AND STITCHES USED TO CLOSE THE END OF THE FINGER.)

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG JACKHAMMER TO JACK CONCAVES AWAY FORM WALL OF GYRAPTORY CRUSHER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO HIS RIGHT SIDE. STITCHES REQUIRED AFTER METAL WAS REMOVED.

EMPL DRIVING TR5CK PIN INTO TACK OF ELEC SHOVEL.SWUNG AT PIN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER,MISSED AND STRUCK FINGER ON BOLT.5 STITCHES REQ IN FINGER.

MR RAY WAS PARKED UNDER BINS WHILE LOADING TRUCK HE CLIMBED SIDE OF TRUCK TO CHECK FOR OVERSIZED STONE WHEN HE FINISHED CHECKING LOAD HE JUMPED DOWN FROM TRUCK INSTEAD OF CLIMBING DOWN LADDER AS HE JUMPED HIS RING BECAME CAUGHT ON EDGE OF FOPS CAUSING SEVERE LACERATION OF FINGER FINGER LATER HAD TO BE AMPUTATED