Great Valley: 98 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

The employee spent the day doing various maintenance jobs welding and grinding. EE experienced eye irritation and thought it was due to smoke or dust. Late in the evening, EE went to the ER and had a small piece of steel removed from EE's eye. EE reported the injury to EE's supervisor on 4/8, the supervisor forwarded it to the safety department on 4/18.

Employee was using a utility knife to cut rubber belting. The knife slipped and cut the employee's leg. Stitches were required to close the wound.

Delivery truck driver was climbing over the side of the truck box to enter the bed when ee missed a rung on the built-in ladder inside the box and fell, suffering a fractured rib.

A storm was coming in and the wind had picked up. Employees were cleaning up the work site in preparation when one employee had a bit of sandblasting sand blow up under his safety glasses and into his eye. Flushing with water did not remove it so he saw a physician who removed it and prescribed eye drops.

Employee was using a bar to lift a feeder into place. He strained too hard and injured his groin.

While using a utility knife to cut rubber conveyor belt, the knife slipped out of a groove in the rubber causing a laceration to the employee's left thumb. The wound required three stitches, x-ray and tetanus shot.

DRIVER WAS WALKING FROM HIS TRUCK TO THE SCALEHOUSE. HE FELL BETWEEN THE SCALE AND THE END OF THE SIDEWALK, HIS LEFT FOOT WENT THRU THE SIDEWALK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WIRE THROUGH A CONDUIT IN THE SHOP, THE WIRE BROKE AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL ONTO HIS BACK.

EE WAS WALKING ON A HORIZONTAL MANITOWAC BOOM TO PERFORM MAINENENACE DUTIES. HIGHLIFT OPERATORMOVED BOOM CAUSING EE TO LOSE BALANCE & FALL TO THE GROUND. HE HIT LOWER RIGHT BACK & LEGS ALONG WITH HIS CHEST & ELBOWS. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE RIGHT SIDE, THERE ARE NO BROKEN BONES

EE WAS UNPLUGGING JAW ON DREDGE. WHILE BARRING THE ROCK LOOSE, BAR SLIPPED AGAINST PITMAN CAUSING END OF BAR TO HIT HIM NEST TO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM A 780 BACKHOE. HE SLIPPED. EE HIT THIS RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD BETWEEN TIRE AND TIE-ROD OF BACKHOE. EE REQUIRED STITCHES AND SUSTAIN A NECK STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 780 HOE-WRENCH SLIPPED-CUTTING LEFT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON PLANT STANDING 4 FEET OFF THE GROUND ON A LADDER AND A BEAM. HE WAS CUTTING H-BEAM. THE BEAM LET LOOSE AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND.

EE WAS INSIDE SCREEN WORKING ON PLANT WHEN SOMETHING GOT INTO RT EYE.

EE WAS ON A LADDER WORKING ON THE PLANT. WHEN HE CAME DOWN THE LADDER AND STEPPED ON THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS RT ANKLE.

EE WAS REMOVING HOUSING OF PLVO-MATIC CRUSHER WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE. WHEN HE REMOVED HE LAST BOLT THHE HOUSING TIPPED AND PINCHED OFF THE END OF HIS LEFT FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING OUT OF A LOADER. HE SLIPPED ON STEP WHILE EXITING AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEEON THE GAS TANK TO THE LOADER.

TRYING TO PLACE CHAIN AROUND LARGE ROCKS TO REMOVE WITH FRONTLOADER AWAY FROM THE JAW CRUSHER FELT PAIN SIN RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.

CHECKING FOR OIL LEAKS IN #945 FAIT ALLIS FRONT LOADER & WHEN TRYING TO CLIMB FROM THE LOADER SLIPPED ON TIRE & TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF LEFT ARM WENT INTO THE RUNNING LOADER FAN CUTTING ARM NE AR THE WRIST

CHANGING JAW PLATES IN JAW CRUSHER, STRIKING WEDGE WITH HAMMER. A PIECE OF STEEL (APPROX. 1/2"X1") CAME LOOSE FROM A WEDGE, STRIKING UPPER INSIDE OF LEFT LEG. STEEL BECAME IMBEDDED IN LEG.

CLEANING UP WORK SHOP, FOLLOWING REPAIRS ON BUCKE TOF DRAG LINE, PICKED UP PIECE OF STEEL, TRIPPING OVER VACUUM HOSE, DROPPING 30# PIECE OF HAND OF STEEL ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT. TWO DAYS FOLLOWI NG THIS ACCIDNET EXPERIENCED PAIN AND BLACK AND BLUE MARK.

TRYING TO UNSCREW A NUT WITH A PIPE WRENCH, USED RIGHT FOOT ON HANDLE TO GET MORE PRESSURE. FOOT SLIPPED STRIKING INSIDE RIGHT FOOT (BELOW ANKLE BONE) ON HANDLE.

EMPLOYEE WALKING ON GROUND SURFACE, TRIPPED OVER 2" WATER HOSE, TWISTING KNEE (RIGHT). WORKED TO 7/1/92 LEFT TO GO TO DOCTOR, OFF ONE DAY OF WORK 7/2/92.

TRYING TO REMOVE A BACK PLATE WITH A SCREWDRIVER FROM SCREEN,IT SUDDENLY LEG LOOSE PINCHING THUMB BETWEEN SCREEN DECK AND BACK PLATE.

TURNING BRAKE DRUM ON DRAGLINE WHEN IT PULLED HAND STRIKING AND PINCHING HAND AGAINST FUEL TANK.

WRENCH SLIPPED HE FELL AGAINST CRUSHER

DISMOUNTING FROM FRONT LOADER, FOOTING WAS WET WITH RAIN, SLIPPED, STRIKING SELF ON MACHINE, HITTING RIGHT AND LEFT SHOULDER, ELBOW AND RIGHT WRIST.

REPLACING 1 1/4" CABLE ON DRAGLINE WHEN THUMB BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN IN EDGE AND CABLE WHILE BEING PULLED THROUGH.

USING 24 TO 1 MULTIPLIER WRENCH ON CONE CRUSHER-CHAIN SLIPPED CAUSING THE WRENCH TO STRIKE RIGHT KNEE.