GRIFFIN QUARRY: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

While welding the employee noticed irritation to one eye and realized EE had something in EE's eye.

Employee was helping install a cone crusher ram cylinder when it slipped and caused a contusion to their left hand.

Employee was accessing a secondary crusher platform to inspect a crusher when a rock fell from an overhead conveyor striking the employee in the back of the head.

Employee claimed that employee kneeled on a rock while employee was washing out and injured the knee.

Trespasser wrecked a four wheeler within the plant's stockpile area.

The miner was loading cribbing material, 30-40lbs per, into the bed of service truck when the rope handle attached to the cribbing wrapped around the tip of right middle finger. The miners right middle finger from first joint to tip was broken and degloved.

The employee was attempting to remove a pin from the loader bucket, when striking the pin, a piece of metal came off striking them in the neck causing a laceration.

Employee was working on the 990 loader door safety latch. When he reached toward the door to remove a nut which was directly in front of him he felt a pop in his right shoulder.

Employee was changing a hydraulic line when he reached for a bolt to tighten and felt a pop in his left shoulder.

EE was cutting a piece of metal when slag burned through his pants and fell inside of his boot burning the top of his foot.

Employee was installing a table bushing. Bushing became stuck on the second piece of drill steel. As the employee was aligning the piece of drill steel to lower, the bushing fell approximately six inches pinning his left pinky and ring finger between the table and bushing, resulting in fourteen stitches.

Employee was changing out belts on a conveyor drive motor, when the metal railing he had the come-along attached to broke, causing his finger to be pinched between the belt and pulley. The injury required stitiches.

Walking & stepped on a rock and fell back, leg bent back, hurt knee.

EE WAS ABOUT TO HOOK A CRANE TO THE TOGGLE PLATE FROM THE JAW CRUSHER. THE TOGGLE PLATE ROLLED IN ITS SEAT AND FELL ON BOTH OF HIS FEET PINNING HIM UNDER IT. THE PLATE WAS NOT BLOCKED UP. THE PLATE WAS LIFTED OFF OF HIM AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE E.R. VIA AMBULANCE.

EE WAS BEGINNING TO HOIST AN I-BEAM USING A CHAIN HOIST WHEN THE LOAD SHIFTED AND THE I-BEAM ROLLED COMPLETELY OVER FALLING ON THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BACK ON TROFFER ROLLERS WITH BOTH HANDS AND USING HIS FEET TO GAIN LEVERAGE AGAINST CONVEYER MOUNTING BRACKET. THE ROLLERS RELEASED AND EMPLOYEE'S ARM HIT AGAINST ANOTHER SET OF ROLLERS STRIKING HIS ELBOW AND UPPER ARM.

EE WAS DOING MAINTENACE AT HOPPER ON THE GRIZZLYBARSEE STEPPED DOWN INTO FEEDER PAN AND SLIPPEDAS HE TRIED TO CATCH IS BALANCE, HE STRUCK HIS FINGER WITH HAMMER CRUSHING IT BETWEEN HAMMER AN D LARGE ROCK INSIDE FEEDER.

EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL CHEEKPLATE IN JAW CRUSHER AND WAS HITTING A CHEEKPLATE WITH A 16# HAMMER TO LINE UP BOLT HOLES. A SMALL PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF THE CHEEKPLATE AND WENT INTO HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE DRIVING BUSHING IN CAT 980 C LOADER DOG BONES.HE WAS KNEELING ON SHOP FLOOR WITH WEIGHT RESTING ON BOTH KEES USING A 16 LB HAMMER TO DRIVE BUSHING IN LOADER ARM.AFTER STRIKING BUSHING WITH HAMMER HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.HETHEN FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE AND STOOD UP.AFTER STRETCHING FOR A MINUTE THE PAIN WENT AWAY.LATER IN THE DAY HE BENT DOWN AND HIS KNE

EMPLOYEE INSTALLING ROCK GUARD ON HAUL UNIT HAD GUARD IN PLACE ON FRONT & FACK WELDER HE WAS PULLING BACK PART OF GUARD CLOSER TO BED WITH A COMEALONG GUARD WAS PULLED TOO FAR AS TENSION WAS A PPLIED COMEALONG WAS THEN REMOVED EMPLOYEE WAS ON HANDS & KNEES ATTEMPTED TO PUSH GUARD BACK DOWN WITH BOTH HANDS WHEN TACK WELD BROKE GUARD BROKE LOOSE EMPLOYEE LOST BALAZNCE & FELL TO THE G

INDIVIDUAL REPORTED INJURY ON 7/30/94. SAID HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE AT 4:30PM ON 7/29/94, BUT DID NOT KNOW WHEN OR HOW HE GOT IT IN HIS EYE. HE SAID HE WASHED HIS EYE OUT AND IT FELT BETT ER. ON MONDAY 8/1/94 HIS EYE WAS RED AND SWOLLEN. SENT HIM TO DOCTOR. NOTHING WAS FOUND IN HIS EYE. 5 ML OF OCUFLEX OPTH SOLUTION WAS PRESCRIBED.

SET TING 4FTX8FTX1/2IN STEEL PLATE IN RACK 2IN DIAMETER STEEL SUPPORT POSTS BROKE (WELD) ALLOWING STEEL SUPPORT TO FALL ACROSS FOOT & THE STEEL PLATE TO FALL ONTO THE STEEL SUPPORT

THE EMPLOYEE HAS A PAST HISTORY OF BLACKOUTS. PRIOR TO THIS BLACKOUT INCIDENT, HE HAD DIARRHEA FOR 3 DAYS AND WAS DEHYDRATED. AFTER EATING A SANDWICH AND DRINKING A COLD BEVERAGE FOR LUNCH, HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE DIZZINESS AND NAUSEA, WHEREUPON HE BEGAN VOMITING. THE WAS CARRIED TO THE MAIN OFFICE WHERE HE BLACKED OUT.

INDIVIDUAL WAS 6ENT OVER FACING A CONVEYOR BELT A ROCK THAT HAD FALLEN OFF OPPOSITE SIDE OF BELT NEAR TUNNEL ENTRANCE HIT WALL OF TUNNEL & BOUNCED ONTO UNDERSIDE OF BELT TRAVELING TOWARDS TAIL PULLEY ROLLED A7ROSS BELT & CASME OFF AISLE SIDE HITTING INDIVIDUAL ON LOWER RTR.SIDE OF HIS BACK CAUSING A MINOR SPRAIN

EMP WAS USING A316# SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK PIN OUT OF BOOM OF DROPBALL, GREASE FITTING OF PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF STRIKING LEFT EYE, NOTHING ENTERED EYE LEFT EYE WAS BRUISED

USING 8 LB SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE WEDGES INTO LOCKING POST ON 4 1/4 SYMONS CRUSHER WHEN INDIVIDUAL WAS HITTING WEDGE WITH HAMMER HIS HAND HIT THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER WHEN HAND HIT SIDE OF CT USHER THE RT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT