Hamilton Mill: 45 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

EE was cleaning the overchute above the cone crusher and was pulling the rock away and then felt a sharp pain starting at his shoulder and ran down his arm. This incident is considered an illness, due to the fact that a previous injury occurred to the same shoulder back in 1992.

Injury strained his back while climbing a ladder. He has had previous problems with lower back strains and inflamation prior to this incident. He did not have what would be considered an accident. It was considered a strain due to his physical condition and age. The original accident occured on 7/28/09, but was not diagnosed until 8/3/09.

During inspection of dust collector baghouse, employee got dust in left eye. Employee was wearing proper PPE provised for performing this procedure. Employee was wearing half mack respirator nstead of full face respirator provided. *Accident not reported until 8/19/08.*

While climbing ladder to install swing gate, employee had sharp pain starting in left ankle and going up left leg.

While installing a haul road warning sign, employee stepped onto berm to pack dirt around the sign when he felt a sharp shooting pain in right ankle. Diagnosed with soft tissue strain or sprain to right ankle.

During replacement of defective pump employee suffered muscle strain in left lower lumbar area of back. Conditions were wet and muddy and poor design by previous owners.

Employee cut finger tip of left index finger requiring stitches while installing bulk sack on air activated slide gate.

Employee was examining bad skirting and cut his hand on the conveyor belt. During inspection of guarding and skirting on conveyor #9 (BC-09) the injured employee was directing the maintenance man to a section that needed repair by pointing his finger. The employee's finger became caught between the skirting and the conveyor belt causing a cut to his finger that required sutures.

SAFETY SUPERVISOR NOTIFIED PLANT SUPERVISOR THATEE WAS COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN. EE WAS CONTACTED AND HE STATED HE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN IT OCCURRED OR WHAT HE WAS DOING. THIS IS AN AGGRAVATION OF A PREVIOUS INJURY.

WHILE INVESTIGATING LOUD NOISE AND EXCESSIVE VIBRATION FROM USI CRUSHER. A STEEL PLATE WELDED ON CHUTE BROKE LOOSE AND FELL STRIKING EE ON HEAD. CALL PIPE WAS IN USE AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

MATERIAL IN HOPPER FROZE WHILE PRYER WAS BEING REPAIRED DURING THE THAWING OF HOPPER. EE WAS USING T HANDLE BAR TO BREAK UP MATERIAL. BAR BECAME STUCK AND WHEN HE PULLED ON IT, IT CAME LOOSE A ND STRUCK HIM IN CITIEST.

WHILE OPERATING THE CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE METAL FROM MIXER, THE HOSE TO THE TORCH STARTED LEAKING AND CAUGHT ON FIRE CAUSING MINOR BURN TO RIGHT ARM.

WHILE OFF LOADING PALLETS FROM TRUCK, A PALLET ON ADJACENT STACK WAS HUNG UP ON PALLET STACK BEING REMOVED AND FELL OFF STACK AS OPERATOR PULLED AWAY FROM TRUCK. PALLET STRUCK OPERATOR ON RIGH T ARM ELBOW AREA. FORKLIFT WAS PARRALE TO TRUCK WHEN PALLET HIT FORKLIFT AND OPERATOR.

EMPLOYEE TURNED TO WALK FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER IN FRONT OF THE BACK TIRE OF A FORKLIFT THAT WAS PASSING BY. THE FORKLIFT RAN OVER HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EE WAS PICKING UP SOME EXPANDED METAL WHEN IT CAUGHT ON A LADDER AND CUT HIS THUMB.

EE WAS WORKING ON A DRIVE BELT AND HAD HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER TIP PINCHED AT THE SHEAVE WITH COMPRESSION RESULTING IN SURGICAL REPAIR.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF THE FORKLIFT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON HYDRAULIC FLUID ON THE FLOOR OF THE FORKLIFT. HE FELL HEADFIRST TOWARDS THE CEMENT FLOOR, CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS HANDS AND INJUR ING HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUTSIDE TO CHECK ON A SURGE TANK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AN ICY PATCH FALLING ON HIS LOWER BACK. HE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON (1/18/00) AND DID NOT REPORT I NJURIES REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 1-21-00.

EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE PATCHING A BULK BAG IN FRONT OF THE 120 TANK. THE CO-WORKER WAS COVERING ONE OF THE HOLES WITH HIS HAND WHEN EMPLOYEE STARTED TO KNEEL ON HIS LEFT KNEE. AT THAT TIM E, THE EMPLOYEE FELT AN EXTREMELY SHARP PAIN IN HIS HIP(FRONT AND BACK). HE STTOD UP AND TRIED TO WALK THE PAIN OFF WITH NO SUCCESS. HE HAD NOT BEEN CARRYING ANYTHING AT THE TIME.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPORSITION A SCALE ON ITS PIVOT POINTS, EE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF STEEL, CAUSING THE ANIL ON THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND TO BE CRUSHED. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT UNITE GENERAL HOSPTIAL IN SEDRO WOOLLEY WHERE THE DOCTOR REMOVED THE NAIL AND SUTURES THE NAIL BED LACERATION.

OUR CO FILED AN INJURY REPORT ON THIS EE ON 1/10/94 AT THAT TIME HE INJURED HIS BACK & WAS UNDERA DOCTORS CARE W/O ANY TIME LOSS. THIS INJURY THAT WAS FILED ON 1/10/94 BECAME A LOST TILME INJU RY ON 2/23/95. THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED ONTHE ADVICE OF THE BELLEVUE, WA. MSHA OFFICE.

EE RETURNED TO WORK FROM A BAKC INJURY HE SSUSTAINED ON 1-13-93 (RETURN TOWORK DATE 8-8-94) HE CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS AFTER RETURN TO WORK. EE STARTED TO MISS WORK ON 1-12-95 UPON VERBAL A DVICEOF HIS DR.

EE WAS PULLING ON A LARGE WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOW BACK/HIP AREA.

EMPL WAS PAINTING SAFETY RAILS AT SAME TIME THE CARLOADER WAS LOADING FINISHED PRODUCT ON A TRUCK. THE LIFT TRUCK WAS BEING BACKED DOWN AN INCLINED RAMP, STRIKING EMPL KNOCKING EMPL DOWN & DRA GGING HIS LEGS UNDER THE REAR COUNTER WEIGHT PORTION OF THE FORKLIFT, BREAKING BOTH LOWER LEGS.

INJURED WAS BAGGING 100 LB SACKS OF FINISHED PRODUCT, WHILE STACKING AFILLED BAG HE TWISTED AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL START A GAS POWERED WATER PUMP BENT OVER & FELT A SHART PAIN IN LOW BACK.

WHILE CLEANING FROZEN MATERIAL FROM GIZZLY EE WRENCHED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE JUMPED FROM ELEVATED LOADING DOCK TO GROUND. IN DOING SO HE DROVE A CONCRETE NAIL THROUGH BOTTOM OF SHOE INTO HIS FOOT.

INJURED WAS STEPPING INTO LOADER BUCKE TAND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

CARLOADER INSIDE RR CAR CLEANING FOREIGN MATTER.AFTER COMPLETING J0B WAS EXITING CAR,SLIPPED BRUISING RIBS AND SCRAPING LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MAINT ENANCE PERSONNEL WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF A VIBRATING SCREEN DECK MOTOR MOTOR WAS SECURED TO A CHAIN HOIST ABOVE THE SCREEN DECK FOR POSITIONING CHAIN ON THE HOISTA BROKE ALLOWING THE MOTOR TO FALL STRIKING THE SCREEN DECK MOTOR SLID FROM SCREEN DECK & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG

THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVINGA BULK BAG FROM A STEEL BIN WHILE STANDING ON THE BIN EDGE. THE BIN STANDS APPROX. 50 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE FELL OFF THE BIN EDGE, INTO ANOTHER STEEL BI N WHICH WAS BESIDE THE BIN WITH THE BULK BAG. HE FELL ABOUT 36" AND LANDED ON HIS RIBS.

THE INJURED TRIPPED ON AN EDGE OF A LOADING RAMP AND HIT HIS TOE AGAINST A GUARD RAIL

THE EMPLOYEE WAS RESTARTING A STOPPED SCREEN DECK VIBRATOR WHEN HE GOT MATERIAL IN HIS EYE.

I NAME STEPPED OFF A 5 TON HYSTER FORKLIFT IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF HIS WORK DUTIES SACKING SAND AND TRANSPORTING PALLETS OF SAND USING FORKLIFTS I NAME APPARENTLY LANDED ON HIS L ANKLE SO AS T O TWIST IT I OBSERVED SWELLING OF HIS ANKLE SHORTLY AFTERWARD

WHILE LIFTING A3100# SACK OF SAND ONTO AS PALLET, I,NAME FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK & UP INTO HIS LEFT SHOULDER & NECK.

WHILE PLACING A3100 LB BAG OF SAND ON A PALLET I NAME FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE PLACING A3100 LB BAG OF SAND ON A PALLET I.NAME FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS NECK AND LOWER BACK

WHILE PICKING U1 A 50 LB GAG OF SAND FROM THE FLOOR TO PLACE ON A PALLET 4.5 FEET HIGH, I,NAME FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE ON A LADD9R & REACHING TO REMOVE A BOLT, I,NAME STRAINED HIS BACK.

WHILE CLEANING 5 BATCH MIXER I.NAME CUT HIS KNEE ON ONE OF THE MIXING PADDLES

WHILE SACKING 50# BAGS OF SAND I NAME STRAINED HIS LWER BACK THIS IS AL ALLEDGED REOCCURRING INJURY THAT ORIGINATED ON 10 23 86 WORKMANS COMP CLAIM #J 65469

EMPLOYEE WAS SACKING SAND ON A AUGER TYPE SACKING MACHINE. MACHINE DID NOT SHUT OFF, OVERFILLING BAG (110-120#) BAG SLID OFF MACHINE ONTO FLOOR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT BAG OFF FLOOR, EMPLOYEE INJURED LOWER BACK.

INJURED MISSED STEP WHILE STEPPING OFF FRONT ENDLOADER,JAMMING BACK AND CAUSING PAIN IN VERB AND BACK.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A LARGE ROCK FROM THE RECIPROCATING FEEDER & C AUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE MOVING TRAY & STATIONARY SIDE CUTTING OFF 1/3 OF THE FINGERNAIL & THE SKIN & MUSCLE BEN EATH IT. BONE WAS O.K. IT WAS THE MIDDLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS STANDING ON STACK OF 4 PALLETS DUMPING 100# BAGS INTO 3000# BULK BAGS. BULK BAGS BEING HELD UP BY FORKLIFT. EE SLIPPED OFF PALLETS STRIKING HIS RIB CAGE AGAINST FORK OF LIFT. PALPALIE DEFECT RIBS 8&9/FRACTURE.