HARDIN COUNTY-PLANT #1 Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS INSTALLING A BATTERY IN A WATER TRUCK. WHILE LIFTING THE BATTERY, HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE THINKS HE HURT HIMSELF IN OCTOBER WHILE WORKING ON A RIP RAP PLANT. HE WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY INDIFINTLY BY THE DOCTOR ON 11/10/97.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CARRY A SECTION OF METAL WALKWAY, APPROXIMATELY 30" 10' X 40#. HE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS AND STUMBLED ON ANOTHER PIECE OF METAL. THE WALKWAY HE WAS CARRYING SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND HIT HIS FOREARM CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION.

OUTPUT SHAFT ON TRANSMISSION HAD BROKEN. EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING AN END DUMP TRUCK, HAULING AG LIME TO STOCKPILE. AS HE TRAVELLED UP THE RAMP, SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THE TRUCK QUIT PULLING. THE T RUCK STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD & THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO SHIFT TO A DIFFERENT GEAR. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND TURNED THE TRUCK INTO THE STOCKPILE.TRUCK TIPPED OVER.UNDID SEAT BELT & FELL OUT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING FROZEN ROCK OUT OF A JAW CRUSHER WITH A PICK.

WELDING

TRYING TO BREAK LOOSE A BOULDER LODGE IN CRUSHER, WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER.

EE WATCHING HAUL TRUCK DUMPING IN CRUSHER ROCK CAME OFF TOP OF LOAD, HIT GUARD RAIL BOUNCED OFF & HIT EE.

TRIPPED OPENING GATE - FELL TWISTING KNEE.

EE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO THE BELT LINE. HE RAISED HIS HEAD UP AND HIS HARD HAT HIT THE LINE AND JAMMED HIS NECK MUSCLES.

EE FELL FROM THE DRILL AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT HEEL.

EE WAS CHANGING THE BELT ON THE SCREENS. HE WAS PULLING ON THE RUBBER BELT, AND PULLED A MSUCLE IN HIS GROIN AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND CHECKING THE MILL OPERATION WHEN WIND BLEW DUST PARTICLES IN HIS RT EYE

THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, CRUSHING LIMESTONE, WHEN THE CRUSHER JAMMED BECAUSE OF A BOULDER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE THE BOULDER WITH A PRY BAR. THE PRYBAR SLIPPED AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING 55-GAL BARRELS OF WASHING CHEMICAL.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF CHANGING THE HAMMERS IN THE HAMMER MILL. HE WAS DRIVING A BOLT & FELT HIS LOWER BACK PULL.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A WATER PUMP OUT OF THE PIT. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, LOST HIS FOOTING FELL ONTP HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE TRIPPED ON AN ELECTRIC HOIST STAND.

THE EE HAD BEEN TRYING TO FREE A BOLDER FROM THE PRIMARY CRUSHER AFTER HE RETURNED TO THE CRUSHER HOUSE HE NOTICED A SLIGHT IRRITATION IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOISTING DOWN THE DUST CONTROL SYSTEM ON THE DRILL & GOT HIS RT FOOT UNDERNEATH THE SYSTEM RESULTING IN TWO BROKEN BONES IN HIS RT FOOT

ROCK HUNG IN PRIMARY CRUSHER. HE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE THE ROCK BY TURNING IT ON AND OFF. HE LOOKED OVER THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER WITH IT TURNED OFF AND THE ROCK WAS STILL SHAKING. ONE FLEW UP AND HIT HIM ON THE FOREHEAD ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON A WORE OUT UJOINT TO BREAK IT LOOSE FROM THE DRIVE YOKE, SO HE COULD REPLACE IT.

EMPLOYEE HAD WELDED ON A LOADER BUCKET AND WAS GRINDING DOWN.

INJURED EMPLOYE EAND A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WERE REPAIRING A PUMP HOSE THAT WAS DAMAGED BY FALLING ROCK (EARLIER IN SIFT DURING RAIN) WHEN LOOSE ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGH-WALL AND STRUCK BOTH EMPLOYE ES. THE FELLOW EMPLOYEE, WAS WATCHING THE HIGHWALL AND MOVED TO AVOID AN INJURY. ROCK HIT INJURED'S LEFT ARM.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST WATERED DOWN THE ROADWAY IN ORDER TO KEEP DOWN THE DUST AND WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE LADDER ON THE WATER TRUCK AND PULLED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES.

ON THE EVENING OF 3-17-92, THE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE CRUSHER HAMMERS. WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME AFTER WORK, HIS EYE WAS IRRITATED. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND THE DOCTOR REMOVED A FOREIGN OBJEC T FROM HIS RIGHT EYE.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AN ELECTRICAL PUMP FROM THE PIT USING A CHAIN THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE LOADER BUCKET INJURED EMPLOYEE I NAME CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE CHAIN & THE LOADER BUCKET WHICH RESULTED IN THIS INJURY THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LOADER I NAME WAS IN THE LOADER AT THE TIME & DID NOT WITNESS THE ACCIDENT

I.NAME HAD BELT STOPPED AND WAS REACHING WITH HANMER TO HIT ROLLER.THE ROLLER WAS ALMOST TOO HIGH TO REACH.AS HE STRETCHED AND SWUNG AT ROLLER HE MISSED ROLLER AND FEET SLIPPED CAUSING FALL AN D LANDED ON RIGHT SIDE.

INJURED WAS USING A 35-TON WABCO TRUCK TO HAUL CRUSHED MATERIAL FROM THE BINS TO THE STOCKPILE. HE HAD STEPPED FROM THE TRUCK TO THE WALKWAY TO PULL THE HYDRAULIC VALVE TO OPEN THE BIN DOORS. AS HE TURNED HIS BODY TO REACH FOR THE LEVER, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS UPPER TO MIDDLE BACK.

INJURED WAS CLEANING THE WALKWAY AND OPENING TH EPRIMARY CRUSHER ACCESS DOORS IN PREPARATION FOR THE CRUSHER INSPECTION. AS HE PULLED ON THE ACCESS DOOR, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

PLACING CAN OF ANTI FREEZE ON LOADER IN PREP WINTERIZE LIFTED IT TO SET IT ON WALKWAY HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK

PIT TRUC HAD SPILLED LARGE ROCKS IN ROADWAY. EMPL WAS HELPING REMOVE ROCK FROM ROADWAY. AS HE PICKED UP ONE OF ROCKS HE FELT BURNING SENSATION IN GROIN AREA.

EE WAS USING 1/4 INCH WELDING RODS TO REBUILD THE CRUSHER HAMMERS WHEN MOLTEN SLAG AND OR METAL DROPPED FORM THE HAMMERS AND FELL ON HIS LEFT FOBOOT BETWEEN THE METATARSAL COVER AND THE SHOE S TONGUE. IT BUTNED HIS LEFT INSTEP BEFORE HE COULD REMOVE HIS BOOT.

EMPLOYEE HAD HELPED LOAD A SHOT AND WAS CLEANING UP IN PREPARATION TO BLAST. AS HE REACHED TO GET A SHOVEL, HE FELT A PAIN AND A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK.

STANDING ON CONV FRAME STEPPED DOWN LOST FOOTING FELL 5 FT

ROCK DUST

THE EE WAS USING A BAR TO PRY A BOULDER LOOSE. SAMLLER MATERIAL HAD LODGED ON THE SLOPED HOPPER WALL A ROCK APPROX. SLID DOWN AND HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT.

THE EE HAD PARKED HIS TRUCK UNDER THE BIN, GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK ONTO THE WALKWAY AND PULLED ON THE BIN LEVER TO OPEN THE BIN DOORS. HE THEN FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK.

THE EMPLOYEE HAD PULLED HIS TRUCK UNDER THE CHUTE, GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK TO PULL THE LEVER TO RELEASE THE ROCK. HE TURNED AROUND AND HIT HIS KNEE ON THE PLATFORM.

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP ONE END OF A WALKWAY BOARD TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. WHEN HE STOOD UP, HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

THE EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO MOVE A BOULDER OUT OF THE FEEDER THROAT TO ALLOW IT TO FEED INTO THE CRUSHER. HE APPARENTLY LIFTED TOO MUCH.

I NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE GATE FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAUSED THE GATE TO STICK & I NAME INJURED HIS BACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE GATE

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING WINDOW ON ENDLOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED HITTING HIS SCROTAL AREA ON HANDRAIL.

EMP DROPPED PIE7E OF STEEL ON UPPER PART OF LEFT FOOT BRUISING HIS UPPER LEFT FOOT

TRUCK OVERTURNE8 WHILE DUMPING AT STOCKPILE-DRIVER WAS INJURED IN CAB OF TRUCK WHEN TGRUCK OVERTURNED-INJURIES ARE A BROKEN COLLAR BONE BRUISED LUNG & INTERNAL HEAD INJURIES

EE WAS LIFTING 6OX- STRAINED BACK.

INJURED WAS LIFTING 50 LB SACKS WHEN HE STRAINED HIMSELF IN HIS LOWER LEFT GROIN AREA

EMP WAS CLIMBING ENTRY LADDER OF FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE SLOPPED AND FELL CUTTING HIS ARM ON THE DOOR OF THE LOADER

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING HEATING STOVE WITH WOOD. EMPLOYEE\S BACK WAS STRAINED.