Hendersonville: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee bear hugged injured employee around the chest/arms and suffered a chest strain.

Employee was helping install a water pipe when it moved unexpectedly and struck the employee in the leg.

EE was mounting the drill allegedly slipped and injured his back. The claim was not determined until 7-29-2010 that it was a work related injury.

EE injury his left knee while lifting a bucket of rock drill oil out of the drill truck. EE recently went to the doctor and filed a claim.

EE and a coworker were air arching on the main frame liner inside of the cone crusher. They had their backs to each other when the UV rays we think reflected off the inside of EE's welding hood and burned his eyes.

Right heel fractured after jumping off the second step of the WA600 loader that was on fire.

Employee was moving boxes w/paper & supplies several weeks ago. Injury was to lower back and was not known to be a work place injury until 6/4/04.First incident was in March, no medical treatment required. Recurrance on 5/24/04 medical attention was sought. Supervision was not notified of the recurrence and determination made that it was work related until 6/4/04.

EE WAS GOING TO UNLOAD A 1 1/2" AIR IMPACT WRENCH FROM THE BED OF THE TRUCK. HE JERKED THE LATCH ON THE TAILGATE TO OPEN IT. THE TAILGATE DISLODGED FROM ITS MOUNTING POINTS, FALLING AND STRI KING THE EE'S LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING THE ROLLERS ALONG RETURN BELT AND SLIPPED AND FELL DUE TO WET/ICE WALKWAY. INJURY TO RIGHT KNEE, LACERATION & STITCHES.

INSTALLING TRACK PIN ON MACHINE. STRUCK PIN WITHSLEDGE HAMMER. FRAGMENT CHIPPED FROM HAMMER CAUSING LACERATION OF RIGHT FOREARM.

EE WAS PRYI8NG BLOCK WITH PRY BAR. THE BLOCK SHIFTED, HITTING THE EE'S SAFETY GLASSES, CUTTING HIS FACE OVER THE LEFT EYE AND RIGHT CHEEK.

BAR WAS BEING USED TO HOLD TIMING GEAR IN PLACE WHILE OTHER GEAR WAS BEING PLACED ON SHAFT. BAR SLIPPED OFF BOLTS BEING USED AS A PIVOT POINT. THIS CAUSED GEARS TO TURN. EMPLOYEES HAND WAS CAU GHT BETWEEN GEARS. INJURY WAS LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER, HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO SAME FINGER.

GETTING DOWN FROM OPERATORS SEAT TO REHOOK DROP BALL. EE SWUNG DOWN TO TRACK AND FEET SLIPPED ON TRACK FROM RAIN. HEFELL ON TRACK BREAKING HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

WAS IN AREA WHERE ROCK HAD BEEN FALLING. DID NOT RECOGNIZE DANGER AREA. WE HAD TALKED OF THIS AREA IN PAST. DAMAGE OR INJURY WAS NOT SERIOUS BUT COULD HAVE BEEN.

WALLKING PAST FUEL TRUCK WHEN RIGHT REAR INSIDE TIRE BLEW OUT, SHOWERING EMPLOYEE WITH ROCK, TRIE FRAGMENTS AND TIRE LIFE FLUID.

EE WAS SHARPENING A BIT WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BY PASSED HIS SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS & HIS FACE SAIELD THE WIND WAS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT LIFTING SLING TO THERUNWAY BEAM, THE CRANE OPERATOR RAISED THE HOISTHOOK, CAUSING THE RUNWAY BEAM TO ROLL OVER PINNING INJURED'S LEGS BETWEEN TWO RUNWAY BEAMS, BREAKING LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE.

BLOWING HOUSING ON FEEDER OUT WITH AIR HOSE TO REPLACE BEARINGS. FOREIGN OBJECT GOT IN LEFT EYE.

HE WAS TWISTING A FITTING OUT OF A BARREL OF ANTI-FREEZE. WHEN LIFTING BENT MASHING HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE RIM OF THE DRUM AND HANDLE OF PIPE WRENCH.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A 48" PIPE WRENCH TRING TO REMOVE HAMMER FROM D40K DRILLTECH. WHEN THE OPERATOR APPLIED HYD PRESSURE TO DRILL TO TURN STEEL IT MASHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND MAST OF THE DRILL. THIS MASHED THE THUMB OFF" ABOVE THE FIRST JOINT.

EE WAS CLEANING AND HAMMERING ON CHUTE TO BE REPAIRED ON THE WASH SCREEN WHEN THE WIND GUSTED BLOWING FOREIGN OBJECT INTO LEFT EYE.

HE WAS TIGHTENING FEEDER PAN BOLTS ON A RESTRICTED WORK SPACE AREA. HE WAS USING AN AIR WRENCH. FOREIGN MATERIAL FELL OR WAS BLOWN INTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE.

MOVING SCREEN CLOTH IT SLIPPED MASHING FINGER ON L HAND

STEAM CLEANING, ON LOADER STEAM HOSE ENTANGLED GAVE IT TUG , LOST BALANCE, JUMPED FROM MACHINE, LANDED ON L HEEL , FOUND WAS BROKEN

EMPL PULLED A SHOT-WENT BACK INTO AREA TO LAY OFF A SHOT-ROCK FELL OFF HIGH WALL STRIKING EMPL ON SHOULDER AND BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WATERING THE ROADS TO SECOND LEVEL TO PIT, AND LOST CONTROL OF WATER TRUCK.

TAKING AIR COMPRESSOR OFF MACK TRUCK COMPRES. REMOVED STARTED TO GET OFF FENDER SLIPPED TWISTED L KNEE

INJURED WAS DIRECTING LOADER OPERATOR WHEN HE STEPPED BACK HE TRIPPED OVER PALLET AND FELL BACKWARDS, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM, THIS CAASUED STRAIN TO RIGHT ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS WHEN A STRONG GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST INTO HIS EYES, GOING BEHIND THE SIDE SHIELDS OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES. THE DUST THEN GOT UNDER HIS CONTACT LENS AND SCRATCHED HI S EYE.

TIGHTENING CRUSHER WHEN ROCK CAME FROM INSIDE CRUSHER STRIKING EMPL ON RIGHT ARM.

THE EMPLOYEE WERE CHANGING V-BELTS ON THE WASH SCREEN BY ROCKING THE SCREEN TO ROLL THE BELTS ONTO THE SHIEVE. HE WAS HOLDING THE BOLTS AND TWISTING THEM WHEN HIS FINGERS ON THE LEFT HAND WER E CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SHIEVE AND BELTS.

EMPL OPERATING 35X TRUCK ON PLANT TO STOCKPILE HAUL ROAD .WRENCHED BACK AFTER TRAVELING ROUGHT SSECTION OF ROADWAY.

EE WAS STRIKING3A BEARING RACE WITH A BALL PEEN HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF THE RACE WAS THRUST INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A 5/8 ROD TO FEED BLASTING AB AGENT TO AUGER THIS ROD HAD A 90 DEGREE BEND IN THE TOP OF IT WHEN THIS PART OF ROD WAS BELOW HEAD LEVEL HE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD WITH THE 3BEND

WHEN INSTALLING3V-BELT ON ACCESSORY DRIVE PULLEY ON ENGINE THE INJURED PERSONS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT & THE PULLEY WHEN THE ENGINE WAS BUMPED IN AN ATTEMPT TO WALK THE BELT ON THE PU LLEY INDEX FIN1ER OF RT HAND WAS PARTIALLY SEVERED REQUIRING IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION

RIGHT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF TRUCK ON THE STOCKPILE ROAD WHILE TRUCK WAS LOADED. THE SUDDEN STOP SLID THEDRIVERS KNEE INTO THE DASH BOARD.