Honeoye Falls Plant: 126 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Operator of an excavator climbed up onto the machine to enter the cab. While standing on the track to enter the cab the operator fell backwards to the ground. operator dislocated their left shoulder, fractured their left hip and cut their left elbow requiring stitches.

A piece of steel was cut from a chute with a torch and slid down and pinched and burned the hand of the employee performing the work.

Two EEs were using tanker bars to adjust a radiator on a pallet to prepare it for shipping. As the two were both pushing on the bars, the injured EE lost control of bar and slipped off the radiator causing EE to fall to the ground. When EE fell, right knee impacted the concrete floor of the shop. EE immediately felt a pain in lower back, side, a leg.

While operating loader employee felt pain in right knee. This injury was 1st Aid until ee had surgery on 2/23/2018.

Hand rail broke causing employee to fall 4 feet

Employee slipped and struck knee with a wrench causing a small cut. Injury became reportable on 9/14/2016 when employee went for medical treatment and was give restrictions and prescription medication for infection.

Employee tripped over wheel chock onto concrete floor.

Cut finger on sharp bolt while changing cutting edge.

Checking for oil leak in hose, when oil squirted employee moved his head striking lip on sharp object (2 Stitches).

Employee struck left middle finger between rock and angle iron while unplugging crusher.

Pinched finger moving rock.

Changing plate in chute, plate slipped struck EE on left ring finger.

EE WAS OPERATING A 773B CAT QUARRY TRUCK ONT HE QUARRY BED WHEN A SPRING BROKE INT HE SEAT HE WAS IN CAUSING HIM TO JAM HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CRANKING THE HANDLE OF THE LANDING GEAR ON A TRAILER. HE LET GO OF THE HANDLE, THE HANDLE THEN REVERSED DIRECTION, SPUN AROUND AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE (MOUTH CHIN AREA)

MECHANIC WAS REMOVING BOLT FROM QUARRY TRUCK TIRE RIM WHEN SOCKET BROKE AND THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND STRUCK THE RIM AND WAS CUT REQUIRING THREE STITCHES.

WHILE EE WAS REPLACING WEAR PLATES IN BOX UNDER HAZEMAG CRUSHER. THE PLATE TO BE INSTALLED WAS LEANING AGAINST WALL OF BOX. HE WAS CLEANING AREA WHEN PLATE FELL OVER ON HIS LEG.

WHILE LIFTING METAL PLATE OUT DOOR - PLATE SLIPPED OFF DOOR & STRUCK THE BACK OF RIGHT HAND. CUT REQUIRED SOME STITCHES.

ON 9-4-97 EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO OPERATE THE CRANE. IN DOING SO, HE MANUALLY REMOVED THE OUTRIGGER PADS OFF THE SIDE OF THE CRANE TO PLACE UNDER THE OUTRIGGERS. HE BEGAN OPERATING THE CRANE AND AT 9:30 AM HE BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL THE PAIN BECAME OVERWELLMING ON THE 8TH OF SEPTEMBER. ON THE 9TH HE WENT TO A DR.

EMPLOYEE TWISTED LOWER BACK WORKING ON MIDDLE DECK OF SCREEN FOR CRUSHER RUN PLANT, WELDING OUT OF POSITION ALL DAY REPAIRING SCREEN BASKET.

PRE EXISTING BACK INJURY FROM 1979. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT OUR EMPLOYEE, EE HAS RETURNED TO WORK FROM COMPENSATION. HE WAS OUT OF WORK FOR ELEVEN WORKING DAYS, NOV. 11, 1992 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2 5, 1992.

CLEANING PAD AT CRUSHER PC OF METAL GOT OFF TRUCK BACKED INTO UNILOADER IT JUMPED FORWARD EMP LOST BALANCE R FOOT SLIPPED CRUSHED BETWEEN THE CUTTING EDGE OF LOADER AND PAD

AFTER THE ALLIED HAMMER FAILED TO FREE A PLUG-UP ATHT HE PRIMARY CRUSHER THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO DROP A WEDGE TO FREE THE BLOCKAGE.AFTER THE WEDGE WAS DROPPED IT WAS KICKED UP OUT OF THE CRU SHER CAVITY STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT CHEEK AREA.CHEECKBONE WAS CHIPPED.SAFETY GLASSES AND HARDHAT PREVENTED ADDITIONAL INJURIES.EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR ONSERVATION PURPOSES.

HAMMERING WEDGES MISSED THE WEDGE WITH HAMMER HIT WEDGE WITH L MIDDLE FINGER DEEP CUT 4 STITCHES

PRE-EXISTING BACK NECK HIP AND LEFT LEG INJURY.FIRST LOST TIME ACCIDENT FROM 12-19-90 TO 03-04-91.SEASONAL LAYOFF FROM 03-04-91 TO MARCH 29,1991.RETURNED TO WORK ON 04-01-91.ON 04-10-91 AT THE END OF THE WORK DAY DR SMITH DEEMED INJURED TOTALLY INCAPACITATED AGAIN.

PRE-EXISTING BACK INJUEY FROM 1979.PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LETTER FROM DOCTOR AND EXCUSE.

EE WAS CLEARING A LARGE ROCK OUT FROM UNDER THE JAW CRUSHER AT THE CRUSHER RUN PLANT. WHILE GETTING OUT FROM UNDER THE JAW CRUSHER, HE HIT HIS RIGHT SIDE FO BACK ON A STEEL I-BEAM. HE SAYS HE ALSO PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE SAME AREA AT THE SAME TIME.

SHE WROTE ON HE RTIMESHEET, DATED 9-18-90. THAT SHE HURT HER BACK, NECK, AND HIPS WHILE DRIVING A STOCKING TRUCK OVER POTHOLES. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS SOUGHT AND NOT TIME WAS TAKE OFF FROM WOR K. ON 12-18-90, AFTER WORKING 2 HOURS, SHE WENT TO THE DOCTORS AND HE DEEMED HER TOTALLY INCAPACITATED.

I.NAME TWISTED LOWER BACK WHILE INSTALLING NEW BELT ON CONVEYOR AT MILL OF STONEPLANT.SEEN BY DR.BACK BEGAN HURTING AGAIN,DR DEEMED HIM TOTALLY INCAPACITATED UNTIL 7-1-91.

I.NAME WAS LIFTING A LARGE ROCK FROM A BOX ABOVE THE SECO SCREEN AT THE PRIMARY CURSHER. DURING THIS PROCESS HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER AREA.

HIT HOLE OR BUMP AGGRAV. BACK OPER COM CAT FORNT END LOADER

EE DROVE THE CO PICK UP TO HEWES INDUSTRIAL IN THE CITY OF ROCHESTER NY TO PICK UP BOLTS FOR THE CO. HE WAS INJURED WHILE LIFTING A 50 LB BOX OF BOLTS ONTO THE BACK OF THE PICK UP.

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A 966D CAT LOADER AND HIT A POT HOLE THIS CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BODY AND INJURE HIS LOWER BACK

STRAINED LOWER 6ACK REGION WHILE PUTTING BATTERIES IN CAT LOADER.

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING OXYGEN TANK IN THE PROCESS HE STRAINED LOWER RT ABDOMEN MUSCLE

EMPL PULLING ON DRIVE BELTS TO MOVE CONVEYOR BELT AHEAD.HAND SLIPPED AND FINGERS GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN HEAD PULLEY AND DRIVE BELTS LEFT RING FINGER WAS BROKE.

WHILE DESCENDING FROM SCREEN AFTER GREASING EMP FELL FROM FRAME WORK ALONG SIDE OF SCREEN EMP BRUISED HIS LOWER BACK AND UPPER BACK BELOW BACK BONE