Hunter Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Employee climbed on pump to disconnect motor from pump. Pump was disconnected from pipe, pump rotated, employee fell, pump pinned leg between pump flange and pipe.

Closing the lid of the crusher, EE was moving a rock that was in the way with a metal rod. When the rock moved, EE's weight shifted as well, and EE fell into the lid retainer wedge holder with EE's upper right chest.

The miner was cleaning the catwalk along the truss conveyor near the chute transferring material from the overland, when EE was struck in the right eye by a small piece of fly rock.

Replacing a tail pulley in a screen feed belt, the new pulley assembly was suspended in place when the maintenance employee was using emery cloth to smooth the shaft. The pulley assembly shifted, trapping employee's thumb between the shaft and the structure. The crush injury resulted in a tuft fracture of the right thumb, and loss of the thumb nail.

While moving a supporting block beneath a conveyor assembly under construction, the block was left crooked. Employee attempted to straighten the block and the conveyor assembly dropped unexpectedly and caught the meat of EE's right little finger. The crush injury caused a 15 cm laceration.

Clearing out a stoppage of the crusher, employee placed forearm on the frame and peered in the open access doors. One of the access doors was jarred and fell onto employee's forearm, fracturing right distal radius and ulna.

Offloading a 40' auger from a flatbed, EE placed chocks against the auger and removed ties securing it in place, then moved to secure it to the forklift with a come-along winch. When the auger started to roll the EE jumped clear of the auger and upon landing on the ground EE's right knee was twisted and EE's left wrist was broken.

Employee fractured and lacerated the end of the middle finger on left hand when replacing a conveyor belt tail pulley bearing assembly.

Employee was pressure washing a 631-G Scraper, employee stepped off the fender and slipped on a spot of grease twisting employee's left ankle.

Employee was using utility knife to cut notches in skirt board rubber for a conveyor. Employee was cutting towards body when knife slipped and hit employee in the leg cutting it. Cut required 4 stitches.

Operator was descending the steps on the front of a 775 haul truck. When EE placed right foot on the ground, it slid back on some loose material. EE fell forward onto the steps/bumper of the truck hitting left elbow/forearm and chin.

Customer truck driver hauling material for CKJ Trucking LP. Climbed into bed of truck on tar plane of the haul road as he was climbing down from the top of the truck he slipped and fell approx. 5 feet to the pavement below, landing on his right side.

While using a hand held grinder, employee slipped and hit left hand lacerating palm.

Employee slipped on last rung of the step ladder he was using to fuel a scraper. His foot landed on the fuel hose laying on the ground next to the scraper causing him to twist his right knee damaging the ligaments.

EE was transferring crusher shoes and anvils from a pallet to the bed of a truck. EE pulled/strained muscle in lower back. EE reported injury to super.at the end of the shift 1/25/12. EE requested medical attention the following day 1/26/12 at approx. 3:00p.m. EE was taken to local area medical provider at this time for exam.

REPORTED ON 3/4/10 - tapping holes, walking from hole to hole on the shot, hurt right foot.

EE was standing on a conveyor belt removing some over head bolts with a wrench. The belt was wet and EE's foot slipped. He caught himself by grabbing the over head beam with his left hand and dislocated his left shoulder as a result of stopping the fall. EE was wearing proper fall protection and was properly tied off when the injury occurred.

EE was desending ladder from the crusher control tower, strained muscle in back while climbing.

Employee was shoveling next to tunnel feed conveyor belt when a 2 inch rock bounced off the belt and struck him on the left side of the neck in the soft tissue between the jaw and collar bone. Employee was taken to the hospital to be checked by a physician as a precautionary measure.

Opening crusher door on VSI crucher, employee was pushing up from under side of door while other employee was lifting from top side with rock bar. The bar slipped, the door started to come down, employee tried to pull hand out of the way but the door caught pinkie of right hand pinching and lacerating finger.

EE slipped and fell going down stairs to crusher control house, severely spraining right ankle.

Employee attempted to pick up a grease drum without assistance, straining his lower back.

While desending from a 775 quarry truck, the employee blacked out and fell to the ground landing on his left side injuring his eye, ribs and knee.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON A PRY BAR AND STRAINED BACK WHILE ASSISTING WITH A SCREEN CHANGE AT THE PRIMARY SCREENING TOWER

After decking a hole, walked back to the bulk truck to get a plug, felt pain in low back, continued loading holes, pain got worse and went down right leg.

While repairing troughing idler pulleys on the over land conveyor, the employee twisted his right knee when he climbed down off of the conveyor belt.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE ASSISTING WITH LIFTING & REPLACEMENT OF A SCREEN AT THE PREP. PLANT.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISMOUNT HIS LOADER, THE OPERATOR SLIPPED ON THE LAST STEP OF THE LADDER AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON HIS BACK AND RIGHT WRIST.

WHILE ASSISTING A FELLOW MAINTENANCE WORKER, THE EMPLOYEE WAS BURNED ON THE WRIST BY A CUTTING TORCH WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF THE PIECE OF METAL THEY WERE CUTTING.

EE WAS CONDUCTING A PRESHIFT INSPECTION OF THE SECONDARY PLANT. WHILE CLIMBING UP A FIXED LADDER THE BOTTOM PORTION CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE EE TO FALL ABOUT 3 FT TWISTING HIS KNEE.

EE STATED THAT HE ENTERED THE OFFICE BLDG AND A FEW MINUTES LATER AS HE WAS LEAVING THE BLDG SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE LANDING AREA. THE AREA CONSISTS OF A LEVEL CONCRETE FLOOR COVERED BY A ROOF . THE EE WORKED UNTIL 1-28-04 AND LEFT ON FAMILYMEDICAL LEAVE FOR AN UNRELATED ILLNESS RX ONLY.

EE WAS HELPING DRILL WATER WELL AND 2" PIPE FELL FROM RACK HOLDING IT IN PLACE ON RIG. I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW PIPE HIT EE FACE IT IS POSSIBLE IT HIT GROUND FIRST. IT WAS APP 4 FT LONG. IT H IT LEFT SIDE OF FACE CUT HEAD WAS PROTECTED W/HART HAT.

EE WAS USING SHOVEL TO CLEAN UNDER ELEVATED GUARD. PUSHED SHOVEL UNDER GUARD & CUT RIGHT HAND ON SHARP EDGE OF EXPANDED METAL GUARD. EE CUT WAS BETWEEN HIS THUMB & RIGHT INDEX FINGER

UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED WHILE CUTTING BELT SKIRTING FOR RE-WASH CONVEYOR. LACERATION R/HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A TRANSMISSION AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN TRANSMISSION HOUSING & FRAME. LACERATION, CRUSH INJURY TO R/RING FINGER.

EE STATES HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT HAMMER ON EAST MASTER II EE CONTINUED TO SAY WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT HAMMER HE FELT A POP IN LOW BACK.

BLASTER DETONATED SHOT BEFORE EE HAD FULLY CLEARED BLAST AREA.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SEPARATE HYDRAULIC TANK ON 775 END DUMP, REMOVED FRONT HALF OF TANK, TANK SHIFTED PINCHING LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN TANK AND STAND.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FUEL EQUIPMENT. HE ENERGIZED THE FUEL PUMP. HE THEN GRABBED THE FUEL NOZZLE & FUEL LINE FROM OFF THE METAL HOOK. THE KEROSENE HEATER WAS PRODUCING A LARGE AMOUNT OF HEAT. EE WALKED PAST THE HEATER WHILE CARRYING THE FUEL HOSE & CLIMBED THE LADDER. THE PRESSURIZED FUEL HOSE CONTACTED THE HEATER CAUSING THE FUEL LINE TO SEPARATE & SPRAY FUEL ONTO THE HEAT SOURCE.

WHILE WALKING, EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE RESULTING IN A SPRAIN OF SAIDANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING OVERHEAD AIR CONDITIONER INSIDE NON-OPRATING ROTARY DIRLL (WITH DOOR ON DRILL OPEN) AND STANDING ON WATER CAN. THE CAN SHIFTED AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH OPEN DOOR, STRIKING RIGHT UPPER ARM ON DOOR LATCH.

CREW WAS WORKING ON REMOVING BRAKE DRUM FROM TIRE, OFF OF A 631 CAT SCRAPER. THE TIRE WAS LAYING FLAT ON PAVED SURFACE AT THE TIME, AND EXPLODED.

UPON HEARING THE EXPLODING TIRE AND RETURNING TOTHE AREA WHERE HIS WORK-MATES AND HE WERE REMOVING THE BRAK DRUM FROM A SCRAPER TIRE, AND SEEINGONE WORK-MATE WHO HAD BEEN KILLED AND 2 OTHERS W OUNDED, THIS EMPLOYEE WENT INTO SHOCK.

CREW WAS WORKING ON REMOVING BRAKE DRUM FROM TIRE, OFF OF 631/ CAT SCRAPER. THE TIRE WAS LAYING FLAT ON PAVED SURFACE AT THE TIME, AND EXPLODED.

EE WAS REPLACING AIR CLEANER ON D8N DOZER. SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AS HE PRIED ON GASKET AROUND AIR CLEANER. SCREW DRIVIER STURKC HIM THE RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN ELEVATED AREA INSTRUCTING A WELDER WHEN FLOOR GRATING COLLAPSED AND EMPLOYEE FELL TO GROUND BELOW.

EE ATTEMPTED TO WALK ACROSS FRONT CATWALK, LOCATED ABOVE ENGINE ON 775 HAUL TRUCK W/O HOLDING ON, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO GROUND BELOW, LANDING ON HIS FEET.

EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASING PRESSURE ON BOOMER WHICH WAS HOLDING FLOP-GATE IN PLACE, HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN LEFT EYE.

PLANT OPERATOR HAD SCREEN DROP OUT WHICH DROPPED OUT ALL CONVEYORS IN FRONT OF SCREEN. EMPLOYEE SLIMBED ONTO CONVEYOR WITHOUT AUTHORIZXATION AN

TWO MEN REPLACING SCREEN ON DIAGONAL ELEVATION. TOP MAN DROPPED HIS END OF LOAD. HIS FINGERS WERE PENETRATING SCREEN. WHEN SCREEN BEGAN TO SLIDE DOWNWARD FRACTURE OF 4TH DIGIT LEFT HAND OCCURR ED.

49955R WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD HIS 769 HAUL UNIT FROM A BASE BIN. NORMAL PROCEDURE IS TO STAND ON THE CATWALK OF THE HAUL UNIT AND PULL THE ROPE WHICH OPENS THE GATES TO THE SILO. DRIVER CLIMBE 40126VE THE HANDRAIL AROUND THE CATWALK TO A HIGHER POSITION. THE GATES APPEARED TO BE HANGING AND DRIVER APPLIED FULL BODY WEIGHT WITH BOTH HANDS. THE ROPE BROKE AND DRIVER FELL TO GROUND BE

NIGHT OPERATION. INJURED WAS DOZER OPERATOR KNOCKING DOWN ROCK BUILD-UP AT CRUSHER CONVEYOR. ROCK FELL OFF CONVEYOR BELT, STRUCK ROCK ON GROUND AND RICOCHETED THRU OPEN WINDOW, STRIKING OPERAT OR IN RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER AND MISSED A RUNG NEAR THE BOTTOM CAUSING A JARRING SENSATION & BACK STRAIN WHEN HE STEPPED ON GROUND.

NIGHT OPERATION- SEMI-DARKNESS - INJ HAD JUST CLEARED CONVEYOR BELT OF OBSTRUCTIONS,DESCENDED LADDERA AND STEPPED OFF LADDER ONTO CONCRETE SLAB WHILE TURNING.RIGHT FOOT WAS PARTIALLY OFF SLAB WHEN WEIGHT WAS APPLIED.TURNED ANKLE CAUSED FRACTURE.

INJURED WORKED AT ROCK CRUSHER UNIT. A BOULDER BECAME LODGED IN JAWS OF CRUSHER AND STOPPED THE PLANT. INJURED ENTERED THE HOPPER ACCESS TO THE JAWS WHERE HE WAS TO PLACE A CHARGE TO DISLODGE THE BOULDER. INJURED LOST FOOTING ON SLANTED SIDES OF HOPPER SLID INTO BOULDER.

INJURED WAS OPERATING A 769. HE ENTERED INTO AN INCLINE IN TOO HIGH A GEAR. THE 769 BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARD, SIDESWIPED A TREE AND LAYED OVER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN MIN OR DAMAGE TO THE 769 AND A CRACKED RIB ON THE EMPLOYEE.

INJURED WAS HELPING TO CHANGE THE BELT ON A CONVEYOR WHEN HE PINCHED HIS SMALL RIGHT FINGER BETWEEN THE BELT AND A DRIVE PULLEY. THIS LACERATED HIS FIGNER AND HE RECEIVED 3 STITCHES. HE RETURN ED TO WORK ON A LIGHT- DUTY STATUS FOR ONE WEEK.

INJURED WAS BREAKING LOSOE A PIECE OF DRIED MUD WITH A SHOVEL USING HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE MUD UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE LOOSE, HE SLIPPED AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE. INJURED REQUESTED MEDICAL ATTENTI ON ON 5-22-90.

HE WAS CHANGING OUT SCREENS IN THE SECONDARY PLANT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. LATER HE ALSO FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. HOWEVER, HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY TO HIS FOREMAN UNTIL 3-5-90.

I,NAME WAS CLEARING GRASS AND DEBRIS FROM A STATIONARY CONVEYOR BELT IN PREPARATION TO START UP THE SAND PLANT. HE MOVED HIS WRIST ACROSS A PIECE OF METAL AND CUT IT. I,NAME RECEIVED THREE STI TCHES.

INJURED WAS LOADING L-J HAMMERS INTO THE BUCKET OF A LOADER. INJURY WAS REPORTED ON 4-26-89 BUT THE DETAILS OF THE INJURY WERE DKETCHY AND LIABILITY WAS DENIED. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF A HERNIA INJURY WE HAVE NOW ACCEPTED LIABILITY. INJURED BEGAN LAST WORK TIME ON 5-10-89 AND IS EXCEPTED BACK ON 6-5-89.

KNEELING IN FRONT OF DRIVERS SIDE REAR DUAL WHEELS.ROCK FROM SHOT CAME OVER TRUCK,BOUNCED OFF FRONT TIRE AND BOUNCED BACK HIT I.NAME ON RIGHT KNEE AND LACERATED RIGHT KNEE.

INJURED WAS CLIMBING THE STEPS ON HIS LODER WHEN HE SLIPPED. HE HUNG ON TO HIS MACHINE TO KEEP FROM FALLING WHEN HE STRAINED SOMETHING IN HIS STOMACH.

INJURED WAS WITHDRAWING HIS LEFT HAND AFTER TRAINING A TAIL PULLEY ON A CONVEYOR BELT TO INJURED INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS WERE PULLED BETWEEN A ROLLER AND CONVEYOR BELT HE SUFFERED CONTUSION O F THE LEFT HAND AND VARIOUS FRACTURES OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER

INJURED HAD CRASHED HIS SCRAPER INTO A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE RECEIVED A MINOR CUT ON THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND.

INJURED WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A SCRAPER AT SLOW SPEED. INJURED RECEIVED MINOR BRUISES TO THE LOWER PART OF HIS LEFT LEG.

THE INJURED WAS WALKING WHEN HESTEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

SCALE HOUSE WIN8OW WAS OPEN ON A GUSTY WINDY DAY AND SAND OR GRIT BLEW INTO HIS EYE

INJ WAS CHANGIN1 HAMMERS ON A HAMMER MILL, WHEN ONE OF THE HAMMERS SLIPPED MASHING HIS FINGER

INJURED STRUCK 5 HAMMERMILL HAMMER WITHA H AMMER. A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF THE HAMMERMILL HAMMER AND ENTERED THE FLESH OF HIS LEFT LOWER LEG.

I NAME WAS PULL3NG ROPE THRU PIPE,WITH WIRE ATTACHED TO IT.I NAME WAS FEEDING WIRE,I NAME WAS STANDING ON LADDER PULLING ROPE & LOST HIS BALANCE FELL & HIT HIS ELBOW ON A 4'X4' TIMBER ON THE G ROUND. 3

INJURED WAS POU3DING ON A SHAFT IN A TAIL PULLEY, HE MISSED THE SHAFT AND CAUGHT THE END OF HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.

INJURED WAS WOR5ING ON A HAMMER MILL AND THE MAN ABOVE HIM DROPPED A 36 IN PIPE WRENCH ON HIS RT HIGH HE HAD A BRUISED RT THIGH

INJURED WAS INS3DE A SCREEN HOPPER TO CLEAN OUT CAKED MATERIAL A PIECE OF HARD CAKED MATERIAL BROKE OFF OF WALL AND HIT HIS KNEE

THE 980 CAT LOA8ER OPERATOR WAS MOVING MATERIAL UNDER A 40' QUARRY FACE. HE WAS PARALLEL TO FACE AND 50' AWAY. THE FACE HAD LARGE CRACK BACKS ON TOP NO ONE WAS AWARE OF. IT WAS DANGEROUSLY UNS TABLE THE FACE 7AVED IN BURYING THE LOADER FROM THE RIGHT SIDE AS HIGH AS THE C AB. THE CAB WAS CRUSHED CAUSING BRUISES AND CUTS TO THE OPERATOR. THE LOADER IS TOTALED

WHILE GETTING O0F OF THE BED OF A FLAT BED TRUCK, HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF OF BED SUCH THAT HE LOST HIS FOOTING HIS LOWER LEG HIT THE SHAPR BUMPER EDGE CAUSING A SCRAPE AND BRUISE.