IMI/McCordsville Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

The injured employee was moving a steel beam into position inside a feed hopper with another employee. The beam became temporarily lodged in the hopper. The other employee pulled on one end of the beam to dislodge it. when the beam became dislodged, it pinched the thumb of injured employee and cut the skin requiring stitches to the injured thumb

Driver was told by IMI to go to level 3 to dump load, While going to level 3 driver lost control of truck on incline & jumped out prior to truck going over embankment Driver suffered injuries to his shoulder, minor cuts to arms & knees Trim off location should have been on level 1. Incline to level 3 is not safe for a loaded dump truck. No sign was posted as to the % of the incline

Trying to clear splitmaster & fell, tearing left chest muscle.

Operating a Loader

LOADER OPERATOR WAS HAULING FILL STONE TO STOCKPILE AREA. HE SAID HE WAS DRIVING TOO FAST DOWN A SMALL INCLINE WHICH UPSET THE BALANCE OF THE LOADER. HE TENSED UP ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND ACC IDENTALLY SHIFTED THE LOADER INTO REVERSE. HE WAS TROWN AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN BACK IN THE SEAT AT AN AKWARD ANGLE, THUS STRAINING HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE HAD MAIN MOTOR ON DREDGE OVERHEAT AND STOP. COOLANT OVERFLOWED INTO CATCH BUCKET. EE TOOK MMEASURES TO RELIEVE PRESSURE WITH COOLANT HOLDING TANK. WHEN HE THOUGHT PRESSURE WAS RELIEVE D HE REMOVED THE COOLANT TANK CAP. PRESSURE WAS NOT RELIEVED FULLY AND HOT COOLANT SPRAYED ON BACK AND ARMS CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

INJURED WAS LIFTING A 104" PIECE OF 4" CHANNELSTEEL TO BE INSTALLED UNDER THE PRIMARY GRIZZLY. AS HE LIFTED, HE TWISTED TO PLACE THE CHANNEL ON A CONVEYOR BELT BELOW THE GRIZZLY. AT THAT TIME HIS BACK SPASM STARTED, INCAPACTITATING HIM.

PERSON WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A COLLECTION/DISTRIBUTION BOX OFF OF A BEAM. THE BEAM WAS NOT SECURE, AND FELL ON EE'S FOOT AFTER BOX WAS CUT OFF.

CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON LOADER LAST STEP BROKEN. FELL APPROX 3' TO GROUND JAMMED RIGHT KNEE. SURGERY 2/11/00 RETURNED TO WORK 2/21/00 WORKED EVERY DAY UNTIL SURGERY.

EE WAS PUSHING UP STOCK PILED SAND FOR CONCRETE PLANT. TRUCK DRIVER WHO WAS HAULING SAND TO HIM, SEEN HIM BCK AWAY FROM PILE SET BUCKET ON GROUND AND STOP MACHINE THEN JUST FELL FORWARD SLUMPE D OVER STEERING WHEEL.'

HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MORE A 25 FT CONVEYOR WITH A LOADER PUT OF A TIGHT SPOT WHEN IT MOVED SUDDENLY HITTING THE LEG OF ANOTHER CONVEYOR WITH HIS HANDS INBETWEEN IT SMASHED THE RIGHT HAND AND S EVERED THE LEFT THUMB.