Issaquah Pit & Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Miner was using a come-a-long to raise a take up pulley, the hook came loose and rebounded up between conveyor and toe-kick and glanced off miners cheek causing a laceration.

Miner was attempting to blow debris out of a flywheel assemble on the cone crusher through a small access whole in the cover. The nozzle either became clogged or EE inadvertently extended the tip into the opening making contact with the flywheel. This caused the nozzle to recoil cutting the palm of the miners hand resulting in a dr visit & stitches.

The Quality Control Technician was taking samples of finished material and strained her shoulder. The initial report was classified as non-reportable and has since been re-classified as reportable.

Pouring concrete into an above ground form. 12 inches off the ground leaning on the mixer chute, when it moved he fell down on some form iron supports and lacerated his left lower leg. Employee received steri-strips to close and help heal wound.

Cutting beam with track burner. Quickly reached to shut off machine as waste steel fell on foot. Received bruised left foot. No time loss.

Welding without face shield, later found out employee had burned his eyes. Safety violation!

Removing pump impeller from barge pump with a Pettibone crane. Impeller came loose and rotated causing the chain hook to come off the vane striking him in the sternum and throwing him 6 ft and landing on top of fellow employee knocking them both to the ground. As a result, the employee received a fractured sternum.

Attempting to reach top of a steel plate to attach clamp, in effort to reach higher on plate he climbed up on an ecology block retaining wall & lost balance falling over the wall 80" to ground. The wall was 1 block high on the working side 3 blocks on the wall side. Wall was designed to interlock not flat on top & not intended to be used as work platform or walkway.

This is a corrected filing submission #268088 Changing screen, screen slipped and cut left thumb.

Hit in the mouth by a rock while walking around a wash plant screen.

Standing by controls, rock came out of jaw plant and hit him under chin.

Cutting piece of belt hanging fron conveyor belt and cut left hand.

Worker was climbing out of classifier tank, slipped and fell. Worker hit head on hand rail and got right leg stuck between hand rail and tank, injuring knee.

CLEANING DIRT OFF FLYWHEEL OF WASH PLANT, SCREEN #76-050. THE CLEANING BAR SLIPPED OFF THE FLYWHEEL AND STRUCK WORKER IN LEFT EYE.

WHILE REMOVING A 7/8" LIFTING CABLE FROM THE HOOK OF A CRANE, PULLED ON CABLE AND IT CAME LOOSE SUDDENLY. IT STRUCK WORKER ON THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE.

WASHING CONCRETE SLAB WITH FIRE HOSE. LOST FOOTING SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS HITTING RIGHT HAND ON STEEL BEAM.

HE PULLED LOCK BOLTS OUT OF A CONVEYOR BEFORE ITWAS HOOKED UP TO THE CRANE. WITHOUT SUPPORTS, ITFELL BACKWARD HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD.

INJURY REPORTED TO EMPLOYER ON 11/14/00. LIFTING SCREENS AT WASH PLANT THROUGHOUT NIGHT. RE-INJURED BACK. ORIGINAL INJURY OCCURRED IN 1991.

OPERATING TRUCK IN PIT, BACK WAS AGGRAVATED. PREVIOUS BACK INJURY FROM 6-7 YRS. AGO WAS AGGRAVATED.

EE ACCIDENTALLY SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD INSTEAD OF TO REVERSE 2ND GEAR.

GREASING MACHINERY, SLIPPED AND FELL ON SIDE OF RIBS.

EE WAS SLIDING OFF A LARGE ROLL OF CONVEYOR BELT ON HIS BUTT AND JAMMED HIS HEELS TO THE FLOOR.

HE WAS STANDING BELOW SCALPER SCREENS WHEN A ROCK BOUNCED OFF SCREEN AND HIT HIM BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES.

PART EE'S JKOB IS SWINGING A SLEDGHAMMER WHILE ADJUSTING THE CRUSHER. HE HAS PAIN IN HIS WRISTS AND HANDS. THE DR. SAID HE HAS POSSIBLE CARPAL TUNNEL.

INSTALLING CONVEYOR BELT AT CRUSHER PLANT--HURT SOMETHING IN BACK AND NECK.

WAS SHOVELING IN FEED TUNNEL AND WALKED INTO BEAM, JAMMING NECK.

WORKER WAS GOING DOWN STAIRS FROM LUNCH ROOM. HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON BOTTOM STEP AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

WORKER WAS CHANGING PACKING IN DREDGE PUMP. HE WAS PULLING ON OLD PACKING WHEN IT SUDDENLY CAME LOOSE CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARD & THROW OUT HIS BACK.

INJURED PERSON TO CO-WORKER WERE CHANGING SCREENS ON WASH PLANT CO-WORKER WAS USING HAMMER TO KNOCK SCREEN LOOSE AND STRUCK INJURED ON THUMB. DID NOT LEAVE WORK OR MISS TIME.

11:30 WED NIGHT TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING ON CONVEYOR. THEY WERE USING A SLUGGER WRENCH TRYING TO BET A BOLT LOOSE. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND HIT HIM ABOVE THE LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ONA TAIL PULLEY REPLACING A BEARING EMPLOYEE BENT OVER AND HIT TAIL BONE ON CORNER OF CONVEYOR STEEL RESULTED IN PUNCTURE WOUND IN LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT THINK IT WA S SUBSTANTIAL AND DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL 11-11-92 WHEN IT BECAME INFECTED HE WENT TO DR AND WAS GIVEN MEDICATION.

WHILE WALKING ON PLANK WORKER STEPPED ON BROKEN BOARD, FELL THROUGH AND HIT FINGER BRUISING AND CUTTING FINGER.

HE WAS ON INGHT SHIFT DOING SOME REPAIR ON PLANTS HE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF STEEL AND BUMPED INTO THE WELDING TRUCK SMASHING HIS MIDDLE FINGER.

EMP SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FORM SHOP TRUCK FELL AND STRAINED BACK.

MAN WAS WORKING ON A D-8 CAT OPERTORS SEAT IN OUT EQUIP. SHO HE WAS STANDING ON CAT TRACK AND FELL OFF HITTING ON SHOULDER.

I.NAME CUTTING 2OLE IN LENGTH OF ANGLE IRON AND FORKLIFT OPER CAME BY DROVE OVER END OF ANGLE IRON FLIPPING IT UP AND OVER.HIT I.NAME ON BACK AND RIB CAGE.

WHILE TGAKING D2WN A CONVEYOR I.NAME CAREL ESSLY WALKED UNDER & TO SIDE OF CONVEYOR JUST AS A CO-WORKED CUT THE OTHER FREE WHICH WAS SMALL END & LIGHTER IN WEIGHT SO HEAVE & T ILTING OVE R FROM HOIST HI7 I.NAME ALONG SIDE & FOOT HURTING LEFT FOOT NO BROKEN BONES BUT FOOT PU IN CAST (TORN LIGAMENTS)

I.NAME CLIMBING3UP INTO ASSIGNED LOADER.HIT LEFT KNEE ON DOOR CORNER AND CUT LEFT KNEE REQ STITCHES TO CLOSE CUT.

I.NAME WAS REMO5ING FOR M FROM NEW CONCRFET E WALL HE WAS ON WALL ABOUT 09FT HIGH T HE FORM CAME LOOSE FAST & FELL HE FELL WITH IT LANDING ON LEFT FOOT BREAKING 3 TOES DR SAID HE WILL BE OFF ABOUT 4 WEEKS 3

MOVING CLAY TYP9 MATERIAL WITH B.E. TRACK BACK HOE.VIBRATION OR WET WEIGHT CAUSED A SLIDE ABOVE MOVING BACK HOE 20 OR 30 FEET,TURNING IT OVER AND COVERING 80% OF MACHINE.OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO G ET OUT OF CAB T2 HOIST CYLINDER WHEN ALL MOVEMENT STOPPED.HE WAS PINNED FROM HIS UPPER THIGHS DOWN.HE WAS DUG FREE BY CO-WORKERS.

SHOVELING ROCK 6Y BELT TO WASH PLANT WHEN LARGE ROCK CAME OFF BELT AND STRUCK ELFT ANKLE RX CONTUSION AND INJURY TO LEFT ANKLE AND ARTHRITIS TO KNEE ALSO EXACERBATION OLD KNEE AND HIP INJURY CORRECTIVE SURG9RY NECESSARY

SURGERY TO INS9RT INTRAOCULAR LENS 8-28-86 CONTACT LENS PREVIOUSLY NOED DID NTO FUNCTION DUE TO SCAR ON LENS AND DUSTY ENVIRONMENT AT MINE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO WEAR CONTACT LENS

HURT LOWER BACK3WHEN CHANGING SCREEN ON WASH PLANT PATIENT LIFTING 150 LB SCREEN AND SHOVING IT INTO PLACE IN CRAMPED POSITION LOWER SPINE AND RT HIP LUMBAR SACRAL LESION AND STRAIN

INJURY TO LEFT 2AND LACERATION 5 CM OVER THE PALMER ASPECT AND EXTENDS DEEP TO THE FLEXOR TENDON SHEATH IRRIGATED ANESTHETIZED AND REPAIR SUTURE WHILE MOVING STEEL LEFT HAND GOT BETWEEN THE F RAME AND ANOTHE9 PIECE OF STEEL CUTTING LEFT HAND

HE FELL OFF OF 5 D-8 CAT TRACTOR TO ROCK SURFACE BELOW WHEN HANDLE BROKE UNDER THE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY ACUTE SEVER LUMBAR SUBLAXATION COMPLICATED BY LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN LAST DAY WORKED 8-1-86

WHILE LIFTING L5RGE HEAVY WOOD DAMAGED BLOCKS TRUNED UPPER BODY AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK