Junction City Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

EE was clearing a jam from a conveyor #1 head box chute. As the jam was cleared the EE's left finger was wedged between the pry bar and a cross brace. The result was a fracture to the left ring finger.

Installing plate in truck. Hitting with hammer.

The injured employee was helping replace a conveyor pulley. The pulley was moved into place with a crane, and was then suspended by a chain. As he attempted to remove the lifting slings, the pulley shifted and his arm was caught between the chain and the pulley.

The employee was cutting a bolt out of a bearing housing using a 10 foot long burning bar. As he withdrew the bar, flame blew out of the hole and burned his arms and face.

Employee claims he stepped on a rock and twisted his knee while walking from the primary to a conveyor walkway. The result was torn cartilage in his knee.

Employee was closing railcar door, he lost his footing causing him to break his right ankle.

DURING PLANT OPERATIONS, BOLTS WORKED OUT OF THE FEEDER BOX UNDERNEATH THE BIN, CAUSING THE FEEDER BOX TO DROP INTO THE FEEDER. THREE EMPLOYEES ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE FEED BOX BACK INTO PLACE WHEN THE BOX DROPPED DOWN INTO THE FEEDER, PINCHING THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB, CAUSING HIM TO GET STITCHES IN HIS THUMB.

Water hose blew off the hose connection bushing. The employee put it back on and tightened it with a 6" crescent wrench. He turned the water back on and walked away. The hose blew off again and the water hit him in the back, knocking him into the feed box frame. He struck his left eyebrow on the frame and cut it.

INJ EE & ANOTHER EE WERE ATTEMPTING TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR OF FUEL TANK WHEN THE LEG GAVE LOOSE QUICKLY WITH NO TIME TO REACT. THESE LANDINGS ARE HEAVY LEGS THAT HAVE TO BE LIFTED MANUALLY AND FROM UNDER TANK. EE'S THIRD FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS INJURED RESULING IN LACERATION & FRACTURE

Employee was re-fueling off road truck when he slipped off the berm twisting his left ankle.

CUTTING CATWALK FROM CONVEYOR, METAL STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON NOSE.

BACKHOE TOOTH CAUGHT REBAR CAUSING IT TO STRIKE EE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS JAW CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND BELOW HIS RIGHT EAR AND FRACTURE TO RIGHT JAW BONE AND A BROKEN LEFT JAW.

EE WAS GETTING IN LINE TO BE LOADED, AS HE TURNED, HE LEFT OFF OF THE GUS AND SLUMPED OVER THE STEERING WHEEL AND COASTED INTO ANOTHER TRUCK BEING LANDED VERY SLIGHT IMPACT-LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE TO TRUCK.

HE WAS CARRYING A 5 HP MOTOR WHEN HE TWISTED HIS KNEE CAUSING A STRAIN. DR. SENT HIM BACK TO WORK WITH NO RESTRICTIONS ON 1/16. WEEK OF MAR 18TH DR. SCHEDULED ORTHOSCOPIC SURGERY FOR MAR 22 & RELEASED HIM TO RETURN TO WORK ON 3/25/02.

OPERATOR SLIPPED OFF STEP OF DOZER WHEN EXITING TWISTING LEG (RIGHT).

EE HOLDING WRENCH IMPROPERLY TIGHTENING BOLTS, WHEN BOLT WAS TURNED FROM OPPOSITE SIDE WITH AIR WRENCH, FINGR WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN WRENCH AND STEEL PLATE CAUSING CUT TO MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HA ND, REQUIRING SEVEN STITCHES. EE WAS WEARING GLOVES AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

3 EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING REPAIRCLIPS ON CONVEYOR USING A TORCH TO REMOVE OLD CLIPS. UNPLANNED RELEASE OF ACETYLENE CAUSED FLASH FIRE WHICH BURNED EMPLOYEE. LEAK/FIRE OCCURRED IN ACTYLENE HOS E 12" FROM TORCH. THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK IS UNKOWN.

EE WAS HELPING OTHER CARRY A BEARING HOUSING TO TOP OF SCREEN TOWER. BEARING WAS SUSPENDED FROM A SECTION OF PIPE. EE WERE CARRYING THE PIPE ON THEIR SHOULDERS. INJ EE COMPLAINED THE NEXT DAY OF SHOULDER & NECK PAIN

EMPLOYEE HOOKED CAHIN TO 3 FEEDER TUBES. CAHIN WAS TOO LONG TO CLEAR THE AREA. LEAD PERSON WAS DIRECTING OPERATOR TO LET PIPE DOWN FOR CAHIN READJUSTMENT AND BEFORE PIPES HAD SETTLES, THE EMPL OYEE REACHED T OADJUST CAHIN, PIPES SHIFTED THUSCAUSING THE OPEN WOUND FRACTURE ON HIS RIGHT RING FINGER TIP.

AS EE WAS REPLACING DRILL HOSE HE SLIPPED OFF THE 3RD STEP FROM THE TOP OF 6'LADDER. HE FELL ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER & CHEST.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING UNIVERSAL JOINT FROM PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HOLDING ACTUAL JOINT WITH LEFT HAND AND STRIKING CAP WITH HAMMER WITH RIGHT HAND. UNIVERSAL JOINT TURNED IN EMPLOYEE'S HAND CAUSI NG HIM TO STRIKE THUMB OF LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER.

EMP WAS MOVING A DRUM HALF FULL OF WASTE OIL. WHILE SLIDING THE CONTAINER, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS CLEANING AROUND THE 7X 16 SCREEN AT STATION 2 WHEN A ROCK APPROX. 2X4 BOUNCED OFF THE SCREEN STRIKING HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS LEFT ARM. INJURY REQUIRED 6 SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

SEVERAL EMPLOYEES HAD COME IN TO WORK ON THE WASH SCREENS. EE AND OTHER WERE GETTING SCREEN CLOTH TO REPLACE ON THE SCREENS. WHILE UNLOADING THE SCREEN CLOTH EE DROPPED HIS END OF THE SCREEN W HILE EE WAS STILL HOLDING HIS END. THIS CAUSED ONE OF THE HOOKS ON THE SCREEN TO PUNCTURE HIS LEFT HAND JUST ABOVE THE THUMB.

EE AND COWORKER WERE CLEANING OUT AIR LINES WITH AN AIR HOSE. WHILE BLOWING OUT ONE OF THE LINES, SOME DEBRIS WENT UP AND UNDER EE'S GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN OFF THE RAILROAD TRACKS WITH A TRACTOR. HE HAD HIS BACK TO THE LOCOMOTIVE AND THE LOCOMOTIVE STRUCK THE TRACTOR. EE SAID HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER. HE HAS SINCE COMPLAINED OF HEADACHES AND BLURRED VISION.

THE INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION A JAW CRUSHER DIE IN THE FEEDER PRIOR TO PLACEMENT IN THE JAW. WHILE ATTACHING A CHAIN TO THE DIE, MOVEMENT BY THE OTHER EMPLOYEE CAUSED THE DIE TO SHIFT, CATCHING INJURED'S HAND AGAINST THE FEEDER.

EMPL REMOVING CONVEYOR ROLLER FRAME FROM #1 CONVEYOR.FRAME WEIGHED 75 LB EA. WHILE TRYING TO SLIDE 1 FRAME FROM CONVEYOR TO GROUND IT SLIPPED PINNING EMPL RIGHT HAND BETWEEN ROLLER FRAME AND A CONCRETE POST NEAR THE CONVEYOR.

EE WAS TRYING TO UNLOAD TWO 40 FT LENGTHS OF 8 INCH PIPE FROM TOP OF A CASE 480 LOADER BUCKET. ONE END OF ONE PIPE STRUCK THE GROUND AT AN ANGLE CAUSING THE OTHER END TO STRIKE HIM IN THE RIGH T SHIN, FRACTURING HIS LEG.

LIFTING ROLL OF WIRE CAUGHT FOOT UNDER ANOTHETR ROLL LOOSING BALANCE FALLING BACK

TIGHTENING BOLTS WITH WRENCH AND SLEDGE, STRUCK L HAN WITH HAMMER

LEVELING CABLE ON BUCKET TRUCK BROKE AND MEN FELL OUT OF BUCKET.

LEVELING CABLE ON BUCKET TRUCK BROKE AND MEN FELL OUT OF BUCKET.

LEADMAN HAS A 20 LB SLEDGE TO REMOVE A CUT PIECE OF METAL IN CHUTE. HIT IT ONE AND THEN MISSED AND TAGGED THE INJURED WITH HAMMER IN LEG.