Kutztown II Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING OVERSIZED ROCKS FROM PRIMARY CRUSHER & ELECTRIC HOIST HOOK WAS PUT INTO CRUSHER TOO FAR WHEN TRYING TO UNJAM IT & THE HOOK JUMPED BACK, CAUSING INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE CAB OF TRUCK B272, A STONE DELIVERY TRUCK. HIS FOOT MISSED THE LAST STEP. HE LOST HIS GRIP WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. HE THEN FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HIS BACK AND HEAD ON THEOFFICE CINDERBLOCK WALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE CAT LOADER IN THE YARD. AT ONE POINT, WHILE BACKING UP, HE TURNED TO LOOK OVER HIS SHOULDER. HE FELT A SLIGHT PAIN INHIS LOWER BACK. AS THE MORNING CONTINUED, THE PAIN GOT WORSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON EUC #3 AND LIFTED THA BRAKE DRUM TO MOVE IT AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS FRONT RIB AREA.

LIFTING STEEL SKID PLATE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN

EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTYING THE SCREENING BIN. TO EMPTY THE BIN, THE LEVER USED TO OPEN THE GATE IS PROPED OPEN WITH A 2 X 3 BOARD. WHILE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE TRUCK TO MOVE IT FORWARD, HE BUMPED THE 2 X 3 BOARD, KNOCKING IT DOWN. THE LEVER FELL SHUT, HITTING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANICS DROP THE OUTRIGGERS ON THE CRANE. HE WAS PREPARING TO WELD ON THE FRAME. HE WAS UNDER THE CRANE LOOKING AT HOW TO REMOVE GAS LINES. WHEN HE CAME OUT FROM UNDE R THE CRANE TO WALK AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE, HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE DOOR WHICH WAS LEFT OPEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM TOP OF CRANE CAB. WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN ONTO THE NEXT PLATE, HE SLIPPED ON BRACE FLUID WHICH LEAKED FROM A FAULTY HYDRAULIC CYLINDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEEL POST BAR TO LOOSEN ROCKS JAMMED INT HE PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER. THE BAR GOT STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK ADN THE MOVING SWING JAW, CAUSING IT TO SLAM AGAINST THE FEEDER HOPPER AND PINCHED THE THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND.

INJURED HAD A LARGE ROCK STUCK IN THE PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER. HE WAS USING A LARGE HEAVY HOOK ATTACHED TO AN ELECTRIC HOIST TO REMOVE THE ROCK. WHEN THE HOOK WAS BEING POSITIONED BY HAND TO HOO K THE ROCK, THE HOOK JAMMED BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE MOVING SWIG JAW THROWING THE END OF THE HOOK BEING HELD BY HAND AGAINST THE STEEL FEED HOPPER, PINCHING HIS HAND IN BETWEEN. HIS RING FING

EE WAS STEPPING UP INTO HIS TRUCK WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE STEP AND SLIPPED AS HE FELL HIS LEFT WRIST HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR FRAME.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING A TRUCK FOR CRACKS IN ITS LIFT AXLE WHEN HE BUMPED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK CAUSING A BRUISE AND A LACERATION TO THE FOREHEAD.THE LACERATION TOOK FOU T STITCHES TO CLOSE.