Lemon Springs Quarry: 174 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

A Volvo A40G off road 6x6 truck made contact with a Komatsu PC360 excavator while approaching from the blindside of the excavator. This incident was investigated by Mine Safety and Health Inspector on 09/12/2016. The complaint ID is 966940. We were notified on 10/03/2016 that the operator of the Volvo 6x6 truck had filed a claim of injury.

Employee was moving some chains and was apparently bitten by an insect. Area became inflamed and he was seen by a physician on 6/12.

Employee pulled some electrical cable by hand to move it from one area to another and felt numbness and tingling in his left elbow and fingers.

Employee was pulling a piece of wire from in front of the haul truck he was preparing to operate. He felt a pain in his lower back and went to the clinic where he was diagnosed with a mild back sprain. He returned to his regular job as truck driver. His condition improved until 06/06/2011 when it unexpectedly got worse and the doctor put him out of work.

Employee was cutting a piece of conveyor belt to make a patch. The utility knife slipped while he was pulling towards himself and struck the right leg just above the knee, inflicting a gash about one and one half inches. Required several stitches to close.

A brush and grass fire was observed on mine property and was called in to the emergency dispatcher. The Lemon Springs Fire Department was dispatched and was on scene in 17 minutes. The fire was controlled and the responding units left in one hour and 46 minutes. The fire was immediatly reported to MSHA. The cause of the fire was not determined.

EE had his finger mashed in the door of the haul truck cab. He was pulling the CB cable that was dragging inside the cab. Another EE was training on the truck. He got out of the cab & pulled slack out of the CB cable line. Injured was trying to hold the cable out of the way while the door was shut. Injured thought he was OK & told other EE to shut the door. Finger was fractured.

Ee was lifting screens to the top of the screen deck and felt an onset of back pain. He thought it was pulled muscle but when it didnt get better he went to the dr. and after it did nfot improve, an mri was done showing a herniated disc. because his contition did not improve any the dr. took him out of work on 7/16/07.

Employee was holding a side panel of polyurethane screen deck on his right knee and trimming it with a utility knife when the knife slipped and cut his leg. The resulting laceration required four stitches to close. Medical only, no lost time.

While changing jaw dies on the jaw crusher, Employee was getting set up to trim an old die to fit the rock box between the feeder & the jaw. While moving this die that weighed approx.1000#, the lifting chain came unhooked alowing the die to fall over the work platform. As it fell it struck EE's rt. leg scraping the skin. It also smashed his steel toe in his shoe.

A screen fire was started during construction of the new secondary plant. Belt 26 was started & it was rubbing on the structure, so EE trimmed a small piece of metal with a torch. Some of the slag fell to the screen deck below & started a fire on the rubber screen deck. The fire was extinguished in about 45 minutes. No injuries.

PERFORMING ROUTINE ELECTRICAL HELPER INSTALLATION TASKS. EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CARRYING CONDUIT FROM A STORAGE PILE TO THE WORK SITE. WHILE CARRYING CONDUIT ON SHOULDER, STEPPED INTO A BLIND HOLE APPROX 12" DEEP. EE FELT SORENESS IN HIP AREA. NEXT DAY, EE WAS IN PAIN WHEN REPORTING FOR WORK, SENT TO HOSPITAL. XRAY REVEALED A FRACTURE OF THIRD VERTEBRA.

Employee picking up a metal stake, when he dropped it. He tried to catch it and smashed his finger between the stake and edge of concrete.

ERECTING SCAFFOLDING TO SUPPORT DECKING WHEN HE WALKED PAST THE I-BEAM SUPPORTED ON THE SCAFFOLDING (5'HIGH), HE BUMPED THE I-BEAM & IT FELL & STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER BACK OF HIS HEAD.

BRACING OFF AN 18' WALL WITH 24' LONG 2 X 4'S AS THEY WERE LIFTING THE 2 X 4'S TO LEAN AGAINST THE WALL FOR ATTACHMENT, THE 2 X 4'S ROLLED AND EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS WRIST.

EE CUT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND WRIST WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE CUTTING EDGE ON 988F WEARPLATE.HE WAS HOLDING THE BOLT UP TO STOP IT FROM TURNING. THE IMPACT WRENCH PUSHED BACK THE BOLT CAUSI NG IT TO SPIN CUTTING THROUGH HIS GLOVE INTO HISHAND.

INJURED WAS OPERATING THE SAND BLASTING MACHINE,AND WAS WEARING A BACK SUPPORT AT THE TIME HE INJURED HIS BACK.THE SAND BLASTING MACHINE IS 54" TALL AND 24" DIA.HE INJURED HIS BACK BY NOT USIN G PROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUES.ALL WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED WITH EQUIPMENT ON THE GROUND.HE REMAINED AT WORK FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK ON LIGHT DUTY AND REPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL ON 05-21-95.THE E

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD A SHAFT FROM THE BED OF A UTILITY TRUCK. THE OTHER MAN ON THE GROUND LET THE SHIFT SLIP AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT PINKY FINGER UNDER THE ANGLE FRAME THAT WAS ON TH E TRUCK. LEFT PINKY FINGER WAS CUT WHILE REMOVING PARTS OFF TRUCK RESULTING IN 8 STITCHES.

EE WAS RUNNING WATER TRUCK THEN WAS ASK TO RUN CRANE EE WAS COMING DOWN FROM WATER TRUCK WITH LUNCH BOX AND WATER COOLER IN HIS HANDEE FOOT SLIPPED ON LADDER CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE HI TTING HIS LEFT FRONT LEG ON LADDER RESULTING IN 5 SUTURES NO MEDICATION GIVING.

EMPL PARKED WATER TRUCK TO CHECK FUEL LEVEL.AFTER CHECKING FUEL,EMPL CROSSED BACK OVER HOODF OF CAB,LOST BALANCE & FELL TO GROUND.EMPL HAS ONE LOWER FX VERTEBRA.

EMPL HELPING FOREMAN WHILE USING TORCH TO HOLD OXYGEN LINES UP OUT OF MUD WHEN SMALL HOLE IN OXY LINE SPARKED CAUSING GLOVE TO CATCH ON FIRE.EMPL USED ANOTHER MANS GLOVE WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN USED IN CLEANING SOLUTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DRILL HAMMER USING AN 8 LB SLEDGE HAMMER WHICH THE HANDLE WAS TOO LONG HAMMER CAUGHT IN H IS COAT SLEEVE CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER OVER LAYING P IPE J OI NT INCERATED 4 STICHES

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF 90W OIL TO PLACE INTO THE GREASE HOUSE. WHEN HE STOOD THE BARREL UPRIGHT HE STRAINED HIS BACK. HE HAD PAIN AND COULDN'T STAND STRAIGHT.

HOIST CYLINDER 4HICH IS USED FOR R35 EULIDS WAS BEING MOVED BY CASE TRACTOR FOR STORAGE. HOIST WAS ROLLED ONTO TWO 4X4 BOARDS TO HE LP PLACE INTO STALL. EMP STOOPED TO LIFT UP HOIS CYLINDER CAUSIN1 BACK PAIN. INJURY TO BACK AND LOWER TESTICLES

PLATE IN JAW CR6SHER FEED BOX, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY TWO BOLTS, HAD COME LOOSE DUE TO ONE BOLT FALLING OUT. EMPLOYEE HOOKED JAW HOIST TO PLATE WITH A CHAIN SO CONTROLLING IN LEFT HAND AND CHAI

I.NAME WAS DRIV3NG R-35 EUCLID USED TO STOCKPILE CLEANSTONE A FIRE BROKE OUT UNDER THE CAB FLOOR BOARD I.NAME GOT DOWN FROM THE CAB WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HE SEVERELY TWISTED HIS RT FOOT AND ANK LE TEARING LIGA4ENTS IN SAME

EMPLOYEE IN AN EFFORT TO EXPEDITE V-BELT INSTALLATION PLACED HIMSELF IN AN UNSAGE CONDITION PULLING DOWN ON THE SMALL PULLEY TOWARDS BOTTOM HALF OF GUARD CREATING A DANGEROUS PINCH POINT FOR H IMSELF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING LARGE PULLYE WHEN THE LARGE PULLEY TURNED CRUSHER SHAFT SMALL PULLEY ROLLED WITH TH LARGE PULLEY PINCHING EMPLOYEES RT THUMB BETWEEN PULLEY AND GUARD

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING GREASE OFFMETAL SUPPORT ARM SLIPPED HITTING A PIECE OF METAL CUTTING LEFT FOREARM.