Lime Bluff Quarry: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

WHILE STEMMING BOREHOLE, EE FELT A SNAP IN HIS BACK. HE TRIED HEAT & FLEXALL BUT IT DIDNT DO ANY GOOD.

EE WAS PUTTING UP "NO TRESPASSING" SIGNS. HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO POUND THE STAKE INTO THE GROUND WHEN THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE STAKE STRIKING THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER. IT CUT THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. THEY PUT STITCHES IN IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING NORTHEAST SHOVEL 1-80D. HE STEPPED DOWN ON THE TRACK AND SLIPPED. HE GRABBED HOLD OF THE HANDRAIL WITH ONE ARM AND INJURED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BEARINGS IN CRUSHER. HE SCRAPED HIS ELBOW ON HIS LEFT ARM AND LATER NOTICED A RED STREAK GOING UP HIS ARM. DOCTOR SAID HE HAD INFECTION WITH LYMPHANGITIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING STONE. WHEN HE BENT OVER AND TRIED TO LIFT HE RECEIVED A LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

38157ING TIRE ON R 35 TIRE MOVED AFTER LUGS WERE TAKEN OFF PINCHED EMP THUMB

54736YEE WAS SHOVELING WET SCREENINGS WHEN HE TURNED TO THROW THEM OFF HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS SUPPORTING SCREENS AGAINST SELF WHILE FELLOW WORKER PULLED ONE OUT OF THE STACK. WHILE HE WAS HOLDING THE SCREENS HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO A 100 HP MOTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER SHOVELING UNDERNEATH THE SECO SCREEN. HE WAS LIFTING WET, HEAVY MATERIAL AND THIS CAUSED HIS LOWER BACK TO GO OUT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HIS REFLEX WAS TO GRAB HOLD WITH HIS LEFT HAND. THIS PULLED ON HIS LEFT BACK RIBS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE CONVEYOR WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING DUE TO MUD ON HIS BOOTS AND THE RAIN. HE FELL AND HIT HIS LOWER CHEST, LEFT BACK RIB CAGE AND SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE HAD REMOVED THE RADIATIR CAP OF AN OVERHEATED 275 LOADER WHEN THE CONTENTS OF THE RADIATIR BLEW OUT A SHOWER OF HOT ANTI-FREEZE AND WATER MIXTURE CAUSING 1ST,2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS NECK ARMS CHEST AND LEGS.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CRUSHER FROM OUTSIDE SHED WHEN A ROCK FLEW OUT OF CRUSHER AND STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE LEFT EYE.

EMPL WAS GRINDING A TIE ROD SEPARATOR FORK WHEN GRINDER WHEEL CAUGHT ON FORK OF SEPARATOR AND DISENGAGED FORM THE GRINDER CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE LOWER STOMACH

EMPL SCRAPING OLD GASKET OFF AIR COMPRESSOR WHEN SCRAPER SLIPPED AND CUT INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND.REQ STITCHES AND TETANUS SHOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING OUT HIS EUCLID. WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE EUCLID, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A SHEAVE FROM A DOUBLE IMPACT CRUSHER WHEN APPLYING HEAT AND PRESSURE WITH A 10 TON PORT A POWER, THE SHEAVE RELEASED SUDDENLY, FLYING APPROX. 5-7 FT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE TOP OF HIS3LEFT FOOT AFTER HITTING THE WALL AND BOUNCING BACK AT AN ANGLE. NORMALLY THIS I S A SIX HOUR JOB, BUT THIS ONE TOOK THE EMPLOYEE BY SURPIRSE BY BEING FREED WITHIN ONE H OUR OF

EE WAS INSIDE HOUSING OF COMPELLER CRUSHER USING AN ACETLENE TORCH HEAT ING A NUT WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS USING AN AIR WRENCH TO LOOSEN UP A BOLT HOLDING A BAR ON THE CRUSHER IMPELLER SHAFT. WH ILE IN THE CONFINED AREA THE EE WAS CLOSE TO THE WORK & A SLIVER OF STEEL APPARENTLY CHIPPED OFF THE HEAD OF THE BOLT & WAS BLOWN INTO THE EYE BY THE AIR FROM IMPACT WRENCH. EE WAS WEARIN

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A LARGE DUST PIPE. HE SET THE PIPE ON A SUPPORT TO GET READY TO PLACE IT WHEN THE PIPE FELL AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER PIPE. HE SUFFERED TOWN SKIN ON 2 SIDES OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER, REQUIRING STITCHES.