Madras Quarry: 53 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

An individual was trespassing on the mine property when they fell off the highwall. This incident became immediately reportable on 6/6/16.

Employee was at work operating a front-end loader. He radioed the leadman he needed to see him at the shop. The leadman met him, employee stated he did not feel well and had bad heartburn. The leadman called the plant manager and he transported the employee to the hospital for evaluation. The hospital later determined he had a blocked artery and installed a stint.

While attaching J-bolts to the middle deck of a screen, sand from the upper deck fell into ee face getting grit into his left eye.

Employee was installing a return training roller when the conveyor belt slipped causing his hand to get caught between the roller frame and the conveyor.

EE parked the Bulk Truck, went to step out of the truck, fell backwards, truck rolled backwards, left front tire ran over left foot.

EE was changing the drill hammer. He broke the hammer loose and began replacing the chuck, when the hammer unit fell, catching his left index finger between the hammer unit and the drill deck.

Employee was attempting to remove gravity take-up counterweight. He set the counterweight on the ground with a boom truck. As he was removing the cable the load shifted. When the load shifted it pinned him against the conveyor frame leg.

EE STATES: TRACES OF EMULSION GOT INTO LT. EYE.

EE HAD BEEN INSPECTING A PART OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER- A BEARING FROM THE HYD. TOGGUE- THE BEARING WAS STANDING ON IT'S END- AS THE EE WAS GETTING OFF THE BACK OF THE BOOM TRUCK THE BEARING FEL L HITTING THE END OF HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

EE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO RECLAIM CONVEYOR WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER WELDING LEADS AND FELL AND STRUCK LEFT HAND AGAINST CONVEYOR FRAME.

EE WAS PERFORMING HIS NORMAL JOB OF HAUL TRUCK OPERATION. AT APPROX. 3:00PM HE WAS SEEN PARKED IN FRONT OF MUCK PILE, SLUMPED OVER THE STEERING WHEEL. A FELLOW EE CHECKED ON HIM AND FOUND NO R ESPONSE AND NO PULSE. HE CONTACTED PLANT OFFICE & STARTED CPR. 911 WAS NOTIFIED & EMT'S ARRIVED.EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL & WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD. CAUSE OF DEATH-APPARENT HEART ATTAC

EMPLOYEE WAS SWIGNING SLEDGE HAMMER AGAINST JAW DIE WEDGE TO HELP TIGHTEN WEDGE BOLTS. THE SWINGING ACTION CAUSED THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK TO SPASM. NO OTHER INJURY WAS REPORTED.

EMP WAS REMOVING WORN SCALPING PANELS FROM PLANTTO SCRAP PILE. HE CARRIED PANELS TO SCRAP YARD ON BACKHOE. REMOVED PANEL FROM BUCKET BY HAND TO THROW INTO SCRAP PILE. PANEL CONTACTED RIGHT HAN D AND BENT THE WRIST TO THE RT CAUSING INJURY.

WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF TRUCK, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT LEG ONT HE STEEL GRATE THAT YOU STEP ON. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 10-31-95 AND THEN WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL A W EEK LATER.

TRUCK DRIVER BACKED UP TO MUCK PILE TO BE LOADED. LOADER OPR. DUMPED 1ST BUCKET INTO BED OF HAUL TRK. LARGE ROCK ROLLED OUT OF BUCKET & CONTACTED OPPOSITE SIDE OF BED, CAUSING SIDEWAYS MOVEMEN T OF TRK. THIS MOVEMENT CAUSED MUSCLE PULL IN UPPER BACK AT LEFT SHOULDER OF HAUL TRK. DRIVER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BOOM CYL. BACK ON HYD SHOVEL. PIN HAD BEEN LEFT IN BOSS EMPLOYEE TOOK PIN OUT AND PLACE DIT ONTOP STEP FO LADDER. AS EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN HE HELD ONTO PIN TO KEEP IT FR OM FALLING. PIN SLIPPED OFF OF STEP CATCHING MIDDLE 2 FINGERS AGAINST 2ND STEP CAUSING CUT TO MIDDLE FINGER, REMOVAL OF FINGERNAIL ON OTHER FINGER AND BREAKING BOTH OF THE ENDS.

VICTIM WAS PRYING UPWARD WITH A BAR AND THE OBJECT HE WAS PRYING ON MOVED EASIER THAN EXPECTED. HE HIT HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER ON A FRAMWORK CORNER AND LACERATED THE KNUCKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A DAMAGED BOLT & HOT SLAG WENT DOWN HIS RT BOOT & BURNED IN AT HIS ANKLE BONE HIS BOOTS WERE LACED TO THE TOP THE BOLT WAS AT APPROX SHOULDER HEIGHT

JAW BOLTS ARE IN A CLOSE CLEARANCE AREA BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE SURROUNDINGS & THE DIRECTION OF TIGHTENING THE INJURED SWUNG THE HAMMER WITH HIS LEFT HAND INSTEAD OF HIS RT HE MISSED & HIT HIS RT FOREFINGER WITH THE HAMMER

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A CUT WITH A OXY-ACETYLENE TORCH DURING THE CUT THE TORCH CAME CLOSE TO A CERTAIN POINT HIDDEN FROM VIEW THE CAN WAS HEATED ENOUGH TO EXPLODE

EMPL WAS MAKING CUT WITH OXY ACETYLENE TORCH ON 8" I BEAM. SHAPE OF BEAM HAD ONE END ABOUT2' OFF GROUND. DURING CUT BEAM FELL ON FOOT OF EMPL.

HAMMERING SHIM IN JAW CRUSHER,AHMMER HIT JAW AND CAUSED HAMMER TO GO OVER SHIM AND CAUGHT FINGER ON THE SHIM AND HAMMER HANDLE.

BACKHOE WAS SIT7ING IN A BIG PUDDLE OF WATER. HE WENT TO JUMP ON THE STEPS TO GET ON THE BACKHOE AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE FIRST STEP, TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON A RAIL AT THE TOP OF LOADING BINS. HE WAS CATCHING A SAMPLE OF #34 STONE.HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE NEARLY DROPPED THE SAMPLE BUCKET WHICH HELD APPROX. 45-50 LBS. OF STON E, BUT HE HELD 2N TO IT AND PULLED ARM.

EMPLOYEE CARRIE8 A SPOOL OF CABLE UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS. (SPOOL WEIGHED APPROX. 125 LBS.)

PULLING OLD MET5L OFF BACK WELDING TRUCK AT THE SCRAP PILE.I.NAME JERKED A PIECE OFF-A JAGGED PIECE CUT ARM.STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

I NAME WAS REPA3RING A FEEDER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISMOUNT HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH WHEAT HE THINK WAS ELECTRICITY HE FELL ABOUT FEET.

I.NAME WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL 4 TO 5 FT HE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO RT LEG AND A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT WRIST

EMPLOYEE WAS IN TUNNEL USING A STEEL BAR TO UNSTOP A CLOGGED CHUTE. WHILE BAR WAS HALFWAY UP IN THE CHUTE, ROCKS FELL FREE AND PUSHED ONE END OF THE BAR DOWNWARD AND THE OTHER END UP AND SLAM MED HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE CEILING. HE COULD NOT MOVE AWAY FAST ENOUGH. THUMB WAS LACERATED AND FRACTURED.

JOHNNY L RUTHERFORD INJURED AND ROBERT L SOSEBEE WERE CHANGING DOOR FROM ONE SIDE OF T-4 DRILL CARRIER TO OTHER SIDE OF CARRIER AFTER INJURED AND OTHER EMPLOYEE HAD HUNG DOOR ON HINGES INJU RED TOLD OTHER EMPLOYEE THAT HE WAS HURTING REAL BADLY IN LOWER BACK