Marinette County Pits Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was walking in quarry and tripped and fell on left shoulder due to uneven surface. Employee has now been diagnosed with a rotator cuff tear. At this point, our employee will continue to work his regular duty job but may have surgery this winter.

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE ON A CRUSHING PLANT WHEN BLOCKING SLIPPED & CAUSED MACHINE PART TO FALL & HIT EE'S HAND. EE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS RT. MIDDLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INJURY TO OFFICE UNTIL 9/28/04 AFTER HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR. HE SAID ABOUT 3 WEEKS PRIOR HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF SCREEN WHILE DOING MAINTENANCE ON THE CRUSHER WHEN HIS LEG WENT THROUGH. HE DOESN'T REMEMBER THE DATE. THE KNEE STARTED TO BE REALLY PAINFUL AND SWOLLEN SO HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 9/26/04.

EMPLOYEE DOING MAINTENANCE WORK ON MOTOR. HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND FRAME. HIS HAND GOT TWISTED AROUND BY THE MOTOR. CUT ON RIGHT HAND, SPRAINED 4TH FINGER RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS REACHING UP TO PULL ON A CONVEYOR BELT THAT WAS STOPPED AND PULLED SOME MUSCLES IN HIS STOMACH.

EE SLIPPED ON THE EDGE OF A SKIDSTEER BUCKET AND HIT HIS JAW.

EMP HAD JUST FINISHED CHANGING ROLLS ON CRUSHER FOR WHICH HE HAD BEEN USING A PRY BAR. THREW THEPRY BAR TO GROUND JUST AS ANOTHER EMP CAME AROUND THE CORNER. HE THEN WENT TO GRAB THE BAR AND H AD TO CATCH HIMSELF FROM FALLING WHEN HE TWISTEDHIS BACK.

AS THE EE WAS CLEANING BELT SCRAPER IT CAUGHT ON SPLICE AND WAS PULLED OVERCENTER CAUSING A SCISSORS AFFECT IN WHICH SEVERED TWO FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND ABOVE SECOND JOINT.

EMPLOYEE STATES WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT ROCKS IN THE BREAKER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER HE WAS STANDING BY WATCHING.A SMALL FRAGMENT FROM THE HAMMER CHIPPED OFF AND ENTERED UNDER THE SKIN OF HIS LEFT CHEEK.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS SHOVELING WHNE HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK.