Mellott Company-Service Facility: 38 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was assisting with torquing the rear end of a truck and his ankle gave out. Did not step on anything, shifted his weight and heard ankle pop.

Employee was tightening upper bolts on breaker plates using a 3/4" ratchet in a tight area. The ratchet slipped out of the socket and with the force trying to tighten it, smashed his right hand pinky finger.

Employee climbed off of a ladder. After he was off of the ladder, took a step on uneven ground surface and twisted his ankle.

Employee was working at left side of desk. Employee turned and stood up and started to walk toward the right when she tripped over the bottom desk drawer. The drawer was closed, but doesn't latch properly and sometimes comes back open.

IE was crawling under gyratory crusher twisting and bending to perform maintenance. Later that night IE noticed knee was swollen. He wrapped in ice. On 4/20/10, IE was working on a jaw crusher and his knee began to hurt again. He noticed fluid build up under the knee cap. On 4/29/10, he went to doctor who drained the fluid and cleaned out area around joint.

Employee hit right shin on metal frame. Resulting injury was about size of a pea. Applied antibiotic and a bandage.On 1/24/10 while showering at home the scab fell off.The next morning area was very red and painful to touch. On 1/25/10, he reported to work but pain became too much. Went to ER, serious infection (cellulitis) had set in. Anitbiotics prescribed.

Plant personnel were loading jaw dies onto pickup truck, for return to Warfordsburg, using a wheel loader with a chain. Employee tried to steady swinging jaw die, when it pushed against straightened left arm and caused cracking sound in left shoulder. A small amount of pain immediately appeared in his left shoulder.

Employee was bent over parts washer rack and was getting ready to lift starter from rack. As he picked up on the starter, he sneezed and felt a pop in his belly area. He has been diagnosed with an umbilical hernia. A 2-ton job hoist is available to be used to lift items out of the parts washer and employee has been instructed to use it more frequently during all lifting.

Miner was working inside piece of equipment getting ready to lift part of it. When he turned around, he hit his right elbow into crane hook that was positioned for the lift. No immediate problem. Several weeks later, his elbow began to swell up and required medical treatment to drain it.

Employee was cutting with a torch when spal caught his left pants leg on fire. Employee's pants had small frays at the bottom of leg. Employee put out fire with hand but received a small burn to left leg near ankle on shin area.

While welding underneath a test stand, spal fell down and landed on employee's leg. He was unable to move in time to get it off. On 1/17/08 employee noticed his leg had become infected because it was a large red area around the burn. Employee went to the hospital and was diagnosed with a staph infection. Employee received antibiotics.

While employee was using a 16 lb. sledge hammer he felt a strain in his lower back. The employee has been trained in the proper handling of a sledge hammer to avoid future injuries.

A shaft that secures a wheel on a tire balancing machine broke. The EE's finger was caught between the machine and the wheel, causing a laceration and a fracture to the tip of his left ring finger. The machine was tagged out and will be replaced with a larger capacity model. Training is being provided to prevent over-torqueing of shaft.

Employee was inflating a tire which blew out. The tire struck him in his right lower back area.