Milton Plant: 97 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

climbing up steps and fell back and hit back on truck

The contractor could not line up the track bolts and used a 10-lb sledgehammer to relieve pressure on the links. When striking the track pin, a metal fragment from the pin sheared off penetrating contractor's left upper thigh requiring a tourniquet. Emergency medical services transported contractor to an ER for treatment. Contractor was released several hours later.

Loading sand from high wall to hopper in pit. Employee states seatbelt buckle came unfasten , breaks pressed which caused employee's head to hit windshield

Using a high pressure steamer, spraying material off a customers truck. When he pulled the trigger, he sprayed his middle finger on his right hand, cutting it.

Was looking for a bad spot in the belt, when the wind gusted and blew sand into right eye.

Lifting and pulling belt up to nail on core.

EE was replacing conveyor belt on coarse sand conveyor, as belt was being pulled on. Employees involed were using a 2x6 board as a guide to keep belt from sliding off conveyor rollers, board suddenly broke striking EE in left shoulder knocking him to the ground.

EE was taking out troughing roller to repair conveyor belt: troughing roller slipped off conveyor frame unexpectedly and strained ee's wrist while attempting to catch it. He returned 10/8/07 for follow-up dr visit. Dr wants to try physical therapy starting 10/10/07 on wrist. Return to dr 10/22/07.

Employee was working on a conveyor from manlift basket and strained lower back while replacing a bearing on conveyor. 9/19/06 - Employee had six physical therapy treatments. Employee continues to perform regular duties.

EEwas taking guard off conveyor. As he stepped down 12", he twisted left knee. EE refused treatment at that time. On 6/26/06 employer made employee go to DR. Determined possible meniscus tear. MRI was done. On 7/3/06 he went to orthopedic. He received by mail notice of surgery scheduled for 7/20/06. As of 7/12/06 ee has performed his regular duties without medication.

EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE DUTIES INSIDE OF SAND SCREW. EE SLIPPED & FELL DISLOCATING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF DURING FALL.

REPLACING SKIRT RUBBER ON CONVEYER AND WHILE USING AN IMPACT WRENCH, EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON CONVEYER FRAME.

WALKED INTO A VALVE ON CLASSIFIER LOCATED APPROX 6' FROM GROUND. EMPLOYEE STRUCK RIGHT SIDE OF GFACE ON VALVE.

EE WAS EXITING OPERATOR CAB OF BOBCAT, STEPPED FROM BUCKET TO THE GROUND AND ROLLED HIS ANKLE. HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 11/1/01. HE WENT TO DOCTOR BECAUSE OF CONTINUING PAIN AND TORN TENDON WAS DIAGNOSED. SURGERY PERFORMED 11/17/01. FIRSTDAY OF LOST TIME 11/19/01.

THE INJURY WAS FROM LIFTING A LARGE BATTERY FROMTHE SERVICE TRUCK TO THE GENERATOR & HURT LOWER BACK

EE WAS WORKING ON A BENT PULLEY FROM CATWALK AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. RIGHT KNEE SURGERY ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1999 AND OFF MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1999.

EE REPORTED INJURY ON 5-10-99. CO. DR. DETERMINED IT WAS A BONE SPUR. RESTRICTED DUTY AND BACK TO WORK AS AREA OPERATOR. ON 6-25-99 TOTALLY INCAPACITATED. EE HAS REMAINED OFF WORK UNDER A BONE SPUR DIAGNOSIS. ON 12-28-99 IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A HERNIATED DISC. FUTURE TREATMENT IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME.

LETTING DOWN DOOR ON FEED BOX FOR SIEVE BIN WHENONE PERSONS SIDE SLIPPED CAUSING DOOR TO FALL ONLEFT HAND BROKE INDEX FINGER, & SMASHED KNUCKLE ON MIDDLE FINGER.

WAS PASDSENGER IN SERVICE TRUCK DRIVER RAN OVER A BIG DIRT CLOT RAMING PASSENGER INTO ROOF OF TRUCK.

USING SHOVEL TO REMOVE MATERIAL FROM CONVEYOR.

WAS MOVING A BUCKET OF SCRAP STEEL AND TWISTED BACK.

STEPPED OUT OF TRAILER SLIPPED ON ICY SURFACE.

GREASING CONVEYORS. WIND BLEW SAND IN EYE.

WAS CLEANING AROUND THE POWER SCREEN, OPENEDCAOVER IN FRONT OF THE TAILPULLEY AND REACHED IN BETWEEN THE TROUGHING IDLERS. WAS CAUGHT AND PULLED INTO THE CONVEYOR.

WAS CLEANIGN OUT A CHUTE AND TWISTED WHEN THROWIGN OUT A LARGE ROCK.

WAS GETTING OFF A FRONT END LOADER AND SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM LADDER STEP.

SPLICING BELT CONCRETE SAND STACKER STEPPING ACROSS CONV. LOST FOOTING FELL FROM CONV. BRUISING LOWER BACK.

WAS CHANGING SPRAY BARS ON A SCREEN WENT TO STORAGE AREA FOR NEW SPRAY BAR BENT OVER PICKED UP NEW BAR AND SPRAINED LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE USING A WATER HOSE TO WASH OUT FROM UNDER PLANT PULLING ON WATER HOSE COVERED WITH MATERIAL THE HOSE CAME LOOSE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP BUMPING AGAINST WELDED I BEAM FROM PLANT HITTING HIS LOWER BACK.

CARRYING WATER ACROSS DECK OF DREDGE STRIKING LET FOOT ON JET PUMP

LIFTING CABLE CAUSING PAIN IN BACK AND LEGS. DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 11/2/94.

WAS CLEANING AN AREA WITHA SHOVEL AND PULLED BACK.

WAS GETTING IN JON BOAT FROM DREDGE AND STEPPED ONA SHACKLE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

WAS SHOVELING SAND FROM AROUND A CONVEYOR & PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS CHEST

WAS GETTING OUT OF A SERVICE TRUCK AND SLIPPED OFF OF THE RUNNING BOARD.

WAS LIFTING CAVEL FROM ONE BOAT TO ANOTHER AND HAD A PULLING IN HIS LEFT FOREARM.

REOCCURRANCE OF OLD INJURY FORM 2-29-92.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM A SERVICE TRUCK AND SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL.

INJURED PERSON WAS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BUT WAS A VENDOR LOOKING TO SELL EQUIPMENT.

MACH. WAS REMOVING NYO CYL OFF WA-600 RUBBER TIRE LOADER LIFT CLY. WHEN MACH REMOVED PIN FROM CLY SHAF OF CLY WENT CLOSED AND GOT RIGHT HAND AND RIGHT LOWER LEG.

CLEANING CONV. ON FLIED LINE OPERATOR GOT LEG & FOOT IN BETWEEN FRAME & BOOM. INJURED RIGHT LEG & ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE USING SLEDGE HAMMER DRIVING WEDGES INTO PLACE, TO HOLD CONE CRUSHER TIGHT.

CHUTE REPAIR LIFTING CHANNEL IRON PIECES INTO PLACE FOR WELDING.

54736YEE WAS LIFTING CHUTE UP TO HOOK ON TO COM-A-LONG WHEN HE STRAIEND HISELF LOWER LEFT SIDE STOMACH.

USING PIPE WRENCH TO INSTALL V-BELTS ON LOG WASHER DRIVE MOTOR TWISTING OR PULLED CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.

CHANGING SCREEN CLOTH ON AN 8X20 SCREEN DECK,PUSHING UPWARD TO REMOVE SCREEN CLOTH CAUSING HERNIA.

OPERATING A 743 BOBCAT CLEANING UP AROUND PLANT. HE HIT A PIECE OF CONCRETE & WHEN HE HIT THE CONCRETE IT THREW HIM FORWARD IN THE BOBCAT CAUSING HIM TO HAVE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS WEA RING THE SAFETY BAR ON THE MACHINE.

REMOVING 7FT X8IN DIA PIPE FROM PICKUP TRUCK POSSIBLE DAMAGED DISK

CLEANING UP SHOP AREA LIFTING CUTTING EDGE OUT OF THE WAY WHEN EMPLOYEE TWISTED LOWER PART OF BACK BRUISED DISC

COMING DOWN OFF OF LOADER AND MISSED BOTTOMS TEP AND FELL. TWISTED , SPRAINED AND POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF LEFT WRIST.

EMPL WAS SHOVELING ROCK ONTO BELT IN TUNNEL WHEN FOOT SLIPPED ON ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON CONCRETE FLOOR STRAINING LOWER BACK.

TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SAND SCREW WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN WRENCH AND FLIGHT.KNUCKLE OVER 1ST FINGER WAS CUT.REQ 4 STITCHES.

EMP WAS USING A3SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK A ROCK CAUGHT IN A HOPPER. HE WAS HIT IN THE EYE WITH A PIECE OF ROCK

EMPLOYEE SUFFER9D BACK STRAIN WHILE CLIMBING ON OR OFF OF A FRONT END LOADER

EMPL SUFFERED S7RAIN OF LOWER BACK MUSCLES WHILE MAUNUALLY MOVING 55 GAL BARREL OF OIL.

INJURED EMPLOYE9 AND A HELPER WERE INSTALLING A GEAR BOX ON A HEAD PULLEY CONVEYOR AND AS THEY WERE LIFTING THE BOX, WILLIAMS STRTAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

TWO EMPLOYEES W9RE REMOVING A BEARING FROM A SHAFT INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE SHAFT STEADY WHILE THE OTHER SWUNG A SLEDGEHAMMER THE HAMMER BOUNCED OFF THE SHAFT AND STRUCK THE INJURED EM PLOYEE ON THE F2REHEAD THE CUT REQUIRED 6 STITCHES

WAS CHECKING FO9 AIR LEAK ON LOADER PUT FINGERT NEXT TO ACTIVATING ROD AND WHEN THE OPERATOR RELEASED THE PEDAL THE ROD RETRACTED AND CLIPPED THE END OF THE FINGER OFF

EMPLOYEE DROPPE8 LADDER ON HAND WHILE REMOVING SAME FROM GARGE DURING LOADING OPERATING.

EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D BACK WHILE PULLING MOORING CABLE ON BARGE BY HAND.

EMPL MANUALLY C5RRYING OUTBOARD MOTOR DOWN STEEP BANK TO MOUNT ON BOAT.PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE STRUCK HEAD ON FRAMEWORK OF LOADER CAB WHEN MACHINE HIT A STOCK PILE TOO HARD

EMPLOYEE WAS MANUALLY LOADING 8" AUGER DRILL SECTIONS ON A HORIZONAL RACK ON A DRILL TRUCK - MASHED/CUT FINGER.

A WRENCH SLIPPED WHILE BEING USED BY EMPLOYEE & HE STRUCK THE ENGINE WITH HIS LEFT HAND

EMP WAS WALKING ABOUT ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AS HE CROSSED SOME STRUCTURAL STEEL

EMP STEPPED ON BROKEN CHUNK OF CONCRETE AND TWISTED RT ANKLE

EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK WHILE TRYING TO ALIGN AN ELBOW IN A 16IN PIPELINE