Missouri Red Quarries Inc: 155 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was helping another employee change the drill bit on a jackhammer when the other employee dropped the jackhammer on the employee's right hand, mashing his middle finger on his right hand.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING UP ON A LEDGE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO SCRAPE HIS RIGHT FOREARM ON THE EDGE OF THE LEDGE.

Employee was leveling a tamrock drill and got his thumb under the outrigger and mashed his thumb.

Employee was drilling on a rock and he stepped on a piece of grout rock that moved causing him to fall, bending his knee at an awkward angle.

Employee was moving granite slabs with an overhead crane when one of the slabs broke in the middle falling about 5ft. A small piece broke off the edge and hit the employee in the right cheekbone.

EE was placing grout (scrap granite) in a pan to clean up his work area. He picked upa 50 pound piece and turned to place the granite in the pan when he felt a pull in his lower back area.

Ee was standing on a large block of granite, trying to break off a piece of the rock. When the piece of ther ock broke off it caused the block to shake slightly. He felt he was losing his balance. He dropped down to his knees to catch himself and struck his knee on the same granite rock. His fall was from a standing to a kneeling position.

Ee is not an employee of missouri red. he went to flip a 4" strp loose from the trailer. the strap did not unhook, causing him to lose his balance. he fell approx. 4 feet to the ground, laning on his right side.

Ee was pushing the compressor shed door (sliding door), door became jammed in the track - He gave a quick shove on the door. The door did not give and ee was twisted at the waist. He felt a sharp stab of pain in the middle of his back.

PULLING A BLOCK WITH THE LOADER & HOOKS. A HOOK BROKE OUT OF THE BLOCK BEING PULLED AND THREW A PIECE OF ROCK IN THE AIR. IT FELL HITTING EE IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. EE RAN AWAY WHEN THE HOOK BROKE LOOSE.

EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE WITH A JACKHAMMER ROCK DRILL WHEN IT BECAME STUCK. HE TRIED TO PULL THE DRILL FREE AND HAD TO "PULL HARDER". HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE ADMITTED TO LIFTING WITH HIS BACK AND NOT HIS LEGS. HE SUFFERED A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BIDDLE BACK.

EE WAS DRIVING WEDGES ON A CAP LINE, WORKING ON A PLATFORM ABOUT 5' OFF THE GROUND. WHILE HE WAS DRIVING THE WEDGES WITH A HAMMER THE CABLE SLIPPED OFF ONE SIDE CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

EE WAS LIFTING AN OXYGEN CYLINDER WITH A CO-WORKER INTO A FORD RANGER TO AMOVE TO ANOTHER AREA OF THE QUARRY. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN LOW IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON A GUARD WITH A PRYBAR. HE FELT A JERK IN HIS BACK DOWN LOW AND TO THE LEFT. THE PRY BAR WAS @ 4' AND THE GUARD WAS @ 250 LBS.

EE WAS MOVING A GRANITE SLAB TO HIS WORK STATION. WHILE LOWERING THE SLAB, HE GRABBED THE HOOK, PLACING HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE HOOKS AND THE 5 LAB PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF ALL THE TENSION CAUS ING HIS FINGER TO BE CAUGHT FINISH LOWERING THE SLAB AND REMOTE HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR IN THE QUARRY ON LEDGE #1 AS HE WAS PRYING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS MIDDLE BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A JACKHAMMER ON QUARRY LEDGE #1 WHEN THE JACKHAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK CAUSING HIM TO PULL HIS BACK.

CRANE BOOM MALFUNCTIONED AND FELL. EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND CAUGHT HIS LEG BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.

SLEDGEHAMMER BECAME ENTANGLED IN SAFETY ROPE WHILE DRIVING A WEDGE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD IN FRONT OF RIGHT EAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BROKEN GRANITE SLABS BY HAND ON THE DUMP TRUCK. WHILE PUTTING A PIECE ON THE TRUCK HIS RIGHT FOREARM BUMPED ANOTHER PIECEOF GRANITE CAUSING A LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF CRANE AND STARTED DOWN THE LADDER, WHICH HAD BEEN MOVED AND NOT SECURED. THE LADDER SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX 4-5 FEET.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A PILE OF LOOSE SCRAP ROCK IN ORDER TO RETRIEVE A DRILL THAT HAD FALLEN OFF THE LEDGE. AS HE WAS CLIMBING, HE SLIPPED IN THE LOOSE MATERIAL AND FELL ABOUT 4'.

INJURED WAS WORKING IN THE QUARRY ON LEDGE #1 DRILLING LIFT HOLES WITH JACKHAMMER. AS HE MOVED THE DRILL HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS MOVING SOME GROUT ROCK BY HAND WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT STOMACH

EE STEPPED DOWN ON SOME ROCKS BELOW HIS WORK AREA AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

HE TWISTED HIS BACK HANDLING A BUCKET OF WEDGES.

HE WAS MOVING SLAB WITH CRANE AND THE END OF SLAB BROKE OFF AND HOOK FLEW BACK AND HIT HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE. DAMAGE TO LEFT EYE AND NOSE.

HE WAS WORKING IN LEDGE PINNING GROUT TO REMOVE FROM WORK AREA. THEY HAD HOOKED A PIECE OF GROUT TO REMOVE IT WITH THE CRANE. THE CRANE SWANG BACK AND HIT HIM IN LEFT FOREARM AND LEFT LEG, KNO CKING HIM DOWN.

INJURED WAS PRYING ON A ROCK WITH A PINCH BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST A ROCK. COMPLAINED OF PAIN AND NUMBNESS.

EE WAS CHECKING SEGMENTS OF 8'4" SAW BLADE. HE TURNED THE BLADE IN THE CUT & FAILED TO REMOVE HIS HAND CATCHING HIS RIGHT FOREFINGER AND INDEX FINGER BETWEEN GRANITE AND BLADE. HAD TO HAVE STI TCHES IN FINGERS.

FELT A PULL IN GROIN AREA WHILE LOADING GROUT ROCK IN PAN. WORKED UNTIL 3/16/93 BUT PAIN GOT WORSE. WENT TO DOCTOR 3/17/93 AND WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED WORK FOR 1 WEEK FOR POSSIBLE INJURY.

EE WAS FILLING IN AT SAW SHED PREPARING A LOAD OF SALBS FOR SHIPPING. HE RAISED SLAB WITH CRANE AND THE HOOK SLIPPED LOOSE AND SLAB FELL ON HIS LEFT LEG & ANKLE.

EE WAS CLEANING OUT A CHANNEL FROM LOWER SIDE & WAS CLIMBING BACK UP THE LEDGE TO START THE BURNER HE SLIPPED & FELL ON HIS BACK

INJURED WAS HOOKING THE HOOKS TO A BLOCK OF GRANITE.THE BLOCK WAS IN A SLOPING POSITION.HE HAD HOOKED UPPER SIDE AND WAS TRYING TO HOOK LOWER SIDE WHEN THE UPPER HOOK CAME LOOSE AND SLID DOWN THE BLOCK AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT.

I.NAME WORKING IN LEDGE 2 TRYING TO PUSH A BLOCK OUT WITH JACKHAMMER GADS. WATCHING FOR MOVEMENT BELOW AND A SLIVER OF GRANITE BROKE LOOSE FROM ABOVE AND FELL STRIKING EMPL ON RIGHT SHOULDER BACK OF HEAD AND RIGHT LEG.

FELL FROM A LADDER WHILE DESCENDING. HE FELL APPROX. 8 FT AND LANDED ON RIGHT LEG. X-RAYS SHOWED NO BROKEN BONES.

STRAINED HIMSELF ON THE RIGHT LOWER SIDE WHILE TRYING TO HOOK UP A ROCK.

I.NAME FELL WHILE MOVING CART ONTO TABLE.DECIDEED AT THE TIME DIDNT NEED TO SEE DR. 11-25,COMPLAINED WITH PAIN IN LEFT ELBOW AND WANTED TO SEE DR. WENT TO DR 11-26.

EMPL WAS PULLING HOOKS OVER TO HOOK UP BLOCK & FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER GROIN AREA.

WAS PULLING HOOKS OVER TO HOOK UP A BLOCK OF GRANTE & PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER RIGHT HIP AREA

WHILE DOING REGULAR DUTIES, DISPUTE INVOLVING 2 EMPLOYEES RESULTED. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HIT INJURED IN THE FACE. A BONE UNDER HIS RIGHT EYE WAS EITHER CRACKED OR BROKEN.

EMPL WAS SETTING BLOCK FOR DIAMOND SAW. AS HE WAS MOVING CRANE HE FELL OVER LATCH ON SIDE OF SAW CART STRIKING RIGHT HAND AGAINST SIDE OF BLOCK CAUSING LACERATION OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

DRILLING AND CHIP OF GRANITE WENT UNDER GLASSES HITTING HIM IN LEFT EYE.SCRATCHED HIS EYE.AFTER DR REMOVED THE CHIP FROM EYE.

WAS DESCENDING LADDER AFTER BOLTING DOOR SHUT ON DIAMOND DAW HE SLIPPED & ENTANGLED HIS FEET & LEGS IN LADDER

I.NAME WORKING IN SAW SHED.CHECKED ON SMALL SAW ,WAS GOING TO CHECK ON LARGE SAW,SLIPPED ON EDGE OF SAW PIT,FELL AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

I.NAME WAS USING PINS TO MOVE SOME SMALL PCS OF GROUT ROCK. ONE OF THE PINS SLIPPED OUT CAUSING THE HOOKS AND CHAIN TO FLIP AROUND. HE DROPPED HARD HAT AND THOUGHT OPERATOR HAD MOVED HOOKS OUT OF WAY. AS HE REACHED FOR DRILL OPERATOR SWUNG HOOKS BACK IT HIT I.NAME IN HEAD.

READY TO HOOK UP DOGS GROUT PAN SHIFTED ON ROCK HE FELL OUT OF PAN ON LOOSE ROCK SCRATCHES ON L ARM AND BRUISES ABRASIONS L SIDE AND LOWER BACK

DRIVING A WEDGE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER;THE HIT THE WEDGE AND A PIECE OF THE WEDGE FLEW OFF STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING SA LACERATION.

PUTTING THE PUSHER LEG BACK IN THE RACK AND HIT A VALVE ON IT. IT EXPANDED AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT SIDE OF RIBS.

HOOKING UP BLOCK WHEN THE HOOK SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS RIGHT HAND RING FINGER.

PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK WHEN DRAGGING DOGS ACROSS A ROCK THOUGHT IT WOULD NOT NEED TO BE SEEN BY DR BUT ON 9-5-89 HAD TO GO TO EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE BACK WAS HURTING.

MOVING PC OF GRANITE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST ANOTHER PC OF GRANITE CUTTING L FOREARM

HE WAS TRYING TO PRY CABLE BACK ON IDLER SHEAVE AT DERRICK BULL WHEEL WITH 2X4 TIMBER. TIMBER SLIPPED AND STRUCK SPLINTER IN RIGHT PALM OF HAND. WILL HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY TO REMOVE SPLINTER.

WALKING BY GRANITE AND HIT LEFT ARM AGAINST GRANITE AND CUT ELBOW REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.

LOADING GRANITE BLOCK ON TRUCK FOR SHIPMENT.A TIMBER USED TO SET BLOCK ON STARTED TO ROLL AS BLOCK WAS BEING LOWERED.I.NAME GRABBED TIMBER TO STEADY IT AND IT ROLLED BACK ON RIGHT THUMB MASHIN G END OFF HIS THUMB.

WAS PRYING WITH IRON BAR TRYING TO MOVE ROCK- HAD SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

WAS BENT OVER PUTTING WEDGES IN HOLES AND FELLOW EMPLOYEE PUSHED HIM IN LOWER PART OF BACK IWTH HIS FOOT TO GET HIS ATTENTION.

LOADING GROUT IN A PAN, HAD A ROCK IN HAND, SLIPPED AND FELL ON ANOTHER ROCK AND CUT LEFT ARM.

A ROCK FELL OFF THE LEDGE WHILE HOOKING UP A DOG AND HIT HIM IN THE HAND.

DRILLING JACKHAMMER HOLE FOOT SLIPPED FELL AND TWISTED BACK.

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DRILLING DOG HO5E FROM TOP OF ROCK-LEANING OVER ROCK DRILLING-PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

I.NAME PRYING O3 LOOSE PIECES OF GRANITE ROCK WITH PRY BAR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VNING WEDGES WITH SLEDGE HAMMER INTO SIDE OF ROCK AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK OF LEFT SIDE.

I.NAME WAS APPA9ENTLY INJURED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A PIECE OF WASTE ROCK INTO A PAN TO BE HOISTED TO THE SURFACE

EE WAS REMOVING3A GEAR BOX FROM A WIRE SAW HE HAD FAILED TO LOWER SAW FULLY TO BOTTOM TO REMOVE WEIGHT FROM GEAR BOX. WHEN HE REMOVED THE BOLTS & CUT THE BELT THE WEIGHT OF SAW PULLED THE GEA R BOX INTO HIS 0OOT PINNING IT AGAINST THE SAW.

EMPL LOADING PI9CE OF WASTE ROCK ON DUMP TRUCK.HE HAD BACKED TRUCK UNDER ROCK AND CLIMBED ONTO TRUCK BED TO ALIGN ROCK ON TRUCK WHEN DOG HOLE PULLED OUT DROPPING ROCK ONTO EDGE OF BED FLIPPING EMPL OFF TRUCK3ONTO GROUND.HIT CHEST ON EDGE OF TRUCK BED.

FOREMAN ASKED I1NAME TO HELKP HIM CARRY A 2" 50' HOSE ROLLED UP, AS THEY MOVING THE HOSE, I.NAME DROPPED THE HOSE AND ASKED IF HE COULD GO HOME AND STILL HE PAIN FOR THE HOLIDAYS, SAID HE WOUL D MESS HIMSELF 6P IF HE STAYED

WE WERE CHANGING BLADES ON THE DIAMOND SAW. AFTYER WE HAD REMOVED THE BLADE AND LAID IT ON THE SAW CAR, WE SAW THAT IT WOULD NOT GO THROUGH THE DOOR, SO WE HAD TO MOVE IT OVER ABOUT 1 FOOT ON THE SAW CAR. THE SAW CARS ARE NORMALLY LOCKED TO THE PILOT CAR WHICH CARRIES THEM UNDER THE SAW. A NEW EMPLOYEE WHO WAS HELPING HAD RELEASED THE LOCK, UNKNOWN TO US. AS WE TRIED TO MOVE THE BL

USING BLOW PIPE TO CLEAN OFF LEDGE BEFORE BEGINNING BURNER OPERATION SLIPPED ON ROCK FELL ON LEDGE ON LOWER BACK THEN ROLLED DOWN LEDGE TORN LIGALMENTS & PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK