Newberry Springs Plant Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE STOOD ON LIGHT-WEIGHT GRATING ON CONVEYOR BRAKEN GUARD. GRATING GAVE WAY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL.

EE CAPTURED A LIVE RATTLESNAKE IN A 5 GALLON BUCKET AND WAS BITTEN WHEN HE REMOVED THE LID.

CHANGING BATTERY ON D8L DOZER. HOOD CAME DOWN ON LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A GASH

WHILE REMOVING CONCAVE CONE LINER WITH ROCK BREAKER, METAL SLIVER FLEW FORM IMPACT AREA & ENTERED EE'S LOWER LEFT SHIN AREA.

2 MEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE A CHAIN DOOR ON A RAILROAD BALLAST CAR. WHEN THE RAILROAD BAR SLIPPED, EE STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE GROUND.

STEPPED UP ON A 18" BOX TO GET A BETTER VIEW OF THE SCRAP YARD & STEPPED ON A ROCK WHEN GETTING DOWN & THE ROCK ROLLED THEREFORE SLIPPING & SPRAINING ANKLE & LEG

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING FRONT-END LOADER TRAMMING MATERIAL IN PIT. THE ROUGHT BOUNCING RIDE CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO EXPERIENCE A SHARP PAIN IN THE LEFT LOWER BACKM, RESULTING IN CONSTANT PAIN A ND PRESSURE.

PART OF 3 MAN CREW ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR BROKEN SPLICE ON HAUL CONVEYOR. DURING THE PROCEDURE A RETAINING BRACKET FAILED, ALLOWING THE GUIDE ROLLER TO BREAK FREE AND STRUCK EE'S LEFT WIRST AND UPPER TORSO.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST A WOODEN CHUTE AT THE HEAD PULLEY OF #33 CONVEYOR HE WAS PUSHING AGAINST THE WOODEN CHUTE AS THE CHUTE MOVED AGAINST THE HEAD PULLEY IT WEDGED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE CHUTE & HEAD PULLEY

WHILE GREASING D8L DOZER, EMPLOYEE GRABBED THE HAND HOLD WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND STEPPED UP ON TRUNION BAR ON RIGHT SIDE OF DOZER. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT LEG WITH ALL HIS WEIGHT AND HYPEREXTENDED THE KNEE.

DRILLER OPERATING THE GARDNER DENVER DRILL LOST AIR PRESSURE AND WENT TO CHECK THE AIR COMPRESSOR, PARKED APPROX. 100 YARDS FROM THE DRILL LOCATION AND FOUND THE COMPRESSOR ENGULFED IN FLAMES. HE NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR AND THE SUPERVISOR, IN TURN, NOTIFIED I.NAME WHO CALLED THE FIRE DEPT. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH DRY CHEMICAL.

LOST FOOTING REACHED FOR SUPPORT JAMMING FINGER ON HAND RAILING

OILER WAS CUTTING WITH AN OXYGEN ACETYLENE TORCH WHEN HE SMELLED BURNING RUBBER AND REACHED WITH A GLVED HAND TO REMOVE SLAG PARTICLES FROM THE CUTTING HOSE. AS HE REACHED FOR THE SLAG THE OXY GEN FLARED THROUGH HIS GLOVE, BURNING HIS RIGHT THUMB, THE BACK OF HIS HAND AND INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING TRASH CAN TO DUMPSTER WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.WHEN HE WAS LEAVING THE DUMPSTER,HE TRIPPED OVER A PALLET AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT HIP.

EMPL UNCERTAIN WHAT CAUSED STRAIN BUT WHEN HE APPLIED FOOT TO PEDALS IN LOADER,CAUSED PAIN IN LEFT THIGH AND BACK AREA.

EE WAS TRYING TO CUT A 1 INCH PLASTIC PIPE. HE HAD THE PIPE BENT OVER HIS RIGHT KNEE AND CUT THRU THE PIPE AND INTO THE KNEE.

EMPL WAS DESCENDING LADDER ON SIDE OF RAIL CAR & TURNED RIGHT ANKLE WHEN HE PUT FOOT DOWN ON GROUND.

GREASING CONVEYOR ROLLERS AT LOAD OUT. CONSTANT STOOPING AND BENDING IS AGGRAVATING A CHRONIC LUMBO SACRAL SPINE SPRAIN, AS A RESULT OF AN INJURY IN 1987.

USING JACKHAMMER,A BAT SWOOPED DOWN AND LANDED ON LEFT THIGH.BRUSHED BAT OFF LEG WHICH INJURED BAT.1 HR LATER HE EXAMINED LEG AND DISCOVERED 2 DISTINCT MARKS ON THIGH.INJRED BAT WAS RETRIEVED AND COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS TOOK IT TO LAB FOR TESTING.RESULTS CONFIRM THE BAT TO BE RABID.SERUM TREATMENT TO BEGIN 9-28.

HANDLING REPLACEMENT SCREENS AT LOAD OUT FACILTY. EXTENDED ARMS TO THROW OUT SCREEN AND FELT HEARD SOMTHING POP IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BUCKET OF ROCK SAMPLES.

IT IS NECESSARY TO CRAWL UNDERNEATH THE CRUSHER JAW TO PROPERLY LUBRICATE THE CRUSHER PARTS AND WHILE IN THIS STOOPED POSITION, HE TWISTED HIS BODY INCORRECTLY WHICH CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS B ACK. NOTE: I,NAME REPORTED THIS ACCIDENT/INJURY TO HIS SUPERVISOR ON 5/10/89 AND WAS NOT TREATED UNTIL THAT DATE. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON THE 11TH. ON 5/17/ HE WAS SENT HOME FOR HIS INABILITY

WHILE USING A HAMMER AND CHISEL TO DRIVE A PIN INTO A CHAIN DRIVE COUPLER, A PIECE OF THE METAL CHISEL BROKE BROKE OFF AND ENTERED THE INSDE OF THE LEFT ELBOW.

REMOVING FLEXCO FASTENERS FROM CONVEYOR BELTING WITH HAMMER & CHISEL HAMMER SLIPPED HITTING HIM ON LEFT HAND

LOADER APPROCHED MUCK PILE UNDER DUMP OFF POINT ABOVE, GOT LOAD AND WAS BACKING OUT. THE LOADER ABOVE DUMPED OF LOAD AND MUCK SLID DOWN PILE. APPRANTLY, A ROCK APPROX. 1 INCH IN DIAMTER STRU K A LARGER ROCK LODGED IN MUCK HALFWAY DOWN SLOPE AND STRUCK UPER EDGE OF BUCKET AND BROKE INTO SEVERAL PIECES AND HIT WINDSHIELD OF LOADER. PEICE WENT THROUGH ANS STRUCK OPEATOR IN HEAD.

EMPLOYEES DUTIES INCLUDE SHOVELING WASTE MATERIAL OUT OF TUNNELS AND IN THE CRUSHING PIT AREA THE CONTINOUS SHOVELING AND STOOPING CAUSES HIM BACK PAIN

CLEANING OUT SYTRON FEEDER WITH A PNEUMATIC CHIPPING GUN. JARRING MOVEMENT OF TOOL CAUSED HIM TO PULL SHOULDER MUSCLE.

CHANGING OUT SCREEN ON CRUSHER.HAND SLIPPED,CUTTING FINGER.