O'FALLON STONE: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

EE alleges pain in right upper arm, elbow, forearm and wrist from driving a truck since March.

EE stated they were changing screens and he pulled on the bottom screen when at that time he felt a sharp pain go through his left shoulder

Placing a beam across #7 & 8 bin when employee felt a pain in right shoulder.

EE WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL A MILL HAMMER SHANK WHEN THE SHANK TIPPED OVER SMASHING HIS RIGHT THUMB.

MECHANIC WAS DOWN IN THE HOLE AT O'FALLON STONE TO REPAIR A DAMAGED FUSE ON A BROKEN DRILL. HE WAS STANDING NEXT TO HIS TRUCK WHEN SEVERAL ROCKS FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL. ONE APPROX 3" BY 6" STRUCK HIM ON HIS HARD HAT. HE WAS TAKEN FOR EVALUATION AND GIVEN OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATION AND RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY. EXPERIENCED NECK PAIN AND UNDERWENT THERAPY 9 SESSIONS.

EE AND COWORKER WERE INSTALLING 65 LB WEAR LINERS IN A UNIVERSAL IMPACTOR. EE TWISTED BODY WITH THE LOAD FOR PLACEMENT. DURING TWISTING MOVEMENT, HE EXPERIENCED PULL TO LOW BACK. INCIDENT REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR ON MONDAY, 4-8-02. AFTER DISCUSSION, THEY ELECTED TO RECEIVE TREATMENT FROM CHIROPRACTOR.

EMPLOYEE DUMPED HIS LOAD AND WAS DRIVING BACK TO LOAD SITE FOR ANOTHER WHEN HE STRUCK AN UNEVEN SPOT ON GROUND. THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT THIGH ON LEVER CONSOLE RESULTING IN INJURY.

EE WAS WASHING COMPANY TRUCK WHEN A TRUCK OWNED/OPERATED BY ANOTHER CO., WITH DROP AXLE DOWN, DROVE FROM PARKED POSITION AND DRIVER CUT WHEELS TO MAKE TURN. CAUSING DROP AXLE TO SWING HARD, ST RIKING EE. THIS CAUSED FRACTUR TO RT. FIBULA, POSSIBLE HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO R ANKLE, LEFT LEG SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION & POSSIBLE L KNEE STRAIN.

OPERATOR LEFT CAT D8N DOZER TO SPEAK TO ANOTHER OPERATOR IN TRACKHOE. HE WAS STANDING NEAR PILE OF DIRT AND TRACKHOE WHEN APPROX 55-GAL LOOKING CLUMP OF DIRT ROLLED FROM PILE STRIKING LEFT SID E, HIP AREA RESULTING IN LEFT PELVIC FRACTURE AND ABRASIONS TO LEFT ARM.

DRIVER DUMPED LOAD OF ROCK ONTO ROADWAY AND WAS DRIVING FORWARD WITH END DUMP BED UP. BED CAUGHT 480 VOLT ELECTRICAL OVERHEAD INSULATED LINE AND PULLED SAME FROM POWER POLE, WHICH FELL AND STR UCK EE.

WHILE MAKING REPAIRS TO BIN #6 IN SECOND BIN HOUSE, EE, AFTER TACKING FIRST PIEC OF ANGLE IRON ON SEAM, REACHED FOR SECOND PIECE OF ANGLE, WHILEMOVING BACK TO WORK AREA, EE STRUCK ELBOW ON PRE VBIOUSLY TACKED ANGLE IRON CAUSING CONTUSION.

WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A WELDING BURR WITH AIRPOWERED HAND GRINDER WHEN THE GRINDER DISK FRACTURED STRIKING EE IN STOMACH

EE SWINGING A 12 LB. SLEDGEHAMMER AGAINST SIDE OF BIN TO LOOSEN MATERIAL WHEN SHE STRAINED BACK.

EE WAS HELPING COWORKER INSTALL NEW SIDES ON AN IMPACTOR. COWORKER USED A HAMMER TO KNCOK OUT A CHISEL THAT WAS WEDGED BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF SHEET METAL. CHISEL FLEW OUT AND HIT EE ABOVE RT. E YE.

MOVING TELEPHONE POLE WHEN IT SWUNG AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON KNEE.

EE USING SHOVEL FOR CLEAN UP & WHILE PUSHING SHOVEL ON FLOOR IT STRUCK OBJECT CAUSING JARRING OF RIGHT ARM.

EMP HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY PERSONAL DR WITH CARPAL TUNNEL. EMP ALLEGES DRIVING TRUCK FOR FRED WEBER, INC CAUSED ILLNESS.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES LIFTING UP A WEAR PLATE IN THE IMPACTOR FOR A CO-WORKER TO INSTALL THE BOLTS. THE WEAR PLATE SHIFTED AND SMASHED HIS FINGER.

WELDING INSIDE FRAMEWORK FOR HOPPER. TURNED HEAD& STRUCK FRAMEWORK BEAM WHICH CAUSED A LACERATION TO HEAD

WALKIN ENAR BIN HOUSE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE RESTED A DRILL STEEL ON A GUARD TO CLEAN THE BIT WHEN THE PRESSURE FROM THE DRILL HAMMER CAUSED THE BIT TO BECOME DISLODGED AND STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE IN THE KNEE.

WALKING SLIPPED ON ICE, FELL FORWARD LANDING ON BOTH KNEES

EE WAS USING A WHEEL LOADER TO LOAD TRUCKS FROM THE STOCK PILE WHEN IT SLUMPED OFF. THE SLIDING MATERIAL BROKE THE WINDSHIELD, CAUSING LACERATION.

PERSON UNKNOWN BROKE INTO ELECTRICAL POWER DISCONNCT PANEL AND REMOVED STARTERS WHEN EE ACTIVIATED POWER A SHORT CIRCUIT BLEW OPEN PANELA DOOR WHICH STRUCK HIS SHOULDER.

EMP WITH 2 COWORKERS WERE REPLACING A REPAIRED GEAR INTO A SPEED REDUCER ON CONVEYOR. THE GEAR SLIPPED FROM GRASP AND FELL, CUTTING HIS FINGER.

ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN METAL ROD WHICH MOVED & CUT FINGER

EE MASHED RIGHT WRIST WHILE CHANING A SCREEN IN THE BIN HOUSE.

UNKNOWN EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN RT ELBOW

EE WAS BACKING A 1963 CAT REAR END DUMP TRUCK LOADED WITH 1" MINUS ON THE TOP OF THE STOCK PILE WHEN THE TRUCK FELL BACKWARDS APPROX. 50' COMING TO REST ON ITS WHEELS.

EMPLOYEE CUTTING A BELT WHEN THE POCKET KNIFE SLIPPED STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE RIGHT LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE.

EXITING POWDER TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET STEP FROM RECENT RAIN.

MAKING ADJUSTMENT ON CRUSHER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER DEFLECTED STRIKING ON L FOOT

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AFTER HE PUT OIL IN HIS TRUCK HE SLIPPED ON A STEP AND TWISTED HIS BACK. THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT OIL HAD SPLATTERED ONTO THE STEP CAUSING HIM TO SLIP.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HAD FREQUENTLY LIFTED HEAVY EQUIPMENT APPARENTLY AS HE WAS LIFTING HE STRAINED HIS ABDOMEN.

USING A KNIFE TO CUT SERIAL NUMBERS FROM A CARDBOARD DYNAMITE CARTON WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT HAND.

THE INJURED WAS HOLDING A STRIPPER BAR IN AN IMPACT CRUSHER WHEN A COWORKER STRUCK THE BAR WITH A HAMMER. HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE END OF THE BAR AND THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER.

REPLACING HAMME9S IN HAMMER MILL AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER ABDOMEN CAUSING INFLAMMATION OF TESTICULAR CORD.

CRAWLING OUT FR2M UNDER A TRAILER, ON WHICH A FRONT LOADER WAS BEING SECURED FOR TRANSPORT, WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED FROM RAILING, CAUSING HIS THUMB TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN A STEEL BAR HE WAS HOLDIN G AND THE DECK 2F THE TRAILER.

BLASTING BEING 7ONDUCTED AT NOON IN PIT OF QUARRY WHEN ROCK STRUCK SHOOTING BLDG IN WHICH INJ PARTY WAS IN.

DOING NORMAL WORK ON EQUIPMENT BUT GRADUALLY BEGAN TO NOTICE BACK PAIN AND BURNNING SENSATION DOWN LEFT LEG.

INSTALLED AND TESTING HAMMERS IN HAMMERMILL THRE OPERATIONS LEVER ON HAMMERMILL REVERSING SWITCH WHEN 480 VOLT CIRCUIT SHORTED THE RESULTING ARC CAUSED FLASH BURNS TO EMPLOYEES RT SIDE