Oldcastle Lawn and Garden Northeast Metal/Non-Metal

Miner was operating a forklift to move a section of screw conveyor when EE noticed it starting to shift on the forks. EE then stopped the lift, engaged the parking brake and exited the lift to get a better look. While readjusting the load EE's finger was pinched.

Unknown no apparent signs of trauma.

Employee was loading a pallet into the Bemis palletizer when he dropped the pallet and pinched his finger against a metal strip causing a laceration to the 5th finger on his left hand. EE received 7 stitches and returned to work with no restrictions.

Moving scrap steel into waste bin. Piece of steel caught on safety vest and crushed finger against hopper. Crush injury to left ring finger.

Employee LOTO his machine saw a belt not turning reached in pulled on the belt, the belt started in the wrong direction and pinched his finger causing a laceration and torn ligament. Employee was taken to ER and received seven stitches and was allowed to return to work with no lost time.

Bagging Hydrated lime bag blew off spout after bag clamp did not engage spraying employee with lime and resulting of some lime into eyes. Employee had on all PPE. Eyes were flushed out and employee was taken to Berkshire Occupational Health.

Employee was moving a screw cover plate when his finger tip was pinched causing an open cut and a fracture Right middle finger tip

Employee was walking under a platform and bumped his head on a steel beam. This beam had 68" of clearance and although the employee tried to duck as he went under, he did not get low enough.The impact caused an acute cortical strain to the neck.

Employee was struck by a forklift traveling in reverse (hit by counterweight). Employee has 5 fractures to the right foot/ankle and one fracture to the left foot.

Swinging a sludge hammer to free up material at the volumetric feeder and his hand was pinched between the hammer handle and a angle Iron that was put in place to temporally hold up the feeders when they were being but into place. Three sutures to small finger on right hand.

Stepped off step at office and felt a sharp pain in his left knee. Within minutes the pain was so great that he was taken to the doctors. He was released to go back to work on light duty and was given Percocets for pain. At this time he has to go to a orthopaedic doctor for a CAT scan to see if he has a torn ACL, appointment is scheduled for 11/5/09.

Trouble shooting a problem with the top sheeter on a bagging machine. Employee hit the reset button and did not know that other employee was behind gated area. Arm on machine hit employee in the back causing bruising. Two days lost time - back to work regular job.

Employee was working on quarry water pump. He reached behind the pump to access bolts and felt a pulling in his groin. He continued to work until his surgery Aug. 26, 2008 when this became a lost time accident.

While shoveling out a elevator pit employee felt a burning and pain to his left groin. He went to the Doctor and has a Hernia. He was operated on 7/7/08 and will be out of work for about a week.

Employee was climbing down a ladder and thought he was on the last step. He had four more steps to go and fell backward and broke his left wrist.

Employee was cutting electrical tape from electric motor wires and knife slipped cutting his two fingers on the left hand. One stitch to middle finger.

Employee was shoveling under conveyor and when he turned he felt sharp pain in back.

Employee was bending over in the portable crusher in the quarry making repairs and his hard hat fell off his head. When he reached for the hard hat his head hit a sharp piece of steel on the edge of the crusher requiring four stitches.

Employee was grinding on the crusher hopper when a piece of steel hit the side of the hopper and glanced under his safety glasses and went into his eye. At the time he though it was dirt in his eye. The next morning his eye was getting worse and went to the doctor.

Employee was loading pallets of material onto truck and pallet struck bed of truck and board flew into cab of forklift and struck left forehead.

Installing a pipe on the elevator to the dust collector. The pipe was tack welded in place. EE was pulling on the pipe with a comealong to line it up. When the weld broke and the pipe fell hitting his finger between the pipe and the elevator. 12 stitches.

Employee was using a disc grinder to clean metal and grinder caught and deflected into his left arm.

Employee was mowing lawn and holding tree branches back with one hand and tractor tire hit diviot and pulled steering wheel from his other hand.

Employee was adjusting fork setpoint on palletizer setpoint. When locknut was loosened the fork slipped and pinched his right thumb.

Employee was enlarging pilot hole in a guard he was building with a electric drill when bit caught and forced drill from his hand. The drill spun around and the handle struck his right wrist. He broke his 4th Meta carsal bone in his right wrist.

Snow covered plastic tarp and was unable to see end and walked on snow covered tarp and slipped. Employee has had previous hip injury outside work.

When grinding a bushing apparently a piece flew up and cut Mike in the neck, just below his chin. Mike had a laceration 1 1/2" long which required 9 stitches.

Truck driver employed by Hildebrandt Tkg. Inc., Contractor ID #7DD, was strapping down his load on Oldcastle Stone Products property and was struck by a forklift operated by an Oldcastle employee in the right thigh.

CREW NEEDED TO CHANGE DUST COLLECTOR BAGS. DOOR HAD FROZEN MATERIAL AROUND EDGES. AFTER CHIPPING ICE AWAY WITH BAR EE TRIED TO OPEN DOOR. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH MATERIAL REMOVED AND HE DECIDED T O DROP DOOR. DOOR DROPPED AND THE BAR EJECTED INTO HIS LEG AND THEN INTO HIS EYE.

JUMP STARTING EUCLID TRUCK ONE OF THE CABLE CLAMPS ACCIDENTLY SHORTED OUT AGAINST FRAME AND BATTERY EXPLODED.

WHILE BAGGING HYDRATED LIME INTO 50# BAGS A BAG BURST AND THE LIME DISPERSED OUTWARD BOUNCING OFF EE'S CHEST AND GOING UNDERNEATH HIS SAFETY GLASSES. EE RECEIVED CORNEAL ABRASIONS TO BOTH EYES .

DRIVER SLIPPED OFF FLATBED WHILE GETTING DOWN FROM TRAILER AFTER TARPING LOAD. LOAD WAS PARTIALLY LOADED AT ONE AREA AND HE MOVED TO SECOND AREA TO GET REMAINDER OF LOAD. WHILE WAITING FOR SEC OND PART OF LOAD, HE DECIDED TO TARP LOAD.

REPLACING BEARING ON QUICKLIME ELEVATOR, GOT QUICKLIME DUST ON CLOTHES. ON HIS WAY HOME THE DUST REACTED WITH SWEAT TO CAUSE IRRITATION AND BURNS ON HIS TORSO AND ARMS.

EE WAS RODDING A HYDRATED LIME SPOUT BAGGING MACHINE TO UNPLUG A BLOCKAGE. THE MATERIAL BLEW FREE HITTING THE FRONT OF THE EE AND GETTING UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

SWITCHED AIR SLIDE FROM BAGGING TANKA TO QUICKLIME SILO. OPENED CAP ON BAGGING TANK BEFORE SLIDE HAD COMPLETELY TRANSFERRED. BLEW QUICKLIME INTO EE'S FACE AND UNDER HIS SAFTY GLASSES INTO HIS LEFT EYE. CAUSING CORNEAL BURN.

TIGHTENING THE HOSE CLAMPS ON RADIATOR OF FRONT END LOADER AND SLIPPED OFF OF LOADER. RESULTED IN A LUMBAR BACK STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS QUARRY FLOOR & TRIPPED OVER A ROCK. HE FELL SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE

WAS MOVING A PONY MOTOR INTO POSITION ACROSS A DECK. HOUSING CAUGHT ON DECK EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK WHILE TRYING TO LIFT MOTOR.

WHEELING A WHEELBARROW DOWN A RAMP THAT WAS WET & COVERED WITH WET SAND. WET, SLIPPERY SAND CAUSED THE WHEELBARROW LOADED WITH MUCK TO SHIFT DIRECTION THROWING EE TO THE GROUND

WALKING ALONG SCREW AT BOTTOM INSIDE DUST COLLECTOR TO RETRIEVE A BAG. SLIPPED, FELL HITTING RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST INSIDE WALL OF DUST COLLECTOR.

WALKING ACROSS RAMP TO THE COAL MILL. SLIPPED ON RIGHT SIDE OF THE RAMP AND WEIGHT SHIFTED TO THE LEFT SIDE AS EE FELL. HIS LEFT KNEE HIT THE CEMENT FLOOR. TRAUMA TO LEFT KNEE.

EE CALLED ASSISTANT PLANT SUPERINTENDANT ON 3/14/99 AND STATED HE BELIEVES HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK ON 3/11/99 WHILE USING A CHAIN PULLER TO PULL THE KILN HOOD BACK.

AFTER TRAVELING 15 FEET, MAST OF FORKLIFT- HIT TOP OF DOOR FRAME, STOPPING FORKLIFT. SUDDEN STOP CAUSED NECK STRAIN.

USING A BOX CUTTER SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT THUMB, REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

DEVELPED SORE BACK WHILE RESTACKING BAGS (50#).

METAL FATIGUE CAUSED PIECE OF SHIELD TO FALL ONTO AND COLLAPSE SCAFFOLD. EE FELL APPROX. 5 FEET BANGING BACK AND SHOULDER. NO TREATMENT UNTIL MAY DR VISIT. DR IS RECOMMDING PHYSICAL THERAPY WH ICH WAS NOT STARTED YET.

A BAG A HYDRATED LINE BURST WHILE BEING FILLED RESULTING IN MATERIAL INJURY EYE.

ADJUSTING SKIRTING ON BELT FROM PORTABLE CRUSHERS ROCK BOUNCED OFF OF IMPACT PLATE, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT WRIST CAUSING A LACERATION.

USING A COME-ALONG TO BEND A PLATE IN THE KILN CYCLONE, WHEN THE HANDLE KICKED BACK STRIKING CHIN & MOUTH.

MISSED STEP AT DOOR 10 BETWEEN TRUCK & BUILDING.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE WAS UNABLE TO ADJUST SEAT IN EUCLID AND CLUTCH WAS HARD TO WORK. HE THEREFORE SAT IN AN AWKWARD POSITION CAUSING BODY TO BE TWISTED TO DRIVE. CLAIMED HE AHD BACK PAIN DE VELOPED. INCIDENT NOT REPORTED UNTIL 9-16-96.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYIN GTO UNPLUG A HOPPER BY BEATING ON HOPPER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMR, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

WHILE PRYING A PIECE OF MACHINERY, FOOT SLIPPED AND RIGHT KNEE TWISTED. HEARD A LOUD POP. DETERMINATION MADE THAT SURGERY IS REQUIRED TO REPAIR A TORN MINISCUS IN RIGHT KNEE. FIRST LOST WORK D AY WAS 4-9-96.

USED METAL BAR TO PULL STEEL PLATE SLIDE OUT OF CHUTE. SLIDE CAME FREE AND PINCHED LEFT HAND BETWEEN BAR AND SLIDE. LACERATION AT BASE OF INDEX FINGER. SUTURED AND 6 STITCHES. TETANAS AND ANTI BIOTICS.

GRINDER SLIPPED CONTACTING RIGHT HAND CUTTING FLESH.

LIFTING PALLET FROM STACK CAUGHT RIGHT 5TH FINGER IN SLAT. FRACTURED FINGER.

TSLIPPED WHILE WALKING DOWN STAIRS BY SCREEN ROOM. COMPLAINED OF A SORE BACK. BACK HASNOT IMPROVED, THEREFORE ON 3-9-94 DR ORDERED EMPLOYEE NOT TO WORK FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS.

USING A CROW BAR TO LOSSEN FROZEN MATERIAL AND PINCHED FINGER.

USING A RAZOR KNIFE SLIPPED REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.

PIECE OF STEEL SHIFTED, PINCHING HAND. NO BROKEN BONES, BUT SPLIT SKIN, REQUIRING STITCHES.

DEVEL SORE BACK WORKING

WHILE USING HAND HELD GRINDER,CAUGHT ARM ON SHARP PIECE OF STEEL.REQUIRED 8 STITCHES.

SLIPPED WHILE WORKING AND CUT KNEE ON PIECE OF STEEL

STEPPED ON BOLT AND TURNED ANKLE.

USING A HAMEMR, HIT FINGR. NO LOST TIME.

BUMPED KNEE 1ST DAY OTU 3-26-91.

STRUCK FINGER WHILE HAMMERING.

DEVELOPED SORE BACK WHILE WORKING.

BUNGI CORDS (TIE DOWN STRAP) SLIPPED OUT OF NABS HAND WHILE UNDER TENSION.SNAPPED BACK AND HIT MAN IN THE EAR.

GOT QUICK LIME DUST IN EYE CAUSING IRRITATION. FINISHED SHIFT. WENT TO DOCTOR NEXT DAY.

STEPPED ON A STONE, TWISTED ANKLE.

REMOVED A RADIATOR CAP. SPRAYED ARM WITH HOT RADIATOR FLUID.

CLIMBING ON LADDER,FOOT SLIPPED TWISTED KNEE.

DEVELOPED SORE BACK WHILE WORKING.

DEVELOPED SORE BACK WHILE WORKING

BENT OVER, WHEN STRAIGTENED UP, BACK WENT OUT.

STEPPED ON SIDE OF FOOT TWISTED ANKLE.

WHILE USING SLE8GE HAMMER MISSED PINCHING FINGERS

PUSHING AGAINST3CONVEYOR CARRIAGE STRAINED BACK

WHILE LFTING HE5VY OBJECT TURNED TO SIDE AND STRAINED BACK.

DRILLING ROCK I3 QUARRY.PIECE OF RUBBLE SHIFTED STRIKING FOOT.

SLIPPED ON SAME3LEVER. JAMMED SHOULDER WHENFELL HAS X RAYED JUST A MUSCLES SPRAIN.

SLIPPED ON STEP8 BRUISED RIBS & BACK

REMOVING A GEAR IT SLIPPED CUT AND BRUISED FOREARM