Ottawa Lake Quarry: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was using a razor knife to cut a piece of rubber for a conveyor back plate. The knife caught the edge of a steel plate, used for a template, and skipped up causing the employee to pull the knife across the right thigh, cut through the jeans and cutting the employee. The cut was about two inches long requiring six sutures.

Ee was loading in shot hit a rock, loader stopped suddenly jamming left wrist into the controls. Ee was examined by Fit for Work therapist was treated with ice, bandage wrap, exercises. Checked several days over week. Ee stated still had some pain. Sent Ee to clinic on 5/3. Ee returned on 5/4, restricted no manual transmission. Moved Ee to operate plant, hand/wrist not used.

Employee operating a man-lift across stone yard when ran over an 8" to 10" rock that catapulted employee in the man-lift. Employee had a retractable harness on keeping employee contained in the basket but not preventing all injuries. Employee received 4 stitches to lip along with a few scrapes and bruises.

Employee was putting cap back on hydraulic tank and stated a burr punctured left pinky finger while installing.

The injured employee and co-worker started to trouble shoot cone #6 to determine the cause of the cone shutdown. The injured employee started to remove the sensor when it unexpectedly released and released hydraulic oil. The oil caused a laceration to the right hand.

Miner was pulling a 25 pound bag off of a truck when he felt pain in his right forearm. No lost time or restricted time.

Employee was performing maintenance duties on third shift. He was wearing safety glasses, hard hat, and gloves while performing these tasks. After the shift, the employee went home and reported to management that he had something in his left eye. He decided to seek medical treatment and a small particle was removed from the left eye.

Employee was performing clean-up duties with a shovel when he struck his right hand on a piece of angle. The employee suffered a laceration that required sutures to repair.

Employee was exiting the scale house at 11:00 a.m. and stepped off the last stair onto a concrete pad. The employee felt a sharp pain in her ankle and was given ice and continued to work. The employee's pain continued throughout the shift and the employee decided to seek medical treatment. The employee's diagnosis was a right 5th metatarsal fracture.

MILL OPERATOR TRIED TO REMOVE A LODGED ROCK FROM A RUBBER IMPACT TROUGHING ROLLER, WHICH PREVENTED THE ROLLER FROM TURNING. THIS RESULTED IN A BRUISED HAND.

LOADER OPERATOR WAS WALKING TOWARD THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. HE STEPPED ON UNEVEN FROZEN GROUND AND HIS RIGHT ANKLE TWISTED/ROLLED, CAUSING A SPRAIN/FRACTURE TYPE INJURY. EE STATED THAT HE HAS HAD SOME HISTORY OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS ANKLE.

EE HAD CLIMBED ON A CONVEYOR TO DISLODGE SOME BERM STONE FROM A HOPPER. APPROX. 4' HIGH. WHEN FINISHED JUMPED FROM CONVEYOR. MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND CAUGHT ON UNKNOWN OBJECT. FINGER FRACTU RE AND SOFT TISSUE INJURY RESULTED (FINGERTIP & NAIL).

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN OVERHEAD HOIST TO MOVE A STEEL PLATE. HE HOOKED HOIST DIRECTLY TO PLATE, THE HOOK SLIPPED AND THE PLATE STRUCK HIS ELBOW CUTTING IT.

EE WAS STANDING ON A WALKWAY. AS HE TURNED TOWARD HIS WORK HIS LEFT KNEEE TWISTED CAUSING DISCOMFORT (1/30/01). NO MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 2/10 WHEN X-RAY TAKEN. SAW DOCTOR ON 2/17 & HAD FLUID REMOVED & PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE ALLEGES TENDERNESS TO HIS BACK FROM BEING JOSTLED IN THE HAUL TRUCK WHILE SHOT ROCK WAS BEINGLOADED WE ARE CURRENTLY EVAULATING THE CLAIM TO DETERMINE IF THE ALLEGED INJURY IS WORK RELATED

A SKID-LOADER OPERATOR & LABORER WERE CHANGING ATTACHMENTS ON THE BOBCAT. THE OPERATOR HAD THE BUCKET TIPPED UP ON ITS FRONT PARTIALLY AS A THE SECOND LOCK PIN WAS DISENGAGED, THE BACK OF THE BUCKET DROPPED DOWN STRIKING THE LABORER'S FOOT. EE WAS WEARING STEEL TOED SAFETY SHOES.

WHILE SERVICING BRAKES ON A QUARRY SERVICE TRUCK, THE MECHANIC PINCHED HIS LITTLE FINGER (RIGHT HAND) BETWEEN THE BRAKE ROTOR AND THE WHEEL HE WAS REMOVING. THE MECHANIC WORKS FOR SE JOHNSON C O, PARENT COMPANY OF STONECO INC AND WAS WORKINGON THE QUARRY SERVICE TRUCK.

PRIMARY CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS GOING TO SPRAY BELT DRESSING ON FEEDER DRIVE BELTS. SOME OF THE HI TAC SPRAY ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. EE HAD REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES, HE SAID THEY WERE HARD TO SE E THROUGH. FIRST AID WAS GIVEN AT THE PLANT THEN HE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. CHEMICAL IRRITATION TO RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO UNLOCK THE CUSTOMER DOOR. APINE CONE DROPPED ONTO THE SIDEWALK FROM A NEARBY PINE TREE. EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE CONE, ROLLING HER ANKLE OUTWARD, C AUSING A SPRAIN/FRACTURE INJURY OF RIGHT ANKLE.

WHILE RETURNING TO LOADING AREA, TRUCK DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF HIS TRUCK AND LEFT ROADWAY. THE TRUCK PASSED THROUGH LOWER BEEM, AND CAME TO A STOP. OPERATOR STRUCK HIS HEAD INSIDE THE CAB CAUSING CUTS THAT REQUIRED SUTURES.

TRUCK DRIVER WORKING ON THE SHOT (ANFO BULK TRUCK OPERATOR WORKING FOR NORTHERN OHIO EXPLOSIVES) WAS REMOVING FLEXIBLE HOSE FROM THE BULK AUGER. AS THE HOSE WAS BEING REMOVED THE END STRUCK TH E OPERATOR IN THE LIP CUTTING IT. THE OPERATOR TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE 7 SUTURES WERE NEEDED.

A TRUCK DRIVER STOPPED HIS HAUL TRUCK TO MOVE A ROCK OFF THE RAMP WHICH HAD FALLEN OUT OF A TRUCK. IN DOING SO HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

MILLER BROS CONSTR CO AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR PERFORMING STRIPPING OPERATIONS FOR STONECO INC WERE HAULING DIRT & FILL DUMP OPERATOR TURNED TOO SHORT AT TO HIGH OF SPEED AND TIPPED OFF ROAD TRUCK ONTO ITS SIDE. SEAT BELT WAS BEING WORN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

OPERATOR WAS CLEANING UP AROUND DROP BOX WHERE ONE CONVEYOR DUMPS ONTO ANOTHER WHILE CONVEYOR WAS RUNNING. THE TOOL HE WAS USING CAUGHT ON THE BELT THE HANDLE OF THE SCRAPER SMASHED OPERATORS THUMB AGAINST FRAME WORK OF CONVEYOR.

EE WAS CLEANING AROUND TAIL SECTION OF CONVEYOR.CONVERYOR BELT GRABBED SHOVEL PINCHING EE' S INDEX FINGER BETWEEN SHOVEL HANDLE & CONVEYOR FRAME. CUTTING THE FLESHY PORTION OF LEFT INDEX FINGER

DRILL OPERATOR WAS CHANGING SHAFT INTO HIS DRILL AS. HE LOWERED DRILL DRIVE MOTOR AND SHAFT AT A SLOW ROTATION. HE WAS GUIDING THE SHAFT WITH LEFT HAND, OPERATING CONTALK WITHHIS RIGHT HAND. A S HE SHAFT ENTERED THREADED END OF STATIONARY SHAFT OPERATOR PINCHED MIDDLE FINGER AND RING FINGER IN THREADS. LACERATION/PINCHED FLESH

A SALES CUSTOMER TRUCK DRIVER WAITING IN LOADOUT (STOCKPILE) AREA CLIMBED UP ONTO THE REAR OF HIS TRUCK. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL OFF THE TRUCK. THE VICTIM STRUCK HIS HEAD CAUSING A LACERA TION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD AROUND THE EAR. VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY EMT AMBULANCE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HIT IN HEAD BY CLEVIS/SHEAVE WHICH LOWERS A CABLE THAT SUSPENDS AN "L" SHAPED HOOK INTO TELSMITH JAW CRUSHER. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG CRUSHER CLOGGED WITH OVERSIZE ROCK. CAB LE WHIPPED BACK AND FORTH AS CRUSHER WAS RUNNING AND HIT EMPLOYEE CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. HE FELL FORWARD AND THEN WAS STRUCK BY SHEAVE.

AS EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM DRILL RIG CAB, HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD. HIS RIGHT KNEE TWISTED IN AS HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT.

OVEREXERTION OF PERSONAL LIMITS

EE WAS TRIMMING INSULATION BACK ON WELDING LEAD CORD FOR REPAIR. WHILE CUTTING BACK THE INSULATION, THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING EE LEFT INDEX FINGER. ACCIDENT REQUIRED TWO SUTURES.

INJURED WAS WALKING ACROSS THE PARKING LOST AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF AN EXTER PORTABLE SCREENING PLANT INTO A STOCKPILE OF SCREENINGS (APPROX A 3 FT LEAP) AFTER COMPLETING A SCREEN CLOTH CHANGE.

AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT THE EMPLOYEE WAS FULFILLING HIS JOB DUTY BY SHOVELING SPILLAGE AWAY FROM HIS WORK AREA. THE MATERIAL HE WAS SHOVELING WAS WET AND HEAVY. ACCORDING TO EMPLOYEE THIS SHOVELING CAUSED A STRAIN IN HIS BACK. HIS DR. PRESCRIBED 1 WEEK OF REST, MUSCLE RELEVANT AND A PAIN RELIEVER.

DRILLER AND CONTRACT BLASTER WERE FINISHING DRILLING A SHOT. WHILE STANDING BEHIND THE DRILL A SECTION OF THE HIGHWALL SLID AND EMPLOYEES JUMPED OVER TO SOLID GROUND.

EE WAS HELPING ERECT A PORTABLE PUGMILL. HE HAD TO EXTEND HIS BODY TO LOOSE AN ADJUSTING BOLT ON THIS MACHINE. WHEN HE PULLED DOWN ON THE WRENCH HE STAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULER. THE C ONDITION ACT THAT CAUSED THE STRAIN WAS OVER EXTENSION OF HIS BODY.

THE SUPT WAS MEASURING STOCKPILES FOR INVENTORY PURPOSES. WHEN DESCENDING OFF THE PILES HE COULDNOT GET PROPER FOOTING & WOULD RUN DOWN OFF THE PILES TO KEEP FROM FALLING. THE SUDDEN STOP AT T HE BOTTOM IN TURN INJURED HIS LEGS. THIS RESULTED IN BLOOD CLOTS DEVELOPING IN HIS LEGS WHICH TRAVELED TO HIS LEFT LUNG. THIS WAS DIAGNOSED ON 9/23.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF SCREEN CLOTH AND LOST HIS HOLD ON THE PIECE. AS THE PIECE DROPPED THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GRAB IT. HE GRABBED IT ON AN UNPROTECTED END AN IT PUNCTURED HIS HAND IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE. THE PUNCTURE WAS CLOSED WITH SUTURES AND THE CUTS WERE BANDAGED AT A HOSPITAL.

EE WAS DRAGGING SPILLED MATERIAL AWAY FROM CONVEYORS WITH A LITTLEY TRACTOR. THE TRACTOR BECAME STUCK ON A ROCK THE EE ENGAGED THE TRACTOR IN REVERSE AND GOT OFF HE PICKED UP A ROCK AND PLACE IT UNDER THE RT REAR WHEEL FOR TRACTOR AND PROCEEDED IN KICKING THE ROCK THE TRACTOR WHEEL TOOK HOLD AND BACKED OVER EE.

SHEAVE ON 250 HP MOTOR WAS FROZE ON AND HAD TO BE SPLIT BY CUTTING IT WITH AN AIR ARC. A WHEEL/PULLEY PULLER WAS THEN USED. WHEN THE SHEAVE FINALLY BROKE LOOSE, IT CAME WITH SUCH FORCE STRIKIN G EE IN HEAD. EE REQUIRED 5 STITCHES ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WELDERS REPAIR JAW CRUSHER FEEDER AND RECEIVED WELDERS FLASH TO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON FEEDER TO THE PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE IS NOT SURE WHEN OR HOW OBJECT GOT INTO HIS EYE. HE DID NOT FELL IT UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, POSSIBILITY THE WIND- FORE IGN OBJECT IN LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL WHILE CLUMBING DOWN OFF CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY CHUTE AFTER CLEARING PLUG-UP FROM A RIP RAP GRIZZLY FEEDER CHUTE WAS WET

68935 HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS CUTTING OFF A FRAID EDGE OF A CONVEYOR BELT-EE POINTED TO AN AREA THAT NEEDED TRIMMING GOT HIS HAND CUT IN THE PROCESS.

EMPLOYEE WAS FLOPPING A GATE IN A STONE TRANSFER CHUTE AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE GATE AND CHUTE FRAME.

CLEANING OFF BATHROOM MIRROR FELL ON TOP OF R HAND CUTTING IT