Pawhuska Quarry: 146 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

The employee was removing a guard and as employee twisted felt a pop in elbow.

Employee was at work, sitting in a truck, when they started having chest pains. The supervisor felt they needed to get checked out and drove employee to the doctor. After examination, medical staff decided employee need further care and sent them to the hospital. No injury attributed to the condition.

Employee was tasked with climbing into a screen deck to perform maintenance. When the employee climbed in EE complained that EE hurt shoulder. Employee was taken to the doctor and was treated as a first aid case. On 11/2/2016 the case became reportable due to a second doctor's opinion saying that the employee needed surgery on the shoulder.

Employee was dragging a piece of 8" PVC tubing attempting to attach it to the water pump on a barge and stepped backwards into a gap between the barge and catwalk. He fell down and struck the backside of his left upper arm on the corner of the handrail which caused a laceration that required five stitches.

End dump driver was backing under pit loader, pit loader said his bucket dropped, hitting bed of truck and causing haul truck to come off ground. When pit loader raised bucket up, haul truck came down, causing it to jump forward causing employee's neck to move suddenly. Haul truck driver was wearing seat belt.

Shoveling rock and strained back.

Walking around the plant to start servicing, he stepped on rock on ground and twisted ankle.

While driving, He said the airride seat lost air pressure, and he hit a bump in road and jarred his back.

Using a wedge to move rock from jaw of crusher, wedge and rock gave way and employee fell against the safety railing.

PICKING UP TOOLS OFF THE GROUND, SET 2 1/2 LB HAMMER ON #1 SCREEN. HAMMER FELL OFF SCREEN BOUNCED OFF THE CAT WALK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE

CLEANING UP JUNK IRON PILES, LIFTING JUNK IRON HE SPRAINED OR STRAINED HIS BACK.

Rolling belts on V-16 and got his finger between the belt and sheave.

CLEANING WINDSHIELD OF HAUL TRUCK, HOLDING ON WITH ONE HAND AND HAD BOTH FEET PLACED WHEN HE LEANED OVER AND FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TRUCK LADDER AND AS HE STARTED TO FALL, HIS LEG GOT CAUGHT IN F ROM STEPS ON THE TRUCK, TWISTING HIS KNEE.

WHILE BANDING HOSE, HIS ARM SLIPPED AND BAND CUT HIS ARM.

JERKING ON A WRENCH TO LOOSEN A BOLT.

SPRAIN OR STRAIN. PUSHING SCREEN WITH TOP OF HEAD.

JUMPED OFF END DUMP AND LANDED WRONG. MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED 8/20/02, PRESCRIPTION RECEIVED FOR INJURY.

WHEN TIGHTENING BOLTS WITH WRENCH, SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER. 07/30/02-NO MEDICAL TREATMENT REQUESTED-NO LOST TIME. 08/07/02-MEDICAL TREATMENT REQUESTED.

CLEANING FEEDER BY REMOVING ROCKS BY HAND.

NUMBNESS & TINGLING EXPERIENCE WHILE OPERATING LAODER. (REPORT RECEIVED IN OFFICE 7/12/02. UNAWARE OF INJURY UNTIL REPORT WAS RECEIVED)

GRINDING ON CRUSHER, IT WAS WINDY; METAL SHAVING GOT INTO EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

CUT THUMB WHILE WORKING ON SKID LOADER.

IN AREA WHERE ANOTHER PERSON WAS WELDING, RECEIVED INDIRECT REFLECTION OF FLASH FROM WELDER.

PULLING CHAIN WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO A CONVEYER BELT.

MAINTENANCE ON BOB CAT; A PART FELL, HITTING FINGER.

DRIVING END DUMP ON HAUL ROAD, HIT BUMP IN ROAD.

LIFTING BELT GUARD OFF OF #2 SCREEN & HIT ELBOW ON CORNER OF BELT GUARD

PULLING BOXES OFF SHELF, BOTTOM BOX FELL OUT AND HIT HIS FOOT.

PUTTING METAL WEAR PLATE IN CRUSHER. IN A TWISTING MOTION, LIFTED A 100PD METAL WEAR PLATE TO PUT IN PLACE

STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. *WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTI 8-24-00 THAT IT WAS AN ON THE JOB INJURY. PER EE ON 8-24-00, THE INJURY HAPPENED AT THE END OF THE WORK SHIFT. HE CALLED IN M ONDAY, 8-14-00 ABOUT INJURY TO ANKLE; WOULD NOT BE TO WORK. NO MENT THAT IT WAS WORK RELATED. RETURNED TO WORK FOR 12 1/4 HOURS 8-17-00, AND HAS NOT WORKED SINCE.

STEPPING OUT OF SCREEN BOX TO CATWALK, TWISTED LEFT HIP JOINT.

WHILE BACKING LOADER DOWN THE RAMP, THE LOADER CAME UPON AN UNEXPECTED ROUGH SPOT PRODUCING UNEXPECTED MOTION. HE WAS LOOKING BACKWARD AND AS A RESULT OF THE UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT, HE HIT HIS MO UTH ON THE WINDOW LATCH AND BROKE A TOOTH.

HE WAS UNDER THE LOADER, TIGHTENING A U-JOINT AND SOME DUST OR DIRT FELL IN HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WHEN THIS OCCURRED.

LOST HIS FOOTING ON A SCREEN & FELL

PULLING ON ELECTRICAL CABLE AND FELT A GRINDING IN LOWER BACK.

SITTING IN DRIVER'S SEAT OF END DUMB TRUCK, REACHING OVER TO RIGHT SIDE TO RAISE AND OPEN WINDOW WHEN HIS BACK LOCKED UP.

MOVING A ROCK OUT OF HAUL ROAD.

TRIPPED ON FLOOR MAT, FELL INTO FILE CABINET.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SIDE OF IMPACTOR AND FELL.

CLAIMED HE HAD FALLEN OFF CANICA 7-22-99 ALLEDGED HE FELL INSIDE #1 SCREEN TANK ONTO A BAFFEL.

EMPLOYEE WAS JACKING A SCREEN UP AND A BOLT BROKE; THEN THE SCREEN SLIPPED DOWN, TRAPPING EMPLOYEE'S ARM AND ELBOW.

CAUGHT HAND ON A SCREW WHILE GETTING OUT OF TRUCK. HE LACERATED HIS LEFT PALM.

STEPPED ON A ROCK & TWISTED ANKLE.

FOOT SLIPPED, GROUND WAS MUDDY. THE TRACK DRILL RAN OVER HIS LEFT FOOT.

WHILE REPAIRING LOADER HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BELLY PAN OF LOADER AND A 55 GALLON DRUM.

SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THE BACK OF SERVICE TRUCK ONTO THE GROUND, LANDING ON RIGHT WRIST.

LIFTING AND MOVING FIFTY (50) POUND SACKS OF PRELL.

WALKING OUT OF PARTS TRAILER AND FELL. LANDED ONROCKS.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND TAKING LACESOUT OF A 36IN CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE BENT OVER TO WORK ON THE LACES HIS FEET SLIPPED & HE FELL ON A 2X12 BOARD WIPER

DRIVING A TWO TON GMC TRUCK, STUDS BROKE IN BACK RIGHT WHEELS, FLIPPED TRUCK.

RIDING IN A TWO TON GMC TRUCK, STUDS BROKE IN BACK OF RT WHEELS, FLIPPED TRUCK OVER.

CHECKING OIL AND WATER IN 966 LOADER. FELL OFF TIRE ONTO GROUND. LANDED ON HIS BACK AND HIPS.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD 50#BAGS OF FERTILIZER

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING 944 LOADER. STARTED DOWN A HILL, FORGOT TO GEAR DOWN INTO FIRST GEAR. LOADER GOT AWAY FROM HIM.

WORKING DOWN IN PRIMARY CRUSHER, LEGS SPREAD APART PULLING ON A CLAY BALL, CAUSING A STRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A MOTOR AND FELL OFF OF A 55 GALLON DRUM BACKWARDS LANDING ON A CONCRETE FLOOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTNING A BOLT ON TAIL PULLY OF CRUSHER WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED.

WAS TIGHTNING UP A COME-A-LONG WHEN ON A SHOOT WHEN HOOK AND CHAIN SLIPPED AND A SHOOT FELL ON RIGHT FOOT.

UEMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SOME PIPE AND A PIECE OF RUST GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE SMASHED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF IRON.

FOOT SLIPPED IN DOOR & HIT KNEE ON ALUMINUM THREWSHOLD THAT KEEPS THE RAIN OUT

EMPLOYEE WAS MOTOR IN A 1988 LOADER AND A BLOB OF GREASE FELL IN RIGHT EAR.

EMPLOYEE FELL AND HIT LEFT ELBOW ON A ROCK WITH ALL OF HIS WEIGHT

36149NG SLAB OF ROCK DROPPED IT ON FOOT

EMPL GRABBED GUARD ON PRIMARY WHEN IT CAME DOWN IT HIT EMPL ON LEFT HAND.

HE DOES NOT REMEMBER WHEN IT HAPPEND HE NEVER MENTIONED IT THIS HE WAS DRIVING A EUK END DUMP WHEN HOME CAME BACK NEXT DAY WAS PUT BACK IN EDK HE COMPLAINED WAS TAKEN TO DR WANT TO RETURN TWO DAY LATER EVEN.

WAS PICKING UP AN I-BEAM BY HAND.

A BIG ROCK FELL OFF STEP WHILE EMPL WAS CLEANING OUT JAW IN ROCK CRUSHER.

EPL WAS PUMPING DIESEL INTO 944 LOADER & SOME GOT IN EYES.

THE MEN WERE GETTING READY TO SHOOT A SHOT.THE SHOOT FELL ON HIS FOOT.

WAS CLIMBING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND TWISTED KNEE.

WAS DRIVING A PIN OUT OF A TEXAS FEEDER CHAIN. A CHIP OF METAL WENT INTO RIGHT HAND.

STUMPED TOE ON CEMENT FELL ON IRON GRATE

WAS CUTTING LOOSE IRON AND IT FELL ON LEFT FOOT.

AIRING UP TIRE IT BLEW OUT OFF OF WHEEL

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING A LARGE ROCK FELL ONTO THE SHOVEL CAUSING HIM TO TWIST AND STRAIN PROSTRATE.

WHILE FEEDING J5W CRUSHER A OVERSIZED ROCK CAME OVER AND HIT LEFT FOOT.

WHILE CHANGING 2UT DRILL BIT ON DRILL, THE WRENCH CAME AROUND CATCHING IN THE RIGHT KNEE KNOCKING HIM DOWN.