Penns Park Quarry: 162 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Service technician working on engine removal from a Skid Steer Loader and with impact gun on a fastener lacerated right middle finger while other hand was exposed to the other end of retainer.

Employee was washing down the scale area when employee slipped and fell onto the same level landing on knee. Employee used first aid until employee requested a clinic visit on 10/10/22 where PT was prescribed.

The employee was operating a haul truck when it caught fire. The employee exited quickly and received burns to their left arm and wrist.

Struck right knee against door handle of drill.

Injured worker burned arm when IW reached directly in front of an acetylene cutting torch IW was holding. The IW received 2nd degree burns to right wrist.

While lifting support stands to be placed under a haul truck, employee lost grip and then caught support stands which pulled EE down.

While pre-heating the weld on cutting edge employee was exposed to ark flash. Employee failed to wear appropriate PPE while performing this task.

Employee was determined to have a reportable hearing loss in his left ear confirmed by an audiologist on March 26, 2013.

The injury employee was climbing out of a screen where he suspects he wrenched his lower back. The injured employee didn't have any pain until he was driving his haul truck approximately 1/2 hour later. The injured employee was treated and returned to modified.

While performing clean up in the finishing screens building at the tertiary plant employee had some material fall from above and hit him in the head and left shoulder.

The employee sustained injury to both shoulders that required treatment with cortisone injections and returned to modified duty. The injured employee was swinging a 20 lb. sledge hammer to remove a seized pin from the bushing in an arm of a Cat loader.

Slipped and fell hitting chin on conveyor while trying to remove a speed sensor.

Employee was driving a tractor-trailer, loaded with fines, down into the pit, as he reached the intersection of the "New Ramp" and "4th Level Ramp" the tractor-trailer overturned into the bank. The employee was pinned in the overturned cab and had to be removed by emergency personnel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

Employee was tack welding a piece of steel. He had the dark shield of his welding helmet and not protecting his eyes at the time he was tack welding. This caused him to get flashes in both eyes.

EE was climbing down from the grizzly belt to the screen below. He then stepped from the screen to the handrai. As he was climbing down his foot slipped and his shin hit the I-Beam.

Employee had finished his shift and parked his haul truck; when employee reached bottom step which is fastened to the truck by cables it swung in and his foot got caught under fender guard causing employee to fall backwards to the ground. Employee went to doctor who took x-rays and found three broken toes and a sprained ankle. Employee was put out of work until further notice.

Employee was working on removing a spindle on a pick up truck using an air chisel. A sliver of steel got in his left eye and cut his cornea. He went to an eye doctor who removed the steel and prescribed medication and told him to stay out until 10/24/07 due to chance of infection. He will go back on 10/23/07 for a check up.

Removing bolts from broken step on front end loader, one bolt was removed. While removing 2nd bolt with air wrench a back up plate that the bolts went through was seized to 2nd bolt. The plate turned with the bolt & came around & hit finger on hand that was holding it.

Employee was trying to dislodge a rock from a feeder pan with a bar. The bar slipped from the rock, and the employee's finger was pinched between the bar & chute wall. This resulted in three stitches on right hand, pinky. Employee was back to work the next shift with no restrictions.

EE WAS CLIMBING STEPS TO HAUL TRK CAB & LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL TO THE GROUND. THE INJURY TO EE'S LEFT ARM/SHOULDER, AS A RESULT OF THE EE'S HOLDING ON & TWISTING AS HE FELL TO THE GROUND. STEPS WERE WET WITH LIGHT RAIN. EE FELL APPROX 3 FEET.

EMPLOYEE BOUNCED IN SEAT AFTER HITTING POT HOLE IN HAUL ROAD WHILE OPERATING A HAUL TRUCK FOR PRODUTION. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM JAM AGAINST DOOR CAUSING PAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PAIL FROM UNDER THE ASPHALT PUMP WHEN SOME LIQUID ASPHALT SLASHED OUT AND BURNED HIS LEFT HAND.

Employee's hand was caught between shovel handle and side of conveyor while digging out tail pulley resulting in a contusion.

EMPLOYEE WAS HEATING METAL STEP ASSEMBLY THAT WAS BENT; WHILE OPERATING PORTA POWER & TORCH THE RAM SLIPPED OUT OF FRAME & STRUCK HIM OVER THE LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING MUD OFF OF TRUCK WINDSHIELD; STEPPED DOWN ONTO ROCK AND TWISTED HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO LOADER WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EE WAS CLIMBING INTO LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST TOP STEP CAUSING LACERATION TO SCALP & CONTUSION.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING PIECES OF SCRAP METAL INTO BUCKET OF SKID LOADER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CAME OVER THE TOP OF THE BUCKET. HE STUCK HIS HAND OUT TO PROTECT HIMSELF.

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE LARGE ROCKS JAMMED IN CRUSHER WHEN HIS FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.

EMPLOYEE WAS PLUGGING IN BLOCK HEATER ON LOADER AND SLIPPED ON ICE AND SNOW WHEN HE CLIMBED DOWN FROM THE LOADER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING NOTCHES IN RUBBER SHEET FOR CONVEYOR AT PORTABLE PLANT WHEN UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS THUMB.

EE WAS CHANGING BAGS IN DUST COLLECTOR. HE STOOD UP & PLACED LEFT HAND ON RAIL. WIND BLEW THE COVER CLOSED, TRAPPING HIS HAND. THE RESULTING INJURY WAS A FRACTURED 3RD & 4TH FINGER OF LEFT HAN D.

EE STRAINED SHOULDER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PULL HIMSELF OUT OF CRUSHER.

EE WAS USING RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT A PIECE OF NOSING FROM SCREEN CLOTH WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED, LACERATING THUMB ON LEFT HAND.

EE SLIPPED ON STONE/RUPTURED TENDON IN THE 5TH FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT. PULLED KNIFE TOWARDS HIM AND ACCIDENTALY CUT HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS USING A RATCHET ON A CONVEYOR BELT. THE RATCHET SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW AGAINST CONVEYOR.

DURING MOBILIZATION WHEEL HOP OCCURRED AND ROTATED CAROSEL TO OPEN POSITION. DRILL ROD FELL OUT OF ELEVATED CAROSEL FROM LOADING POSITION. DRILL HELPER WAS STRUCK BY FALLING DRILL ROD AFTER EX ITING DRILL CAB. SUFFERED BROKEN COLLAR BONE, LEFT FEMUR, LEFT AND RIGHT ANKLE AND DAMAGED SPLEEN.

EE BENDING OVER TO ATTACH HOSE TO DUST TANKER AND FELT HIS KNEE POP. SUFFERED A STRAIN TO RIGHT KNEE.

EE FOLLOWING NORMAL WORK DUTIES OPERATING EUCLID FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS SIDE AT END OF WORKDAY. PAIN PERSISTED INTO THE NEXT DAY. FOLLOW UP AT LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM RESULTED IN DIAGNOSIS OF FRA CTURED RIB.

EMPLOYEE WALKED TOO CLOSE TO CONVEYER AND STRUCKHIS HEAD AGAINST BOTTOM CAUSING CERVICAL STRAIN TO NECK.

EE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER WHEN THE GRINDER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE EDGE OF THE CRUSHER OR A SMALL BOLT CAUSING GRINDER TO KICK BACK AND STRIKE HIS FACE. EE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS FACE REQUIRING STITCHES.

EE DID NOT CHECK TO SEE IF STOP BOLT WAS IN PLACE BEFORE ADJUSTING WIDTH OF RIGHT FORK FOR A WIDER LOAD UPON PULLING ON RIGHT FORK, THE FORK WASPULLED OFF OF THE CARRIAGE STRIKING HIS LEFT FOO T. THE EE SUSTAINED A SEVERE SPRAIN AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT

WHILE DESCENDING FROM EUCLIC, EE FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER RUN & EE FELL TO THE GROUND. THIS RESULTED IN A HYPEREXTENSION OF THE LEFT KNEE

EE WEARING BULKY CLOTHING DUE TO THE EXTREEMELY COLD WEATHER STEPPED DOWN ABOUT 2' FROM A PLATFORM AND STRUCK A REDUCER MOUNTING BOLT WITH HIS KNEE RESULTING IN A CONTUSION TO HIS KNEE.

EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF SCREENINGS TANK. FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF PEG CAUSING HIM TO FELL APPROX. 5 TO 6 FT. TO CATWALK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AREA WITH LOADER WHEN IT SUDDENLY STOPPED AND JOLTED HIM FORWARD.

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE INSIDE PRIMARY CRUSHER WHEN HE BANGED HIS LEFT ELBOWAGAINST WALL OF CRUSHER, ROUTINE JOB DUTIES HAVE SINCE AGGRAVATED ORIGINAL INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING ROCKS FROM STALLED CRUSHER. HE TOSSED A ROCK ASIDE BUT THE ROCK TUMBLED BACK STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT LEG.

EMP WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON ROTOR AT PRIMARY CRUSHER. ROTOR SPUN PINNING HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST DRUM.

EMP STEPPED INTO BIN AND TWISTED ANKLE. TRAP DOOR WAS LEFT OPEN BY ANOTHER EMP.

EE WAS HELPING TO LIFT A WING PULLEY WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS ADJUSTING BRAKES ON A VEHICLE. HE PULLED UPON A SLACK ADJUSTOR AND FELT PAININ GROIN AREA

EMPLOYEE AS HELPING CHANGE A BLOW BAR INSIDE THECRUSHER; CABLE BECAME STUCK AND EMPLOYEE USED A HAMMER TO TRY TO UNJAM THE CABLE, HAMMER HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING HOSE WITH RAZOR BLADE AND ACCIDENTLY CUT HIS LEFT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF SCREENING ADDER AT PRIMARY CRUSHER & PULLED A MUSCLE AS HE REACHED BEHIND.

GROUND UNDERNEATH SCREENINGS TANK WAS COVERED WITH MUD. ICE BENEATH LAYER OF MUD CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND INJURE HIS LEFT KNEE AND LOWER BACK. STARTED TO MISS WORK ON 4-16-96.

EE MOVED METAL PLATE SO HE COULD CLEAN AREA UNDER BELT AT PRIMARY CRUSHER.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A LADDER TO ENABLE HIM TO REPAIRTHE PUMP ON A DEMAG LOADER. THE LADDER SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND TREATED FOR A SEPARATED SHOULDER AND CHEST WALL CONTUSION.

WHILE LOWERING JACKS HOLDING FEEDER UP, GUSSET GAVE WAY AND HIS LEFT FOOT GOT CAUGHT.

WHILE CHANGING BEARINGS IN ECCENTRIC, EE DROPPED THE ECCENTRIC WHICH CAUSED A STEEL PUNCH TO BOUNCE UP AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

EMPLOYEE CUT LEFT ARM WITH GRINDER.

WHILE CHANGING THE SCREEN CLOTH EE SLIPPED AND THE EDGE OF THE SCREEN CUT THRU HIS PANTS.

WHILE WORKING ON THE PORTABLE CRUSHER, DIRT FELL FROM ABOVE INTO TIM'S EYE. TIM REMOVED THE DIRT AND NOTICED A CUT IN THE EYE.

WHILE STEAM CLEANING A MACHINE, THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER THE STEAM CLEANER HOSE.

WHILE WORKING ON THE PRIMARY SCREEN EE PULLED ON THE BAR AND FELL ON THE CATWALK HITTING THE HAND RAIL.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. HE TWISTED HIS BACK REACHING OVER HIS HEAD.

WHILE CUTTING RUBBER WITH A RAZOR EMPLOYEE CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER

EMPLOYEE DOES NOT KNEW HOW THE INJURY HAPPENED. EMPLOYEE STATES HE HURT HIS BACK AT WORK.

WALKING FELL OVER POST

WHILE MOVING A HEAVY STEEL DOOR, OUR EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE GETTING DOWN FROM THE EUC.

RAGS CAUGHT FIRE AND A CAN OF ETHER BLEW UP.

EMPL WAS HIT IN BACK BY HAMMER.

EMPLOYEE BUMPED HEAD ON PIPE

HOT SLAG WENT INTO EMPLOYEES'S RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE JUMPED DOWN FROM A TRUCK AND HURT HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE PORTABLE CRUSHER HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER

SLEDGE HAMMER WAS DROPPED ON BACK.

EMPL WAS CHANGING OIL FILTER. FILTER FELL ON FINGER.

EMPL WAS TAKING MAGNECTIC PICKUP OUT OF ASPHALT METERING SYSTEM. HOT ASPHALT BURNED RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING MAGNETIC PICK UP OUT OF THE ASPHALT METERING SYSTEM. HOT ASPHALT BURNED HIS RIGHT HAND.

ROTATING CAROUSEL ON DRILLING RIG TO OPEN POSITION REACHED IN PATH OFHEAD RIDER PLATES PINCHED THE L CENTER FINGER AND CUT RING FINGER OFF AT FIRST JOINT

WHILE HAMMERING NEW CAPS ON THE CRUSHER, A PIECE OF STEEL WENT INTO HIS RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER TO CHANGE A BOLT ON THE CRUSHER THE SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED & CUT HIS LIP

WORKING AT THE PORTABLE PLANT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND JACKHAMMERING.

WHILE PUTTING BELTS ON THE SECONDARY CRUSHER, THE EMPLOYEE'S NAIL WAS RIPPED OFF.

SHOVELING.

SPRAINED BACK NOT SURE HOW OR WHEN IT HAPPENED

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE SLEEVE & ROOF OF THE CRUSHER

2 EMP WERE WORKING ON ENGINE ON PLATFORM. ONE EMP FELL AND HIT INJ IN FACE SCREWDRIVER.

WHEN THE EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF HIS LOADER ON MONDAY NIGHT, HE LOST THE CIRCULATION IN HIS LEFT LEG AND HIP.

WHILE CHANGING THE SLEEVE ON THE CRUSHER THE SLEEVE FELL ON THE EMPLOYEES FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT ON THE OXYGEN TANK HE HIT HIS FINGER ON THE ANGLE

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF ANGLE THE ANGLE FELL AND CUT HIS LEG. TAKEN TO DAYLESTOWN HOSPITAL AND 8 STITCHES WERE GIVEN

WHILE WORKING ON THE PRIMARY CRUSHER THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL

EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING

EMPLOYEE DROPPED A SPRING ON HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE DROPPED BACKPLATE OF CREEN ON HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM EUC.

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING BELT ATTACHED TO PRIMARY CRUSHER THREE FINGERS WERE CRUSHED BETWEEN BELTS & PULLY

RAIN AND WET GR2UND CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ANDFELL CUTTING HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS GR3NDING STEEL WITH A GRINDER.WHEN HE TURNED IT OFF IT CUT HIS WRIST.

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 JUMPED A TRUCK BATTERY. THE BATTERY BLEW UP. ACID SPLACHED IN EMPLOYEES EYES AND A PIECE OF BATTERY CUT EAR. (WORKING ON CONST. EQUIPMENT.

WHILE UNLOADING3A PICKUP TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE PULLED HIS BACK. (WORKING ON CONST. EQUIPMENT).