Plant 2: 75 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was kneeling to lift a wooden block (dimensions=12"x12"x2'). The lifting & twisting caused severe back strain, leading him to be taken by ambulance to the nearest hospital. Unknown if proper lifting technique was used or if other methods were available to lift block. Worker was diagnosed with severe back strain and given medication for his injuries.

Employee was climbing down a ladder and twisted his ankle on a stone.

While operating loader on uneven ground, head and neck sustained whipping action.

PRY BAR SLIPPED SMASHING LEFT THUMB.

KNELT DOWN ON BOLT HEAD ON SCREEN DECK R KNEE CAP POPPED OUT AND BRUISED.

FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER AND HE HIT RIGHT KNEE ON CRUSHER.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A PLUGGED HOPPER, HE INJURED HIS KNEE ON A CROSS-MEMBER OF HOPPER.

SHOVELING ONTO BELT, ARM GOT CAUGHT IN BELT PULLEY. CONTUSIONS ARM AND SHOULDER, SUTURES IN ELBOW AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN SHOP & RECEIVED WELDING FLASH BURNS WHILE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF STEEL FROM STORAGE RACK & IT RFELL ON HIS ANKLE SPRAINED ANKLE

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS TIPPING A 55-GAL DRUM, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

WHILE ENGINE ON CRUSHER OVERHEATED EMPL OPENED RADIATOR CAP SLIGHTLY TO RELIEVE PRESSURE & THEN OPENED CAP FURTHER & HOT WATER SPRAYED ON ARM/CHEST AREA CAUSING SUPERFICIAL BURNS.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TOWING BAR OF BREAKER EQUIPMENT, SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK.

WHILE EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON LOADER. HE WAS LIFTING CARRYING VEHICLE RADIATOR AND FELL ON HIS TOE, BREAKING HIS LITLE TOE. HE WAS WEARING STEEL TOED SAFETY SHOES AT THE TIME.

WHILE FOLDING WHEELS ON PORTABLE CONVEYOR, TO MOVE IT, EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR AND IT SLIPPED, STRIKING AND BRUISING UPPER LEG.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE YARD FROM ONE BUILDING TO ANOTHER, HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE AND LEFT HAND/WRIST.

HE WAS PUTTING HOOD BACK ON LOADER. AS HE WAS CRAWLING UP ON LOADER HOOD SLIPPED & CUT HIS HAND WHEN IT WAS PINCED BETWEEN HOOD & HAND RAIL HE HAD HOLD OF.

HE REMOVED STONE THAT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN MOVING CONVEYOR & CONVEYOR SWEEPER. AFTER HE REMOVED STONE HE NOTICED HIS THUMB WAS LACERATED HE HASN'T ANY IDEA HOW LACERATION HAPPENED.

A LARGE STONE WAS CAUGHT OVER THE JAWS IN THE CRUSHING PLANT. HE WAS USING A ROD TO FREE THE SOTONE. THE ROD GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STONE AND JAWS CAUSING IT TO COME UP AND HIT HIM IN THE FAC E.

USING PULLER TO REMOVE RACE FROM SHAFT RACE WAS ALMOST OFF WHEN PULLER SLIPPED OFF OF ONE SIDE OF RACE WHEN IT CAME OFF IT MADE ABOUT 225 DEGREE ARC BEFORE HITTING I.NAME WHO WAS BEHIND THE RA CE AND PULLER

USING ARC AIR INSIDE WASHING PLANT DRUM. HOT METAL BLEW BACK LANDING ON COVERALLS BURNING RIGHT LEG IN 3 PLACES. SAND PARTICLES, DISTURBED BY ARC AIR BLEW INTO LEFT EYE.

HE HAD JUST FIL5ED HIS GREASE GUN, CARRIED IT ABOUT 50 FEET AND LAYED IT DOWN ON HIS MACHINE. AS HE LAID IT DOWN, THE END BLEW OFF. THE END HIT HIM IN THE NOSE.

THEY WERE GOING3TO SET A TRANSMISSION ON BLOCKS. AS THEY WERE SETTING IT, IT STARTED TO SLIP I NBAME GRABBED AT THE TRANSMISSION, AND THE SNAP HURT HIS BACK.

HE WAS STARTING3UP HIS MACHINE. USING BOTH HANDS HE STARTED TO TRIP THE FUSE BLADE DISCONNECT TO START THE CONVEYORS. AS THE BLADES MADE CONTACT FUSE BOX BLEW UP, BURNING THE FINGERS ON BOTH HANDS. 3

HIS BREAKER WAS3PLUGGED, HE WAS GOING TO USE A CABLE TO LIFT OUT THE OVERSIZED ROCK. AS HE THREW THE CABLE DOWN ONE OF THE STRANS CUT HIS FINGER.

HIS BRAKER GOT 1LUGGED. HE WAS MOVING ONE ROCK OUT OF THE WAY TO GET TO ONE THAT WAS PLUGGING MACHINE. AS HE MOVED ONE ROCK IT PINCHED HIS FINGERS AGAINST ANOTHER STONE.

HE WAS DOING SO4E GRINDING THAT NIGHT HIS EYE BOTHERED HIM. WHEN TOLD THE NEXT DAY HE WAS SENT TO DR. FOUND PIECE OF METAL AND REMOVED. SAID HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

WAS HALF LAYING3BENDING OVER DOING SOME WELDING CLOSE TO THE FLOOR.A LOADER TIRE GOT AWAY FROM THE OTHER GUYS.THE TIRE HIT HIM ON THE BACK AND SHOULDER,PUSHING HIM DOWN AND SMASHING HIS WELDIN G HELMET.THE GL5SS FROM HIS HELMET BROKE,CUTTING HIS FOREHEAD.GLASS PARTICLES WERE TAKEN OUT OF HIS FOREHEAD AND HE RECIEVED A FEW STITCHES.

WAS KNEELING US3NG A HAND GRINDER ON STEEL, THE GRINDER HIT A VETICAL PIECE OF STEEL WHICH CAUSED THE GRINDER TO BOUNCE BACK, HITTING THE LEG.

ON 2 2 87 HE C5ME BACK FROM VACATION. WORKED 2 DAYS AND CALLED IN S ICK. CAME BACK 4 WEEKS LATER WORKED 1/2 DAY AND WENT HOME SICK. CAME BACK 2 1/2 WEEKS LATER, WORKED 2 DAYS AND CALLED IN S SICK. WE RECEIV9D A CALL FRO DR ON 3 31 87 DR SAID HE THINKS THIS MIGHT BE A WORK RELATED PROBLEM, BUT AT THIS TIME CAN NOT SAY IF IT IS OR IS NOT

HE JUMPED DOWN 2FF TRACKS OF THE CRANE LANDED IN A WASH OUT RUTRT TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE

LIFTING FLAT TI9E OFF LOWBOY TRACTOR.AFTER HE GFRABBED IT AND STARTED TO LIFT HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER PART OF THE BACK.

HE WAS CLIMBING3DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE CRUSHER. EVERYTHING WAS SLIPPERY AND WET HE SLIPPED OFF THE FRAMEWORK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE

HE WAS RUNNING THE ARK AIR WELDING TORCH WHEN HE TURNED ON THE AIR BLAST IT BLEW DIRT UP INTO HIS EYE

IT APPARENTLY WAS BUMPED AT SOME TIME, AND STARTED TO GROW. THE EXACT DATE IS UNKNOWN. HE HAD BEEN AWARE FOR QUITE SOME TIME THAT THE SITUATION EXISTED. HE HAD SURGERY ON JUNE 28, 1985, MISSIN 6 DAYS OF WORK.

HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT UNDER A 16\ IRON SHEET WHEN MOVING IT.

HE & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MOVING PIECE OF STEEL OTHER EMPLOYEE SET IT DOWN & IT FELL ABOUT 6 INCHES DON WAS STILL HANGING ONTO IT CAUSING IT TO TWIST HIS BACK

HE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER ON THE CRUSHER, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK ON THE GROUND, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

A ROCK WAS WEDGED IN THE JAWS OF A BREAKER. HE WAS USING A BAR TO PRY IT LOOSE. AS IT CAME LOOSE IT SNAPPED THE BAR FROM HIS RIGHT HAND HITTING HIS LEFT HAND.

HE WAS GOING TO FUEL A ENGINE. AS HE WAS LIFTING HOSE TO PUT IT INTO THE TANK HE THINKS HE TWISTED JUST RIGHT & PULLED HIS BACK MUSCLES.

HE WAS WORKING ON A PRIMARY CRUSHING PLANT. COMING DOWN THE LADDER AT QUITING TIME. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL ABOUT 4 FEET TOT THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK ON SOME LOOSE STONES.

HE PINCHED HIS 2ND FINGER LEFT HAND IN THE DOOR OF THE EUCLID TRUCK. AFTER WORK HE WENT TO HIS DR., GETTING FOUR STITCHES.

HE WAS KNOCKING A PIN OUT OF A LOADER, WHEN THE PIN POPPED OUT THE ARM DROPPED PINCHING FINGER.

HE WAS LIFTING A ROLL OF CONVEYOR BELT, AND STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.

HE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF SHEET STEEL WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A BUSH AND A TWIG GOT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND HIT HIS RIGHT EYE

WAS SPLICING A BELT TIGHTENING BOLT WITH BRACE AND BIT FELT SOMETHING DROP INTO EYE THROUGHT IT WAS SAND WASHED EYE AT HOME FELT BETTER THURSDAY EYE STARTED TO BOTHER HIM WENT TO EN.MERGENCY ROOM DR FOUND STEEL IN EYE FRE HE STAYED HOME AND WENT TO DR BECKER FAMILY DR IN SHAWANO FROM THERE HE WAS SENT TO DR IN APPLETON

HE WAS USING A STEEL BAR TO PRY A STONE LOOSE - THE BAR JAMMED BETWEEN THE STONE AND JAWS OF THE BRE AKER PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR & FRAME OF THE MACHINE

USING SMALL GRINDER TO CUT OUT AROUND CRACKS IN WHEEL TO BE WELDED UP.WAS HOLDING GRINDER WITH LEFT HAND AND GUIDE WITH RIGHT.IT GOT AWAY FROM HIM AND HIT LITTLE FINGER -5 STITCHES IN LITTLE F ON RIGHT HAND.

ONE OF THE CONVEYOR ON THE WASHING PLANT STOPPED. THE PROBLEM WAS SWITCH AFTER MAKING REPAIRS HIS THROW THE SWITCH TO START THE CONVEYOR AND FELT SOMETHING HIT HIS EYE HE THOUGH IT WAS SAND A WOOLD WASH OUT. LATER THAT NIGHT IT STARTED TO BOTHER HIM AND HE WENT TO THE E.R. AND FOUND OUT IT WAS METALIC.

WORKING WITH PORT A POWER AVOBE HIS HEAD.WHEN HE RELEASED IT AND IT FELL AND HIT HIM ON FOREHEAD.

HE WAS GOING TO USE A SHOVEL THAT HAD STOOD IDLE FOR SOME TIME WHEN HE ENGAGED THE HOIST CLUTCH PEDAL IT SNAPPED BACK THE CLUTCH BAND WAS RUSTED TO THE DRUM