Quarry Drive: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Was unscrewing the steel plate under the equipment, 3 bolts were loosened when the plate fell onto the employee's arm. the 4th bolt was rusted and did not hold in place.

Employee was working on the dredge. The dredge roof was open and secure. The hinges on the roof broke and the roof fell, hitting the employee on right elbow. In the fall, the employee punctured the side of his left hand, tearing the skin (small skin avulsion).

While fueling equipment, the hose came off the fuel nozzle. Diesel fuel splattered into right eye. Employee was wearing eye protection. Eye wash was immediately used to flush right eye.

While using the torch, the disconnect came off, causing 2nd degree burns to the right hand and first degree burns to the left hand and face.

EE (customer and employee at Littl'fellows trucking in Palmetto) was on his way to the scale house, when he reached for his lighter on the bottom of his truck and drove over a berm. The truck ran into a ditch and rolled over. The driver was not injured.

employee was bending a stick of rebar and it brake causing him to lose his balance and hyper extend his left knee. Employee felt pain in left knee

EE HAD STEPPED OUT OF FRONT END LOADER TO REPOSITION PILE STAKE WHEN A FOREIGN BODY ENTERED INTO LEFT EYE. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE AREA WAS DRY AND WIND CONDITIONS WERE GUSTY, CREATING A VERY DUSTY ENVIRONMENT, THE FOREIGN BODY CAUSED ABRASIONS TO THE CORNEA AS A RESULT, THE FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED BY AN OPTHAMOLOGIST

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF METAL IN NECK AREA WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BUCKET TOOTH ON A BACKHOE. INJURED EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO NECK AREA REQUIRING FOUR STITCHES.

Using manual ground rod driver. Punctured right hand.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE BAG ON THE PAPER SHREDDER. AS SHE MOVED HER HAND PAST THE STORAGE BOX IT CONTACTED A SHARP EDGE ON THE BOX RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HER RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER AND WAS TRAVELING TO THE SHELL PLANT. WHILE TRAVELING THE MACHINE STRUCK A BUMP ON THE ROADWAY CAUSING A STRAIN TO LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE REQUESTED TO SEE A DOC TOR ON 6-24-03.

WORKING UNDER WET CONDITIONS, EE CUT LEFT HAND ON LOCKING COLLAR AS HE WAS INSTALLING IT.

DURING THE PROCESS OF DIGGING & PILING SHELL THE BOOM HOIST CABLE BROKE. ONE END OF THE CABLE SMASHED THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD STRIKING EE. BRUISES & MINOR CUTS ON LEGS, LEFT RING FINGER TIP CUT OFF, LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BROKE, NEEDED SURGERY.

THE CITIM WAS USING A 1/2" DRILL WITH A 4" HOLE RAW TOD RILL A HOLE IN A WIREWAY. THE RAW CAUGHT TWISTING HIS WRIST AND BREAKING IT IN TWO PLACES.

EE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE FRAME OF THE SEPARATOR WHILE DISMOUNTING ONTO THE LADDER. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS OLECRONON BURRSITIS.

VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CAUSED FOREIGN OBJECT TO BE BLOWN UNDER EMPLOYEES FACE SHIELD, ENTERING HIS RIGHT EYE.

THE EE HAD FINISHED HIS SHIFT AT 500 AND WAS WALKING TOWARDS THE PLANT STEPS TO OBTAIN HIS LUNCH BOX, WHICH WAS LOCATED UP THE STAIR IN THE PALTN. HIS KNEE POPPED AND HE EXPERIENCED PAIN. HE D ID NOT SLIP, FALL OR HAVE ANYTHING STRIKE HIS KNEE. ON 6-4-98 EE HAD ORTHASCOPIC SURGERY ON HIS KNEE AND IS AWAY FROM WORK.

DURING WINDY CONDITIONS A PIECE OF SHELL WAS BLOWN INTO EE'S EYE.

EE WAS USING A BAR TO OPEN A STUCK 6"VALVE ON A DEWATERING SCREW. THE VALVE UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE FREE. CAUSING THE EE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. HE FELL FORWARD TRYING TO STOP HIS FALL. HIS FINGER W AS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PRY BAR AND THE SCREW FRAME.

EE WAS LOADING SCREENS ON TO FORKLIFT. WHILE LOADING A SCREEN HIS FINGER BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN TWO SCREENS, CUTTING HIS FINGER & BREAKING THE BONE.

AFTER BEING LOADED BY BACKHOE A DUMP TRK, GOT STUCK. LOADER WAS HOOKED TO THE TRK. TO PULL IT OUT. THE HOOK ON THE TRK THAT THE CABLE WAS ATTACHED TO BROKE LOOSE AND A PIECE OF 3/4" BOLT WAS PROPELLED INTO THE VICTIMS FACE. TWO TEETH WERE KNOCKED OUT AND LACERATIONS TO LIP AND CHIN. VICTIM WAS OVER 25' AWAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO DREDGE TO REPAIR WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A BENT SPUD. THE SPUD WAS A 10' & 40' PIPE WELDED TOGETHER. THE WELD THAT HELD THE TWO SECTIONS WAS BROKEN. WHEN TO 10' SECTION CLE ARED THE GUIDE SLEEVE IT WAS FREE AND FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE.

WHILE LOADING HOUSE ROLLER INTO TRUCK VICTIM PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN ROLLER AND A TOOL BOX CAUSING A LACERATION THAT NEEDED STITCHES.

WHILE PUTTING NEW CABLE ON DRAGLINE, CABLE REEL SLIPPED ON IT'S SUPPORT. EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REALIGN REEL AND PULLED A BACK MUSCLE.

FUEL TRUCK DECK SLIPPERY. WHILE PERFORMING HIS DUTIES, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND PULLED BACK MUSCLE.

STEP FROM PARTS TRAILER TOO HIGH- STEPPING DOWN WAS AWKWARD CAUSING PARTIALLY SLIPPED DISK.

BOOM STOPS BROKE THAT HELD WORK BOAT BOOM. THE BOOM HIT INJURED A GLANCING BLOW TO HIS LEFT ARM AND INJURED HIS LEFT ROTAR CUP.

WHILE USING ANGLE GRINDER IT BOUND UP AND PINCHED FIFTH FINGER ON RT. HAND 8 STITCHES REQUIRED.

WORKER WAS ATTEMPTIG TO CHANGE PIECE OF WORN OUT PIPE IN PROCESSING PLANT. SAND SLURRY IN PIPE HAD MADE IT RAZOR SHARP. WORKERS HAND SLIPPED & WAS CUT REQUIRING STITCHES.

WAS CUTTING CABLE TIE WITH KNIFE DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN TIE SNAPPED KNIFE SLIPPED & STRUCK IN CALF OF LEFT LEG IMPROPER USE OF HAND TOOLS WAS CITED AS CAUSE

WORKER WAS OVEREXTENDED PUSHING IN A HYDRAULIC CYCLINDER WHEN HE HEARD A SNAP.HIS LEFT ACHILLES TENDON WAS WHAT HE HEARD ACCORDING TO THE DR.WORKER SHOULD NOT HAVE USED HIS BODY TO DO THE WORK ,BUT INSTEAD USED THE PROPER TOOL.INSTRUCT SO.

EMPLOYEE GRABBED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AROUND HIS NECK, HE TRIED TO BREAK HIS FALL AND INADVERNTLU HIT HIM IN THE RIBS. HE TOLD HIM HE HURT HIMSELF WHILE OPERATING THE BULLDOZER.

STRIPPING SOD FROM EXCAVATING AREA.CONTUSION TO RIGHT KNEE.

SLIPPED ON BACKHOE TRACK. OPERATOR CAUGHT HIMSELF CAUSING INJURY TO HIS SHOULDER.

THE INJURED WAS TURNING TO COME DOWN STEPS IN CAB OF DREDGE WHEN HE SLIPPED TWISTING HIS BACK.HE SUFFERED A BACK SPRAIN.

WORKER WAS CUTTING RUBBER CHUTE LINING MATERIAL WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT HAND. LACERATION BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

SLIPPED ON WORK3BOAT AFTER BOOM STOPS BROKE GRABBED CABLE WITH LEFT HAND TO PREVENT FALL AND CUT 5TH FINGER 10 STITCHES LEFT 5TH FINGER.

WORKER WAS PULL3NG FUEL BARGE TO DREDGE WITH ROPE. ROPE BROKE AND WORKER FELL BAKCWARDS AND HIT HIS BACK. BRUISE TO LOWER LEFT BACK. X-RAYS TAKEN.

RIGHT FOOT SLIP1ED ON THE CROSS BAR WHEN STEPPING OVER THE CONVEYOR THAT WORK WAS BEING DONE ON BELT WHICH WAS LOCKED OUT. RIGHT KNEE WAS TWISTED CAUSING LIGAMENT DAMAGE.

BATTERY COVER OF LOADER FELL ON LEFT FOREARM LEFT FOREARM BRUISED.