Quikrete Mine: 117 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee picked up an 80# bag and twisted causing a lower back strain.

Employee picked up a bag of sand off the ground and felt a pain in his lower back.

No apparent cause. Miner just started complaining about knee hurting. Questionable as to whether it is work related or if he injured his knee somewhere else and it is claiming work related because he doesn't have personal insurance. Sprained knee. Limited Duty X 14 days. No Lost Time.

Truck Driver was reporting to work when he experienced a fatal heart attack.

While operating the semi-automatic palletizer, a piece of sand got into the operators eye even though he was wearing safety glasses.

Employee was leaving the parking lot at a high rate of speed (according to police report) when he crashed into the rear entrance pole gate. Employee suffered cut lip and bruises.

Employee claims 50# bag of sand fell from conveyor and struck him in the back. Employee did not report accident until days later after another accident. Suspect insurance fraud. Said lower back hurts.

Employee was picking up a pallet from a pile that was chest high. He was picking pallet up, turning to the right to place pallet on ground for repair. (He did not notify supervisor of accident until 6/16/09 at 2:00 pm). Employee strained left shoulder when turning to the right.

Employee was stepping down off bag chair when her foot slipped on the round "shaft-like" step causing her to sprain her ankle.

Clearing underbrush with a bulldozer the employee was struck in the forhead by a broken limb causing a laceration which required 5 stitches.

Employee was climbing 2 foot retaining wall surrounding fuel tank to fuel up the front end loader. Employee lost footing and slipped, hitting left leg on wall. Required 4 stitches to close wound.

Employee climbed onto a conveyor to remove a jammed bag stopping the production line. Employee lost his balance and fell off of conveyor (about a 9ft drop) and landed on his shoulder and head. Employee suffered a contusion to the head / concussion, and sore shoulder.

Miner was clearing bags off of main line reject conveyor. Another miner was on top of cat walk and pushed a bag of dry mix concrete off of another conveyor. Bag of concrete fell and hit injured miner in left shoulder. Injured miner was seen at a medical clinic on 4/21/06 for pain in left shoulder.

EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM WHILE HE WAS DISMOUNTING BAGGING PLATFORM. FELL APPROX 2 FT TO PLATFORM AND HIT HIS LEG ON THE WAY DOWN. BRUISED HIP, THIGH, AND LOWER LEG.

Employee was coming out of break room door as forklift was entering warehouse. Forklift driver claims victim was in his blind spot and did not see him. Forklift bumped into victim. Contusion to knee, wrist, and lower leg.

Employee was picking up limb debris from Hurricane Dennis when he felt a sting in his back. Was sent to doctor. Given temporary alternate duty for 8 days for lumbar strain.

DRIVER WAS UNTARPING A LOAD OF BAGGED CONCRETE AT CUSTOMER'S STORE. DRIVER JUMPED DOWN FROM PALLET OF CONCRETE TO FLOOR OF FLAT BED TRAILER, TRIPPED ON TARP AND STUCK OUT HAND TO STOP HIS FALL. HE HIT HIS HAND ON THE FRONT BOARD OF TRAILER. FRACTURED CLOSE METACARPAL / RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS RE-STACKING A PALLET OF CONCRETE BAGS WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK. AFTER INVESTIGATING, IT WAS FOUND THAT EE WAS NOT LIFTING CORRECTLY AND FAILED TO WEAR HIS BACK BELT.

EE WAS TRAINING ON PALLETIZER AND DID NOT HAVE HIS HAND CLEAR OF THE SLIDE DOOR WHEN IT WAS CLOSED. THERE WERE 2 MEN TRAINING AND 1 TRAINER. TRAINER WAS UNAWARE EE'S HAND WAS NOT CLEAR. CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND.

WHILE STACKING 50# PLAY SAND, HE TWISTED WRONG.

WHILE TRYING TO CLEAR A JAM ON THE MACHINE, IT CLOSED ON HIS LEFT HAND. HE LOST MOST OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER Y

PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER THROWING BAG OF CEMENT ONTO TRUCK. HE REAGGRAVATED A MINOR SHOULDER ACCIDENT HE DID NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORT.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS AND TURNED WRONG WAY AND PULLED LIGAMENT IN SHOULDER HE CLAIMS. WE ARE CONTESTING THIS SINCE HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING FOR 4 DAYS OVER WEEKEND.

EE RUNNING BAGGING MACHINE BAG GOT CAUGHT AND INSTEAD OF TURNING OFF MACHINE TO REMOVE BAG HE TRIED TO PULL IT FREE AND IT PULLED HIS ARM IN AT FIRST ONLY THOUGHT CUT. HE GIVE BARB TO WORK TH EN ON 5-11-93 WAS TOLD A BONE WAS FRACTURE IN ARM DUE BACK ON 6-24-93.

TWISTED BACK GETTING OUT OF TRUCK. LOWER BACK AND LEG AFFECTED.

HURT BACK PULLED MUSCLE WHILE LIFTING CUSTOMER JET SKI

WHILE CLEANING THE RECLAIM GRATE THE RECLAIM BUCKET FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S FOOT BREAKING A SMALL BONE IN RIGHT FOOT.

IN PROCESS OF ROLLING AIR COMPRESSOR. FELT PAIN IN MID-LOWER BACK. STOPPED AND TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN UP BUT COULDN'T. WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL IN AMBULANCE.

WAS BLOWING CEM9NT DUST FROM EQUIPMENT & DUST GOT INTO EYE

HAND CARRING BA1S OF CEMENT FROM FRONT OF TRAILER TO BACK OF TRAILER & RECIEVED SEVERE PAIN TO LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING CEMENT AIR LOCK EMPLOYEE ASSUMED AIR LOCK WAS OFF. AFTER TELLING SECOND MAN TO TURN MACHINE ON. HE PUT HAD INTO MACHINE WHICH CUT OFF THE TIPS OF HIS FINGERS.

WAS CUTTING HOT3METAL WHEN A PIECE OF METAL STRUCK RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING UP 80 LB CONCRETE BAGS & TWISTED WRONG & PULLED LIGAMENTS.

CHANGING BUCKET3ON MASSEY FURGENSON LOADER WHILE DRIVING A PIN THE SLEDGE CAME OFF HAMMER AND BROKE FINGER

STEPPED OF END 2F TRAILERS OF TRUCK TURNED LEFT FOOT & SPRAINED FOOT.

THIS PERSON WAS3PULLING 2" RUBBER HOSES FROM ONE SECTION OF THE YARD TO T HE OTHER APPROX 25'.

GRINDING A PIEC9 OF STEEL TO BE WELDED A PIECE OF SLAG GLANCED & HIT RIM OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES & HIT EYE.