Radix Joplin: 112 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

EE was splicing a water pump discharge hose. EE slipped on a rock and twisted back as EE fell.

Employee is unable to substantiate any of the above details and while we are unsure this incident actually happened at work, we are reporting on the side of caution. Employee only reports that they thought they had something in their eye when they left work on a Friday and sought treatment later that evening.

The employee was cutting conveyer belt with a retractable knife. As he pulled the knife, toward his body, it slipped and lacerated his right leg. The laceration is about an inch long, but it did require stitches. He was treated and released back to work without restrictions.

Employee was lifting on a pulley guard that was stuck in semi-frozen mud. About 45 min. later he began to have pain in the lower right abdomen/groin area. He said he did not initially injure himself at work; that he had severe pain the previous week and he had to stop doing physical activity. We sent him to the doctor as a precaution and he was prescribed Naprosyn 800mg.

Employee was filing something in a metal file cabinet and as she turned to walk away, she accidentally closed the cabinet drawer on her right little finger.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION A CRUSHER HAMMER ON A PALLET WHEN THE HAMMER MOVE UNEXPECTEDLY, CATCHING HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN TWO HAMMERS. BOTH HAMMERS HAD JUST BEEN RELOCATED TO THE SHOP , BUT ONE WAS NOT DOWN COMPLETELY ON THE PALLET.

EE WAS USING A FACTORY WEDGE FOR TAKING THE CONE CRUSHER APART WHEN HE HIT THE WEDGE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER, A PIECE CHIPPED OFF OF WEDGE AND HIT HIS LEFT ARM.

EE WAS TAKING IT UPON HIMSELF TO LOOK AT THE MOTOR ON THE CONVEYOR TO GET A SERIAL NUMBER. WHEN HE CLIMBED UP ON THE CONVEYOR(NOT RUNNING). HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO THE CONVEYOR, HITTING A ROL LER(?) INJURING HIS BACK.

EE STARTED OPERATING THE HITACHI EXCAVATOR WITH RAMER HYDRAULIC HAMMER IN 3/1999. EE COMPLAINED OF PAIN & BURNING & EVENTUALLY HAD BLEEDING IN HIS STOOL. ON 3/7/00 EE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE CO DR AS HAVING A TEAR OR FISSURE INSIDE THE RECTUMSURGERY IS SCHEDULED AT WHICH TIME THE SURGEON HAS STATED HE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE INJURY IS WORK RELATED OR NOT

EE GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK TO CHECK ON A PLUGGED CHUTE. WHILE ON THE TRUCK CATWALK, HE WAS HIT ONTHE HARDHAT BY A ROCK THAT SPILLED FROM THE CHUTE (4"-6"). THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL APPROX 7' TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HIP & LOWER BACK AREA. WE SENT IMTO THE DR FOR EVALUATION. ON 6/17/98 DR MEHAFFEY SENT HIM FOR A CAT SCAN. ON 6/18/98 EE WAS GIVEN A NOTE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING CAP-SHOT ROCK WITH THE DOZER. AS HE BACKE DUP, THE REAR OF THE DOZER DROPPED, CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED. EH SAID THIS HAD HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, FINALLY CAUSING HIM TO S TOP BECAUSE OF THE BACK PAIN.

SWINGING A HAMMER AND SMASHED LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN HANDLE AND BIN DOOR, CAUSING AN OBLIQUE NONDISPLACED FRACTURE OF THE FIFTH DISTAL PHALANX.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING J HOOKS ON A CONVEYOR (4"-6") TO HANG CONTROL CABLES FROM,WHEN A 4" ROCK ROLLED DOWN BELTS AND HIT HIM ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD. THE BELT WAS RUNNING ON THE CONVEYOR.

CONVEYOR HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN TO REMOVE ROCK FROM TAIL PULLEY ON BELT TO SIMP. SCREEN . GUARD WAS REMOVED TO FACILITATE REMOVAL OR ROCK. ROCK WAS REMOVED, THEN GUARD WAS REPLACED. JUST AS SIGNAL WAS GIVEN TO RESTART, GUARD SLIPPED BRACKET, SWINGING FROM REAR BRACKET, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN GROIN AREA.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE REPAIRING CONVEYOR, BUMPED HIS KNEE AND SPRAINED HIS WRIST. NO ONE WITNESSED ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE BEGAN TEMPORARY DISABILITY 8-9-93.

CLEANING OUT FROM UNDER BELT (CONVEYOR) AND SCRAPED HAND ON METAL BURR ON PULLEY GUAR. GLOVES HAD BEEN PROVIDED TO EMPLOYEE BUT HE DID NOT HAVE THEM ON AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT RESULTING IN A 2 CM. LACERATION TO RT. HAND.

EMPL WAS CHANGING OIL ON HAUL TRUCK,FOOT MISSED BOTTOM STEP ON TRUCK AND EMPL FELL CAUSING FRACTURE TO RIGHT PELVIS.

IDLER PULLEY WAS CLOGGED EMPLOYEE WAS USING TOOL TO CLEAN IT OUT. TOOL BECAME LODGED AND CAUSED TWO FINGERS TO BE PULLED IN. END RESULTS WERE BROKEN FINGERS ON LEFT HAND. (RING & LITTLE FINGER S).

LOADING TRUCK, BOULDER ENDED UP IN CASB OF LOADER ASSUMING IT WAS TOSSED UP BY HAUL TRUCK TIRES AS HE PULLED AWAY

EMPLOYEE LUNCHROOM CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS. CASUE OF FIRE WAS UNDETERMINED, POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL SHORT OR PROPANE FIRE. CAT LOADER WAS IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, DAMAGE TO IT CONSISTE D OF SIGNED TIRES AND PAIN. FIRE WAS UNDER CONTROL IN APPROX. 1 HOUR.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A BENT OVER POSITION WITH HARDHAT ON CLEANING OUT AROUND CONVEYOR AND TAIL PULLEY, A ROCK FELL OFF CONVEYOR HITTING HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

EMPL WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT & KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEG.

DOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON SIMPLICITY RETURN BELT SLIPPED & SPRAINED RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND IN PROCESS OF CATCHING HIMSELF.

FOUND EMPLOYEE 5AYING HEAD FACING WEST APPROX.10'-12' AWAY FROM NORTH SCREEN AND LADDER,HIS ARM WAS BROKEN RIGHT BELOW SHOULDER,HAD BUMP ON HIS HEAD BUT COULD NOT REMEMBER WHAT HE WAS DOING OR HOW IT HAPPENED1THE PLANT MANAGER ASK IF ANYONE(CRUSHER FEEDER,STOCKPILE DRIVER,LOADER OPERATOR)HAD SEEN HIM OR THE ACCIDENT BUT NONE OF THE PEOPLE HAD SEEN HIM OR THE ACCIDENT SINCE HE WENT

MAN WAS SERVICI3G EQUIPMENT AND RAISED UP STRIKING HEAD ON CORNER OF DOOR.

MAN WAS IN CRUSHER WELDING WHEN METAL BAR ABOVE WAS DISLODGED BY VIBRATION AND FELL STRIKING HIS ARM THEREBY BRUSING AND LACERATING SAID.

AT SOME TIME DURING THE DAY PRECISE TIME UNKNOWN EMPLOYEE RECEIVED FOREIGN OBJECT IN EYE WHICH LED TO IRRITATION NOTED BY EMPLOYEE DURING THE FOLLOWING HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DE TERMINED ON 5-29-84 THAT A PIECE OF METAL HAD LODGED IN HIS EYE.

EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE CHUNK OF MATERIAL BLOCKING CHUTE OF STOCKPILE HOPPER WITH LONG PRYPOLE WHEN SOMETHING POPPED IN H IS ELBOW

CLIMBING OFF SCREEN WHEN HE JUMPED,RIGHT FOOT LANDED ON BOULDER SPRAINING ANKLE.