REIDSVILLE QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

An employee was using a belt cutter to cut a conveyor belt. After the belt cutter was placed under the belt, the employee reached across the belt to slide the cutter even with the cutline drawn on the belt. As the employee reached across the belt felt something in right arm pull.

Technician was standing on front axle installing pin in lift arm boom. Slipped off axle and struck hip on machine. Contusion, low back pain.

FOREMAN WAS HELPING TWO WORKERS CHANGE CONVEYOR ROLLER WHILE ON CONVEYOR PLATFORM. HE LOST FOOTING/BALANCE AND FELL HITTING MOUTH ON CONVEYOR ROLLER CAUSING LACERATION TO UPPER LIP AND BREAKING DENTURE PLATE. REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES, NO LOST TIME.

THE BLASTER WAS TRYING TO STABILIZE REEL HOSE BY PULLING ON IT AND LOST HIS BALANCE TWISTING HIS WRIST.

EE FELL OFF WATER TRUCK WHILE GETTING INTO CAB. HE HAD FILLED UP THE WATER TRUCK AND CLIMBED UP THE LADDER TO GET INTO THE CAB AND LOST HIS FOOTING WHILE GETTING INTO THE DOOR. HE FELL ~8' TO THE GROUND & LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SIDE RESULTING IN CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO HIS RIBS, LEGS & BACK WITH SOME POSSIBLE MILD BACK STRAIN.

LOADING PRODUCTS BACK INTOT HE VAN TRUCK AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

RUBBER TIRE CRANE WAS BEING MOVED TO OUR LOCATION FOR USE ON CONSTRUCTION PROJ. CRANE HAD ALREADY BEEN UNCHAINED FROM LOW-BOY TRAILER WHEN IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE LOW BOY NEEDED TO BE MOVED A FEW FEET TO BE OUT OF THE TRAFFIC FLOW OF CUSTOMERS GOING TO BE LOADED AT VARIOUS STOCKPILES, THE INJURED EE WAS ON THE LOW BOY BETWEEN THE CRANE AND THE TONGUE OF THE LOW BOY WHEN THE CRANE

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING DO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING AROUND PLT AREA AS ALL EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO DO. HE WENT TO THE DUMPTSER TO DISCARD TRACH/DEBRIS, TRIED TO SLIDE DUMPSTER DOOR CLOS ED WITH ONE HAND BUT DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. THEN HE GRABBED DOOR WITH BOTH HANDS AND PUSHED DOOR BROKE FREE IN TRACK AND MOVED QUICKLY CATCHING HIS LEFT THUMB IN METAL DOOR TRACK CAUSING LACER

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DRILL WITH DRILL STEEL ENGAGED IN DIRT LIKE MATERIAL, DRILL STEEL WOULD NOT BREAK OFF WHILE IN HOLE, SO EMPLOYEE BROUGHT DRILL STEEL UP ONTO STEEL SITTERS/DOGS, TURNED S TEEL TAPPED WITH HAMMER TO BREAK, CHIP FLEW OFF DRILL STEEL COUPLING AND ENTERING UPPER LEFT THIGH.

EE WAS HELPING TO CLEAR ROCK JAM FROM CRUSHER BY PHYSICALLY MOVING SMALL ROCKS TO ALLOW FOR USE OF ROCK HOOK. IN HIS EFFORTS OF MOVING SOME SMALL STONES, A LARGER STONE FELL AND WEDGED HIS LEF T INDEX FINGER BETWEEN SOME ROCKS. THIS WEDGING BROKE THE SKIN ON THE UNDERSIDE OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AND ALSO DAMAGER/BRUISED THE NAIL BADLY.

EE WAS PICKING UP DRILL STEEL TO PUT IN DRILL AND IT SLIPPED FROM HANDS AND HIT TOP OF RIGHT FOOT CAUSING FRACTURE TO 4TH TOE ON RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UN-JAM JAW CRUSHER CLEARING SMALL ROCKS AWAY BY HAND SO HE COULD GET ROCK HOOK AROUND LARGER ROCK. REMOVING ONE ROCK ALLOWED LARGER ROCK HE DID NOT SEE FALL & CATCH FINGER BETWEEN ROCK & ROCK BOX.

EMPL HELPING REPAIR CONVEYOR BELT A-2 WHEN FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING FALL 10' TO GROUND.TAKEN TO EMERG RM FOR X-RAYS OF LEFT FOOT AND RIGHT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN DRILL STEEL COUPLING BY STRIKING IT WITH ANOTHER COUPLING. A STEEL CHIP CAME OFF ONE OF THE COUPLINGS, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN FRONT OF LEFT LOWER LEG. HE WAS TA KEN TO ANNIE PENN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM TO HAVE THE METAL CHIP REMOVED FROM HIS LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING ONE HAMMER AND STRIKING IT WITH ANOTHER 6LB SLEDGE HAMMER WHILE HELPING TO DISMANTLE THE TOP PORTION OF A NW80-D SHOVEL FROM TRAVEL CARRIAGE SECTION.

EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING & CUTTING TORCH RING OFF 4 1/4 STD.CRUSHER WHEN A SPECK OF SLAG POPPED INTO HIS LEFT EAR.HE WAS SENT TO MEDICAL DOCTOR FOR EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT FOR WHAT APPEARED TO B E A MEDICAL FI9ST AID CASE.

EMP WAS TRYING TO TIGHTEN SIDE ROD NUT ON DRILL WITH PIPE WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED FROM THE NUT HE WAS NOT EXPECTING THE WRENCH TO SLIP SO HE FELL TO THE GROUND CARCHING HIMSELF ON HIS HANDS INJURED HIS LEFT WRIST