Republic Pit: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

THREE PEOPLE WERE USING 980 C LOADER SORTING JUNK IRON AND LIFTING IT INTO A PORTIBLE STEEL BOX. ONE MAN WAS STANDING ON SECOND STEP OF LADDER WHEN LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING THREE FEET STRIKING HIS HEAD ABOVE RIGHT EYE ON CORNS OF BOX CAUSING A CUT WITCH REQUIRED SEVERAL STITCHES. NO LOST TIME.

I.NAME WASHING TRUCK AND TRAILER WITH PORTABLE PRESSURE WASHER.HAD ALREADY DONE ONE OTHER UNIT.GOT WAND TOO CLOSE TO TRAILER AND SOAP & MUD SPLASHED BACK INTO FACE AND EYES.

HE WAS REPLACING SKIRT BOARD ON CONVEYORS AT CRUSHER ON SAT. MORNING THE 8-11-90. HE WAS SETTING IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS, CRAWLED IN AND OUT OR DRUSHER THROAT. HE WAS PERFORMING GENERAL CRUSHER MAINTENANCE WITH I.NAME. ON MONDAY 8-13-90 HE CAME TO WORK COMPLAINING HIS BACK WAS HURTING. HE HAS BEEN TO A CHIROPRACTOR 3 TIMES FOR TREATMENT. HE HAD AN OLD BACK INJURY AND REAGGRAVATED IT

EMPL HAD REMOVED AIR FILTER FROM DOZER FOR CLEANING HE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER HE STEPPED ON BLADE ARM. IT HAD RAINED IN NI;GHT BLADE ARM WAS WET & MUDDY. WHEN FOOT HIT MUD HE SLIPPED OFF & BUMP ED RIGHT KNEE & SHIN ON BLADE ARM.

BLASTING BOX TRAILER BROKE ALLOWED TRAILER TONGUE TO FALL WENT TO GET IT PICKED TRAILER TONGUE UP TO HOOK TO PICKUP SPRAINED TNEDONS IN L HAND

SHOVELING DIRT FROM UNDER REJECT CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY, USING MILITARY TREANCHING SHOVEL GOUGING INTO PACKED DIRT. SHOVEL BEING SHORT HANDLE, HIS RIGHT THUMB AGAINST CONVEYOR BEAM. BRUISING THE RIGHT THUMB.

I NAME STEPPED UP USING HIS RT FOOT IN THE CABLE STEP HE THEN HAD TO STEP WITH LEFT FOOT ON METAL IN FRONT OF DOOR ON CAB METAL WAS WET & HE DID THE SPLITS HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPING FORWARD STRAIN ING HIS GROIN MUSCLE IN LEFT LEG

EMP HAD JUST FUELED LOADER AND HAD PARKED IT HE WAS COMING OUT OF CAB HAD GLOVED HAN D ON HAND RAIL STARTED TO TRUN AROUND WHEN HIS FT. SLIPED O UT FROM UNDER HIM. HIS HAND SLIPOPED OFF OF HAND RAIL AND HE FELL APPROX 7 FT TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS HEAD FACE DOWN SPLIT HIS UPPER LIP 7 STICHES. BLOODED NOSE SPRAINED R. WRIST POSSIBEL W

IN LOADING BARREL OF OIL INTO BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK, IT SLIPPED OFF END OF PICKUP, WHEN BARREL SLIPPED OFF END OF PICKUP. I. NAME FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN BED OF TRUCK AND BARREL SEVERING T HE TENDONS OF RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

I,NAME WAS COMING DOWN FROM CRUSHER HOUSE FOR LUNCH. GOT TO BOTTOM RUNG OF 8' LADDER OF CRUSHER HOUSE, PUT HIS RIGHT FOOT ON GROUND AND STEPPED ON 4" DIAMETER ROCK, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

I NAME JUMPED I3TO CRUSHER HOPPER PARTIALLY LOADED WITH ROCK, WHEN HE LANDED ON TOP OF ROCK HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

UNLOADING TRASH3OUT OF PICKUP.WIND CAUGHT BARREL AND SWUNG HIM AROUND AND TWISTED BACK.THIS WAS AT THE TRASH DUMP.

I.NAME WAS INST5LLING PINION SHAFT FROM UNDERSIDE OF DROPBALL PINION SHAFT SLIPPED OFF OF JACK STAND FALLING & CATCHING I.NAMES FINGERS OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN SHAFT & JACK STAND. END OF FOREFIN GER & INDEX FIN1ER BROKEN & 3RD FINGER BRUISED.

ROCK WAS STUCK 3N SIDE DOOR OF CRUSHER LOCATED 6' OFF GROUND I.NAME HAD ONE FOOT ON CRUSHER FRAME AND ONE FOOT ON BRACE OF C RUSHER HOUSE LEG. HE WAS PRYING ROCK WITH PRY BAR ROCK CAME OUT OF DOOR AND HIT BR5CE OF C RUSHER HOUSE LEG AND BROKE BRACE OFF CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE BALANCE AND FALL TO GROUND AND LAND ON HIS BEHIND

EMPL REMOVING I3JECTOR FROM MACH TRUCK ENGINE HEAD.USING A HAMMER AND PRY BAR .AS HIS HAND PASSED PRY BAR,FINGER PICKED UP PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED FROM PRY BAR BY HAMMER RUNNING METAL INTO FING

EMP WAS GETTING3INTO LOADER TO RIDE TO SHOP AFTER WORK. HE SHUT LOADER DOOR ON THUMB

EMPLOYEES WERE 7LEANING & SHOVELING AT CRUSHER. HE IRRITATED BACK. NO LOST TIME

EMP WAS WORKING3ON DIFFERIENTIAL. HE WAS PICKING UP ONE END OF DIFFERIENTIAL & PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. HE HURT BACK 5-1-86. HE WAS OFF 2 DAYS. HIS BACK NEVER FULLY RECOVERED DUE TO LIFTING STRAINING IN HI8 JOB CATAGORY. HE WENT TO DR. NEWLAND 7-2-86. DR SAID IT WAS A BRUISED BACK MUSCLE WHICH REQUIRED REST. MISSED 2 DAYS IS BACK TO WORK