ROOSEVELT AVENUE QUARRY: 168 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

An employee was descending the cab access ladder of a haul truck. The light illuminating the ladder timed out and went dark. The employee continued to descend the ladder in the darkness. The employee thought ee was on the bottom rung of the ladder and stepped down, causing ee to fall and strike knee on the bottom rung of the ladder

Blast crew member bent over to pick up product and suffered lower back strain.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER WHEN HE WAS STUNG BY A BEE; HE IS ALLERGIC AND ADMINISTERED EPI PEN HIMSELF WHICH HE CARRIED IN TRUCK; CALLED 911 TO MAKE SURE HE WOULD BE OK.

smoking cigarettes for many years. We await the assessment of EE's doctors as to the extent of his heart disease. This heart attack did not do serious damage to his heart tissue EE told me.

Employee was walking down steps at the secondary plant, when he got to the bottom of the steps, he slipped and fell and landed on his left hand. Diagnosed with a fractured thumb.

Stepped into a water puddle that was deeper than orginally thought, fell forward on knee and brusied knee.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT A 1/4" CONVEYOR BELT, WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND SLICED HIS LEFT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING STEEL. HE REACHED DOWN TO PULL OFF THE WRENCH TO GET THE DRILL STEEL OFF. EMPLOYEE CRUSHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE STOPPER AND THE WRENCH.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATIN HIS DRILL RIG IN 90DEGRREE PLUSS TEMPERATURE, HIGH HUMIDTY. DURING THE COURRSE OF THE AFERNOON, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED DIZZINESS, NUMBNESS IN HIS ARM, PROFUST PERSPIRATION AND FINALLY COLLAPSED BESIDE THE RIG IN THHE QUARRY. AT THE TIME, HE STOPPED SWEATING. HIS HELPER BROUGHT HIM IMMEDIATELY TO THE SHOP TO THE AIR CONDITIONING AND LIQUIDS WERE ADM. HE WAS

EE WAS USING A COME-ALONG TO MANUALLY PULL THE BEETLE DRILL [B-1] ONTO THE TRAILER [T-4] BECAUSEOF A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE DRILL. AT THE TIME EE WAS UNAWARE THAT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE I N HIS BACK. EACH DAY, HOWEVER, THE PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK INCREASED-ESPECIALLY WHEN HE WAS RIDING IN THE COMPRESSOR TRUCK [C-1] & EASED WHEN STANDING. ON 11/22/95 PAIN FORCE HIM TO SEEK TREAT

CLIMBING OUT OF TRUCK, FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF LADDER AND JAMBED RIGHT THUMB ON HANDRAIL.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO HOOK UP HOIST CYLINDER FOR LIFTING INTO 988 CAT LOADER WHILE REHOOKING SLING & CHAIN THE CYLINDER ROLLED OVER HITTING EMPLOYEE ON RT FOOT

EE WAS SHOVELING DUST FROM UNDERNEATH THE BAGHOUSE. THE ROOFING GUTTER WAS EXTENDED FROM THE ROOF. WALKING OUT FROM BAGHOUSE, EE CAUGHT HEAD ON THE END OF THE EXTENDED GUTTER.

REMOVING HYDRAULIC HOSE TO REPLACE BROKE RING,WHEN HOSE WAS LOOSENED, HOT HYDRAULIC OIL SPRAYED ONTO EMPLOYEE'S BODY.

GREASING TRUCK AS STONE QUARRY SLIPPED & FELL ON ICE INJURING BACK

SAT AM 7-10-93 HELPING CREW OF MEN SHOVEL STONE FROM BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELTS WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR. EE STATES THAT BY FOLLOWING SAT 7-17-93, WHICH DAY HE WORKED HIS BACK WAS G IVING HIM CONSIDERABLE PAIN. LOST TIME DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL 7-21-93. EE PREVIOUSLY HAD SURGERY FOR HERNIATED DIS IN LATE 1979 PERIOD WAS SUPPOSED TO

DOING MAINTENANCE- HOLDING METAL FOR WELDER. LAYING ON FLOOR, LEANING IN A HOLE, HOLDING LADDER AND GERDERS FOR MAINTENANCE MEN. EMPLOYEE HAS HAD CONTINUOUS BACK PROBLEMS SINCE 6-19-91.

TRIPPED OVER HOSE-ON GROUND-AFTER GETTING OFF BACK OF TRUCK-FELL ON GROUND-LANDING ON RIGHT KNEE AND HANDS.WENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT 02-14-92.KNEE HAS BECOME SWOLLEN AND FILLED WITH FLUID.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM CRANE BASKET-IN DOING SO-HE OVERSTEPPED & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

BUMPED LEFT ELBOW ON CHANNEL IRON. DISREGARDED AT TIME HOWEVER ABOUT A MONTH LATER. TENDINITIS DEVELOPED. WENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT 12-27-91.

HELPING TO LOAD STEEL ONTO TRUCK PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK BACK SPRAIN.

DISMOUNTING LOADER, SLIPPED HIS L LEG STRUCK SIDE OF LOADER

REPLACING BEARING, SLIPPED OFF LADDER

WELDING BOLT ON 6 X 14 SCREEN - AT STONE QUARRY - WITH ARC WELDER RECEIVED WELDING FLASH IN EYES. TREATED AT EMERGENCY ROOM - HOSPITAL AND RELEASED.

CLEANING UP TAKE UP PULLEY WITH SCRAPER,SCRAPER BECAME CAUGHT IN BELT AND PUSHED LEFT HAND INTO FRAME OF BELT. LACERATED FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

DRIVING 35 TON CAT TRUCK IN QUARRY CLAIMS TO HAVE GONE OVER A POT HOLE CAUSING HIM LOWER BACK SPRAIN.

HELPING TO REPLACE SCREENS IN CRUSHER AT STONE QUARRY. PICHED RIGHT THUMB UNDER SCREEN CAUSING SLIGHT FRACTURE OF THUMB & SWELLING.

EMPL WAS CLEANING OFF BED OF 769 CAT TRUCK. HAVING FINISHED CLEANING IT JUMPED OFF TRUCK ONTO FROZEN GROUND APPROX 8' BADLY SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.

OPERATING SHOVEL IN STONE QUARRY - LOADING TRUCKS - FRONT WINDOW OF SHOVEL CAME UNLATCHED - IT FELL BACKWARD AND CAUGHT OPERATOR ON LIP - CAUSING LACERATION OF LIP.

EMPL FUELING EU7LID WHILE STANDING ON LADDER.ON HIS WAY DOWN OFF LADDER HE STEPPED ON ROCK AND OVERTURNED RIGHT ANKLE.

EMP WAS TAKING OFF AN EXHAUST SYSTEM FROM A TRUCK AND AS HE WAS LYING UNDER THE TRUCK USING A W RENCH TO LOOSEN U BOLT MUFLER CLAMP A TINY FOREIGN OBJECT FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE

EMP WAS WORKING IN MAINTENANCE IN THE GARAGE CLEANING OUT AN ASHPALT TANK USING AIR HOSE WITH A CHIPPER ON THE END AND ALSO USING A HAND SCRAPER TO CLEAN OUT THE TANK AND WHILE IN THE MAINTEN AREA WAS SUBJECTED TO WELD FLASH