SMALL MOUNTAIN QUARRY INC Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was using torque wrench and did not release handle. Wrench jerked employees arm and shoulder

The employee was removing screen cloth from the bottom deck of screen using 2 x 4's and extended hook. The screen cloth was stuck and the employee lifted cloth with both hands while another employee pulled the screen with the hook. As a result, his arm was caught between the cloth and frame.

Employee was shoveling material off conveyor with a shovel and developed pain in right arm.

He was standing on running board, tried to step over to a barrier, foot slipped and he fell forward and his body weight crushed his right wrist into the barrier.

Was wiping off part of the gyro crusher and a foreign particle entered his eye.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A 150 LB WATER PUMP BYHIMSELF HAVING FAILED TO REQUEST ASSISTANCE. IN THE PROCESS HE LOST GRIP ON HANDLE AND FELT PULLIN CHEST RESULTING IN LEFT CHEST WALL STRAIN.

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF INSTALLING DIRTY WATER PUMPIN WATER SHED-FINGERS WERE PINCED BETWEEN A BOLT& PUMP HOUSING

WHILE WORKING NEAR A CONVEYOR, WORKER SLIPPED ON ICE AND SNOW AND FELL. WORKER WAS ON THE GROUND WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURED. THE PLANT WAS NOT OPERATING. WORKER BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND. W ORKER WAS WEARING A HARDHAT BUT IT FELL OFF DURIING THE FALL.

WHILE OPENING SCALE HOUSE WINDOW TO GIVE A CUSTOMER A TICKET, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HER BACK.

AT SAT MAY 3, EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING AWAY A DIRT COMPACTOR AND WHEN HE PULLED IT UP ON A SIDEWALK (4" HIGH). THE COMPACTOR FELL OVER. THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO STOP THE TOOL FROM FALLING. HE REPORTE D NO PROBLEM AT THAT TIME, BUT ON MONDAY, MAY 5, HE REPORTED THAT HE COULD NOT MOVE HIS ARM.

EE WAS LOADING CUSTOMER TRUCKS. A TRI AYLE TRUCK WHICH WAS OVERLOADED RETURNED TO THE PILE TO DUMP OFF EXCESS. EE LEFT HIS MACHINE TO ASSIST TRUCK DRIVER. WHILE CLEARING MATERIAL FROM AROUND T HE TAILGATE WITH A PRY BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND EE S HAND WAS PINCHED UNDER THE TAILGATE. EE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES.

EMPLOYEE NOTICED AN OIL LEAK ON THE CRUSHER HE WAS OPERATING AND WENT TO INSPECT. UPON FINDING THE LEAK, HE PULLED ON A HOSE TO SEE IF IT WAS LOOSE AND A PIPE FITTING BROKE OFF, SPRAYING OIL O N OR ABOUT HIS EYES.

WHILE STEPPING DOWN FROM HE 45 TON HAUL TRUCK, WORKER SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

WITH BOBCAT SKID LOADER RUNNING, EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF MACHINE TO PICK UP A CHAIN ON THE GROUND. MACHINE MOVED FOREWARD PINNING EMPLOYEE'S LEG BETWEEN BUCKET OF MACHINE AND A TOOL BOX THAT W AS ON THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE BUCKET (WHICH WAS ON THE GROUND) AND HAD FAILED TO SET THE PARKING BRAKE OR SHUT OFF MACHINE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING MUD FROM THE CRUSHING CHAMBER OF A VERTICAL SHAFT IMPACT CRUSHER WITH A FIVE FOOT DIGGING BAR.CRUSHER WAS SHUT OFF AND LOCKED OUT.WHILE THRUSTING BAR INTO THE PACKED MUD HE MISSED AND HIS HAND STRUCK THE MACHINE CUTTING HIS SMALL FINGER.

OVER A PERIOD OF TIME,WORKER BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN (PERSISTANT) IN HIS RIGHT THUMB. UPON SEEING THE COMPANY DR HE WAS TOLD THAT HE HAD TENDONITIS, WHICH WAS A RESULT OF REPEATED MOTION. WO RKERS JOB INVOLVES MIXING TEST SAMPLES, USUALLY EIGHT TO FIFTEEN TIMES A DAY.

AFTER USING A LADDER TO CLIMB UP & STAND ON A STUB CONVEYOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO SCREEN DISCHARGE CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST BELT TRACKING # THE TAIL PULLEY WHEN HIS WRENCH SLIP PED. HE LOST HIS FOOTING & HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE PINCH OF THE CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES & WAS ABLE TO PULL HIS HAND OUT OF CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE BROKE HIS THUMB.

WHILE EE WAS LOOSENING BOLTS FROM TOGGLE BLOCK ON A JAW CRUSHER WITH A WRENCH HE FELT A STRAIN ON THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

WHILE MOVING A 1FTX1FT PIECE OF STEEL PLATE EMPLOYEE TWISTED THE WRONG WAY & REPORTED PAIN IN RT LOWER BACK

WHILE REPLACING A TROUGHING ROLLER ON A CONVEYOR BELT, DIRT WAS BLOWN INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYES. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO WASH DIRT FROM EYE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFULL AND WENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.

WHILE ELECTRIC ARC WELDING, EMPLOYEE WAS FLASHED BY ELECTRIC ARC WHEN HIS WELDING HOOD 3WAS NOT IN POSITION. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED THE NEXT MORNING OF SORE EYES AND WENT TO HSI DOCTOR WHO SAID TO REST HIS EYES FOR A DAY.

WHILE REMOVING UTILITY KNIFE BLADES FROM A NEW PACK, EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HAND REQUIRING SEVEN SUTUTRES.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UNBLOCK A ROCK JAM IN A STONE CHUTE,A ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEES FINGER.TWO DAYS LATER EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND DISCOVERED THAT FINGER WAS BROKEN.

WHILE WORKING ON A CONVEYOR BELT EE SLIPPED AND FELL 6 FT STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A ROCK EE SUFFERED A LACERATION TO FOREHEAD.

WHILE GRINDING A WELD ON PRIMARY CRUSHER PLANT, A PIECE OF METAL WAS MBEDDED IN EMPLOYEE RIGHT EYE