Tenmile Plant & Quarry: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS ON TOP OF A RAIL CAR WHEN A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK. WHILE CLIMBING ONT HE CAR HE SLIPPED ON A BEAT LADDER RUNG. EE NOTICED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A SLIGHT MUSCLE PULL.

EE SLIPPED ON SOME KIND OF SUBSTANCE WHILE DESCENDING BACK STAIRS. INTHE FALL HE STRAINED H IS LOWER BACK.

GRINDING ON IRON OR STEEL WITH SAFETY GLASSES BUT NOT WITH A FACE SHIELD. FACE SHIELDS ARE ALSO TO BE USED IN THE FURTURE. A PIECE OF IRON OR STEEL WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE AND HAD TO BE REMOVED BY A DR.

THERE WAS A BENT RUNG ON THIS LADDER THAT WAS NOT NOTICED STRAINED LEFT LOWER BACK WHEN RIGHT FOOT DID NOT MAKE CONTACT AS L WHEN EXPECTED.

STRAINED UPPER BACK WHILOE USING A AIR LANCE TO CLEAN CHANNEL IN A UP AND DOWN MOTION.

POKING OUT KILN WITH 16FT AIR LANCE.

EE WAS SHOVELING LIME STONE MATERIAL. STRAINED LOWER BACK. A BACK BRACE WAS BEING USED.

USING LEFT FOOT TO BRUSH SNOW & ICE OFF A MANHOLE COVER & SPRAINED LEFT KNEE, RESULTING IN TRESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY.

PLACING CRUSHER SCREENS IN STORAGE ROCK BY HIS SELF AND PULLED ON A SCREEN AND LIFTED OT GET INTO THE RACK WHEN A PAIN STARTE DIN BACK.

DEAN WAS MOVING A 40 LB. PLUG WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND PINCHED A NERVE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

STRAINED PULLED OR TORE AREA IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN. JACKHAMMERING BRICK APART IN THE KILN.

STRAINED RIGHT WRIST AND HAND USING 15LB JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE BRICK FROM THE KILN.

ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A HEAVY SKIRT BOARD OFF OF A BELT CONVEYOR WITH 3 OTHER MEN STRAINED LOWER BACK AT THE WASTE LINE HE WAS USING HIS BACK BRACE AT THE TIME

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE DOORS ON RAILCAR. IT WOULD NOT SHUT AFTER TWO TRIES SO HE PUT A BAR IN THE DOOR TO PULL IT UP. WHEN IT STILL WOULDN'T CLOSE, HE STOOD ON THE BAR. WHEN THE DOOR CLOSED, IT THREW HIM OFF BALANCE AND HE FELL ON HIS BACK.

REMOVING BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FROM UNDER FLOOR BOARD OF 580 CASE BACKHOE & HELPER BUMPED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LEVER, CAUSING BRAKE FLUID TO FLOW OUT OF OPEN LINE & INTO LT. EYE.

THE ELEVATOR SHAFT FILL WITH WASTE GAS FROM THE KILM THROUGH AN EMERGENCY BY PASS VALVE. THE ELEVATOR HAD STOPPED BETWEEN FLOORS. HE HAD TO EXCAPE THROUGH THE TOP. HE VOMITED, HAD TROUBLE BREA THING, SOME PAIN WHILE BREATHING, HEADACHE & COUGHING.

EMPLOYEE WAS SCRAPING ICE OFF OF A BELT CONVEYOR PULLEY WHILE BELT WAS RUNNING. THE SHOVEL WAS CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLED INTO THE SYSTEM WHERE HE BECAME ENTANGL ED BETWEEN THE TAKE-UP PULLEY & STRUCTURAL BEAM. THIS ACCIDENT RESULTED IN A FRACTURE LEFT RING FINGER AND FRICTION BURNS TO THE LEFT WRIST & FINGERS.

SMASHED LEFT RING FINGER RESULTING IN APPROX. 1/2 LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 3 STITCHES INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN BAR SLIPPED THAT WAS BEING USED TO PRY LOOSE ACCESS DOOR ON KILN THAT HAD BECOME W EDGED OPEN.

EMPLOEYE WAS STEPPING INTO TRUCK AND HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE GUARD RAIL,RESULTING IN A SPRAINED ANKLE WITH A CONTUSION.

REPLACING A DRIVELINE ON OWNERS 10 WHEEL END DUMP TRUCK. WRENCH (OPEN END) SLIPPED OFF BOLT & RTHAND STRUCK A METAL BRACKET, CAUSING LACERATION TO RT. HAND INDEX FINGER, WHICH REQUIRED 2 STITCHES.

WHILE CUTTING AN ACCESS DOOR IN SURGE BIN,OXY'ACET HOSE CAUGHT FIRE AND EXPLODED BURNING THROUGH HIS LEATHER GLOVES,RESULTING IN 1ST,2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LEFT HAND.

ATTEMPTED TO MOVE BARREL THAT WAS MELTED IN SNOW AND WOULD NOT SLIDE BURNED FINGERS BEFORE EXTINGUISHING FLAME