UNIVERSITY - SAN MARCOS QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Two employees had tied a rope around a large piece of steel (14' x 3" x 1"; 120 lbs) to lift the steel out of a jaw feeder. While pulling on the rope to lift the steel one of the employees felt a pop in his left side along with severe pain.

The employee was pushing Jaw Toggle Plate over to replace positioning block with a hydraulic portable jack. The toggle slid to the left allowing the metal shim block to drop, hitting the employee's finger.

Hopper beneath S3-L had filled with rock dust when the shaker's bottom conveyor failed apparently due to the failure of the convyor's v-belts. The employee entered the hopper via the bottom or tail end to shovel out the plugged hopper. The material shifted inside causing the conveyor to move pinching the employee between spilled material and a hopper cross-brace.

The employee began to experience pain in his left hip due to an unknown reason. No specific event occurred.

The employee was removing the outside bolts of a tailpulley take-up unit. The inside bolt was missing from the unit which allowed the top of the take-up unit to come loose, striking the employee on the left side of his face.

The employee was cleaning a screen deck with metal weight. The weight slipped from his hand and pinched the right thumb on the screen frame.

While loading 11" wide plate to a service truck the employee lost his footing in the west ground and fell. The plate pinched the employee's hand to the ground.

AFTER WORKING HIS REGULAR SHIFT, THE INJURED EMPLOYEE CLEANED UP AT HOME AND FOLLOWING A SHOWER,NOTICED PAIN IN HIS TORSO. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION THAT EVENING AND THE PHYSICIAN DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD SUFFERED A BROKEN RIB. AT PRESENT, IT IS UNKNOWN HOW THIS INJURY OCCURRED, HOWEVER HE BELIEVES HE MAY HAVE SLIPPED UPON ENTERING AND/OR EXITING THE FRONT END LOADER.

DRIVING ROCK TRUCK, STRUCK ROCK IN THE ROAD CAUSING A JARRING TO THE NECK.

WEIGHT OF MATERIAL ON BELT CAUSED CONVEYOR TO REVERSE. HEAD PULLEY & GEARBOX ROTATED IN UNISON, THE TENSION ON "COME-ALONG" INCREASED & GEARBOX ANGLE IN WHICH IT WAS ATTACHED CHANGED CAUSING HOOK OF COME-ALONG TO DISENGAGE. HOOK FLEW BACK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING DIRT AND GRAVEL FROM AROUND THE BASE OF OMNI #2 CONE CRUSHER. MUSCLE SPASMS IN THE BACK OF THE RIGHT SHOULDER CREATED PAIN FOR THE EMPLOYEE.

THE EE WAS ARC WELDING WHEN SLAG FELL DOWN INTO THE EE'S BOOT BURNING HIS FOOT.

WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT, STRIKING EE ON CHIN

EE ADJUSTED AIR CONTROLLED SEAT, AS HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HAUL ROAD, HE HIT A BUMP CAUSING THE SEAT TO BE FORCED TO THE FLOOR CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER BACK.

EE LOST GRIP AND FELL FROM A 15' RETAINING WALL FRACTURING LEFT WRIST.

PULLING ON STEEL PLATE WITH CHAIN HOIST. WELD BROKE LOOSE FROM LIFTING EYE ON STEEL PLATE. LIFTING EYE AND HOOK FROM CHAIN HOIST HIT EMPLOYEE IN FACE. FACIAL LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING CLAM SHEEL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER MISSED CLAM SHELL AND HIT HIS OWN RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.

THE EE STOPPED HIS DOZER. NEVER GOT OUT OF EQUIPMENT. NAOTHER EE SAW HIM SLUMPED OVER STEERING WHEEL. CALLED FOR HELP. 2 EES GAVE PRY UNTIK PARAMEDICS ARRIVED. WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT TRI CITY HOSPITAL AT 200 PM 12-11-95. NO ACCIDENT NATURALCAUSES.

EE WAS CUTTING RUBBER SKIRTING WHEN KNIFE CAME LOOSE AND CUT INISDE OF LEFT HAND.

WHILE DUMPING IN JAW CRUSHER A ROCK FELL OFF THE TRUCK AND LANDED BETWEEN FRONT AND REAR TIRES. DRIVER LOST FOOTING WHILE SLIDING ROCK OUT OF THE WAY & THE ROCK ROLLED OVER ON INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE ON WORK DUTY HE WAS USING A KICIPROCATING SAW CUTTING A PIECE OF PIPE THE SAW JERKED BACK CUTTING HIS PALM OF LEFT HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ROCK. ROCK FELL & HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT. CONTUSION RIGHT 5TH DISTAL PHALANX FRACTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HACKSAW TO CUT PIPE - SAW SLIPPED OUT OF CUT GROOVE AND CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS WORKING ON REPLACING THE BELT ON THE FRONT D.G. FEEDER. THE BELT WAS TO LONG AND HE WAS TAKING IT APART, THE BELT FLIPPED DOWN AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE. ONE OF THE LACES HIT HIM IN THE E YE (LEFT) CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION.

REMOVING ROCK FROM PLUGED UP ROCK TRANSFER POINT LIFTING ROCK OUT OF ROCK BOX TORE FINGER AGAINST ROCK

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING UP COVER ON GEAR BOX ON HEAD PULLEY DRIVE SPROCKET OF 6" MINUS TRANSFER CONVEYOR. COVER SLIPPED WHILE IT WAS BEING REMOVED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN COVER AND GEAR BOX AN D SEVERED RIGHT RING FINGER.

EE WAS WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT IT HAD BEEN RAINING ALL DAY, THE EQUIPMENT WAS WET. HE WAS CLIMBING ON A LOADER TO REPAIR IT, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OF THE RAIL AND HE HIT HIS KNEE ON THE LOADER. HE DID NOT FEEL IT WAS IMPRTANT OR THAT IT HURT THAT MUCH SO HE DIDNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT HE WOULD OT GO SEE THE DR AND RECEIVED NO FIRST AID. SERVERAL DAYS LATER IT WAS STILL HURTING SO HE AGR

COME A LONG 3X3X5 CONCRETE BLCOK FROM GRAVITY TAKE UP BOX WHEN RED HEADERS THAT WERE DRILLE INTO BLOCK CAME OUT. EE ARM WAS FULLY EXTENDED AND UNDER STAIN WHEN COME A LONG CAME LOOSE, HURTING EE RIGHT SHOULDER. '

MECHANIC WORK WAS BEING DONE ON AN OUT OF SERVICE TRUCK. HH WAS STANDING ON THE TRUCK AND WAS POUNDING IN A PIN TO THE HOIST RAM ON THE TRUCK BED. HH WAS 2 FT BEHIND OTHER EMPLOYEE, WHEN A SIL VER OF METAL FLEW OFF OF THE PIN AND STRUCK HIM IN THE THROAT. BOTH MECHANICS WERE WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND STEEL TOED BOOTS. ALL SAFETY & WORK RULES WERE COMPLIED TO. BOTH MECHANICS DISPLA

LOADER DROPPED ROCK IN FEEDER, 2 ROCKS HIT TOGETHER SHATTERED AND ROCK HIT HIM IN KNEE CAP

EMPL WAS SHOVELING DIRT IN TIGHT AREA & HIT METAL PLATE BEHIND HIM. BOLT WAS STICKING OUT OF PLATE.

EMPL WAS SHOVELING CLEARING DIRT AROUND TAIL PULLEY & UNDER BLET UNDER TELESMITH CRUSHER IN AWKWARD POSITION.

EMPL WAS PUTTING ON V BELTS. HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF PRIMARY CRUSHER AROUND V BELT SHEAVE & BUMPED INTO FRAMEWORK OF CRUSHER.

WHILE STANDING IN UPPER CHUTE OF OMNI, BENT WITH A TWIST TO THE RIGHT AND PICKED UP A PLATE (SEPARATOR PLATE) FOR ISOLATION OF UPPER OMNI. I LIFTED PLATE AND TWISTED BACK TO THE LEFT. AT THAT TIME I EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN MY LOWER BACK

REMOVING JAW TOOTH FROM CONVEYOR.

LIFTING BOARD

PRUING SKIRT ON CRUSHER TO ALIGN BOLT HOLE.

SEARCHING FOR REPLACEMENT PART.