US Aggregates-Columbus Plant: 84 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

A miner was working underneath the Jaw Crusher swinging a Sledge Hammer to knock out a piece of metal on May 27th when EE strained EE's lower back. The miner had previously reported EE's back was bothering EE on 5/11/2022 while working at the mine. At that time no restrictions were put in place and it was not reportable. The miner had previous unrelated back injuries.

Replacing broken steps on a staircase, outside, on a very hot day. Employee felt overheated. Ambulance had to be called, treated for heat exhaustion with fluids, released from hospital later that day.

Employee was going down to work on a shaker, slipped on wet chute slime and caught self with right arm. From the date of incident 5/5/21 to 7/21/21 employee worked normal duty and normal job. On 7/21/21 employee had out patient surgery to fix rotator cuff.

Turning of drive belts. Right middle finger pinched between motor pulley and drive belts. EE jerked EE's hand quickly which severed the tip of finger. No bone loss. Y flap to cover wound.

While grinding on steel (flat stock), the tool rest broke, causing his LT hand to contact the grinding wheel.

Employee is a front-end loader operator and operates the bucket with 2 fingers on one hand and uses the other hand on the stirring wheel and does this repeatedly all day long for several years. Per employee his hands have been bothering him for a while but has not got any medical treatment until 1-02-13. Employee is restricted, is still working.

Employee was doing clean-up. Employee was shoveling spilled material around the plant and felt pain and numbness in his wrists. Employee claims he had felt the pain several days before but did not report it until 9-30-06 because he thought the pain would go away. He sought medical treatment on 10-02-06 and he is restricted.

EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL THAT HAD SPILLED OFF CONVEYOR BELTS. EE HAD PAIN IN BOTH WRISTS AT THE TIME BUT THOUGHT IT WOULD GO AWAY. EE CON'T TO HAVE PAIN AND NUMBNESS. EE DIDN'T REPORT IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL 3/6/06 AND THEN HE WAS SENT TO THE CLINIC. HE REC'D BILATERAL MEDIAN NEUROPATHY IN BOTH WRISTS. HE IS RESTRICTED.

Employee was at the secondary plant and was stock piling crushed stone from the plant to the yard. After loading his truck, employee was getting back in the truck when he slipped on dust and loose stone. Employee fell and twisted his left ankle. Employee received a left ankle sprain and is restricted.

Employee was working on clean-up detail, pushing a wheelbarrow loaded with crushed stone. The wheelbarrow turned over and employee strained his lower back while trying to stop the wheelbarrow from turning over. Employee thought he would be o.k. and didn't seek medical treatment until 10-03-05. At that time he was restricted.

Employee was building a pre-fab table to install in plant operator's control house. Employee was attaching upper cross member to the metal table when he caught his left hand on the corner of the table leg. He received a laceration that required 5 stitches. No lost or restricted time.

Employee was removing the pivot joint bushing on the Cat. 769 Haul Truck and replacing the bit on the air hammer. Employee placed his hand on top of the bit to push it in place, the trigger on the air hammer was accidently pulled causing the tool to be activated, resulting in a contusion of his right hand. Employee was restricted for 5 days.

Employee was cleaning the yard. Employee reached down to pick up a piece of square tubing and did not know most of the tubing was stuck in the ground. When employee tried to pick up the tubing, he strained his right hand. Employee is restricted.

Employee and a co-woker were pushing screen deck into place as it cleared the back rail of the shaker. The screen deck dropped and pinched emloyee's left thumb between the back rail and screen deck. Employee received a laceration of his left thumb that required 3 stitches.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A CONVEYOR BELT WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE FELT A POP IN HIS NECK. HE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE OK. LATER HIS NECK BECAME STIFF & PAINFUL. EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DOCTOR 10-20-03. HE WAS IMPROVING BUT STILL HAD SOME PROBLEMS. HE WENT TO THE CLINIC ON 11-10-03 AND WAS GIVEN PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS MAKING IT RECORDABLE.

EE WAS REPLACING SIDEWEAR LINER ON FRONT END LOADER BUCKET. EE WAS ADJUSTING PIECE OF STEEL BY TAPPING WITH A HAMMER. HAMMER SLIPPED & HAMMER HANDLE STRUCK EE'S LEFT LITTLE FINGER CAUSING A LA CERATION WHICH REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING TRACK PAD BOLTS ON THE HYDRAULIC SHOVEL. THE INCH DRIVE RATCHET WITH 3 FT PIPE SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO TWIST HIS BODY AND FALL DOWN AND BREAK HIS ANKLE, SNOW AND ICE WERE ON THE GROUND AT THE TIME. EE RECEIVED A NON- DISPLACED FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS CHANGING A TIRE. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS BREAKING DOWN THE TIRE & THE PRY BAR STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD BETWEEN THE EYES. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE CONVEYOR BELT. EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON THE HEAD PULLEY ON THE CONVEYOR BELT. THE BAR SLIPS AND EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND LANDED ON AN EXPOSED BOLT CUTTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING A ROLL CRUSHER USING AN AIRCHISEL. SLAG WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THE FOREIGN BODY WAS EMBEDDED AND SURGICALLY REMOVED.

EMPLOYEE HAS OPERATED A FRONT-END LOADER FOR A APPROX 14 YEARS. EMPLOYEE HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH HIS WRISTS FOR APPROX 8-9 YEARS, BUT DID NTO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 2-2-00. EMPLOYEE DID NOT WANT TO CLAIM THIS AS WORK RELATED AND TURNED IT INTO HIS HEALTH INS. THE HEALTH INSURANCE DENIES THE CLAIM. HE HAS HA D 2 SURGERIES.

EE WAS REPRODUCING A RUBBER BOLT SIDE SKIRT, USING A KNIFE TO TRIM TO ONE SIDE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND EE CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. STITICHES WERE REQUIRED.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. (11 INCHES).

EE OUT OF THE LOADER & WALKED TO THE SCALE HOUSE. AS HE WAS WALKING UP THE 3' BANK, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEG, LIKE A ROCK HAD HIT HIM. HE HAD A PLANTARIS TENDON RUPTURE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DOWN AN ELECTRIC MOTOR FROMA COVNEYOR INJUREDEMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYIN GIT ON A BAR WALKING DOWN A PLATFORM. INJURED EMPLOYEE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK. HE T HOUGHT IT OWULD BE OK BUT PAIN BECAME WORSE AND HE WENT TO THE CLINIC THE NEXT DAY.

EE WAS HAULING RIP RAP IN THE 1962 MODEL 95 PAYHAULER WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED UP. BEFORE EE COULD STOP THE TRUCK STEERED INTO THE CORNER OF THE OFFICE BUILDING THE EE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES FROM GLASS AND WOOD DEBRIS.

MEPLOYEE HAD BEEN GRIDNINGA COVNEYOR ROLELR TO REBUILD IT. HE DID NTO FEEL ANY DISCOMFORT AT THE TIME. ON 7-3 EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH HIS EYE AND WENT TO HIS OWN DR AND THE DR FOU ND RUST IN HIS EYE.

EE WAS USING AN AIR GRINDER TO GRIND A BUSHING A PIECE OF RUST GOT INTO HIS EYE. EE HAD ON HIS SAFETY GLASSES THIS BECAME RECORDABLE ON 3-17 WHEN EE HAD TO RETURN TO THE CLINIC AND WAS REFERRE D TO A SPECIALIST TO HAVE THE RUST REMOVED.

EE WAS SWINGING HAMMER AT A PUNCH. EE MISSED THE PUNCH & HIT HIS THUMB.

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS GARAGE UNROLLING A GARDEN HOSE WHEN THE TOE OF HIS ARTIFICAIL LEG CAUGHT ON A HIGH SPOT ON THE FLOOR CAUSING EE TO FALL OVER A STEEL SAWHORSE AND LANDED ON HIS SHOULDER. HE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE OK. LAFER HAD DISCOMFORT WENT TO CLINIC 10-21-94. WAS REFUNDED TO SPECIALIST AN ARTHROGRAM REVELAED A ROTATEN CUFF REAR. EX SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY.

EMPLOYEE GOT HIS FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN A BAR & A METAL BIN. HE WAS RAISING THE IN TO PUT A BAR UNDER IT. HIS FINGER WAS FINE AT FIRST BUT LATER HIS FINGER BECAME INFECTED. EMPLOYEE WENT TO TH E CLINIC ON 12-3-93.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING THE CRUSHER. THEY (OTHER EMPLOYEES) WERE WELDING ON HANDLE OF CRUSHER & EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER THE HANDLE BURNING HIS STOMACH.

WELDING IN BIN METAL CAME LOOSE HIT EMP ON HEAD

EE WAS CLEANING STONE BIN AND SLIPPED IN THE BIN AS EE WAS FALLING HE CAUGHT HIMSELF AN DLANDED ON HIS HAND.

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE 769 C TRUCK AND TRIPPED ON THE CATWALK HE FELL ABOUT 8 FEET CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS HANDS AS HE FELL HE HIT HIS LEG ON THE CATWALK.

EMPL WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS TRUCK AND STEPPED DOWN ON A PILE OF STONE AND TURNED HIS ANKLE

EMPL PULLING SPACER OFF CRUSHER AND SPACER DROPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN SPACER AND SHAFT OF CRUSHER.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BINS WITH STEEL LEER & CAUGHT HIS FINGER WHEN HE JERKED BACK HE HIT HIS MOUTH WITH LEVER & KNOCKED HIS TOOTH LOOSE HIS TOOTH FELL OUT LATER

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF HIS TRUCK ONTO CATWALK HE WAS HOLDING ONTO BAR ON CATWALK TO SWING HIMSELF FROM HIS TRUCK TO CATWALK & FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A WEDGE OUT WITH A PUNCH AND PAINS SHOT UP ARM TO HIS ELBOW

SPARKS FROM WEL8ER IGNITED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S TROUSERS ON FIRE AND BURNED HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE HAD RA3SED THE HOOD OFF THE TRUCK TO CJECK THE OIL AND THE HOOD SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND FELL ON HIS FINGER.

EMP WAS GETTING3INTO TRUCK & WALKBOARD WAS WET CAUSING HIM TO SLIP OFF THE TRUCK. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF CAUSING HIM TO JAM HIS FINGER

EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO R EMOVE DIRT FROM LOADER BUCKET WHEN HE HIT THE WEDGE WIT H SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OUT & HIT HIM IN THE CHEST & CHEEK BONE