VILLA RICA QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was working in a chute when they lost footing and fell approximately 2-3 feet. They landed on top of the screen deck hurting their foot.

Injured employee was removing the center pin on a Komatsu WA700. The pin came loose and fell injuring the employee's finger resulting in a fracture and laceration.

While another employee was removing rock from a scalping screen, a piece of rock fell approximately 40 feet and struck the injured employee on the right forearm, causing a fracture to the forearm bone just above the wrist.

Loading a shot, getting in & out of a truck, hurt right hand

EE was cutting pins out of backstop to release belt after belt got hung up in head pulley. After the 3rd pin, the 4th pin broke, releasing backstop mount. Sudden movement caused EE to jump back and fall, striking his arm on step of head pulley, #2 conveyor.

EE WAS WASHING OFF SCREEN TOWER DECK WHEN HE ASKED ANOTHER EE TO SHUT OFF WATER. OTHER EE MISTAKENLY CUT WATER ON, WATER PRESSURE CAUSE INJURED EE TO FALL AGAINST SCREEN CAUSING BRUISED RIBS.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING GUARD ON THE CONTROL HOUSE WINDOW WHEN THE HYDRAULIC HAMMER THAT WAS HOLDING THE GUARD IN PLACE SLIPPED AND PINCHED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE A SLOPE SCREEN, WHILE CHANGING SCREEN CLOTH PULLING SCREEN CLOTH INTO POSITION HE FELT HIS SHOULDER POP.

LOST OF FOOTING & FELL TO GROUND

EXPLOSIVE PACKAGE GOT HUNG UP IN BORE HOLE. WHILE FREEING IT UP, IT CAME LOOSE SUDDENLY. EMP FELL BACKWARDS AND LANDED ON HIS POSTERIOR.

THERE WAS A 2" DROP FROM CONCRETE PAD TO STONE. HE STEPPED ON THIS EDGE & ROLLED & HIT ANKLE.

REMOVING SPRING AND PLUNGER FROM BACKSTOP. PUNCTURE WOUND TO LOWER RIGHT LEG. STITCHES REQUIRED.

EMPL WAS HELPING TO REMOVE BEARING CAP FROM JAW CRUSHER BOOM TRUCK WAS UNHOOKED TO GET CLOSER TO JOB EMPL WAS CLIMBING DOWN. HE USED BOLT THAT HELP CAP. CAP WAS HUNG ON BOLT. BEARING CAP FELL CATCHING HAND BETWEEN IT & BASE. IT CAUSED CUT THAT REQUIRED 5 STITCHES & BRUISED IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO CLEAN OUT A STALLED CRUSHER.ROCKS WERE BEING HANDED OUT TO VARIOUS EMPLOYEES ON THE CRUSHER PLATFORM TO THROW OFF THE PLATFORM.EMPLOYEE WAS HANDED A 3-35 LB ROCK AND HE PROCEEDED TO THROW OFF PLATFORM.EMPLOYEE TWISTED ASHE THREW ROCK STRAINING THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO CAB OF T-4 DRILL WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE FLOOR OF THE CAB OF THE DRILL.

I.NAMES CUTTING WOOD WITH CHAINSAW.JUST WHEN I.NAME PULLED SAW AWAY FROM TREE,IT CAUGHT I.NAME IN LOWER LEG.

REPLACING RADIATOR ON DROPBALL CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN RADIATOR AND SIDE OF CAB.FX LEFT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP RAMP TO CONTROL HOUSE, STEPPED ON ROCK AND TURNED LEFT ANKLE.

DUST GOT IN EYE AND IMBEDDED IN DARK PART OF EYE AND GOT INFECTED.PARTICLE OG DUST HAD TO BE REMOVED BY DR.

EMPLOYEE WAS PL5CING A PLATE OF METAL ON WELDING TRUCK. HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TRUCK ANDMETAL CAUSING FRACTURED & SEVERE CUT TO RIGHT RING FINGER.

EMPLOYES HAD RE1AIRED BUCKET ON LOADER AND WERE GETTING BACK INTO THEIR TRUCKS. THE LOADER OPERATOR DID NOT KNOW HE WAS MOUNTING HIS TRUCK. HE DUMPED A LOAD INTO TRUCK BED AND BUCKET CAUGHT EY WELDED TO BED F9AME CAUSING THE TRUCK TO JERK, WHEN TRUCK MOVED INJURED EMP FELL TO GROUND

THE INJURED WAS3LIFTING METAL PLATE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING STRIKE IT,PINNING HIS FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND METAL PLATE,TEARING HIS FINGER NAIL OFF AND CUTTING HIS FINGER REQUIRING 2 STITCHES.

I NAME AND II N5ME WERE LIFTING A DJRILL PRESS. TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION WHEN HE FELT PULLING HIS GROIN AREA WAS ORIGINALLY DEEMED A PULLED MUSCLE GROIN AREA WHEN II NAME WENT BACK TO DR FOR FOLLW UP H9 THEN HAD A HERNIA REQUIRING SURGERY 3-18-87.

EMPL MOVING A P3PE.IT WAS HEAVIER THAN HE THOUGHT.IT ROLLED OVER & MASHED FINGER AGAINST WATER PIPE .REQ STITCHES FOR CUT FINGER.

EMP WAS GOING D2WN LADDER OF TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND, HE HAD STICHES PUT IN HIS HAND SPRAINED ANKLE AND BRUISED HIP

A PIECE OF METAL HIT EMPLOYEE ON HAND.

A CRANE DOUBLE BLOCKED CAUSING THE SIDE BLOCK TO FALL STRIKING AN EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT LEG CUTTING IT SEVERAL STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.