Waterville Stone Quarry: 86 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

A miner sustained a sprain to EE's right knee while EE was loading skirt board rubber from the tailgate of a pickup to the man lift. As EE turned EE's body, EE felt pressure on EE's knee resulting in the sprain.

On 3/8/the employee had been grinding on a crusher chute. He lifted his shield, removed his glasses, and wiped his face off with a rag and afterwards noticed something in his eye. He thought he got it out but when he woke up on 3/9/ his eye was red and irritated. He went to the eye doctor who then removed a piece of rusty metal from his eye and was given a prescription eye drop.

Employee was replacing the bit on the Ingersoll-Rand T4 drill. He was using his left hand to steady the hammer while he reached inside the cab with his right hand to operate the control to lower the hammer onto the bit. As the hammer was being lowered, it moved downward suddenly pinching the employee's left thumb and index finger between the hammer and the bit.

INJURED WAS REMOVING HYDRAULIC LINES FROM 988-B LOADER. HANDS WERE COVERED WITH OIL AND GREASE WHILE USING A KNIFE TO CUT OLD TIE WRAPS FROM BRACKETS HOLDING LINES. ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE LAST T IE WRAP, IT BROKE UNEXPECTEDLY, LETTING KNIFE STRIKIE RIGHT HAND, IN THUMB AREA, CAUSING LACERATION.

EE EXITED CRUSHER SHANTY QUICKLY TO INVESTIGATE SCREEN NOISE. HE SLIPPED ON THE TOP OF 2 STEPS AND CAME DOWN HARD ON HIS FEET. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

POWER OUTAGE (SURGE) CAUSED CRUSHER MOTOR TO SHUT DOWN. EE EXITED THE CRUSHER SHANTY QUICKLY TO RESTART. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN OUT OF THE SHANTY HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

WHILE OPENING THE TAILGATE OF A SERVICE TRUCK TAILGATE WAS HEAVIER THAN EXPECTED EE LOST HIS GRIP & THE GATE TO SWING DOWN RAPIDLY. EE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE TAILGATE & A SUPPORT LEG

WHILE DESCENDING THE LADDER ON THE WATER TRUCK, EE S FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS FRONT TOOTH ON THE LADDER RUNG CHIPPING THE TOOTH.

DRILLING BRACKET FOR REPAIR TO PU TRUCK.STARTED DRILLPRESS WITH LEFT HAND,REACHED ACROSS DRILL PRESS TO PULL DOWN LEVER WITH LEFT HAND.LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH DRIVE G EARS AND WAS DRAWN INTO THE GEAR MESH AREA.

A BEE FLEW INTO EE POP CAN AND WAS THEN SWOLLOWED THE BEE STUNG EE ONTHE INSIDE OF THE THROAT.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE ROCKS CAUGHT INCRUSHER CHUTE WITH AN OVERHEAD HOIST AND HOOK. EE WAS OUTSIDE THE CHUTE POSITIONING THE HOOK WITH A POLE. THE CRUSHER WAS RUNNING AND WHEN EE LOOKED INTO THE FEED CHUTE A SMALL STONE WAS FLUNG OUTOF THE CRUSHER, STRIKING EE IN THE FOREHEAD.

DISMOUNTING FROM SKID LOADER. LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE BUCKET BRACKET, HIS LEFT LEG SLID BETWEEN THE LOADER FRAME & BRACKET. HIS BODY PITCHED FORWARD, TO THE GROUND TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE, AN D SCRAPING HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

INJURED WAS WORKING INSIDE THE SCALPER SCREEN ATSTAGE 1 CUTTING OFF BOLTS WITH AN OXYACEYTYLENE TORCH. A HOT PIECE OF STEEL BOLT FELL BEHIND HIMWHICH HE DID NOT SEE. WHEN HE ROLLED OVER, IT CONTACTED HIS RIGHT LEG, BURNING THROUGH HIS PANTS, AND INTO HIS LEG.

WHILE HELPING THE CRUSHER OPERATOR REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE CRUSHER THROAT, A DUST PARTICLE BECAME LODGE IN EE'S LEFT EYE.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SWING A 32" X 40" X 3/4" PIECE OF STEEL BACK INTO PLACE (THE STEEL WAS ALREADY SUPPORTED BY ONE BOLT), HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT ARM/SHOULDER.

EE AND OTHER BELTING TRUCK DRIVER WERE UNLOADING A 210 FT ROLL OF 24 INCH CONVEYOR BELTING. EE WAS ON THE GROUND IN A CONFINED CORNER WHEN THE DRIVER ROLLED THE ROLL OF BELTING OFF THE END OF THE TRUCK IT FELL APPROX. 3 FT LANDED OPN A PALLETT AND TURNED 90 DEGREE STRIKING EE ON THE LEG AND ANKLE THROWING HIM TO THE GROUND AND TEMPORARILY PINNING HIS FOOT AND ANKLE.

WHILE TIGHTENING HOSE FITTINGS EE ATTEMPTED TO KEEP FITTINGS FROM TURNING IN THE VISE BY HOLDING THEM WITH HIS HANDS WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TURNED THE FITTINGS WITH A PIPE WRENCH THE FITTINGS STILL TURNED PINCHING EE FINGER BETWEEN THEM & THE VISE

EE WAS LYING ON HIS SIDE WHILE HARD-FACE WELDING ON THE CHAIN CURTAIN ABOVE THE FEED CHUTE TO THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, WHEN A HOT WELDING SPARK ENTERED HIS RIGHT EAR CAUSING A FIRST DEGREE BURN IN THE EAR CANAL.

THE STEEL COVER WAS PLACED OVER THE SUMP HOLE CATCH BASIN OPENING. EE THEN STEPPED ON THE COVER, THE COVER GAVE WAY, AND EE FELL APPROX. 4 FEET INTO THE CATCH BASIN.

EE WAS DESCEND THE STAIRWAY TO THE STAGE I CRUSHING AND SCREENING TOWER, WHEN HE MISSED THE LAST STEP OF THE STAIRWAY, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS TORSO AND STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK.

HE WAS LOWERING CRUSHER SIDE WALL INTO BUCKET OF LOADER. WHEN WALL WAS IN LOADER, HE WAS REMOVING CHAIN FROM HOIST, THE 400 LB. LOWER GRATE WHICH WAS ON BLOCKING SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS FOOT. IT APPEARS THE LOADER BUMPED THE LOWER GRATE KNOCKING IT OFF THE BLOCK.

I.NAME STRAIGHTENING 7/8" CLEVIS IN VISE IN MAINTAINENCE GARAGE.STRUCK CLEVIS WITH SLEDGE HAMMER,CLEVIS DISLODGED CAUSING IT TO FLY OUT OF VISE,THEN STRUCK I.NAME ON NOSE & FOREHEAD.

INJ CLIMBING OFF PRIMARY CRUSHER OVER EXTENDED LEFT FOOT BEHIND HIMSELF AND MISJUDGED DISTANCE TO NEXT STEP.PULLED LIGAMENTS IN LEFT HEEL AND ANKLE.

I.NAME WAS OPERATING THE LOADER TO MANUEVER THE PUMP INTO POSITION I.NAME WAS ON THE GROUND TO DIRECT THE TRAILER MOUNTED PUMP WHILE LOWERING THE TRAILER THE RATE OF DESENT OF THE TRAILER INC REASED CAUSING I.NAME TO LOOSE HIS FOOTING HE FELL AND THE TONGUE OF THE TRAILER STRUCK HIS FOOT

EMPLOYEE OVER EXTENDED HIS NORMAL REACH WHEN HOISTING A FIVE FT SECTION OF DRILL ROD FOR ATTACHING TO THE HOISTING PLUG OF THE CORE DRILL.

HE WAS CARRYING3NEW IDLERS UP TO CONVEYOR AND FELL UPON IDLERS INJURING HIS CHEST AREA. HE HAS THREE BROKEN RIBS BUT CAN CONTINUE TO WORK.

I.NAME IS THE D9ILL OERATOR & RESPONSIBLE FOR INSPECTRION OF DRILL RADIATOR WAS PLUGGED CAUSING OVERHEATED SITUAT ION INSPECTION OF MACHINE SHOULD HAVE FOUND THIS PROBLEM

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING GRILL FROM TEREX TRUCK, PLACED HAND TO PUT PRESSURE ON GRILL, GRILL SLIPPED AND PULLED NAIL FROM FINGER.

EMPLOYEE LEANED3OUT OF CHRUSHER JUST AS FELLOW EMPLOYEE FINSHED CUTTING OFF BOLT OUTSIDE. AS CUTTING TORCH WAS SWUNG UPWARD, IT CAUGHT IN A TATTERED HOLE IN THE ARM SLEEVE, AND BURNED THROUGH TO THE SKIN. 3