Weatherford Quarry: 98 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

As the technician was removing rim components that were seated in the tire, they fell due to the tire being upright rather than being laid flat on the ground. As they fell the technician tried to catch the components injuring right shoulder.

Haul Trucks were hauling ½"- rock from the Stone Plant to the Asphalt Plant. Approx. 10:40am, the operator of the empty haul truck was traveling S. toward Stone Plant. The empty truck appeared to travel outside its lane and collided with the cab of oncoming loaded haul truck traveling N. Both EEs were transported and admitted to hospital due to multiple injuries.

Haul Trucks were hauling ½"- rock from the Stone Plant to the Asphalt Plant. Approx. 10:40am, the operator of the empty haul truck was traveling S. toward Stone Plant. The empty truck appeared to travel outside its lane and collided with the cab of oncoming loaded haul truck traveling N. Both EEs were transported and admitted to hospital due to multiple injuries.

Injured worker was working at the edge of the building, tied off at the ridge. Injured worker went back to ridge area to get blocking material. When injured worker headed back down, IW stepped through a skylight and fell.

On 10/24/17, employee was walking into a tunnel & tripped over a conveyor belt laying on the ground. Employee attempted to catch self by bracing self to the wall with left hand. EE received First Aid treatment. Employee continued to experience pain & discomfort & decided to seek medical attention on 11/13/17 - diagnosed with a strained left shoulder & on restricted duty.

Employee's body shifted in the cab of haul truck when EE ran over a pot hole. A short time later EE experienced numbness in legs and was taken for medical treatment. EE is currently losing time.

IW was welding on a piece of equipment and as IW changed positions the welding torch flame went across his wrist between the glove and his shirt.

Employee was performing maintenance on conveyor using an electric drill. The drill jammed while in reverse motion catching his right hand between the drill handle and a fixed object. He sought medical attention and is currently on restricted duty.

The injured was attempting to rotate an impact crusher rotor shaft to dislodge material that had it jammed using a pry bar. The pry bar slipped as he was pulling which caused his hand to impact the crusher housing. Received six stitches to left middle finger to close the wound.

A boulder too large to enter the crusher cavity was lodged on the feeder. The injured was using a steel cable to wrap around the boulder. The cable would then have been hooked to a loader bucket and removed from the feeder. When he attempted to take the slack out of the cable it slipped and hit him in the left eye.

After washing drill, driller had trouble with his AC unit. After finishing the hole he was drilling, he climbed up to check on the problem. On his way down with his left foot on the track of the drill, his right pants leg snagged on a piece of metal causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground. He landed on his left arm and shattered the bone just below the shoulder.

Employee was using a pry bar to help adjust a tail pulley on a stacker belt. His finger became wedged between the pry bar and the stacker belt framework, which resulted in a finger being broken.

Employee was trying to loosen and remove a tight nut. He was hitting on the handle of the box-end wrench with a small sledge hammer in an attempt to free the tight nut. The hammer deflected off the wrench, and the employee's finger was caught between the wrench and the hammer handle. Employee's right index finger was cracked as a result of the blow.

3 Factors contributing: 1. Employee has a narrowing of the spine where the injury occured. 2. Bin was packed up. 3. Injured used too heavy of a sledge hammer (8#)

Employee was cutting off bolts with a cutting torch while wearing safety glasses. ee went to dr to have metal and rust removed from eye.

EE WAS UNLOADING METAL PIECES OF SHEETING, WHEN A PIECE FELL. HE JUMPED BACK AND HIT THE TRUCK. HE CAUGHT HIS NIPPLE RING ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A T-SHIRT.

EE WAS LIFTING A WIRE SCREEN (APPROX. 4'X 6'), IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS GRASP & WHEN HE REGRIPPED THE SCREEN, HE PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND, THE SKIN BETWEEN THE INDEX FINGER & THUMBS. HE RECEIVED 7 STITCHES. THE SCREEN IS LOCATED AT THE SECONDARY CRUSHER, TOWER #2.

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO DISLODGE A ROCK A SMALLER GRAGMENT OF A ROCK FLEW OUT AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHIN. HE WAS WORKING IN THE FEEDER FOR A CRUSHER.

HE WAS ADJUSTING CHAIN ON WABBLE FEEDER DURING REPAIR HE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE FEEDER (4'AWAYHE WAS MOVING THE CHAIN ELECTRICALLY TO GET IN PLACE- WHEN MASTER LINK BROKE & HIT EE IN UPPER LEFT SHOULDER.

HE WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM WABBLER FEEDER ON OF THE WABBLER BARS THAT HE WAS STANDING ON ROLLED OVER CAUSING HIS LEG TO SLIDE DOWN BETWEEN 2- WABBLER ROLLERS.

ADDING SCREENINGS TO A TUNNEL FEEDER BELT. HE REMOVED AN EXISTING GUARD AT THE HEAD PULLEY. AS HE WAS THROWING SCREENINGS ONTO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BELT. HIS HAND BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE HEAD PULLEY. HE HIT THE STOP CORD & THIS NOTIFIED THE PLANT OPERATOR. THIS IS A VERY SLOW MOVING BELT. BECAUSE OF THIS & THE STOP CORD, HE SUSTAINED ONLY A SERIOUS CUT.

EE WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT TO USE FOR LAGGING. WHILE CUTTING THE EE'S FOOT SLIPPED AND EE, LOSING BALANCE, CUT HIS ARM.

EE WAS PRESSING A BOLT THRU THE HOLE ON THE TEETH OF A LOADER BUCKET, WHEN THE BOLT SLIPPED AND HIT HIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING HIS TRUCK UNDER A LOADOUT BIN WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL STRUCK THE BIN SUPPORT FOOTING FORCING THE WHEEL & THUSLY THE STEERING WHEEL THE EMPLOY EES THUMB & HAND WAS STRUCK BY THE STEERING WHEEL

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER WELDING A LOADER BUCKET FOR SEVERAL HOURS HIS BACK STARTED HURTING. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT 4-16-94 WENT TO SEE A DR. 4-20-94.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE TOGGLE PLATE IN THE JAW CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE WAS LYING ON HIS BACK ALIGNING THE PLATE SLIPPED PUTTING PRESSURE ON KNEES CAUSING INJURY.

DRIVING TRUCK STRAINED BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO A CONVEYOR CATWALK WHEN THE HAND RAILING BROKE CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTEN FRAME BOLTS ON TEH BOTTOM RACK OF A SHAKER SCREENING UNIT WHEN HIS SOCKET SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT.

EMPLOYEE WAS SPREADING THE UNIVERSAL TO REMOVE IT FROM SPLINED SHAFT WHEN THE CHISEL POPPED OUT & HIT HIM IN THE LOWER LIP

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING RIM PARTS FOR PAINTING HE NEEDED TO MOVE THE OUTER RIM ON THE LOADER WHILE ROLLING THE RIM HIS HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CUT THE PALM OF HIS RT HAND

EMPL CUTTING EMDS OUT OF RETURN ROLLERS WHEN GREASE INGITED CAUSING FLASH BURN TO FACE.

PULLING ON WRENCH CAUSED THE ACCIDENT RESULTS RIGHT INJURIED HERNIA.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROCKS OFF OF A BOULDER THAT WAS GOING TO BE DYNAMITED WHILE HE WAS MOVING THE ROCKS OFF ONE OF THEM HIT THE METAL BOX ON TOP OF JAW CRUSHER AND HIS LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT IN GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE ROCK AND METAL BOX

DRIVING TRUCK COMING UP ON RAMP OUT OF QUARRY PIT.TRUCK STALLED AT TOP REASONS UNKNOWN,AT TIME BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE,TRUCK ROLLED DOWN HILL AND HIT ROCK WALL.