WILLIAMSVILLE STONE CO: 80 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

A miner was cutting a piece of metal with a torch. A piece of hot metal fell from the cut and on to the miner's jeans. The metal melted through the jeans and fell down in to the miner's slip-on boot and came to rest on the top and outside of the miner's left foot - burning their foot.

Miner was swinging a 3 pound hammer when they felt a pain in their right shoulder and elbow.

Some ice had built up due to weather on the apron of a shop bay. Employee was attempting to move a truck off the apron so the ice could be cleaned off when employee slipped and fell, injuring left wrist.

EE was driving personal vehicle on way to leave for the day. Snowfall caused the ee to become disoriented and ee struck a stockpile. EE's head struck the steering wheel causing an abrasion to ee's lip. Injury required stitches.

Employee noticed that eyes had become irritated. Mine foreman and employee found defective heater core. Employee's eye irritation had not improved after two days and medical attention was provided. Eye doctor believed eye irritation was the result of direct contact (i.e. hand rubbing) of unknown particle or contaminate to eye.

Employee was applying downward pressure on wrench and bolt extractor to remove broken bolt from loader drive yoke. The bolt extractor broke and the employee's downward force caused him to slip and hit face/lip on nearby steering cylinder.

Employee was removing a cutting edge wear liner from loader bucket. Employee was loosening nut with air-powered tool when bolt began to spin, employee used hand to push bolt up into the wear liner's bolt socket. Weight of the tool pushed the bolt from the socket, thus allowing the bolt to spin freely. The employee's hand was cut when bolt head spun.

Operator was driving a haul truck when another truck dropped a large rock on the haul road. Operator stopped and got out of truck and rolled rock off of road. Haul road was very rough after rain and operator complained he was being jarred around while driving truck.

EE WAS USING A 40 OUNCE BALLPEEN HAMMER TO FREE A STEEL WEDGE THAT HOLDS A BLOW BAR INSIDE OF A IMPACT CRUSHER. WHILE STRIKING THE WEDGE OUT, A SLIVER CHIPPED OF THE HAMMER HEAD AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT HAND NEAR THE THUMB.

HEAVY RAINFALL SPLASHED DIRT INTO EYE, SAFETY GLASSES WERE REMOVED SO OPERATOR COULD SEE WHAT HE WAS DOING. DIRT WAS SPLASHED IN RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS RESTACKING BAGS ON THE TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE TRUCK ONTO A ROCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE CRUSHING AND SCREENING PLANT. THE NORDBERG OMNICONE CRUSHER BEGAN MAKING AN UNUSUAL NOISE. A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL AND THE DRILL BIT FROM A TAMROCK ROCK DRILL HAD MAD E THEIR WAY INTO THE CONE CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING THE CRUSHER WHEN THE STEEL AND BIT POPPED OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE CAUSING CUTS, BROKEN BONES AND SWELLLING.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING AN OFF ROAD DUMP TRUCK ON WILLIAMSVILLE STONE COMPANY PRIVATE HAUL ROAD. AFTER HE DUMPED A LOAD OF MATERIAL, HE TRAVELED ON THE HAUL ROAD, WHICH PASSES UNDERNEATH A BRIDGE . THE BED OF HIS TRUCK, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN LOWERED, CAUGHT THE "I" BEAMS OF THE BRIDGE. THIS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO COLLIDE WITH THE STEERING WHEEL OF THE HAUL TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS MAHUALLY ALIGNING CONVEYOR BELTING ON CONVEYOR IDLERS WITH (2) OTHER EMPLOYEES HE OVEREXERTED HIS BACK PULLING THE BELT TAUT

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A 16' EXTENSION LADDER WORKING ON A GAS FURNANCE IN THE CEILING WHEN HE FELL ONTO A CONCRETE FLOOR. HE HAS MULTIPLE INJURIES, A BROKEN RIB, CRACKED SHOULDER BLADE, LEG BONE FRA CTURED, FRACTURED PELVIS BONE AND VARIOUS OTHER CUTS AND BRUISES.

EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING MUD OFF MATERIAL BELT AND HE SAID SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS SHOULDER AND ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CROW BAR TO TRY TO REMOVE A ROCK THAT WAS HUNG UP IN THE TAIL PULLEY OF A CONVYER THE BAR MISSED THE ROCK AND HE RAMMED HIS HAND INTO THE SCREEN GUARD THAT GAURED THE TAIL PULLEY. THE CONVYER WAS STOPPED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. MASHED FINGERS AND A TORE OFF FINGERNAIL.

EMP WAS HELPING PRY A 18:00 X 25 TIRE BACK ON WHEEL OF A TEREX , BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN RIBS.

I.NAME WAS HELPING CHANGE SCREENS ON AN UNIVERSAL SCREEN AND ONE OF THE RAILS WAS DROPPED AND ONE END HIT HIM ON THE LEG AND MADE A SMALL BRUISE ON IT

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING EUCLID END DUMP HAULING MATERIAL AWAY FROM THE PLANT. HE WAS STANDING ON THE PLANT STEPS AND STEPPED BACKWARDS, MISSING THE EUCLID STEPS. HE FELL AGAINST THE EUCLID WITH H IS LEFT SHOULDER.

WHILE DRIVING EUCLID END DUMP OUT OF QUARRY, DRIVER LET EUCLID PULL DOWN IN SECOND GEAR AND COULD NOT GE IT INTO FIRST BEFORE EUCLID STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. DRIVER TURNED EUCLID INTO ROCK W ALL TURNING IT OVER. DRIVERS BACK HIT TOP OF EUCLID CAUSING SOME BRUISES. X-RAYS SHOW NO BROKEN BONES.

DRIVER SAID HE HURT HIS BACK PULLING THE DUMP LEVER ON HIS DUMP TRUCK THAT HE WAS DRIVING