All MSHA-reportable accidents at Cold Spring Granite Company operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.
EE WAS WELDING IN THE BED OF A GROUT TRUCK BOX WHEN HE WAS FLASHED FROM THE AUTOMATIC TRACK WELDER, CAUSING FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES. HE SAW DR. ON 5-7-03, THEN TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR ABOUT IT LA TER. DR. SAID HE COULD WITH NO RESTRICTIONS BEGINNING 5-12-03.
EE FELT MINOR PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHILE RUNNING LOADER ON 2-21-03. HE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR A FEW TIMES THAT FOLLOWING WEEK, THEN REPORTED INJURY TO COLD SPRING GRANITE ON 3-5-03. HE IS NOW GOING TO SEE A DIFFERENT DR.
EE WAS INT HE PROCESS OF PUTTING BAGS-FULL OF COLLECTED DUST INTO THE LOADER. BUCKET FOR DISPOSAL. WHILE DOING THIS THE LOADER BUCKET SHIFTED PINNING HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE GROUND. THIS ACTION MASHED HIS STEEL TOED BOOT ONTO HIS FOOT CAUSING THE FRACTURE OF HIS BIG TOE AND THE TWO NEXT TO IT.
BASICALLY, EMPLOYEE STUMBLED OVER HIS OWN FEET WHEN HE WALKED AROUND THE LEG OF THE DERRICK WHILE HE WAS ON THE GROUND.
AFTER SHUTTING MACHINE OFF, EE WAS EXITING THE GALION DRILL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL THUS HITTING HIS LEFT ELBOW, LEG AND ANKLE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE MACHINE. HE RECEIVED A DEEP BRUISE TO HIS LEFT ELBOW AND WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.
EE WAS LIFTING BUSTER TO WEDGE STONE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR THAT AFTERNOON AND RETURNED TO WORK ON 5-16-03 WITH RESTRICTIONS UNTIL 5-19-03.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON CHAIR WELDING A DOG BOX (ABOUT A 300# PIECE OF STEEL) THAT WAS SITTING ON HORSES. DOG BOX FELL OFF HORSES AND FELL ON VERY TIP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT, FRACTURING TWO TOES.
EE WAS ASSEMBLING GRINDER, LIFTING END BELL ASSEMBLIES AND TWISTED, CAUSING PAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CHANGING DRILL BITS ON STEEL, NOISE SHIELD DOOR WAS OPEN AND A GUST OF WIND SLAMMED DOOR SHUT, HITTING EE IN THE RIGHT RIB.
EE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE ON GROUT TRUCK. HE HAD FIBERGLASS HOOD UP AND THOUGHT IT WAS LATCHED, IT WASN'T AND IT CAME DOWN ON SIDE OF HIS HEAD, TWISTING HIS NECK.
EE WAS WRAPPING UP HOSE AND HOSE COUPLING CAME OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE CHIN, CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING AT WATER SOURCE AT NEW YORK QUARRY, WALKING IN THE WOODS, GOT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE SAW A DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY AND WAS PRESCRIBED SOME EYE DROPS AND ALSO PAIN RELEIVER.
EE WAS MAKING LABELS AND A BUG FLEW UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND STUNG HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE DOES COMPUTER WORK AND DATA ENTRY ALL DAY LONG - EVERY DAY. HAS PAIN IN LEFT FOREARM, TIGHTNESS, TINGLING IN FINGERS, NUMBNESS IN FOREARM AND HAND. EMPLOYEE STATES THIS HAS BEEN COMIN G ON SINCE 3/17/03, SHE SAW A DOCTOR ON 4/15/03.
EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT OFF A DRILL STEEL, FOREIGN BODY FLEW UP AND BURNED THE OUTSIDE OF HIS LEFT EAR. EE DIDN'T SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL 11/10/03.
EE WAS CHECKING BATTERY, SWITCHING LOAD TESTER FROM ONE BATTERY TO ANOTHER AND SPARK MUST HAVE CAUSED BATTERY TO BLOW UP, GETTING FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE AND A LITTLE BIT IN RIGHT EYE, REQUI RING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION TO TREAT.