Florida Rock Industries, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2000

PUTTING NEW BOLT ON EDGES OF CAT 990 BUCKET, FLIPPED OVER ONE OF THE PLATES. PLATE SLIPPED AND FELL ON FINGERS OF LEFT HAND, CAUSING LOSS OF TIPOF FINGER.

EE STEPPED ON FLOATING PONTOON & PONTOON FLIPPEDOVER & HE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIPE OR ANOTHERPONTOON & IT BROKE HIS UPPER LEFT ARM.

INSTALING COUNTER WEIGHTS ON A CONE CRUSHER WHEN FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON STEEL FRAME.

EE WAS USING A CLECO HAND HELD GRINDER W/6"" GRINDING WHEEL TO SHARPEN A BIT. THE GRINDING WHEEL CAME APART AND A PIECE OF IT WENT BETWEEN THE TOP OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND THE LOWER RIM OF HIS HARD HAT STRIKING HIM JUST ABOVE LEFT EYE. HE HAD A LACERATION & WAS TAKEN BY PRIVATE VEHICLE TO MED-CENTER NORTH MACON. FURTHER EXAM REVEALED A FRACTURE OF SKULL. TRANSPORTED FOR SURGERY.

LACK OF UNDERSTANDING THE TASK BEING PERFORMED AND IMPROPER POSITIONING.

BLASTER WAS PREPARING TO LAY OFF A SHOT ON A BENCH. AFTER EXAMINING THE BENCH FROM BELOW, HE WENT BACK ON THE BENCH AND BEGAN PLACING REFERENCE MARKERS ALONG THE CREST OF THE FACE IN ORDER TO LATER PROFILE THE FACE. A SECTION OF THE BENCH (APPROX 4' X 5') SLID AWAY WITH EE ON IT. HE LANDED FEET FIRST ON A MUCK PILE BELOW, FRACTURING HIS HEEL. HE CLIMBED DOWN, SUMMONED HELP, HOSPITA

EE WAS WALKING ON THE PAD WITH ANOTHER EE-STEPPED INTO A BLAST HOLE. HE ALLEGED INJURIES TO HIS KNEE, THIGH, BACK, NECK & BRAIN. WORKMEN'S COMP CLAIM WAS SETTLED THRU MEDIATION ON 3/27/01 & PA ID OFFAS NEGLIGENCE CLAIM. DRS. DID NOT SUPPORT HIS ALLEGATIONS

EE WAS AIR LANCING MATERIAL IN A FEED HOPPER & THE HOSE CONNECTION AT THE BALL VALVE, CAME APART THE LOOSE END OF THE AIR HOSE WHIPPED & STRUCK HIM ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF THE HOPPER HE FELL APPROX 5 FT TO THE GROUNDWHEN HE FELL HE INJURED HIS LEFT WRIST/ARM

AFTER OPERATING THE FRONT END LOADER FOR THE DAY, AT THE END OF THE SHIFT, EE FELT A SEVERE PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK. SHE CALLED HER SUPERVISOR TO HELP HER GET OFF HER LOADER.

THE EE WAS LOOKING UP AT THE TOP OF A SILO AND STEPPED BACKWARDS OFF THE CONCRETE BASE OF THE SILO. HE FELL APPROX 18"" - 2' TO GROUND LEVEL, LANDING ON HIS BACK / LEFT SIDE.

EE WAS BEGINNING TO HOIST AN I-BEAM USING A CHAIN HOIST WHEN THE LOAD SHIFTED AND THE I-BEAM ROLLED COMPLETELY OVER FALLING ON THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.

EE WAS ABOUT TO HOOK A CRANE TO THE TOGGLE PLATE FROM THE JAW CRUSHER. THE TOGGLE PLATE ROLLED IN ITS SEAT AND FELL ON BOTH OF HIS FEET PINNING HIM UNDER IT. THE PLATE WAS NOT BLOCKED UP. THE PLATE WAS LIFTED OFF OF HIM AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE E.R. VIA AMBULANCE.

STRAINED BACK GETTING OUT OF FEEDER AT PRIMARY AFTER WELDING GRIZZLY BAR.

EE WAS IN A SQUATTING POSITION WELDING HANDRAILS DOWN TO TOP DECK OF DIRT SCREEN. HAS STRAIN OF LOWER BACK, PAIN RUNS DOWN RIGHT LEG.

WHILE COMING DOWN STEPS AT BACK OF SERVICE TRUCKHE STEPPED ON A RIDGE OF LOOSE DIRT TWISTING HISRIGHT ANKLE. THE RIDGE OF DIRT WAS CAUSED BY RUTS FROM TRUCK ON PAD.

EE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM A TAIL ROLLER ON THE #3 CONVEYOR. WHILE PULLING ON A BAR IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK EE ON LEFT SHIN.HE HAD A BRUISE AND ABRASION ON HIS SHIN. OVER THE THREE DAY WEEKEND IT BECAME INFECTED AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 9-5-00.

EE WAS BACKING 100 TON TRUCK TO A BERM ON LEVEL #1 IN ORDER TO DUMP A LOAD OF RIP-RAP INTO THE BASEMENT. UPON CONTACT WITH REAR TIRES TO BERM, LEVEL BEGAN FALLING AWAY, STARTIG WITH RIGHT REAR SIDE. THEN ENTIRE BERM FAILED CAUSING TRUCK TO FALL BACKWARDS OVER HIGHWALL.

A DEFICIENCY IN WALK WAY.

EE TRIED TO LIFT A TRUCK TIRE. IT WAS HEAVIER THAN HE THOUGHT. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WINCHING BARGES DOWN RIVER AND LINES BECAME TAUTAND SLIPPED OFF EDGE OF BIT, STRIKING JIM AND KNOCKING HIM DOWN.

CHAIN JACK CAME LOOSE LETTING FEEDER MECHANISM SWING FREE. THIS IN TURN KNOCKED EMPLOYEE INTO A PIECE OF SHARP STEEL, CUTTING BACK OF LEFT ARM.

CHAIN JACK CAME LOOSE LETTING FEEDER MECHANISM SWING FREE. THE MECHANISM KNOCKED EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE CONCRETE WALL.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A STEEL LID & FELT A PAIN IN HIS CHEST

EE WAS CLIMBING OFF A RUBBER TIRED CRANE AND MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP. HE FELL APPROX. 30"" AND HIS HEELS AND THEN FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS BACK.

PLANT TRUCK HAD GOTTEN STUCK AND EE WAS TRYING TO HELP PUSH IT OUT. AS HE STARTED PUSHING, HIS LEFT KNEE POP OUT OF JOINT.

EE WAS TRYING TO LIFT A PUNCH PLATE SCREEN BY HIMSELF WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

HELPING CHANGE FLAT TIRE, EMPLOYEE STRUCK NOSE WITH BAR. (SUTURES X3 NOSE).

WHILE EE WAS USING THE WATER HOSE TO WASH UNDER THE TRUCK SCALES HE BUMPED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CROSSBAR UNDER THE SCALE (WAS WEARING HARDHAT).

EE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EE AT THE PROCESSINGPLANT PERFORMING MAINTENACE. THEY WERE CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A WELDING TORCH. THE TORCHWAS PASSED TOO CLOSLY BY HIS SHIRT SLEEVE IT CAUGHT FIRE & BURNED THE TOP OF HIS FOREQARM

EE WAS USING A HAND HELD GRINDER TO GRIND METAL FROM A RECLAIMER BUCKET. THE BUCKET WAS RESTING ON THE EDGE OF THE SHOP TABLE. IT FELL FROM THE TABLE & THE GRINDER STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUNCHING A HOLE IN A CONVEYER BELT WITH A BELT KNIFE. HE WAS PULLING THE KNIFE TOWARD HIMSELF. THE EMPLOYEE WAS KNEALING AT THE TIME, THE KNIFE CUT HIS LEFT LEG A FEW INCHES ABOVE THE KNEE. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN USING A BELT PUNCH FOR THIS TASK AND CUTTING AWAY FROM HIMSELF.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING EQUIPMENT ACROSS AN AREA OF WET CONCRETE AND KILN DUST ON THE CONCRETE CREATING A SLIPPERY CONDITION. HE SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT ELBOW STRUCK THE CONCRETE SURFACE, CAUSING T HE CUT TO HIS ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG THE OUTLET OF STAGE ONE AT THE PREHEATER WITH AN AIR LANCE ANDHOT DUST BLEW OUT OF THE ACCESS PORT. HE WAS WEARING SHORT CUFF GLOVES & DUST BLEW UP THE SLEEVE OF THE HOT SUITE JACKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE SECOND RUNG OF A ACCESS LADDER AS A HAMMER DRILL WAS PASSED DOWN TOHIM. HE WAS NOT READY TO RECEIVE THE DRILL & AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH THE DRILL HE FELL TO THE FLOOR AND THE DRILL STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST THE CONCRETE FLOOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING SHOP FLOOR AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BOLT WHILE LEANING ON BROOM HANDLE, CAUSING HANDLE TO BREAK, CUTTING SKIN BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE DID NOT HAVE SAFETY GLASSES ON.

EE WAS CLOSING RAILCAR DOOR. WHILE REACHING UNDER CAR HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED THROUGH GRATE ON HOPPER, CAUSING HIM TO FALL FOWARD. HE HIT FACE ON DOOR OF RAILCAR. CUTTING UPPER LIP.

EE WAS MOVING AROUND THE TOP OF THE DRAGLINE. HE GRABBED A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON LOST HIS BALANCE, & FELT HIS BACK GIVE & PAIN IN HIS LEG

EE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER (IT WAS VERY WINDY) EE DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY. IRRITATION TO LEFT EYE.