Florida Rock Industries, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2003

EMPLOYEE TRIED TO LIFT A CAGE DOOR BY HIMSELF. HE JERKED AND TWISTED CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BICEP. THIS INITIALLY WAS CLASSIFIED AS FIRST AID, NON-REPORTABLE ON 12/6/03. CONDITION DID NOT IMPRO VE RESULTING IN BICEP SURGERY 2/16/04.

HELPER STUCK PIPE TO UNLOCK BAR BEFORE OPERATOR COMPLETELY STOPPED ROTATION OF BAR.

EE WAS SQUATTING DOWN WHILE FUELING THE LOADER. WHEN HE FINISHED FUELING HE STOOD UP AND WAS COMING DOWN THE STAIRS & LOST HIS FOOTING. AFRAID HE MIGHT HIT THE LOADER HE PUSHED OFF LANDING ON HIS LEFT FOOT THEN SHIFTED HIS WEIGHT TO HIS RIGHT LEG WHEN HE HEARD A POP HE SAT DOWN COULD NOT MOVE HIS LEG WHEN HE TRIED GETTING UP. WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY.

WE BELIEVE THAT EE WAS WALKING FROM THE FUEL PUMPS TO THE SHOP.

EE GOT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN A PLASTIC & STEEL FLANGE. 3 EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING 6""D X 50' LONG BLACK PLASTIC PIPE.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE COMPUTER WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTING. EMPLOYEE STATED THE CHARGE CAME THROUGH THE COMPUTER MOUSE.

EE WAS WALKING FROM PRIMARY CRUSHER HOUSE TO THE CONCRETE PAD BELOW THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. AS HE WAS WALKING, HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE GRAVEL FALLING ON HIS HIP.

EE WAS SHOVELING STONE OFF A STALLED CONVEYOR BELT.

EE STATES SHOVELING GRAVEL INTO HOLES AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT.

EE WAS TAKING A BUSTED BAG OF CEMENT OFF OF CONVEYOR WHEN HE DROPPED IT ON THE DECK, CEMENT POWDER BLEW UP IN HIS FACE, GETTING SOME MATERIAL IN HIS LEFT EYE.

WHILE PERFORMING AN INSPECTION OF THE FEED SHELF LOOKING FOR MATERIAL BUILD UP ANOTHER EE SET OFF AN AIR CANNON WHICH BLEW HOT DUST OUT OF PORT HITTING EE IN THE FACE.

WINDOWS WERE FOGGY. HE WIPED WINDOWS WITH A RAG. STILL WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE. STOOD UP TO LOOK OUT THE TOP OF THE CAB. HATCH CAME DOWN AND HIT ON TOP OF HIS HEAD.

EE WAS HOLDING BULL PEN WHILE CO-WORKER WAS HITTING THE BULL PEN TRYING TO KNOCK OUT WEDGED BOLTS OUT OF TABLE LINER. CO-WORKER MISSED BULL PEN SMASHING HAND WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.

WHILE GRINDING WITH WIRE WHEEL, THERE WAS EXTREME VIBRATION TO HANDS CAUSING NUMBNESS AND TINGLING TO BOTH HANDS. WORSENED AFTER HE LEFT WORK THAT EVENING.

WORKING ON BOOSTER PUMP ROCK BOX INSTALLING NEW GASKET ON CLEAN OUT LID. WHILE REPLACING LID, LEFT FOOT SLIPPED, RIGHT HAND HOLDING PRY BAR WAS PINCHED AGAINST PUMP SHELL.

WHILE LOADING SHOT ROCK ONTO HAUL TRUCK, A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM THE HIGHWALL AND FELL ONTO LOADER BUCKET. IT CAUSED HIM TO COME FORWARD IN THE CAB AND HE HIT THE BOOM CONTROL. HE BOUNCED VERY HARD AND BACK UP AGAIN JARRING HIS BACK.

WHILE MOVING MARINE CABLE OVER A BERM HE STEPPED WRONG TWISTING KNEE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL A WEEK AFTER IT OCCURRED.

COMLAINED OF SORENESS IN BACK-CONTINUALLY WORSENED. REPORTED TO PLANT MGR 7/24/03 11AM. SORENESSSTARTED TUESDAY AM 7/22/03. MONDAY EE ASSISTED IN PIPELINE WORK, MOVING MARINE CABLE BY HAND OPERATING FRONT END LOADER

EE WAS SHOWING ANOTHER EE HOW TO PROPERLY CHANGE THE NEW FILTER HE INSTALLED ON SAT. AFTER EXPLAINING HOW, HE OPENED THE LID TO THE HIGH PRESSURE FILTER WITHOUT ISOLATING THE SYSTEM AND BLEDDI NG THE PRESSURE OFF. THE LID TO THE HIGH PRESSURE VESSEL BLEW UP INTO HIS FACE.

EE WAS USING A CHIPPING HAMMER TO REMOVE FROZEN MATERIAL FROM AROUND A GUARD. A ROCK STRUCK EE IN THE EYE.

EE WAS ADJUSTING FORKS ON FORKLIFT TO FIT SIZE OF PALLET TO BE UNLOADED FROM TRUCK.

EE WAS WALKING THROUGH DOOR OF THE PACKHOUSE AND HIT HIS HEAD AND JAMMED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON THE 90 DEGREE CONVEYOR BELT GUARD JUST INSIDE THE DOOR.

SLIPPED WHEN EXITING SCREEN, FELL TO CATWALK STRIKING RIGHT SIDE ON HANDRAIL. BRUISED RIGHT SIDE I THE RIB AREA. NOTE: INCIDENT WAS ORIGINALLY CLASSIFIED AS A DR FIRST AID (NON-REPORTABLE) UPO N FOLLOW UP OBSERVATION PHYSCIAL THERAPY ULTRASOUND PRESCRIBED ON 1-5-04 AND IS NOW RECLASSIFIED TO DR TREATABLE.

EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED BACK PAIN WHILE OPERATING AN OFF-ROAD TRUCK. HE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL AFTER HIS TERMINATION ON 3/9/04. HE REPORTED ON 3/23/04 HE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAILS THAT LED TO HIS COMPLAINT.

WRENCH SLIPPED IMPACTING FINGER WITH STEEL PLATE CAUSING LACERATION.

WHILE LEAVING THE PRIMARY CONTROL HOUSE GOING TO PRIME DUST PUMP, EE STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE GOING TO THE TRUCK.

EE WAS REMOVING ROCK WHICH HAD SPILLED ONTO THE WALKWAY FROM THE SCREEN AREA. TO PERFORM THIS TASK, HE WAS IN A ""THROWING"" MOTION. HE DID NOT NOTICE WHERE HIS HANDS WER IN RELATION TO THE HAND RAIL. HE WAS WEARING GLOVES AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY.

TRIPPED & FELL ON DREDGE DECK. LANDED ON HANDS TO BREAK FALL RESULTING IN FRACTURE OF ELBOW

TIGHTENING AND ADJUSTING NUT WITH A WEDGE ON THE NORTH PRIMARY BEARING. WHEN HE STRUCK THE WEDGE WITH A HAMMER, HE MISSED STRIKING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

USING CHIPPING HAMMER TO CLEAN ROCK BUILD-UP FROM BETWEEN TROUGHING ROLLERS

WHILE REMOVING PIECE OF METAL FROM PILE OF METAL, PIECE FLIPPED OVER WRONG AND PINCHED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF METAL. EE WAS WEARING HEAVY WELDING GLOVES WHICH PREVENTED MORE SE RIOUS INJURY TO FINGER. 5 STITCHES TO CLOSE WOUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF ALUMINUM TUBING WITH A MITER SAW.

EE WAS REALIGNING CONVEYOR #3 USING A HAMMER TO KNOCK DOWN HILL FROM CONVEYOR. HE LOWERED HIS HEAD AS HE CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR WHEN HIS CHIN MADE CONTACT WITH THE CABLE BRACING CON VEYOR AND WINCH TOWER.

INSTALLING BLOWBARS ON CRUSHER, BAR SLID TOO QUICKLY CATCHING THUMB BETWEEN CRUSHER WALL AND END OF BLOWBAR.

MOVING HYDRAULIC POWER UNIT, FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN STEEL TABLE AND BASE OF POWER UNIT.

EE WAS OPENING & CLOSING A POCKET KNIFE (NOT PERFORMING A JOB FUNCTION AT THE TIME.) THE KNIFE CLOSED AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND POINTER FINGER. THE CUT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.

EE WAS LOCKING UP THE PARTS TRAILER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. AS HE STEPPED ON THE WOODEN STEPS, ONE STEP BROKE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT ANKLE.