Heidelberg Materials, Southeast Agg., LLCMining Incidents in 2003

ON 5/24/01 EE STRUCK A LOADER BUCKET TOOTH WITH A HAMMER & METAL SPLINTER LODGED IN RIGHT THIGH.AFTER XRAY DR DECIDED NOT TO REMOVE IT, PUT BANDAID ON IT & EE RET'D TO FULL DUTY. ON 10/02, EE STARTED HAVING LEG PAIN, NO ACTION TAKEN OTHER THAN RX'S BUT PAIN CON'T. 6/10/03 NEUROLOGIST PUT EE ON RESTRICTED DUTY & SCHEDULED NERVE SURGERY 7/3/03 EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF WORK 3 WKS & ON

EE WAS REMOVING A BENT SAFETY PIN FROM HAUL TRUCK BED. HE CUT PIN AND REMOVED FROM BRACKET. LATER STANDING IN SHOP HE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AND NOTIED BULGE IN AB.

EE WAS REMOVING 4 FT X 4 FT WIRE SCREEN MESH PANEL FROM A PALLET AND STACKING IN A RACK FOR STORAGE. HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS PUSHING NEW SCREENS UP THE SUPPORT RAILS TO THEIR PROPER POSITION ON THE SCREEN. THE RAILS ARE COVERED WITH RUBBER TO PREVENT THE METAL FROM WEARING OUT. GIVEN THE EE'S BODY POSITION A ND THE REQUIRED RESISTANCE AND FORCE, THE EE SUFFERED A STRAIN TO HIS GROIN. EE IS PROJECTED TO RETURN TO FULL DUTY ON 12-23-03.

INJURED EE'S RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER SECTIONS OF A BOOM TRUCK'S BOOM CAUSING FRACTURES TO HIS RIGHT HAND'S RING AND MIDDLE FINGERS.

EE STRIKING IDLER WITH 2 LB. HAMMER WHEN HAMMER RECOILED, SPRAINING THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING THE 988G LOADER TO BACKFILL HOLES WHEN HE RAN OVER A LARGE HOLE. THE LOADER ""JARRED"" CAUSING HIM TO BE SHARPLY MOVED FORWARD AND BACK. DOCTOR ISSUED WORK RESTRICTIONS AND A NECK BRACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A 40 LB PIECE OF ROLLED-UP CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS ISSUED WORK RESTRICTIONS, COMPLETED PHYSICAL THERAPY, INCLUDING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION, AND RETURNED TO WORK FULL DUYT ON 9/8/03.

WHILE PICKING UP A WATER HOSE EE SLIPPED AND FELL. HE STATED HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING UP SPILLAGE WITH A WATER HOSE WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TURNED UP THE WATER PRESSURE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND STRIKE A NEARBY CONVEYOR FRAME WITH HIS LEFT KNEE. DOCTOR ISSUED WORK RESTRICTIONS AND A KNEE BRACE WAS NEEDED.

EE WAS HOLDING AN ALLEN WRENCH WHILE 2ND EE USING AN AIR WRENCH TO TIGHTEN NUT. THE WRENCH SPUN THE NUT UNTIL IT CAUGHT, SPINNING THE BOLT, WHICH CAUSED THE ALLEN WRENCH TO SPIN. THE ALLEN WRE NCH CAUGHT THE EE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE WRENCH. THEY WERE REPAIRING A FEEDER PAN LINER.

WHILE POSITIONING STEEL PLATE INSIDE BIN WITH A CRANE, EE INSIDE OF BIN WAS STRUCK BY PLATE WHEN CRANE MOVED THE PLATE. EE STRUCK SHOULDER ON EDGE OF BIN, CAUSING FRACTURE TO HIS RT. SHOULDER.

EE WAS CLEANING CATWALK AROUND 68S TELSMITH CRUSHER. THE EE LAID HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE CRUSHERSHOUSING AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP SOME ROCK OF THE SURROUNDING CATWALK WHEN A ROCK OF UNKOWN SIZE BOUNCED DOWN OFF THE ABOVE 6X16 SCALPING SCREENAND HIT THE EE'S LEFT HAND.

WHILE ASCENDING THE STAIRS TO CHECK ON A BLOCKAGE IN THE RIP RAP CHUTE (AT THE SCREEN TOWER) THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE HARD HAT BY A ROCK. THE ROCK GLANCED OFF THE HARD HAT AND HIT HIS LE FT HAND WHICH WAS GRIPPING THE HANDRAIL. DOCTOR IMMOBILIZED HAND WITH A CAST AND ISSUED WORK RESTRICTIONS.

EE WAS INSTALLING A NEW TAIL PULLEY WHEN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PULLEY SHAFT & CONVEYOR FRAME. MEDICAL ATTENTION REQUIRED STERI-STRIPS & A FINGER SPLINT. EE RETURNED TO W ORK, PER TREATING PHYSICIAN, BUT IS TO WEAR THE FINGER SPLINT FOR 7-DAYS. NO LOST TIME.

LOADER OPERATOR WAS GREASING HIS LOADER AT THE SHOP WHEN HE WAS STUNG BY A BEE OR WASP IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS ABDOMEN. EE DEVELOPED A SUSPECTED ALLERGIC REACTION CAUSING SWELLING AND DISCOMFO RT, WHICH REQUIRED EMERGENCY MEDICAL ATTENTION AND SUBSEQUENT LOST TIME.

EE PUSHED ""IN"" THE EXCAVATOR'S DOOR RELEASE LATCH AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT HAND, WHICH REQUIRED SEVEN STITCHES.

EE WHILE WORKING ON A 345 EXCAVATOR HAD TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND WAS GETTING OFF THE MACHINE WHEN HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST AND HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE EXCAVATOR TRACK. (EE FIRST GO T MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 6-9-03; DOCTOR RESTRICTED HIS WORK ACTIVITY OF NO CRAWLING ON 6-16-03.)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BOLTS OFF OF THE CYLINDERS OF A CRUSHER MANTLE WITH AN OXY-ACETYLENE TORCH. HOT SLAG BURNED A HOLE THROUGH THE ACETYLENE GAS HOSE AND CAUSED A FIRE THAT BURNED THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT KNEE. HIS PANT LEG HAD SOME OIL ON IT WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE TO BURN THROUGH HIS CLOTHING.

EE WAS PUSHING ON PRYBAR WITHOUT GLOVE ON WHEN IT SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO HIT SHARP EDGE OF SHIM WITH HAND.

WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE SUFFERED HEAT EXHAUSTION. HE WAS TREATED AT LOCAL HOSPITAL AND RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY BUT DID NOT STAY FOR THE WHOLE SHIFT.

2 CONTRACT EE'S WERE SPREADING STRAW IN THE RECLAMATION AREA OF THE PIT. THEY RETURNED TO THE LOWBOY & FOUND EE SLUMPED OVER THE WHEEL OF HIS TRACTOR. IT WAS DETERMINED LATER THAT HE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. EMT'S STATED THAT HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK.

CUSTOMER TRUCK DRIVER WAS EXITING HIS TRUCK CAB WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE TOP STEP AND FELL APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET TO THE GROUND, RESULTING IN A BROKEN RIGHT ANKLE.

EE WAS HELPING CHANGING SCREENS AT THE WASH PLANT. THE WORK AREA WAS WET FROM EARLY MORNING DEW WHILE TIGHTENING DOWN THE SCREENS SIDE RAIL BOLTS, THE EE WAS STANDING ON HIS MOTOR DRIVE WITH H IS LEFT FOOT AND THE NEARBY SECTION OF INSIDE HANDRAILING WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE EE S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT LOWER BACK ONT HE HANDRAILING. AS A RESULT, HE FRACTUR