Martin Marietta Materials,Inc.Mining Incidents in 2003

PADDING OF SEAT IN LOADER WORN EXTENSIVELY. INTERIOR PACKING OF SEAT DIRECTLY CONTACTS EE'S BACK CAUSING FREQUENT PAIN.

CHANGING SCREEN CLOTH, EE WAS TIGHTENING J-BOLT. SLIPPED OFF HAND WENT INTO EDGE OF SCREEN CLOTH. WRENCH CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND.

THE OPERATOR WAS SHIFTING THE MACHINE FROM SWINGTO TRAVEL WITH A FOOT PEDAL, HIS BACK POPPED RESULTING IN SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS ON A DOZER BACKING UP A STOCKPILE AND RANOVER A LARGE ROCK CAUSING THE DOZER TO RISE UP AND COMING DOWN ON TRACKS. HE HURT BACK FROM THE JARRING OF THE DOZER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AT FEEDPAN WITH A BAR AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WHEN HE WAS REINSTALLING THE GUARD.

THE OPERATOR HAD CLEANED THE FLOOR OF THE DRAGLINE WITH MINERAL SPIRITS AND WIPED WITH RAGS. HE WAS GETTING OFF THE MACHINE TO DISPOSED OF THE RAGS WHEN HE SLIPPED. HE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL POS T WHICH HAD A SAFETY CHAIN HOOK WELDED OUT THIS LEFT HAND AT THE HEEL AND RIPPED TO THE BASE OF HIS LITTLE FINGER REQUIRING MULTIPLE STITCHES.

REPORTED AN INJURY TO HIS BACK WHILE RUNNING TEREX FRONT END LOADER AT THE MINE SITE. THE SEAT IN THE LOADER WAS NOT SECURE AND WAS SLIDING BACK AND FORTH.

EE WAS INSTALLING PUNCH PLATE ON THE NEW RIP RAP SCREEN. AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE LIFTING CHAIN (WHICH WAS WEDGED UNDERNEATH) FROM THE SCREEN PANEL, THE BAR HE HAD WEDGED UNDER THE PANEL SLIPPED AND THE PANEL DROPPED ABOUT A HALFINCH AND PINCHED THE END OF HIS FINGER, FRACTURING IT.

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED INTO PRIMARY DUMP BOX AND FEEDER TO GET SOME WELDING ROD FROM ANOTHER EE WHO WAS WORKING IN THE AREA. THE EE LOST HIS FOOTING WHEN HE TURNED AROUND. HE STEPPED DOWN APPROX 2-3 FT AND HIS FOOT LANDED ON A ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIS RIGHT ANKLE TO BREAK.

SLIP AND FELL WHILE MOUNTING LOADER. EE WAS NEAR THE TOP OF THE LADDER WHEN HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO ROTATE TO THE REAR OF THE GRADER. HE FELL OFF THE LADDER AND HIT THE LEFT REAR TIRE ON HIS WAY DOWN RESULTING IN BRUISES AND A MILD FRACTURE TO THE COCCYX FROM THE LOWER SPINE.

THE EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE COVER PLATE OVER THE STATIONARY JAW DIE. IN THE PROCESS OF TIGHTENING THE BOLT, THE EE STRAINED HIS BACK.

STEPPED OUT OF HAUL TRUCK AND STRAINED TENDON IN RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WAITING IN HIS TRUCK AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. AS PART OF THEIR JOB, THEY ARE TO REMOVE ANY SMALL ROCKS FROM ROADWAY TO PREVENT TIRE DAMAGE. HE HAD A FREE MOMENT AND DECIDED TO MOVE SOME ROCKS. EMPLOYEE HAD REMOVED SEVERAL STONES WHEN THE LAST ONE CAUSED A STRAIN IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM. THERE WAS MINIMAL LIFTING BUT MOSTLY LATERAL MOVEMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE DISCHARGE HOSE OF A 3"" PUMP. THE HOSE CAUGHT ON SOME ROCK AND THE EE JERKED ON THE HOSE CAUSING AN APPARENT BACK STRAIN.

EE ATTEMPTED TO ENTER A CHUTE THRU A TOP CHECK DOOR TO DISLODGE A ROCK THAT WAS STUCK. THE DOORWAS NOT DESIGNED FOR ACCESS BUT AS A VISUAL CHECK. AS THE EE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER HE WAS UNABLE TO GET HIS FOOTING AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER TRYINGTO HOLD ON.

THE OBJECT WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE OVERHEAD HOISTAS EE WAS SLIDING THE OBJECT THE VIBRATION ON THE FLOOR OF THE JAWBOX CAUSED A ROCK TO SLIDE BETWEEN THE GRIZZLY BARS AND DEFFECT OFF THE SLIDE PLATE UNDER THE GRIZZLY HIPS. AS IT FELL INTO THE JAW BOX, IT CLIPPED EE RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING A DRILL STEM WITH A PIPE WRENCH. THE WRENCH SLIPPED FROM THE STEM & THE EMPLOYEE'S ELBOW STRUCK AGAINST A DRILL STEM BEING STAGED DIRECTLY BEHIND HIM. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A MINOR LACERATION TO HIS ELBOW.

WHILE HELPING OUT IN THE SHOP, EMPLOYEE WAS ASSEMBLING A BRAKE WHEN THE DRUM PORTION FELL ON HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED OUT OF LCB LOADER STEPPING IN BUCKET AND GOING AROUND SIDE OF MACHINE, STEPPING ON ROCKS WHICH INJURED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

STUMBLED WHEN PULLING A 1 1/2 WATER HOSE AND HIT HIS RT KNEE ON A CONCRETE BASE PAD. HE FRACTURED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS INSTALLING A 3"" CAP ON THE WATER TRUCK 1037 UDING A LARGE PIPE WRENCH. WHILE PULLING THE WRENCH DOWN, HIS LEFT THUMB HIT ANOTHER PIECE OF THE WATER TRUCK. ON 2-13-02 HE CAME INTO THE OF FICE AND SHOWED A SWOLLEN THUMB.

EMPLOYEE PINCHED FINGER WHILE SCREEN WAS COMING TO A STOP. INDEX FINGER WAS CUT.

EE WAS TRYING TO POSITION A SCREEN ON THE TOP DECK OF THE PORTABLE SCREEN WHEN IT GOT HUNG UP. THE EMPLOYEE GOT THE SCREEN UNSTUCK AND REACHED DOWN TO GRAB IT WHEN THE SCREEN SLID DOWN AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ARM/WRIST.

A PIN IN AN EXCAVATOR'S TRACKS WERE BEING DRIVENBACK INTO PLACE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. A SMALL SLIVER OF THE PIN CHIPPED OFF AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE LEFT CHEST. THE SLIVER PENETRATED THE SKIN ROUGHLY A 1/4"" AND CAME BACK OUT, THE EE WAS GIVEN SEVERAL STITCHES AND RELEASED TO FULL DUTY.

EE WAS TRYING TO CLEAR 3 BIG ROCKS FROM THE 7' STD WITH A PRYBAR. WHEN THE BAR CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ROCK AND THE CRUSHER, THE BAR JERKED INTO THE CHUTE WORK. EE'S HAND (RIGHT HAND) WAS CAU GHT BETWEEN THE CHUTE AND THE BAR.

WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE WINDY AND CAUSED PONTOON TO MOVE AND PIN EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN PONTOON CAP AND CABLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO REMOVE A ROCK (APPROX 10 LBS) FROM A CONVEYOR TRUSS. THE ROCK CAME LOOSE, BOUNCED OFF THE CATWALK STRIKING HIM ON THE SHIN CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION.

THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT ON HTE 72-51A FRONT END LOADER WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION ALLOWING THE SEAT TO SLIDE BACK AND FORTH DURING OPERATION. THE OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS BACK.

DRILLED 45' DEEP HOLE; CAME OUT OF HOLE WITH STEEL; BROKE FINISHING ROD LOOSE FROM STARTER ROD. PICKED UP FINISHING ROD TO PUT INTO CARASEL. I WAS HOLDING THE STEEL TO LINE IT UP WITH THE CUP IN THE CARASEL. AS I WENT TO TURN THE CARASEL TO LINE IT UP THE PIECE OF STEEL SLAMMED MY FINGERS AGAINST THE TOWER.

EE REPORTED ON 3/5/03 AN ALLEGED INJURY FROM 2/26/03 RESULTING FROM SHOVELING & SWING A SLEDGE HAMMER & REMOVE A LOADER PIN. EE REC'D SURGERYFOR HERNIATED HERNIA & WAS LOST TIME AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT