All MSHA-reportable accidents at Stoneco, Inc. operations in 2006. Fatalities appear first.
EE drove his truck down to the lower bench and stopped his truck 100' behind and to the left of thr 992G Cat loader, in a blind spot wher the loader operator (injured) could not see him. Not knowing truck was in area injured cont. to back drag floor for 2nd operation. Truck driver seen loader backing up darted truck forward in path of loader hitting tailgate of truck bed.
While backing an R65 Euclid truck up a ramp to dump fill material, the left rear tires went into a low spot causing the truck to dip. Employee said this caused him to be thrown against the door handle of the truck. We do not know if he was wearing a seat belt. This injury did not become reportable until he had surgery on Sept. 29, 2006.
Employee & co-worker were patching a railcar from underneath the car, it was a tight spot, when 2 small pieces of rust got behind his safety glasses & became lodged in his eye. We were unsuccessful in removing the specks with water so he was taken to an eye dr. who removed it. He was prescribed eye drops as a precaution for any eye infection. He then returned to work that day.
EE was cleaning up after a shot and he didn't have his buckel all the way down on the ground, He ran over a rock. That made his upper body twist and his head hit the center post in the cab. He cut his head on the left side and had to get 2 staples in his head. I took him to hospital. He returned to work with out restrictions.
Employee was clearing a rock that had become wedged between the tailgate & the bed of an R-65 Euclid haul truck using a long pipe. When the rock came loose it fell onto the tire below & bounced towards EE hitting him in the face. He was taken to the ER where he received 10 stitches to his upper lip.
While working on front-end loader with a wrench in his left hand he reached down to loosen a hose nut, when it broke loose his hand moved across a section of the hose that had a double clamps with one end sticking up and one down. The top of his hand racked across a sharp end of a clamp end cutting it to the point to require stitches.