VULCAN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LPMining Incidents in 2003

EE WAS REMOVING PUNCH PLATES FROM SHAKER WITH COMEALONG & CRANE. THE PLATE HUNG UP ON SHAKER WHEN LIFGED W/CRANE. EE USED LEFT HAND TO DISLODGE PLATE WHEN PLATE DISLODGED, IT CAUGHT EE'S FINGE R BETWEEN IT & THE BELT FRAME

EE WAS WASHING DOWN SECONDARY PLANT, WHILE PULLING ON HOSE-STRAINED/INJURED BACK.

WAS THROWING AWAY OLD ELECTRIC PUMP & OTHER STEEL INTO THE BUCKET OF A BOBCAT. STEPPED OVER THE METAL, GETTING READY TO TAKE IT TO THE DUMPSTER, WHEN HE NOTICED ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL. HE WENT TO GET OUT AND CAUGHT HIS HEEL IN THE ELECTRIC CORD TRIPPING AND INJURING RIGHT ANKLE.

THREE EE WERE ASSIGNED TO CLOSE THE TEARS ON C-11. DUE TO THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE CONVEYOR. THE EE HAD TO USE C-CLAMPS TO TIGHTEN THE BELT IN ORDER TO FASTEN THE CLIPS ON AT THE TIME IN CIDENT, ONE OF THE C-CLAMPS FELL OFF AND THE INJURIES EE WENT TO REPOSITION THE C-CLAMP AS WELL AS HIS BODY POSITION. DUE TO THE BELT BEING WET AND THE ACCUMULATION OF MUD ON HIS BOOTS. HIS R

PREPARING TO REPLACE RETURN ROLLERS ON C7. HAD CARRIED TORCH UP C7, RETURNED TO TRUCK AND GOT RETURN ROLLER AND CARRIED IT UP TO TOP OF C7. UPON SETTING IT DOWN AND TURNING FELT PAIN IN BACK.

ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO TRUCK OPENING DOOR, LOST BALANCE JERKED NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP SHOT & SLIPPED ON A HILL (LOOSE ROCKS & MUD) & SPRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE & ANKLE.

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO ADJUST CONVEYOR TAILPULLEY WITH A SCREW TYPE ADJUSTMENT. HE WAS USING A 3/4"" RATCHET WHILE BENDING OVER AND PULLING WITH BOTH HANDS.

(ALLEGED ACCIDENT) EE STATED HE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE SHOP AND SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR. HE STATED HE CAUGHT HIMSELF AND DID NOT FALL.

EE WAS RE-ENTERING THE OFFICE/SCALE BLDG. FROM THE PARKING LOT. SHE TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A BRIEFCASE PLACED IN THE TRAVELWAY.

EE WAS RUNNING LOADER AND COMPLAINED OF SORENESS IN LOWER BACK FROM MOVING IN THE SEAT OF THE LOADER. EE SUFFERED ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN FROM REINJURY OF PREVIOUS 2000 INJURY.

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO MANAGE A BREAST PLATE UNDER TENSION ON SECONDARY CRUSHER. WHEN EE RELEASED HOLD ON PRY BAR SO THAT THE BREAST PLATE COULD BE REPOSITIONED, THE PRY BAR SPRANG LOOSE STRIKING EE AND KNOCKING HIM OFF PLATFORM LADDER

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING BOLTS LOOSE ON A WA-600 WHEEL LOADER IN ORDER TO DISMANTLE HOSES AND JUNCTION BOX WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A 3/4 RATCHET WRENCH. THE DIRECTION INDICATOR WAS NOT ALL THE WAY IN THE TIGHTENING DIRECTION. THE WRENCH SKIPPED A TOOTH AND THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK. **DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL JULY. NO PRESCRIPTIONS OR PHYSICAL THERAPY WERE GIVEN UNTIL LATER AT WHICH TIME IT BACAME REPORTABLE.

EMPLOYEE DESCENDING FROM CAB OF LOADER WHEN HE MISSED THE LAST STEP, FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON BACK.

EE WAS TORCHING BOLTS FROM SCALPING SCREEN, HE REMOVED HIS PPE TO RETRIEVE STRIKER FROM HIS POCKET TO LIGHT THE TORCH AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE HOT TORCH RESULTING IN 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THE LADDER OF HIS LOADER.

TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ROCKBREAKER OPERATOR THAT HE HAD AN OIL LEAK. THE OPERATOR PULLED OVER AND SWUNG MACHINE AROUND. IT WASN'T FULLY LEVEL. HE CALLED FOR A MECHANIC. MECHANIC & OPERATOR ADDED OI L TOT HE MACHINE. OPERATOR WAS ASKED TO START MACHINE. GOING DOWN TO START MACHINE, HE TRIPPED OVER THE OIL CAN LEFT ON THE CATWALK, FALLING ONTO THE TRACKS HURTING HIS RIGHT SIDE BACK AREA.

EE AND INJURED WERE CHANGING A PUNCH PLATE IN #1TOWER. INJURED BELIEVES HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER AFTER LIFTING PUNCH PLATE.

EE STEPPED ON UNSUPPORTED PORTION OF FLOOR AND FELL INTO CRAWL SPACE BELOW BUILDING. EE STRUCK HIS FACE ON REMAINING PORTION OF EXISTING FLOOR DURING HIS FALL.

SAND AND SCREW PLUGGED, EE SHOVELED SAND OUT OF SAND SCREEN, WHEN HE HEARD A POP IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS REPAIRING THE REAR END HOUSING ON AN 85 TON EUCLID HAUL TRUCK WITH A CLIMAX BORING MACHINE. AFTER THE JOB WAS COMPLETE, THE EE BENT DOWN AND LIFTED THE BORING MACHINE AND STRAINED HIS B ACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEMMING HOLES WITH A 5 GALLON BUCKET AND SPRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING THE BUCKET.

ON 10/20/03 SAFETY & HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED EE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL ON 10/19/03. HE THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. ER PHYSICIAN DETERMINED IT WAS A BROKEN RIB. EE STATED T HE ONLY THING HE COULD REMEMBER THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE BROKEN RIB WAS FALLING AGAINST THE AIR CONDITIONER WHEN HIS CHAIR BROKE. AT THE TIME HE FELT OK. HE WORKED 7 DAYS & HAD NO PROBLEMS.

EE WAS SHOVELING THE FEGO BOX ON THE CLASSIFIER TO CLEAN OUT SOME CONTAMINATED MATERIAL. HE FELTA PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK MOVING A SHOVEL FULL OFMATERIAL.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT A PUMP ON TO A BARGE DECK THAT WAS APPROX 5 FT ABOVE THE PLANT LEVEL HEWAS STANDING ON. AS HE WAS CLOSE TO SETTING THE PUMP ON THE BARGE HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LOWER BACK DUE TO STILL HAVING THE PUMP IN HIS HANDS AND CATCHING HINSELF.

AN EMPLOYEE RECEIVED INJURIES TO HIS LEFT WRIST AND FOREHEAD AFTER HE COMPLETED CHANGING ELECTRICAL CABLE TO A CONVEYOR MOTOR. AFTER CONNECTING WIRING TO MOTOR, HE LOST HIS FOOTING DURING THE PROCESS OF REMOVING HIS TIE-OFF POINT. HE FELL FACE DOWN AND SLID APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS BEHIND #13 & #14 CONVEYOR AND FELT SOMETHING IN HIS KNEE ""GIVE WAY"".

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING THE PIT LOADER DURING THE PRODUCTION SHIFT WHEN HE NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR CAP OF THE UNIT. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO TIGHTEN CAP, THE CAP DISLODGED FROM THE PRES SURE IN RADIATOR AND SPEWED HOT FLUID AND STEAM ONTO EMPLOYEE.

EE ALLEGES THAT CO-WORKER ENGAGED EMER STOP ON CONVEYER BY ACCIDENT, WHERE UPON EE WALKED ON CONVEYER TO RESET EMER STOP, EE ALLEGES THAT CONVEYER STARTED UP AND HE WAS THROWN FROM HIS FEET IN TO GUARD ON BOX INTERSECTION. EE DID NOT DE-ENERGIZE EQUIPMENT BEOFRE RESETING.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A CRUSHER USING A WRENCH. AS HE WAS PUSHING AND PULLING ON THE WRENCH HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

WHILE OPERATING A LOCOMOTIVE, EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVE CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. INITIALLY, THE INJURY REQUIRED FIRST AID TREATMENT ONLY. HOWEVER, HE CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HIS ELBOW. HE WAS REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST WHO RECOMMENDED SURGERY WHICH OCCURRED 12/19/03. EMPLOYEE RETURNED 1/5/04 AND RECEIVED FINAL RELEASE FROM DOCTOR 2/12/04.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE MAIN HAUL ROAD RETURNING FROM CLEANING THE CONVEYOR BELTS. HE SLIPPED FACING FORWARD AND PUT HIS ARMS OUT TO CATCH HIS FALL.

EE REMOVING THE BLASTHOLE HAMMER FROM T-4 BLASTHOLE DRILL, POSITIONING J-WRENCH OF FLATS OF HAMMER SHANK IN DOING SO HE ROTATED THE J-WRENCH INTO HIS FINGER WHICH WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN WRENCH AND UPRIGHT MEMBER OF THE TOWER.

THE EE WAS USING A BOBCAT TO PERFORM CLEAN-UP AROUND THE LIME BIN, WHEN DUST BLEW BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS LEFT EYE. THE EYE WAS FLUSHED BUT UPON RETURNING TO WORK AFTER THE WEEKEND, THE EYE WAS RED & SWOLLEN REQUIRING TREATMENT.

THE EE WAS OPENING A NEW BARREL OF DRILL OIL AND WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER TO PRY THE TOP OFF. THE XCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND THE TOP CUT HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS DRIVING TRUCKS TO FUEL STATION AS WELL AS TRUCKING SCREENINGS TO WASH PLANT. DURING THIS TIME, HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. THIS IS AN ALLEGED REINJURY TO AN ORIGINAL INJURY OCCURING IN 2000 (WHICH WAS AGAIN REINJURED IN 2001 AND RECENTLY IN JULY OF 2003). THIS ALLEGED INJURY/ACCIDENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THE EE WAS CONDUCTING PRE-SHIFT INSPECTION ON A KOMATSU PC400 TRACK EXCAVATOR AND STEPPED OFF THE TRACK TO THE GROUND, STEPPING ON A ROCK AND TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS RE INSTALLING A RETURN ROLLER ON A CONVEYOR APPRLX. 32 INCHES FROM THE GROUND HE WAS UNDER THE CONVEYOR ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES. AFTER INSTALLING THE ROLLER. THE CONVEYOR WAS LOWERED INT O POSITION. AT THIS TIME, THE ROLLER FALL OUT OFONE OF THE BRACKETS AND STRUCK EE ON THE FINGER.

EE WAS ALIGNING A NEW CABLE ON A DRUM OF THE LONG ARM EXCAVATOR. AS THIS PROCESS WAS BEING DONE THE EES FINGERS GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRUM AND THE CABLE WHEN THE DRUM MOVE UNEXPECTEDLY CRUSH- ING BONES IN HIS RT. INDEX FINGER. EE HAD SURGERY TO REPAIR THE DAMAGED FINGER.

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM DOZER AFTER ATTACHING FUEL NOZZLE. HIS LEFT FOOT CONTACTED FUEL HOSE ON THE GROUND CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HIS RT. FOOT STRUCK THE GROUND AND TURNED CAUSIN G A BROKEN BONE IN THE ANKLE AREA.

EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM THE FLOOR TO THE TUNNEL & PLACING IT ONTO THE CONVEYOR BELT WHICHWAS LOCATED ABOVE HIS HEAD. HE FELT A PULLING & BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK

EE HAD REMOVED A C.B. BRACKET FROM OLD LOADER. WHEN HE CLIMBED DOWN LADDER ON THE LAST STEP TO GROUND. HE STEPPED INTO AN UNEVEN WASHED OUT TRENCH CAVERED WITH KUDZU.

THE EE WAS CARRYING A LARGE WRENCH TO THE DRILL WHEN HE STEPPED IN A DEPRESSION CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE TWISTED TO DROP THE WRENCH AND CLEAR HIS FEET CAUSING A STRAIN OF HIS GROIN AND CHEST WALL AREA. HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL ASKING TO GO TO THE DR ON 10-1-03. AT THIS TIME HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTIVE DUTY AND RETURNED TO WORK.

EE WAS SLIDING A ROCK BREAKER PART ON A PALLET FROM THE BACKHOE BUCKET INTO THE BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK. THE BOARD ON THE PALLET CAME OFF CAUSING THE EE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL BACKWARDS. H E ATTEMPTED TO BREAK HIS FALL WHICH RESULTED IN THE MAJORITY OF HIS BODY WEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND WRIST.

EE AND OTHER EE HAD A NUT FROM A CANE CRUSHER IN A BUCKET WASHING IT OFF. THE BUCKET WAS ON THE GROUND BUT AFTER SOME TIME IT LEVELED AND THE NUT SLIDE OUT THE BUCKET AND HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT.

HE WAS STANDING ON THE CONVEYER BELT UNDER THE JAW CRUSHER INSTALLING A JAW DIE. HE WAS CUTTING THE LIFTING EYE OFF THE JAW DIE WHEN A PIECE OF HOT SLAG FELL INTO HIS WORK BOOT BURNING THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.

THE EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REPAIR OF THE JAW CRUSHER AND WAS CLIMBING DOWN PLATFORM & SCRAPED SHIN ON STEP, RESULTING IN A HEMATOMA ON LEFT SHIN.

EE WAS INJURED WHILE MAKING REPAIRS TO A SHAKER USED TO TAKE QUALITY CONTROL SAMPLES. THE GUARD WAS RAISED TO ALLOW ACCESS TO SHAKER, GUARD FELL ON EE'S THUMB.

THE EE WAS SECURING A LOAD ON THE LOWBOY USING CHAINS WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS INSTALLING LINER IN HEAD BOXES OF CONVEYOR. EE LIFTED LINER AROUND WAIST HIGH AND FELT A STRAIN IN HIS BACK. THE LINER WEIGHED APPROX. 75 LBS.

I WAS USING CHANNEL LOCKS TO TIGHTEN TIE WRAPS BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING & I COULD NOT PULL THE TIE WRAPS WITH MY HAND. THE CHANNEL LOCKS SLIPPED & FORCED MY THUMB INTO THE CONCRETE.

EE WAS DRIVING CHIPPER HAMMER UNDER BAKELITE SEAL. FELT PAIN IN HAND. FOUND 1/4"" LACERATION IN HAND. X-RAY LATER DETERMINED A METAL FRAGMENT IN HAND. EE WAS SENT TO A HAND SPECIALIST FOR FURTH ER EVALUATION.

EE WAS STANDING ON DECK, STEPPED BACK TO ENTER CAB OF DOZER WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLID BETWEEN THE TRACK AND FRAME OF EQUIPMENT RESULTING IN THE EETWISTING HIS BACK AND RECEIVING ABRASIONS TO HIS LEFT LEG.

CHANGING MIXING PADDLES ON PUGMILL. WAS TURNING SHAFT TO BRING UP THE NEXT PADDLE. THE OTHER PADDLE ROTATED DOWN MASHING R. LITTLE FINGER AGAINST BOOT ON R. ANKLE. DREW BACK THE HAND AND FINGE R WAS CUT.

EE WAS CHANGING THE ENGINE BELT TENSIONER ON THE KOMATSU PIT LOADER WHEN INJURED.THE EE WAS PRYING THE TENSIONER BACK TO PUT THE BELT BACK ON, THE PRY BAR SLIPPED OFF AND THE EE'S HAND WAS PIN CHED BETWEEN THE TENSIONER PULLEY & FAN GUARD.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO LOOSEN A U-BOLT IN A 7 FT CRUSHER BOWL. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER (LEFT) BETWEEN THE PRY BAR AND BOWL, RESULTING IN 5 STITCHES.

EE STRAINED HIS NECK WHILE SHOVELING LOOSE MATERIAL AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCH.

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO DISLODGE A ROCK A SMALLER GRAGMENT OF A ROCK FLEW OUT AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHIN. HE WAS WORKING IN THE FEEDER FOR A CRUSHER.

HE WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM WABBLER FEEDER ON OF THE WABBLER BARS THAT HE WAS STANDING ON ROLLED OVER CAUSING HIS LEG TO SLIDE DOWN BETWEEN 2- WABBLER ROLLERS.

HE WAS ADJUSTING CHAIN ON WABBLE FEEDER DURING REPAIR HE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE FEEDER (4'AWAYHE WAS MOVING THE CHAIN ELECTRICALLY TO GET IN PLACE- WHEN MASTER LINK BROKE & HIT EE IN UPPER LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS HOLDING A LONG PUNCH USED TO DRIVE OUT PIN IN UPPER APRON WHILE ANOTHER EE HIT THE LONG PUNCH WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. HAMMER MISSED PUNCH AND HIT FINGER.

EE WAS ROLLING A LARGE STONE OUT OF THE HAUL ROAD. HE THOUGHT THE STONE WAS GOING TO ROLL OVER HOWEVER IT ROLLED BACKWARD ONTO HIS RIGHT HANDSTONE WEIGHT APPROX. 75 TO 100 POUNDS.

EE WAS REMOVING AN IDLER GUIDE ON AN OVERLOAD \ CONVEYOR BELT INSIDE THE GUARDS. THE TAKE UP PULLEY ROLLED ON RAIL. EE HAD FOOT ON RAIL WHEN PULLEY TROLLEY ROLLED PINNING RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN WHEEL & VERTICAL PIPE.

EE HAD JUST COMPLETED REPLACING FUEL FILTERS ON THE D8 DOZER. AFTER REPLACING FILTERS, EE MOUNTED DOZER AND BACK PAIN OCCURRED WHEN HE SAT DOWN.

EE WAS TAKING A SAMPLE FROM W-10 CONVEYOR SAMPLETAKER. EE STATED HE PULLED HARD DUE TO THE SCOOPSOMETIMES STICKING. WHEN SCOOP CAME OUT OF HOLDER, THE WEIGHT OF THE SAMPLE DROPPED AT WHICH TIM E THE EE GRABBED TO CATCH THE SAMPLE CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK. SAMPLE WEIGHT FULL SCOOP IS 45 LBS.

EE WAS USING THE WINCH AND LARGE HOOK, TO DISLODGE A PIECE OF STONE THAT HAD BRIDGED OVER THE JAW CRUSHER OPENING. WHEN THE STONE WAS FREED AND BEGAN TO CRUSH PIECES OR FRAGMENTS FLEW UPWARD. A PIECE FLEW UP UNDER EE'S SAFETY GLASSES AND LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE.

EE WAS REMOVING LODGED MATERIAL FROM THE DISCHARGE END OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. WHILE THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A SLAB OF MATERIAL NEARBY MATERIAL SHIFTED ENOUGH TO PINCH HIS FINGER TIP.

EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE WITH A BEARING HOUSING. THE 7 1/2"" BEARING HOUSING WAS BEING MANUALLY LIFTED INTO POSITION WHEN EE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE WAS CLEANING ROCK BUILD UP FROM UNDER FEED TUBE. THE TUBE WAS RAISED UP TO CLEAN ROCK FROM TOP OF ADJUSTMENT RING COVER. THE TUBE WAS HOOKED TO BOOM TRUCK WITH 2 WAY SPREADER CHAINS. WHEN ANOTHER EE CLEARED A ROCK THE TUBE ROCKED FORWARD AND STRUCK EE'S LEG, PINNING HIS LEG BETWEEN FEED TUBE AND ADJUSTMENT RING COVER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH INSTALLATION OF A NEW SCREEN. HE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF RUBBER TO CUT IN HIS LEFT HAND AND THE KNIFE WENT THROUGH THE RUBBER AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB, RESULTING I N STITCHES.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED INTO THE PLANT IN A PICKUP TRUCK TO START WORK. THE QUARRY FLOOR WAS WET FROM RAIN AND AS HE STEPPED OUT OF THE TRUCK, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

INDIVIDUAL WAS SHOVELING AND OBTAINED A BLISTER ON THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND. EE WAS WEARING GLOVES AT THE TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN THE TRUCK SCALE AT THE 1604 BASE PLANT USING THE WATER HOSE FROM THE PLANTS WATER TRUCK WHEN THE EMPLOYEE FELT SOMETHING HIT HIS ARM, WHICH WAS A STRAY BULLET THAT CA ME FROM SOMEWHERE FROM THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY.

THE EE WAS REMOVING THE ROOF FROM A GENERATOR HOUSING. AS HE REMOVED THE LAST BOLT, TENSION CAUSED THE ROOF SUPPORT TO SPRING UP & HIT HIM IN THE RT. SHOULDER.

EE WAS USING A 20 LB HAMMER TO KNOCK OUT A BOWL LINER ON FRIDAY. HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WAS SORE. ON MONDAY & WEDNESDAY THE PLANT HAD (3) ROCK JAMS. EE HELPED TO MANUALLY REMOVE THE JAMMED ROCKS. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 4/10/03.

EE WAS CHANGING SCREEN CLOTH IN BOTTOM DECK OF WASH SCREEN. AFTER CHANGING SCREEN CLOTH, EE WAS LYING ON HIS BACK PULLING HIMSELF OUT OF SCREEN. AS EE PULLED HIS UPPER BODY OUT OF SCREEN, HE FELT PAIN IN RT. SHOULDER.

WHILE CHECKING #2 SCREEN TOWER, EE TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE WALKED DOWN THE STAIRS BETWEEN THE SCREENS.

EE WAS PUSHING ON THE BASE OF A WELDER TO POSITION ON WELDING TRUCK. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF THE FRAME ON THE WELDER.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER FROM #1 SCREEN, STEPPED WRONG AND ROLLED HIS FOOT.

A BIN PULLEY WAS BEING REMOVED FROM CONVEYOR FRAME, ONE END WAS HOOKED TO A CRANE WITH CHAIN. THE PULLEY BECAME LODGED AND THE EE REACHED OVER TO PUSH ON THE PULLEY AT THAT MOMENT THE PULLED MOVED PINCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND THE CONVEYOR FRAME BREAKING A BONE IN THE LEFT HAND OF THE EE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE AT POWER SCREEN. SUDDENLY HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING THE WATER PUMP ON THE 65 TON KOMATSU HAUL TRUCK. HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS ON THE A FRAME GOING TO THE WHEEL, HIS LEFT FOOT WAS ON THE 2"" LIP ON THE RADIATOR SUPPORT BRACKET. H IS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL 30"" TO THE GROUND LEVEL STRIKING HIS SHOULDER ON THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK. HE SUFFERED A CONTUSION TO THE LEFT SHOULDER.

EE WAS CLEANING COOLER PIT. LIFTED RAMP FOR WHEEL BARREL TO SET FOR DUMPING AND FELT A PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA. RAMP WEIGHED APPROX. 30 LBS.

AS THE EE WAS IGNITING A CUTTING TORCH, THE TIP WAS PLUGGED UP & ASIT LIT ON 2ND ATTEMPT, FLAMES CAME OUT AND BURNED THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND. (BURNED THRU GLOVES)

EE WAS REPLACING THE TRACK ROLLERS ON THE D8 DOZER. WHILE HE WAS REMOVING THE TRACK ROLLER BOLTS HE STARTING TO FEEL A TIGHTENING IN HIS BACK. THE PAIN WORSENED OVER THE WEEKEND SO ON MONDAY, HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR TO BE CHECKED OUT.

THE EE WAS WORKING ON THE CONE CRUSHER CONTROLS & UPON COMPLETION HE CLOSED THE DOOR WITH HIS FOOT. WHILE PUSHING HE FELT A POP & PAIN IN HIS RT. FOOT. IT RESULTED IN A CRACKED BONE AT LITTLE TOE ON RT. FOOT.

REPLACING TAIL PULLEY ON C-25: EE BENT DOWN TO RELEASE THE SLACK ON THE CONVEYOR BELT SO HE COULD LOOSEN THE COME-A-LONG THAT WAS HOLDING THE BELT CLAMPS. AT THIS POINT, EE FELT A SHARP PAIN G O DOWN HIS LEFT LEG, BUT HE DIDN'T MENTION IT, THINKING IT WAS NOTHING SERIOUS. HE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT.

EE STATES HE WAS STEAMMING HOLES, PUT HIS SHOVEL INTO A MOUND OF FROZEN ROCK AND HIS WRIST BEGAN TO HURT.

Employee's right eye became irritated while taping holes in the pit. He can't give a specific event that caused a foreign object to be in his eye but it started bothering him around 10:30 am. He did not seek medical attention until the next day when it became apparent that the object could not be removed by him or the plant nurse. He saw an optometrist to remove it.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISCARDING A USED AIR FILTER INTO THE DUMPSTER AND SUFFERED A CUT ON HIS PALM RESULTING IN STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS STUNG BY A WASP ON HIS RIGHT THUMB WHILE HE WAS ORGANIZING THE IDLE EQUIPMENT YARD.

EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING WHEEL CHOCK TO STORAGE AREA ON HAUL TRUCK AND POSITIONED HER HAND BETWEEN THE FRAME OF TRUCK AND WHEEL CHOCK.

Employee was using a metal shear to cut a 4""x3/8"" metal bar iron. A piece of metal sheared off and embedded in his right upper chest approximately 2 inches.

CHANGING THE SHAFT ON THE DRIVE HEAD PULLEY OF CONVEYOR 15, AFTER REMOVING THE SHAFT TO ADJUST IT SO WE COULD PULL IT OUT THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE TOWER, THE SHAFT SLID DOWN AND SMASHED THE LEF T INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND THE FRAME. IT REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE (A TRUCK DRIVER) BACKED HIS TRUCK INTO A WALL CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO JAR HIS BACK IN HIS SEAT.

INJURED PERSON WAS A CONSULTANT FOR VULCAN. HE WAS WITH A VULCAN EE AND WALKED UNDER A LOW SECTION OF CONVEYOR. UPON TRYING TO STAND UP HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BETWEEN TO RAISED SECTION OF CONCRETE STRIKING HIS ARM AND RIB AREA ON THE EDGE OF THE CONCRETE PAD. HE RECIEVED STITCHES IN HIS LEFT FOREARM, ONE FRACTURED RIB AND BRUISED KIDNEYS.

EE WAS INSTALLING A ROLLER. ROLLER FRAME SLIPPED & PINCHED THUMB BETWEEN ROLLER FRAME & CONVEYOR FRAME RESULTING IN LOSS OF NAIL ON RIGHT THUMB.

EE REINJURED/ REAGGRAVATED AN OLD BACK INJURY WHILE DRIVING THE WATER TRUCK. EE CLAIMS IT WAS THE BOUNCING OF THE SEAT THAT CAUSED THE INJURY.

WHILE UNLOADING A RETURN ROLLER GUARD FROM WELDING TRUCK, GUARD BECAME ENTANGLED IN TORCH HOSES CAUSING IT TO BE JERKED FROM EE'S HANDS. EE LOST BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND. GUARD FELL ON T OP OF EE CUTTING HIS HEAD.

EE WAS WORKING ON EXHAUST SYSTEM OF A PICKUP TRUCK WHILE LYING ON HIS BACK. DIRT FELL FROM UNDERTHE TRUCK LANDING ON HIS FOREHEAD. THIS ALLOWED DUST TO GET IN BETWEEN HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND HI S FACE AND GETTING IN HIS EYE.

EE WAS USING A 5' IRON BAR TO CLEAN OUT CHUTE. ROCK CAME DOWN CHUTE AND HIT BAR CAUSING BAR TO STRIKE EE IN HEAD.

EE WAS LIFTING A WIRE SCREEN (APPROX. 4'X 6'), IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS GRASP & WHEN HE REGRIPPED THE SCREEN, HE PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND, THE SKIN BETWEEN THE INDEX FINGER & THUMBS. HE RECEIVED 7 STITCHES. THE SCREEN IS LOCATED AT THE SECONDARY CRUSHER, TOWER #2.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AT THE PRIMARY HE HAD BEEN WASHING OUT. AS HE CAME DOWN TO JAW LEVEL OF OPERATOR'S HOUSE, HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON WET STEP.

EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT. THE KNIFE SLIPPED FROM THE JOB & THE EE CUT HIS RIGHT THIGH, RESULTING IN STITCHES.

EE WAS DOING REPAIRS INSIDE CRUSHER, PLACED HIS HAND ON BRASS SOCKET RING AND CUT FINGER ON SHARP EDGE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SKIRT BOARD RUBBER. DURING THE LAST FEW INCHES OF THE CUT THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE SUFFERED CUT ON RIGHT KNEE --RESULTING IN STITCHES.

EE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO TURN A JACKSHAFT AT THE JAW TO PUT A BELT BACK ON. THE PIPE WRENCHSLIPPED OFF OF THE SHAFT AND THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE WRENCH BACK ON WHEN THE COUNTERWEI GHT ROLLED SLIGHTLY CATCHING THE EE'S FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH AND A GUARD CAUSING A LACERATION.

WAS CLEANING MATERIAL AWAY FROM HOLE IN CHUTE ON TOWER #2. OTHER EE'S WERE WORKING ON A LEVEL ABOVE CHUTE CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL FROM A PLATE.THE PIECE OF METAL AFTER BEING CUT FELL THRU AN OPENING ON THE DECK AND TRAVELED TO LOWER LEVEL WHERE INJURED WAS WORKING. METAL STRUCK INJURED IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT LEG AT THE KNEE AREA.

EMPLOYEE OPERATING LOADER HIT A POT HOLE IN THE GROUND CAUSING THE LOADER TO DIP TO THE RIGHT CAUSING HAND TO LEAVE CONTROLS STRIKING THE CAGE.

TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED WITH 6-8' DIAMETER CULVERTS. A CULVERT SLIPPED DURING LOADING AND THE IMPACT SHOOK THE TRUCK BED WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO BE BOUNCED/SHOOK FORWARD IN THE SEA T CAUSING LOWER BACK STRAIN AND SPASM.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INSIDE OF THE PLANT'S FORD PICK-UP TRUCK, HAD HIS HAND ON THE SEAT WHEN AN INSECT BIT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

COWORKER WAS WALKING ALONG AN USUED CONVEYOR, SLIPPED ON THE SNOW AND WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE, THE TORCH HE WAS USING TO CUT BOLTS OFF OLD IDLER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE INJURED EE' S HAND AND LIT HIS GLOVE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING THE ROLLERS ALONG RETURN BELT AND SLIPPED AND FELL DUE TO WET/ICE WALKWAY. INJURY TO RIGHT KNEE, LACERATION & STITCHES.

EE RECEIVED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO HER PELVIS WHEN SHE STEPPED OFF THE LADDER ON HER 85 TON HAUL TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND DECEASED IN EMPLOYEE'S LUNCH ROOM. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO UNSAFE CONDITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEMISE. THE CORONER DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF DEATH TO BE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.

ON 10-8-03 WE RECEIVED LETTER THAT FOLLOWS CLAIMING HEARING LOSS & LUNG DISEASE - HE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH EITHER. ON 10/17/03 HE HAD ANOTHER ACCIDENT, REPORT FOLLOWS.

EE REMOVING BIT FROM HAMMER WHILE HANGING FROM JIB ABOUT 1 FOOT FROM GROUND. EE WAS TURNING BIT OFF OF HAMMER WHEN THE BIT LET GO AND WEDGED EE FINGER BETWEEN BIT AND GROUND.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE UNLOADING OF A CRUSHER. SUPERVISOR WAS OPERATING THE LINKBELT CRANE. THE CHAINS HOLDING THE CRUSHER CAME LOOSE AND BEGAN TO SWING IN A SPIRAL MOTION. SUPERVISOR VERBALL Y WARNED EE TO ""WATCH THE CHAINS"", EE PUT HIS ARM UP TO BLOCK THE CHAIN BUT A PIECE OF THE CHAIN CAME UP THROUGH HIS ARMS AND HIT HIM IN HIS MOUTH BREAKING OFF 3 TEETH.

MAN WELDING IN FEEDER, STONE BROKE LOOSE FROM ABOVE & HIT MAN ON HAND.

COOLING CONTAINER WAS NOT FLUSHED OR EMPTIED BEFORE PUTTING ON CRANE. THEN COOLING FLUID IGNITED AND STARTED TO BURN. AFTER USING TWO EXTINGUISHERS, FLAME STILL WAS BURNING. FINALLY IT WAS PUT OUT WITH DIRT AND MUD. BEFORE DOING SO, EE BREATHED SMOKE AND TOXIC FUMES IN HER LUNGS. DUE TO SMOKE INHALATION, THROAT AND LUNGS WERE BURNT. SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED.

BATTERY EXPLODED IN EE'S FACE. EE WAS BOOSTING OFF A DEAD BATTERY. EE WENT TO THE DR. TO HAVE HIS EYES RINSED OUT.