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As the employee was picking stones out of the crusher he felt a pain in his back. This was not considered a recordable incident until later and that is why there was a delay in reporting this incident.
The Employee was TIGHTENING a HOSE CLAMPS with a SCREWDRIVER and the screwdriver slipped AND PUNCTURE LEFT HAND.
breaking loose material with a bar and hammer the employee felt a sprain/strain in his left shoulder.
Installing hose under loader above the belly pan, felt strain in left shoulder. This injury was not reported to me until November 5, 2009. I could not report this to MSHA until it was reported to me.
Employee experienced a standard treshold shift (hearing loss).
Employee was changing a bearing on a screen and while pulling hard to break a bolt loose strained his abdomin.
Employee tripped while ascending the screen tower steps. When he caught himself he felt pain in lower back. The employee did not seek medical attention until 03/18/2009 and that is why the later entry. The accident was reported but at the time of the report was not MSHA reportable.
EE was working by the dump hopper and got dirt in his right eye.
The emp injured works in the quality department and developed tendonitis in his right thumb and wrist due to carrying sample buckets of stone and using wire brush to clean screens for gradations.
The employee was providing assistance in fabricating a work stand in the Shop. As he was carrying a section of steel grating and attempting to lift it onto the stand, the piece of steel slipped from the employee's grip and caught his finger against the edge of the work stand.
As the employee was using a hammer to loosen a tooth from a loader bucket, a sliver of metal from the tooth chipped off and became imbedded into the employee's hand.
As the employee was cutting a piece of rubber for a skirtboard, the utility knife that he was using slipped and cut his left hand.
The employee lacerated the palm of his hand on the blade of a utility knife that he was using to cut rubber nosing for #3 screen.
EE had upper body thru access door to primary screen sand bin to assist co-work in dislodging massive chunk of sand, ice & snow was frozen to sides of bin overtop of moving conveyor belt. During their attempts, belt caught chunk & suddenly moved it towards ee. Frozen material struck ee and wedged him against access door frame.
As the employee was loading lime into a tank trailer from #3 Silo, dust blew into his eye.
After loading his truck from the overhead bins, the employee noticed stones leaking out from the back of his bin dump truck. He began removing the material that was preventing the tailgate from completely closing with his fingers. As he cleared the material, the tailgate suddenly shut and pinched his fingers against the dump bed.
While maneuvering to grease along the bottom of a front-end loader, the employee bumped the back of his head and then reacted by suddenly leaning forward, striking the front of his head against a corner on the loader.
Employee was carrying one end of a long rebar and started to lift the end above his head. As he did so, he took a step forward and slipped on the rebar mat he was standing on and pulled a muscle in his calf. The rebar mat was approximately 5 inches off of the ground.
The EE was in the processof removing a tapered bushing from the seat in the base of #4 Mill. As he was tightening the bolts into the jacking holes of the bushing with an air impact wrench bushing broke causing the wrench to become vert- ically propelled. causing EE R hand to be crushed in between wrench handle & bottom of mill table.
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A SCREEN PATCH ON THE TOP DECK FINISH SCREEN AT THE SECONDARY PLANT, THE EE LOOKED UPWARD TO TIGHTEN BOLTS WHEN STONE CHIPS FELL & STRUCK HIS LEFT EYE.
As the employee pulled open the tailgate on his bin truck to dislodge a rock that was wedged, the tailgate suddenly closed shut and crushed his finger against the truck bed.
The injured employee was assisting two others in manually removing and lowering a 250-pound primary crusher impact bar from waist level to a set of wooden blocks on the catwalk. When the injured employee?s wet gloves slipped from the bar, the uncontrolled bar crushed his finger against another bar that was already positioned on top of the wooden blocks.
As the employee picked up a piece of scrap steel plate from the ground at the Upper Plant, a 4-foot section of 2-inch angle iron slid off the plate and fell on top of his right foot.
While preparing to assist in removing chunks of ice from a flat conveyor discharge chute, the employee climbed three steps to the base of a conveyor catwalk, turned around, lost his footing and fell face-forward to the ground. He subsequently jammed his shoulder when he put his right arm out to break his fall.
AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING OFF DUST AND STONES FROM A CONVEYOR CATWALK WITH A METAL BAR, HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE METAL AND THE SIDE OF A CONVEYOR, CAUSING A LACERATION.
The ee felt pain in his lower back while shoveling stone off of a conveyor belt that had stopped due to an accumulation of too much material.
WHILE DESCENDING THE STAIRWAY FROM THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, THE EMPLOYEE'S HEEL GOT CAUGHT ON A STEP CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRWAY. HE WAS CARRYING A SOCKE T IN ONE HAND AND A SODA CRACKER IN THE OTHER.
WHILE GRINDING ON THE ALUMINUM DUMP BED OF A BIN TRUCK, A METAL PARTICLE GOT INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING ALL REQUIRED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING SAFETY GLASSES AND A FACE SHIELD AND THE HAND GRINDER WAS GUARDED.
WHILE THE EE WAS DRIVING OUT BROKEN BOLTS FROM THE AC500 CRUSHER, THE 4-POUND HAMMER DEFLECTED OFF OF A BROKEN BOLT AND STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
WHILE TAPPING ON THE ENGINE TIMING COVER ON A FRONT END LOADER, A PIECE OF PAINT CHIPPED OFF & STRUCK THE EE'S RIGHT EYE.
WHILE CLIMBING THE SIDE OF #5 CONVEYOR INSIDE #1 SCREEN TOWER TO LOOK INTO THE COLLECTOR HOPPER FOR A WEAR PLATE THAT CAME OFF OF THE CRUSHER, THE EE LOST HIS GRIP, FELL, AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD OF HIS LOADER, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF OF THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET TO THE QUARRY FLOOR BELOW.
THE EE LOADED HIS BIN DUMP TRUCK WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THE TAILGATE WAS UNLATCHED. AFTER NOTICING THAT THE LOAD OF STONE WAS PREVENTING THE TAILGATE FROM COMPLETELY CLOSING HE REMOVED SOME BUIL DUP. WHEN THE STONES FELL OUT, THE TAILGATE SUDDENLY CLOSED AND CRUSHED 3 OF HIS LEFT FINGERS BETWEEN THE TAILGATE AND DUMP BED.
THE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED BACK PAIN AFTER FITTING A SCREEN INTO THE BOTTOM DECK OF A POWER SCREEN.
WHILE THE EEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UPRIGHT AN APPROXIMATELY 200 POUND STEEL SHAFT FROM GROUND LEVEL TO A VERTICAL POSITION, THE SHAFT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND CRUSHED THE TIPS OF HIS FINGERS AG AINST THE FLOOR.
WHILE OPERATING A WATER TRUCK UP A RAMP IN THE QUARRY, THE EMPLOYEE "BLACKED-OUT", CAUSING THE TRUCK TO CLIMB OVER THE BERM, DESCEND A 25-FOOT HIGH EMBANKMENT AND OVERTURN ONTO ITS SIDE ON A H AUL ROAD BELOW.
THE EE DEVELOPED CUMULATIVE SHOULDER PAIN AS A RESULT OF CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF A LOADER. THISOCCURRED AROUND 3/1/02, NO SPECIFIC TIME GIVEN.
WHILE STANDING ON THE PLATFORM STAIRWAY AT THE WATER SHANTY, THE EE TURNED TO TALK TO A CO WORKER AND SLIPPED AND FELL DOWNT HE STAIRS.
WHILE DISMOUNTING HIS TRUCK, EE STEPPED ONTO A SMALL ROCK AND SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHTFOOT.
AS EE WAS DESCENDING THE STEPS ON HIS HAUL TRUCKWHILE CARRYING A COFFE CUP IN ONE HAND & A WATERJUG IN THE OTHER, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THEWET BUMPER CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GREASE #8 MILL, THE STEP THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TILTED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL ONTO HIS BACK.
WHILE CLIMBING UP INTO THE CAB OF THE DROPBALL, THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL INTO THE TRACK, BREAKING SEVERAL RIBS.
WHILE THE EE WAS ASSISTING IN TIGHTENING BELTS ON THE VSI CRUSHER, THE RATCHET ADJUSTER SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO SMASH HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE RATCHET AND THE MOTOR MOUNT.
WHILE ASSISTING IN PULLING A SIDE PLATE FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, A CO-WORKER WHO WAS POSITIONED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLATE, SWUNG A SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSED THE PLATE AND ST RUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER.
WHILE WASHING OUT THE UNDERSIDE OF CONVEYORS WITH WATER TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE MISSTEPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE TAILGATE OF HIS DUMP TRUCK TO RELEASE EXCESS SAND, A LUMP OF FROZEN MATERIAL FELL OUT AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
THE EMPLOYEE POSITIONED HIS DUMP TRUCK UNDERNEATH A BIN AND APPLIED THE TROLLEY BROKE BEFORE OPENING THE TRUCK DOOR TO OPEN THE BIN. WHILE LEANING OUT OF THE CAB, HIS KNEE BUMPED THE TROLLEY B RAKE HANDLE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO DRIFT BACKWARDS. HIS SHOULDER BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN A STEEL BEAM AND THE TRUCK DOOR.
AS A LOADER WAS DESCENDING THE WASHED SAND STOCKPILE, THE BUCKET CAUGHT THE GROUND AND THREW THE OPERATOR FORWARD INTO THE WINDSHIELD.
EE FELL HALFWAY DOWN AN UNUSUALLY STEEP STAIRWAY THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE METAL DETECTOR AT THE PRIMARY PLANT AND SUSTAINED MULTIPLE INJURIES.
EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED DELAYED BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING STONE OFF #2 SCREEN.