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Miner was splitting limestone slab with a chisel while striking it with 10 lb. hammer. A small piece of the chisels outer edge broke, causing foreign body to lacerate and get embedded inside miners' arm.
Rock was wedged in the conveyor belt. The on/off switch was bumped to try to free it. Did not say "go", EE said "No". When the conveyor bumped forward the rock bar was in the tail pully resulting in foreman being struck in the chest with the bar throwing them 6-7' in air and landing on the ramp.
Miner was approaching jobsite 3 hours late (10:00am) and just about to start on tasks, and they said they had back pain and needed to go to the office to go to the Dr. Never worked or did anything.
Service Technician was performing maintenance on an impact crusher, rotating the impact blow bars. While handling one of the bars EE lost grip and it slipped out of EE's hand. A sharp edge on the blow bar cut the palm of EE's hand, requiring 5 stitches to close the wound. It was a very hot day and EE decided not to wear protective gloves.
Employee was opening a piece of limestone using a 12 lb hammer & chisel. After striking the chisel/stone, employee saw blood on their shirt and realized they had a puncture wound to lower left quadrant of the stomach area. Foreign Body left in puncture wound
Miner was opening a piece of limestone with a 12 lb hammer & chisel. As EE was striking the chisel, EE missed hitting EE's hand/fingers.
Miner was using a 12 lb hammer and a chisel to open a piece of limestone. As EE was striking the chisel, EE missed, hitting EE's hands/fingers
Miner was splitting open a piece of limestone with a 10 lb hammer & chisel. Upon attempting to strike the chisel, EE missed and struck EE's left hand thumb.
Miner was using a 10 lb hammer and a chisel swinging at an angle to open the seam on a piece of limestone. Miner missed the chisel, causing a blunt force contusion to the top of their left hand resulting in a traumatic hematoma.
Miner was doing maintenance on one of the conveyors down on the stone crushing plant. EE was standing on the ground reaching slightly up to push over the portable electrical box, and as ee stretched and pushed off with left leg, ee heard a pop and immediately had shooting pain on back side of left ankle.
MINER WAS BENDING OVER TO LIFT A PIECE OF LIMESTONE APPROX 30 LBS WHEN EE FELT A SUDDEN SEVER PAIN IN EE's BACK AND SIDE AREA
Miner was bending over using a Hammer & Chisel to trim/open a piece of limestone. As EE was striking the chisel, a piece of the chisel flew into EE's lower leg leaving a FB inside the puncture wound.
Miner was bending over toward ground and opening/trimming a piece of limestone. As EE was striking the chisel, EE felt something hit EE's Right knee area causing pain. Possible piece of chisel broke loose causing a puncture/laceration and FB remained embedded
Miner was sliding/pulling a piece of limestone on cut belt to trim it, and ee had fingers below the stone as ee was maneuvering it into correct position to be cut, and the stone broke from a weak spot and it fell onto Left pinky finger causing contusion.
Miner was feeding the saw table with a block of stone. As ee lifted and set the stone onto the table ee caught the edge of pinky finger against the metal table and the force of the stone causing rupture to finger
Miner was doing handstack to the conveyor. As they were placing a piece of limestone onto the conveyor table, miner must have misjudged the height, smashing the stone in their hand (pinky finger) against the conveyor table.
Miner was banding a pallet of limestone when they lacerated their thumb when adjusting the bander.
Miner was picking up a piece of limestone and they felt a stab sensation in groin area, left side
As miner was splitting open a piece of limestone, a piece of metal fleck from the wedge broke loose and embedded in middle left finger
Miner was reaching across conveyor belt, and as the stone was coming up EE reached out and over to grab a small piece EE thought was going to get stuck in the turn. As EE was stretching out across the belt EE felt a pain on the backside of the left knee.
Miner was lifting a piece of limestone approx. 70lbs with the help of a co-worker. He felt a strain on his right side and couldn't finish lifting.
Miner was lifting a piece of limestone, approx. 75 lbs from knee level while turning to place it onto a pallet. He heard a "crack" and immediately felt his muscles on the right side of his back tighten up.
Miner was catching thin stone inside the saw shop and was stacking it onto a wood pallet. He had one piece in each hand and as he turned to stack them onto a pallet, he tripped on the corner of the pallet and fell into it scraping his knees, hitting his chest, and spraining his right wrist
Miner was operating a Caterpillar 988 Front End Loader driving between stockpile & crusher. Quarry roads and floor are maintained by him to his liking so they are kept in quite decent shape. Possibly was operating too fast for conditions causing bouncing and/or jarring causing a low back injury.
Miner was opening a piece of stone with a hammer & chisel-a seam broke loose on the bottom of stone and broke off falling approx. 2-3' and landing on his foot. Right Foot contusion and closed fracture to Right Big Toe
Miner was walking around near work site area and stated he stripped over a piece of stone - left knee pain/strain.
Miner was cutting limestone on a Hydra-Split machine. Between cuts, he lifted the extraction plate with his right hand & used his left hand to clear debris out from area underneath. The plate slipped out of his right hand, and fell landing onto his left hand/fingers which were still below in the area of the stone chip & debris causing crush injury to left index finger.
Miner reported on 3/24/15 that he had been seen in a clinic on 1/26/15 due to having pain in the groin area since Mid December. He was working throughout winter as weather would permit, while being on partial layoff. He was informed he had a hernia. He remained working on & off lifting no more than 10 lbs.
Miner was lifting a piece of limestone 4-6" thick weighing approx 100 lbs with the assistance of another miner. He continued working and later stated he didn't feel right in the groin area.
Miner is a quarry Block Worker. He was ground stacking pallets when a piece of limestone slipped from his hands crushing his fourth left finger
Miner was operating the Hydra-split machine by sliding/pushing a piece of limestone to position it against the teeth guides with his left hand, and as he activated the cut lever his hand slipped over the top of the piece of stone and into the splitter resulting in fracture and laceration of his left index and middle fingers.
Miner was chiseling a large piece of limestone using a 12 lb hammer. He missed the chisel and hit his left hand below the thumb area which forced the left side of his hand against the stone fracturing his 5th metacarpal.
Employee was climbing up to get into a Quad Axle dump Truck and as he was reaching and pulling he felt a sharp isolated pain in his low back.
Minor was cutting limestone on Hydra-Split Machine. He grabbed a piece of limestone to turn it into position for cutting and a piece broke off and his arm slid across the sharp stone edge cutting his wrist.
Minor was in quarry stacking limestone on a pallet and he struck a sharp edge of a stone piece causing a laceration to his left arm
Miner was working on block in quarry splitting a piece of limestone with a chisel & wedge, and an underneath piece fell loose landing on the top of his left foot just in front of the edge of the steeled toe boot, causing a contusion and laceration
Miner was striking a chisel with a 3lb hammer to split limestone. As he hit the chisel he noticed his hand bleeding and a piece of the chisel had cut and embedded in his right hand.
Miner was using an 8lb hammer & a chisel to split limestone. Miner is right handed and while swinging missed the chisel striking his left hand causing a contusion.
Miner was doing repair work on the wheel of the 980 Loader, using a 9" portable grinder, when a piece of metal got in behind his safety glasses and flew into his right eye
Miner was working in the saw shop - placing limestone on pallet. The limestone slid out of his hands and the sharp edge lacerated his finger.
Miner was working on the quarry block and as he was walking to transfer a piece of limestone to the pallet, the stone must have split on an underneath seam, and the piece broke off & fell striking his leg that was stepping out.
Minor was transferring a piece of limestone from a pallet to feed the cutting machine. As he placed the stone onto the rollers of the splitter he flipped the stone and caught his fingers between that piece and another piece of stone
Miner was using a 10LB hammer & chisel to open a large piece of limestone. When swinging the hammer, he missed the chisel and hit his hand.
Miner was transferring limestone to a pallet when a piece slipped from his hand. It fell striking his left ankle area.
Miner was using a 10lb hammer & chisel repetitively to strike & split limestone.
Minor was working on floor ground of block in quarry using a chisel & hammer to open pieces of limestone when a piece approx size 2x2 broke away from seam & fell from about waist high onto minor's leg causing contusion /abrasion to right ankle.
Minor was lifting & pushing veneer stone onto the conveyor to be cut by the saw, when he experienced wrist/hand pain and was having trouble holding onto anything.
Minor was pushing limestone into the jaws of the Hydra split machine to make cut product when he experienced sharp pain in his left wrist.
Minor was transferring limestone from a pallet to rollers on th Hydra-split machine to be cut into product. When the minor picked up a piece the one under it fell off the pallet and landed on his right foot causing a contusion. Minor was wearing all required PPE.
Minor was using a hammer & chisel while splitting limestone when a piece of metal flew off and struck him in the left forearm