DALTON QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal

Employee struck bottom of a catwalk causing a laceration.

The ee used the 1"" water hose to clean spilled material. While a 1 ½"" water hose secured to the ground was being used to flush material. As the ee used the smaller hose to wash, pressure on the larger hose increased causing it to become unsecured, creating a whipping action. The end of the hose fitting struck the ee directly above the boot fracturing tibia.

EE WAS STANDING ON DRILL HEAD ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN WATER SWIVEL WHICH CAME LOOSE. HE COULD NOT REACH IT, SO HE ASKED THE DRILLER TO RAISE THE HEAD HE WAS STANDING ON. EE'S FOOT WAS CAUGHT BE TWEEN HEAD AND CROSSBAR.