Marriottsville QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Lifting a heavy steel plate and strained a stomach muscle

Employee started to take weight off of grader with overhead hoist so that grader would jack up easier. Chain sling on hoist broke striking employees thumb on left hand. Employee sustained a laceration and needed minor outpatient surgery to reconnect a tendon...and stitches. No lost days.

LEAD BLASTER IN CHARGE ON TOP OF TRUCK TO MONITOR FILLING OF STICK MAKING BIN. HE DIRECTED OPERATOR TO MOVE BOOM IN HIS DIRECTION. BOOM SWUNG RAPIDLY WITH INITIAL APPLICATION OF HYDRAULIC PRES SURE AND STRUCK BLASTER IN CHEST, KNOCKING HIM OFF THE TRUCK. BLASTER FELL 11 1/2' TO THE GROUND. HE SUFFERED BROKEN RIBS, PUNCTURED LUNG, BROKEN CLAVICLE, CUT TO BACK OF HEAD AND FOREHEAD.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TRAINED TO OPERATE THE AUTOMATIC WELDER. THE EMPLOYEE THAT WAS INSTRUCTING WAS EXPLAINING SOMETHING AND THEY HAD THEIR EYE PROTECTION OFF WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR GOT THE WEL DER TOO CLOSE TO THE METAL CAUSING IT TO ARC.

EE WAS STANDING ON THE NON-MOTOR SIDE OF ESCO SCREEN. ANOTHER EE WAS LIFTING 2 SCREENS UP TO THE CATWALK. THE INJURED EE REACHED OUT TO GUIDE THE SCREENS CAUSING THE GRABBER TO RELEASE. THE 2 SCREENS FELL AND STRUCK EE ON LEFT HAND. THE INJURY REQUIRED SUTURES.

EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT A PIECE OF RUBBER HOSE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIM IN LEG.