HANOVER QUARRYMetal/Nonmetal

Employee was using a personal knife to cut off a piece of tread from their boot. When the employee attempted to close the knife, they closed it on their left middle finger.

The employee was working on junction box. EE proceeded to step up and out of the hole leading with EE's left leg. EE's foot slipped out from under EE and EE's leg contacted the lip of the hole and the ground. Employee did not seek medical attention 6/29/25. Employee suffered a possible left fibular fracture.

EE foot became tangled in a power cord and EE lost balance and fell. EE caught self with left hand on the table and left ring finger bent backwards against the pulverizer machine. EE then fell to knees after EE's hand took the brunt of the fall. Did not seek medical treatment until 12/15/2024

Employee was in the process of moving a 6' x 4' wire screen. Employee lifted the first screen to move it out of the way to get to the next screen. While lifting the screen and turning employee felt pain in left arm.

IW was grinding on W13 drip pan on 8/14/23. At some point between 9:00AM and 12:00PM they felt something in their right eye. They washed it out on the night of 8/14/23. Employee did not seek medical treatment until 8/16/2023.

While cleaning under the conveyor belt, the employee's arm and shoulder contacted the conveyor frame, causing a skin tear on the left elbow and acute pain in left shoulder.

Employee was dragging an empty fire hose across the plant floor when EE felt a sharp stinging pain in EE's abdominal area. EE was able to work full duty until surgery 2/22/2022.

Smashed finger between metal door and metal beam lacerating right middle finger. (14 stitches)

While unloading rail cars employee felt sick and was transported to hospital. Treated for heat related illness.

Employee was using a fixed blade razor knife to cut and prepare conveyor belt for attachment to pulling cable. The blade slipped from contact with the belt and cut the employees inside right forearm requiring stitches.

Employee was working alone pulling a brake piston when he strained his left rib on 9/15/2015. He asked to see a doctor on 9/17/2015 where he was diagnosed with a strain.

Employee was descending the ladder on a 992C when he felt a pop in his right calf muscle.

Employee slipped on ice and fell to the ground while walking to a piece of equipment.

Employee was checking the automatic lube system on the excavator and was stepping off the middle step when his footing slipped and he fell to the ground fracturing his right wrist.

Employee stated he bumped right knee on steering column of haul truck. Driver did not go to dr. until 5/26/2011.

EE was flipping a mantle with a bridge crane and strap when the strap broke causing the mantle to fall to the floor injuring employee.

After cleaning the head pulley box the employee stepped from head pulley box to catwalk. He turned his left ankle when he stepped on the toe board.

EE sprained his hip while pulling on the hose from the fuel truck that was stuck.

EE's left hand was pulled into the block of the electric chain hoist while hoisting a loaded wheel barrow at the M17 conveyor drive house, receiving seven stitches.

Fractured left thumb after an assembly pump slipped off the boom truck and pinching it between the suction tube and truck bed.

EMPLOYEE STRAINED A GROIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW.

getting out of tractor trailer. Stones were uneven and gave way. He fell and badly sprained ankle.

Two employees were replacing the end plate of W-13 Conveyor Discharge Chute by lifting it into place. While putting plate into place, they lost conrol of the plate and it fell striking injured on the right index finger causing laceration. (Plate wears approximately 150 lbs.)

INDEPENDENT HAULER WAS REMOVING BOWS FROM HIS TRUCK BED IN PREPARATION OF LOADING. HE CLIMBED STEPS ON THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER & ATTEMPTED TO SWING TRAILER BOW WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL TO THE GROUND.

Employee was cleaning spilled material (-1/4"" size) from tail pulley area of W-18 Conveyor. He had been shoveling approximately 20 minutes when the accident occurred. He was working at a normal pace and was not overexerting himself. Lower back strain - lumbar root syndrome

EE WAS TROUBLESHOOTING AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH A CONVEYOR'S TAIL PULLEY. A CO-WORKER WAS STANDING ON THE TAIL PULLEY'S FRAME & HAD STARTED TO REMOVE BOLTS SECURING THE SWITCH COVER. INJURED POSITIONED AN 8' STEPLADDER AGAINST THE TAIL PULLEY GUARD & STARTED TO ASCEND THE LADDER. THE BOTTOM OF STEPLADDER KICKED OUT & HE FELL ONTO THE UPPER FRAME OF THE GUARD, FRACTURING RIBS.

EE FELL WHEN STEPPING DOWN FROM BACKHOE. HE HAD A SMALL CUT ON HIS HEAD AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

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 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 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.

EMPLOYEE OPENING BACK DOORS TO #3 HAZEMAG CRUSHER TO BLOW DOWN MATERIAL BUILDUP. HELPED TO OPEN DOOR WITH LEFT HAND AND GOT THUMB CAUGHT ON TOP EDGE OF DOOR FRAME.

USING 8"" BENCH GRINDER TO REMOVE SHARP EDGE ON BOLT SHANK WHILE REPAIRING PARKING BRAKE ON WATER TRUCK. SAFETY GLASSES SLIPPED LOW ON EMPLOYEE'S NOSE, EXPOSING HIS EYES TO THE GRINDING HAZARDS . METAL PARTICLES FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE SITTING UP A DRUM OF OIL INTO A STAND. THIS TYPE OF DRUM STAND ALLOWS YOU TO MANUALLY MOVE A 55 GAL DRUM FROM A VERTICAL POSITION TO HORIZONTAL. UPON LIFTING DRUM OVER INTO PLACE, PULLED HERNIA ON LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN.

STRIKING SLEDGE HAMMER AGAINST DRAIN VALVE BODY TO DISLODGE MATERIAL INSIDE THE DRAIN LINE, WHEN HIS THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN HANDLE AND ANOTHER PIPE NEXT TO VALVE.

WHILE PUTTING A STEEL PALTE IN PLACE FOR MILL,WRIGHT TO WELD THE PLATE GOT AWAY FROM THE EMPLOYEE'S BEFORE ATTACHING COME-A-LONG AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S THUMB BETWEEN TWO PLATES.

EE WAS ORGANIZING STEEL BARS ON STORAGE RACK. ASHE WAS PUSHING BARS BACK INTO THE RACK HE LOST HIS FOOTING DUE TO THE BANK HE WAS STANDING ON. WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE HIS RIGHT FOOT LANDED ON AN INCLINED PLANE CAUSING HIS CALF MUSCLE TO BE STRAINED.

EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM SLOP PEN OF W-13 CONVEYOR. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF SHOVELING, HE SAID HIS BACK HURT.

EE DESCENDED LADDER ON RIGHT SIDE OF ENDLOADER. LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON BOTTOM STEP; SPRAINED LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE HAMMERING ICE BUILD UP FROM STACKER FRAME. FELT PAIN IN LEFT ELBOW, BURNING SENSATION.

EE SLIPPED & FELL WHEN WALKING ALONG STACKER VERY ICY CONDITIONS DEFORMITY OF RIGHT 5TH FINGERS

FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE ROLLERS, EMPLOYEE SHOULD HAVE USED A ROPE TO LOWER THE ROLLERS DOWN ONTO THE BELT.

EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE INSTALL A TROUGHING ROLLER. WHILE DOING SO EE PINCHED HIS SECOND FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN TWO ROLLERS. AT THAT TIME EE LOST CONCIOUSNESS FOR APPROX 30 TO 45 SECONDS. EE SUSTAINED A BRUISE TO BACK OF HIS HEAD AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. EE WAS RELEASED AFTER BRIEF OBSERVATION ADN RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY AS SCHEDULED.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING INVENTORY. HE USED HIS FOOT TO PUSH A HEAVY DRAWER BACK INTO PLACE. AT THAT TIME HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS STOMACH AREA. HEREMAINED AT WORK BUT HAS EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT SINCE THEN. UPON HIS VISIT TO THE DOCTOR IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD A DOUBLE HERNIA & IS DUE TO HAVE SURGERY ON 10/6 & IS EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF WORK FOR 6 WEEKS.

EMPLOYEE AND COWORKER WERE EMPTYING METAL BINS IN SHOP. COWORKER WAS USING A PRYBAR TO UNWEDGE BIN HANDLE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK INJURED EMPLOYEE IN THE ARM.

EE WAS CLEANING MATERIAL SPILLAGE FROM THE NO. T20 BELT CONVEYOR AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED OFF OF THE DECKING ONTO A ROCK.