Hinkletown QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Coworker was changing a troughing idler on conveyor. As they were pulling it out, the idler dropped and their finger was pinched against the frame. Resulting in 5 stitches and restricted duty.

EE was running a loader, loading a truck, when there was a sudden issue with the steering system, and it began jerking to the left and the right. EE was diagnosed with a neck strain. The loader was taken out of service until it gets fixed.

EE was attempting to remove a bolt and nut. The nut was welded to a bracket. While using an impact gun, the wrench slipped off the nut, causing the bracket to spin. This caused a cut to the left pinky finger. EE tried to get bracket off by using a wrench so the bracket wouldn't spin, but it did, when the wrench slipped the bracket spun. This required 5 stitches to pinky finger.

The injured employee did not see the small pile of stone which caught their foot when turning to get tools from the service truck.

High humidity and temps in the 90s caused the individual to become dizzy, short of breath, light headed, and have an irregular heart beat.

While hauling shot material to the stock area the operator hit a bump in the haul road and the seat bottomed out, causing a sharp pain in lower back. The employee did not seek medical attention until 08/31/2017.

As the EE was tighting a plow bolt on a quarry loader his L hand came into contact with the bolt head and the impact wrench caused it to spin and lacerate his L palm.

While EE was spraying out tunnel aggravated a shoulder injury. Left should sprain.

breaking loose material with a bar and hammer the employee felt a sprain/strain in his left shoulder.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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 EE DEVELOPED CUMULATIVE SHOULDER PAIN AS A RESULT OF CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF A LOADER. THISOCCURRED AROUND 3/1/02, NO SPECIFIC TIME GIVEN.

WHILE CLIMBING UP INTO THE CAB OF THE DROPBALL, THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL INTO THE TRACK, BREAKING SEVERAL RIBS.

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.

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.

DEBRIS ENTERED THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE WHILE EMPTYING A SNAD BIN. THE DEBRIS WAS GENERATED AS AN EMPLOYEE WORKING ABOVE WAS BANGING ON THE SIDE OF THE BIN TO LOOSEN CLOGGED MATERIAL.

EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO SLIDE A PIECE OF PLYWOOD BETWEEN A CONVEYOR BELT UNDER TENSION AND THE CONVEYOR TROUGH IDLERS IN ORDER TO LACE THE BELT TOGETHER.