IMI SELLERSBURG STONE CO. Metal/Non-Metal

According to the electrician, the wire came out of the lug and landed on the fuse holder causing the arc when the employee went to install the new fuse. The employee was not able to see the loose wire due to the plastic guard that keeps individuals from making contact with the live top. During the investigation it was discovered that the box was properly locked out.

While cutting legs free on a refeed hopper at the jaw, a piece of rust popped and went behind employee's PPE. Employee was seen by a physician and diagnosed with a right eye abrasion.

While an employee was carrying waterhose up the platform the nozzle came off and struck the injured employee, who was below, on the hand.

EE was helping check the finishing plant out during start of shift. EE grabbed a 2 inch water hose and when they bent over they told the foreman they hurt their lower back and could not stand up straight. The foreman brought EE to break room and asked if they need medical assistant. EE stated that they did, and then was taken to the company doctor.

We had about 1 inch of snow on the ground. The maintenance crew drug a piece of metal across the snow, which packed the snow down tight. When employee crossed the path where the metal had been dragged EE slipped and landed on elbow.

Employee was reaching in job box on truck, his hard hat fell off and he hit his head on the job box lid

The injured employee was positioning an 8" hydraulic check valve onto the forks of a fork truck. The valve slipped on the forks and the employee attempted to catch it before it fell off of the forks. The Valve pinched his left pinky and ring finger between the fork and the valve injuring those fingers.

The injured employee was clearing rock out on the discharge end of a conveyor belt. He freed the obstruction and injured his left Pinkey Finger against a skirt board.

The injured miner was removing 6-10" limestone rock from a feed chute. He moved one rock and another fell and impacted his left middle finger, fracturing the tip bone.

Employee called the shift supervisor from the pit loader and said that he was not feeling well.

Employee was pulling on a water hose. It got caught on an I-beam. He pulled harder to get it to break free and it did not. The last pull hurt his right Shoulder

Employee was spraying off concrete pad under Jaw Crusher. He said he slipped and sprained his ankle. He said he didn't need to go to the doctor, he just went on home. On 12/01/13 he reported to work and worked for several hours, then said his ankle was still bothering him, so he went to doctor the next day.

EE was using a water hose to spray off a concrete pad. He bent over to place the water hose on the ground and as he stood up he felt a pain in his lower back.

Employee was using a water hose to wash a concrete pad. He stepped off the concrete pad (3" elevation change) and lost his balance. He fell to the ground and struck his hand on a sharp rock causing a small laceration which required stitches.

Employee was attempting to adjust a dozer's track roller by striking it with a sledge hammer when a piece of metal from the roller struck him in the lower torso. The injury required 3 stitches.

Employee complained of back pain after attempting to move wooden blocks.

EE told a supervisor he felt a pull in groin. The details didn't appear to be something that could be work related so the supervisor told him he could leave. The ee told the supervisor later that he had pulled something in his groin while moving a screen. Information obtained from the doctor indicates this could be a recordable inj due to conflicting MD information.

Miner was climbing the ladder to his truck and turned to look at another miner. As he turned, he felt a "pinch" in his back. The injury was first reported by the miner as a NON-WORK RELATED INJURY. On 10/12/10, the miner claimed the injury as work related to the Safety Director.

Employee was cutting a zip-tie from a hydraulic hose and lacerated his thumb. The laceration required 5 stitches.

A maintenance employee was working with two pieces of steel when his finger became wedged. The pressure caused his finger to fracture.

Employee was walking beside a handrail and felt a stinging sensation on his finger. He looked at the finger and noticed blood dripping from a finger. He had apparently hit a metal weld burr and cut his finger.

Inspecting a screen he twisted his knee.

An employee was using a box cutter knife to cut a piece of belt and the knife cut his arm.

The employee was attempting to turn a valve and felt a "pop" in his right knee. The injury was diagnosed as a sprain.

EE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN & WAS SENT TO MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A LOWER LUMBAR STRAIN. THE SEAT OF THE LOADER HAD BEEN ADJUSTED TO A POINT WHERE THE SPRING NO LONGER PROVIDED SUPPORT.

EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO FEEL BACK PAIN ABOUT SIX HOURS AFTER THE WORK SHIFT BEGAN. HE ADVISED THE SUPERVISOR OF THE BACK PAIN AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO SEE A PHYSICIAN IF NECESSARY. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WIT H LOWER LUMBAR STRAIN.

EE'S LEG CONTACTED CONCRETE. AN IRRITATION FOLLOWED. THE IRRITATION BECAME WORSE AND BLISTERS FORMED AT CONTACT AREA. 2ND DEGREE BURNS. EE REPORTED INJURY ON 9-25-02.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF STEEL AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS CHANGING CRUSHERS BARS, EE STRUCK BAR HIT HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL BLEW OFF THE BAR AND STRUCK THE INJURED EE S HAND. EE RECEIVED TWO STITCHES.

A PIECE OF STEEL ROLLED OFF THE FORKLIFT FORKS AND STRUCK THE EE'S FOOT. THE EE WAS WEARING STEEL TOE BOOTS BUT THE WEIGHT OF THE STEEL PRESSED THE BOOT STEEL AGAINST HIS TOE.

EE WERE REMOVING ROCK FROM UNDERNEATH THE CRUSHER. ANOTHER EE DROPPED A ROCK ON THE INJURED EE'S HAND.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE. HE GRABBED BUG SHIELD TO AVOID FALLING AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER, EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 1-27-2000.