HARDING STREET QUARRY-SURFACE Metal/Non-Metal

Opening a sliding fence gate. Pinched right pinky in roller guide. Required an X-ray and stitches. Hairline fracture at base of pinky.

Windy and gusting weather conditions blew dust and debris into employee left eye

EE1 arrived at Hanson Harding Street, checked out a 775 haul truck and drove it over to the restroom. EE2 noticed EE1 slumped over steering wheel. EE3 stopped to check on EE1 and EE1 was unresponsive and EE3 called 911. Ambulance crew gave EE1 medicine to revive EE1, then took EE1 to the Hospital.

Employee hit right elbow causing contusion on metal frame while using hammer to dislodge built up material from screen.

Employee was lifting liner plate into chute above crusher, when wind caught plate turning it into metal guarding causing dust and dirt to come down onto EE and into EE's eye.

Employee was trying to knock loose stuck rock from a catwalk with a hammer when loose rock came back and hit EE in mouth damaging EE's left front tooth.

Employee was airing up a tire on a 40 ton haul truck when the tire blew. EE was taken to local hospital and received treatment for two fractures on the neck and two on the back and one on EE's knuckle.

Employee stated they slipped and scraped right lower leg on track of Cat 330 excavator.

Crane was holding the lock post cylinder 8"-10" above the platform as the emp was kneeling beside it EE was hitting the lock post cylinder rod trying to extend it out when the snap ring holding the top cap in place came out and allowed the cylinder body to come loose, hit the platform and fall onto the emp knee.

Emp was operating haul truck hauling shot rock to the primary crusher. While being loaded, the bucket of the loader contacted the truck bed and jerked the truck. The emp complained of back pain and told the super about incident but refused med attn at that time. On 9/21 the emp told the super was in a great deal of pain and needed to seek med attn for back pain.

Torque wrench was being used in a tight space making it difficult to remove from bolt.

Employee was doing maintenance on plant feeder. Debris blew into left eye.

Employee was changing oil in screen 2 at the stone plant. When he had completed the job he was attempting to lift the 5 gallon pail of used oil out of the back of the screen. He attempted to lift the pail while also turning to the side. During this motion, he felt a pinching sensation in his lower abdomen resulting in a groin strain.

While re-installing the belly pan the pry bar slipped the belly pan came open and hit his right eye.

Employee hit finger with a hammer.

While cleaning up tooling employee strained back.

Employee strained Left Arm while using sledge hammer

Bent over cutting up old conveyor truss with a cutting torch and a piece of rust popped up and went behind employee's cutting shield and safety glasses getting into his right eye, treated with eye drops.

Employee was manually removing material from C3A Conveyor beltline. Employee performed job and after job was finished said that his back was tight. Employee said Monday at work he had no complaints and back felt better. Monday evening approx. 6:30pm his back started hurting badly. He reported the injury to his supervisor on Tuesday August 5, 2008 in the morning.

EE twisted her knee while climbing onto a haul truck.

Employee was grinding a bore hole on a standard crusher mainframe. The employee put the grinder down, picked up the polisher, looked up to not hit his head on the mainframe and steel fell off his grinding shield. The steel fragments went behind safety glasses and into employees right eye.

Pulling electrical cable with pick-up truck for relocation, employee's right ankle became entangled, causing compression fracture to right ankle.

EE was pushing pile of dirt with the D8T dozer, he had his coat hanging in the back of dozer which created a blind spot, he went into reverse and backed up about 10 feet, when he back up he didn't see other ee coming in the A40D hual truck with a load of dirt to unload, he backed up into the haul truck, which caused the tracks of the dozer, to collide with front end truck.

EE utilizing utility knife, was trimming rubber skirting material to align with receiving hopper; location of accident was C-12 Stone Plant.

Employee was digging out the primary crusher. A rock rolled down from the feeder and struck the employee in the left lower back.

Employee utilizing Oxy Thermal cutting torch to remove wear parts from impact crusher; while cutting, a piece of slag landed on the employee's left knee and burned through his pants & subsequently burned the outside of left knee. Slag traveled down pant leg and burned top of left foot.

Employee changing ball valve on grease line(pressure side). Employee did not release/purge pressure from system prior to attempting to change ball valve. Employee received a high pressure injection injury(grease).

Returning from dumping a load of rock, he hit a pot hole in the road, which jarred him in the truck & caused him to strain his back.

He hit a low area in the road which caused him to bounce around in the haul truck and hit his head and elbow on driver's side window.

Employee was grinding a piece of steel plate and something got into his right eye. Medication for eye was prescription.

Employee was bouncing in truck while driving and felt pain in right knee. *Transferred to another job assignment.

Employee was pulling steel out of hand box when it slipped catching hand.

EMPLOYEE FELL COMING DOWN STAIRS. TWISTED/SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM HAUL TRUCK ONTO A ROCK.

Employee was unraveling hose when the clamp cut his finger.

Employee was turning the steering wheel of a 773 truck when he felt a sharp pain in right elbow.

Employee was burned by a dropped cutting torch.

EE STRUCK RIGHT HAND WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A SPRAY BAR

EE WAS CUTTING RUBBER WITH UTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING EE'S LEFT FOREARM. SUTURES REQUIRED.

BEFORE SHIFT STARTED, EE WAS THROWING UP AS HE WALKED AWAY FROM JOB TRAILER. HE SLUMPED OVER, UNABLE TO RESPOND VERBALLY TO COWORKER. ONE SIDE OF HIS FACE WAS SAGGING. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL - ADMITTED FOR MILD STROKE.

While driving to get reloaded with sand he hit a pot hole, which caused him to bounce around causing him to strain his lower neck and upper back.

EE WAS HELPING INSTALL BELT FLAP WHEN CUTTER SLIPPED CAUSING CUT TO LEFT FINGER.

EE WAS CUTTING BELTING WITH KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEG. SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING OUT CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK FELL ON HIS FINGER. POSITIVE X-RAY AND RIGID SPLINT.

USING A PORT-A-POWER & AN ALL THREAD BOLT, OWNED BY ALLBRIGHT WELDING. ALLBRIGHT WAS INTALLING BUSHINGS ON A CAT 350 DIPPER STICK. THE ALL THREAD BOLT BROKE UNDER THE LOAD & THE END PIECE & NU T OF THE ALL THREAD BOLT STRUCK EE IN HIS UPPER RIGHT CHEST, WHILE HE WAS ASSISTING ALLBRIGHT, BY TAPPING BUSHINGS WITH A HAMMER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A CHAIN OFF A PUMP. THE PUMP SHIFTED CAUSING THE CHAIN HOOK TO CUT THROUGH FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON BASE PLANT CRUSSHER. THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING STRAIN TO LEFT THUMB & HAND. ***RIGID SPLINT.

EE WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK, STRUCK A HOLE AT THE BASE OF RAMP CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK. RESTRICTED DUTIES, TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER JOB ASSIGNMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A LADDER TIGHTENING BOLTS ON AN OVERHEAD BEAM. THE LADDER SLID OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING CRUSHER DOOR WHEN IT FELL CAUSING LEFT ARM TO OVER EXTEND.

EE WAS GOING DOWN AN INCLINE ROAD TO RELOAD WITH SHELL, THE INCLINE WAS WET, HER TRUCK STARTED TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS, SHE WAS GOING SLOW TO TRY TO CONTROL THE TRUCK, THE OPERATOR IN THE HAUL TRUCK BEHIND HER ENCOUNTERED THE WET ROAD ALSO AND SLID INTO HER TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER, WHENIT SLIPPED CAUSING A CUT ON HIS RIGHT HAND FINGER.

EE WAS RUNNING HAUL TRUCK, THE TRUCK SLAMMED UP AND DOWN WHICH CAUSER HER TO SPRAIN HER BACK.

EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR BELT LAYING ON THE FLOOR UNDER CRUSHER GUARD WHILE CRUSHER WAS RUNNING.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A ROCK FROM THE ROAD. EMPLOYEE DIDN'T REPORT THIS UNTIL DAYS LATER. NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL 9/11/01 (SURGERY).

EE WAS GOING DOWN A SMALL SAND RAMP TO RELOAD. LOST CONTROL OF HIS TRUCK WHICH CAUSED HIS TRUCKTO BOUNCE HARD AND HIGH. THE HARD BOUNCE CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK, NECK AND SHOULDER.

EE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE AT PLANT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. STRAIN OCCURRED ON 5-8-01 BUT WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL HE RECEIVED INJECTION ON 6-1-2001.

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A ROCK & SAID HE FELT NAUSEATED, BUT IT WENT AWAY. ***BECAME REPORTABLE W/SURGERY ON 12/10/01.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE PROMARY CRUSHER WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN AND HIS ANKLE POPPED.

EE WAS REMOVING A BOLT FROM A MOTOR WHEN HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE IMPACT AND THE MOTOR.

EE WAS WORKING ON PRIMARY ROTOR WHEN FINGERS GOT BETWEEN BELT AND BELT SHIVES.