PLATTSBURGH QUARRIES Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was cutting a metal plate at the crusher on Wednesday and a piece of hot slag went down EE's welding glove and burnt EE's hand. On the way home from work Thursday EE's hand started hurting and when EE got home decided needed to have it looked at.

EE was installing hosing rubber on a screen and when he cut the rubber, he followed through and cut his left thumb. Has some stitches in thumb. Back to work same day at regular job.

When trying to remove a bushing with a hammer and punch, the hammer hit the edge of the fender and made him miss the punch and hit his left hand. Bruised the left hand near the thumb. He went to the emergency room for x-rays. No broken bone but was given antibiotics. He then came back to work.

Employee got out of the haul truck (175), walked a short distance on the haul road. He started to bend down to pick up a rock & experienced lower back pain before he could touch the rock. The foreman took him to the emergency room at CUPH in Plattsburgh.

EE was helping change a bearing on a head pulley. EE was standing in a chute with angle iron in it, when the wrench slipped and his foot slipped, causing EE to fall and hit his head on the side of the chute, cutting his left eye brow. He went to the emergency room and received two stitches.

Employee developed a headache & felt sick. Claims it was fumes in the cab. The carbon monoxide detector that is mounted in the cab did not go off. The employee was taken to the hospital and was found to have carbon monoxide in his system. He was told to rest for the day. No medication was given.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT HE HURT HIS BACK WHEN HE HIT A POTHOLE ON 4/18/05 BUT IT WAS NO BIG DEAL, ON 6/20/05 HE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR AND IS OUT OF WORK UNTIL 6/26/05. NOW HE IS OUT AGAIN

DOCTOR HAD PUT EMPLOYEE OUT OF WORK AGAIN; AGGRAVATED OLD INJURY.

WHILE OPERATING TRUCK, EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PENCIL ON THE FLOOR OF THE TRUCK & HIT A BUMP THAT CAUSED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE WAS WORKING ON A FROZEN WATER LINE WHEN A SPERATE DRAIN LINE THAT WAS FROZEN ALSO BURST. THE PIPE HIT EE IN THE NOSE & BROKE HIS NOSE.

EE SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM RUNG OF THE EUCLID LADDER & TWISTED HIS BACK. HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM & WAS CHECKED. HE CAME BACK TO WORK ON THE SAME DAY WITH NO RESTRICTIONS & WAS TO BE RECHECKED ON 10/17/02. HE WAS NOT RECHECKED. ON 11/11/02 HE WENT TO THE ER FROM HIS HOME WITH BACK PAIN & IS OUT OF WORK UNTIL 11/13/02 WHEN THEY WILL RECHECK HIM. (TALKED W/PAT FLINTON IN ALB. OFFICE)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING OUT BUILT UP MATERIAL IN A STONE BOX, A CHUNK OF DIRT FELL ABOUT FOUR FEET AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SHOULDER & COLLARBONE. IT BRUISED THE SHOULDER & COLLARBONE .

DESCENDED A LADDER IN AN UNSAFE MANWAY (NOT THESE POINTS) CAUGHT HEAL AND FELL. BRUISED SHOULDERON CEMENT PIER.

STANDING ON CONCRETE SLAB THAT HE WAS JACKHAMMER OUT. THE JACK HAMMER FELL OVER AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE JACK HAMMER AND THE CEMENT.

PULLED MUSCLE FROM PULLING ON PLASTIC PIPE IN POND.

EE PICKED UP BUCKET PIN AND HURT HIS BACK WHEN HE MADE AN AWKWARD TURN.

EE PULLED A MUSCLE WHILE INSTALLING A NEW LOADERSEAT IN A LOADER IN THE SHOP. HE DID NOT KNOW ITWAS STRAINED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. HE COMPLAINED OF SHOULDER PAIN & WENT TO THE DOCTOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING NOISE UNDER JAW BELT, FELL TO GROUND (MAY HAVE BEEN UNCONSCIOUS, DUE TO HEAT) AND STRUCK FOREHEAD ON CEMENT PAD.

PLACING GUARD BACK ON CONVEYOR UNDER CRUSHER JAW, TURNED AND HIT ANGLE IRON.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN SAFE ZONE, WHILE HAUL TRUCK WAS DUMPING INTO HOPPR STONES, COME OFF HAUL TRUCK, HOPPER STRICKING EMPLOYEE.

WHILE GETTING OUT OF PICKUP TRUCK EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON LOOSE GRAVEL AND FELL.