CHANUTE QUARRY — Accidents

Total: 284 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/03/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SITTING POSITION ON A STEEL BEAM CONNECTING STRUCTURAL STEEL. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSERT A BOLT INTO A BOLT HOLE BY EXTENDING HIS RIGHT ARM BEHIND HIMSELF. HE STATED HE TH AN FELT H...
08/01/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING PREPARATION TO ASSIST CO-WORKERS IWTH FITTING TOGETHER TWO VESSEL PIECES. HE AHD HIS HEAD RAISED AND WAS LOOKING UP TOWARD THE TOP OF THE VESSEL, WHEN A CLUMP OF GRINDING DUST MATE...
08/01/2000 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE CUTTING BRUSH DOWN WITH CHAINSAW WAS NOT INJURED AND HE CUT THROUGHT A POISON IVY PATCH. HE WENT TO EH DR ON 8-3-00.
07/29/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING WATER TANK TRUCK; SHE BACKED IT UP NEXT TO A SHALLOW EXCAVATION WITH THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL VERY CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE EXCAVATION. WHEN SHE PUSHED IN CLUTCH TO PUT IN GEAR TO P...
07/29/2000 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A 12' STEP LADDER CARRYING A 5"" ELECTRIC GRINDER. THE GRINDER ON/OFF TRIGGER SWITCH BUMPED AGAINST A LADDER STEP CAUSING THE GRINDER TO TURN ON AND OPERATE WHILE THE TRIG GER SW...
07/28/2000 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE WAS CUTTING BUSHES ALONG NORTH PLUMMER ST. AND GOT INTO POISON IVY.
07/27/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WORKER WAS UNHOOKING HIS LANYARD TO COME DOWN A LADDER AND CUT HIS HAND ON METAL BRACING THAT SECURES DUCT WORK.
07/18/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost NEXT DAY THE EE WAS STANDING IN THE DOORWAY WHEN THE ELECTRIC OPERATED DOOR CAME DOWN AND HIT EE ON THE HEAD. EE KNEW DOOR WAS COMING DOWN, BUT DID NOT REALIZE THE DOOR WAS AS LOW AS IT WAS.
07/17/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE TWISTED HIS BACK BENDING OVER TO PICK SOMETHING UP OFF OF FLOOR ON 7-17-00.
07/14/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING A PAIR OF PLIERS TO CUT THE WIRES LOOSE USED TO SECURE A BUNDLE OF REBAR. HE HAD CUT THREE OF THE WIRE STRANDS LOOSE AND HAD PULLED THE CUT ENDS APART. AS HE REACHED IN AMONG THE WIRES TO...
06/26/2000 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 46d lost, 2d restricted INJURED EE WAS ASSISTING COWORKER WITH INSTALLING A PLATFORM BRACE IN THE PREHEATER STRUCTURE. THE BRACE WAS ATTACHED TO A STEEL CABLE CHOKER. ATTACHED TO HOISTING CRANE. AS THE BRACE WAS BEIN G HOIST...
06/16/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted EE WAS WORKING IN A HOLE THAT HAD SOME WATER IN THE BOTTOM OF IT, INSTALLING WOOD FORMS FOR CONCRETE. THERE WAS A SMALL HOLE UNDER THE WATER THAT COULD NOT BE SEEN, EE STEPPED IN THIS HOLE, AN D SPRAI...
06/12/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EMPLOYEE ASSISTING CO-WORKER WITH REPOSITIONING MOBILE AIR COMPRESSOR; STATES HE HAD HOLD OF THETRAILOR TONGUE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME MUD, LOSTHIS FOOTING AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND, LANDING...
06/08/2000 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE DIRECT CAUSE OF INJURY UNKNOWN. WINDY CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING DUST AND DEBRE IN THE AIR POTENTIALLY ALLOWED FOR FOREIGN MATERIAL ENTERING THE EYE CAUSING THE ABRASION ON THE EYE.
06/07/2000 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE A MANLIFT BASKET WITH A CO-WORKER. AS THE OPERATOR WAS RAISING THE BASKET HIGHER INTO THE BUILDING STRUCTURE, INJURED EMPLOYEE BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE T OP GUARD...
06/01/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted INJURED EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A PIECE OF REBAR INTO THE GROUND FOR A CONCRETE FORMS SUPPORT. HE WAS HOLDING THE HANDLE DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE HEAD OF THE HAMMER. WHEN HE SWUNG TH E HAMME...
05/26/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS REPAIRING A HYDRAULIC LEAK AND THE HOIST CONTROL VALVE FELL AND CUT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER REQUIRING SUTURES.
05/22/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A WALER CLAMP ONTO A CONCRETE FORM ASSEMBLY. AT THE SAME TIME, A COWORKER WAS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE FORM USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE A PENCIL ROD THROUGH THE WALER. A...
05/18/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS STEPPING OVER A SMALL CONCRETE PIER FOUNDATION WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOMELOOSE GRAVEL, CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD STRIK-ING HIS ELBOW ON ANOTHER CONCRETE PIER LOCATED DIRECTLY BES...
05/11/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE COMPLAINS OF PERIODIC PAIN AND DISCOMFORT APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH HIS REGULAR WORK ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SHOVELING SOIL AND GRAVEL, HANDLING AND CARRYING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ETC. INITI TALLY R...
05/05/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted INJURED EE WAS ASSISTING CO-WORKER WITH INSTALLING TIN DECKING PANELS. AS THEY LAYED ONE OF THE PANELS ACROSS THE HORIZONTAL SUPPORT BEAMS AND BRACES TO POSITION INTO PLACE, THE CO-WORKER PUSH ED THE...
04/24/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS UNROLLING A 3"" DIAMETER WATER HOSE ON THE RAMP LEADING DOWN TO THE LIMSTONE BUILDING FOUNDATION. AS HE UNROLLED THE HOLE, HE SLIPPED IN SOME MUD, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND...
04/24/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS PERFORMING A VALVE INSPECTION AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED, STRIKING EE'S NOSE WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.
03/23/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED STATES HE WAS NAILING STRONG BACK (SMALL PIECES OF 2 X 4 LUMBER) ONTO THE FACE OF CEMENT FORMS. WHEN HE SWUNG HIS HAMMER TO HIT A NAIL, THE HAMMER STRUCK AND GLANCED OFF A TURN BUCKLE, CAUSING...
03/22/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 70d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ONTO STEP OFF SCREW COVER UNDER SILO #6, HIS PANT LEG CAUGHT ON THE GREASE POD, AND HE FELL HITTING STAIRS AND FLOOR, HIT ARMS, AND LEFT AND RIGHT WRISTS SPRAINED, CHIPPE D LEFT...
03/15/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 31d lost, 91d restricted DUMP TRUCK BED CAME DOWN ON LEFT HAND, TRAPPING ARM UNTIL THE BONE BROKE AND THE ARM PULLED FREE. EE WAS EMPTYING DUMPTRUCK AT THE PLANT INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL.
03/06/2000 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WALKED AROUND THE END OF A BEAM AND RAN INTO A BRACE WITH HIS FOREARM, CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS UPPER FOREARM.
03/06/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING A SLICE ROD IN A WELDING ELECTRODE TO CUT THE INNER ROW OF FEED END LINERS OUT. HE HAD ON SAFETY GLASSES AND WELDING HOOD, BUT STILL SOME CUTTING SLAG BOUNCED IN BEHIND HIS HELMET AND FOR...
02/15/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING HAMMER AND NUMBER STAMPS, AND A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF HAMMER OR STAMP AND LODGED IN LEFT HAND REQUIRING ONE SUTURE.
02/15/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS GUIDING A PURLIN INTO PLACE AGAINST AN EXISTING PURLIN. AS THE PURLIN SET INTO PLACE, THE EE'S HAND SLIPPED BETWEEN THE TWO PURLINS AND THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS SMASHED.
02/12/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS MOVING BUCKETS OF WASTE MATERIAL AND THE EMPLOYEE CUT HIS RIGHT HAND ON AN UTILITY KNIFE BLADE THAT WAS PROTRUDING FROM LID OF ONE BUCKET.
01/17/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE WAS CLEANING OUT A SLURRY TANK AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE SHOVELING.
01/17/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted EE ALLEGES HE INJURED HIS LEFT ELBOW WHEN PICKING UP A SURVEY INSTRUMENT (TOTAL STATION) OFF THE GROUND AND SLINGING THE STATION CONTAINER STRAP OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE STATES HE FELT, AND HEARD, A...
01/03/2000 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None VICTIM DESCRIBED BEING ""LIGHT HEADED"" AND CLAIMED TO HAVE PASSED OUT THIS AM. CAME TO SUPERVISORWHO HAD HIM TAKEN TO SEE DR. HE WENT TO NMRMC E.R. WHERE HE WAS EXAMINED. HE WAS BEING GIVEN A C .T. W...