Southeast Missouri Stone safety activity

Emp was working with two other emp installing erosion control matting and grass seed on a dirt slope. While placing rock and staples for holding the matting the emp right foot slid into a washout causing them to fall. Their foot was wedged in the washout and remained stationary as they fell resulting in twisting to their ankle.

Emp was holding chisel while trying to loosen bolts on blow bar locking rounds on crusher rotor and striking it with a sledgehammer. The hammer ricocheted off the chisel and struck emp left thumb.

emp was cleaning mud from dozer tracks with shovel at end of shift and struck a bolt causing jarring motion in arm/elbow

Miner was descending into the dredge hull when EE's foot slipped and EE fell against a piece of angle iron that punctured EE's left, front thigh.

Miner was working on a pipe fitting laying on the ground. Miner attempted to step over the fitting and tripped and fell on EE's arm.

the affected employee was in the process of hooking up a water hose. While hooking up the hose one cam lock would not fully seat. The affected employee then turned to the left to pick up a rock to use as a hammer to seat the cam, when they stepped to the left their head came into contact with an elevated beam on the front of head. Hard hat was not knocked off their head.