Safety & Health in the Stone Crushing Industry - Occupational ...

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Solutions:
Proper hold with ball socket fitting with a long rod for holding the conveyor as shown below
may be attached for pulling or pushing the mouth of the bucket conveyor for effective pick up
Tie rod
Handle
Ball socket
Handle
Conveyor
Provide at least gloves, shoes, goggles and nose masks. It is preferable that the operator
wears flat bottom (sole) shoes
Training is required to teach safe handling methods
B.4 Removing spilled
stones
Nature of work:
After the trucks deliver the boulders on to
the collection pit, the spilled boulders are
collected and dumped back to the pit.
Risk Factors:
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Injury to the hand, fingers and palm
due to handling of sharp and heavy
boulders with bare hands
Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD)
due to the constant bending, lifting,
and throwing of heavy boulders
− Possible setting in of back pain due Picture 19: collecting spilled stones
to frequent bending in an unsafe way
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Quicker fatigue at work due to unsafe postures as well as the bending of knees, hands and
fingers
RULA “priority score”: 7 Suggested Action: Investigate and change immediately
REBA “priority score”: 14 Suggested Action: Very high score, action necessary NOW!