Active Minerals Attapulgite Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Dismounting trailer ladder right foot slipped when touched the ground. Strain in the right calf muscle.

Employee was getting a pillow-block bearing off the shelf in the warehouse, and EE said felt a pain in the left forearm.

Operator misjudgment; heavy dew accumulation; Operator decided to try & turn on the fuel pump by standing on an oil dry container. Operator lost footing & slipped off. The employee worked their entire shift without making any note of injury. Employee later called the foreman over the job to notify the foreman they were at the emergency room getting their back looked at.

Employee was working on removing the input shaft from an out of service gearbox. A laceration was caused on right middle knuckle when the bolt he was trying to loosen broke loose and his knuckle struck the shaft coupling.

Walking around plant to get a grease gun stepped on a hill of loose dirt and his feet came out from underneath him and he fell to the ground.

Employee told supervisor he was having pain in his shoulder, but thought it was gas pain and not work-related. Employee decided to claim the injury as work-related several days later. It was determined the employee had lifted mill paddles 2 days before reporting the pain to his supervisor. Employee was later diagnosed with extrusions at c5-6 and c6-7 in his neck.

Employee's finger got pinched between the paddle and the door way on the scott dryer, the employee was wearing protective gloves at the time.