Durbin Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Technician was striking a tie rod ball stud with a hammer to remove it from the socket. As technician struck the ball stud, a small metal fragment broke off of the ball stud and went under face shield embedding in employee's neck. Fragment was removed from local clinic with no complications. No list time.

Employee was bending over to pick up a piece of grease line and felt a pull in his back. Grease line is less than 1 pound

Employee was operating an articulated off-road truck hauling overburden. Employee attempted to lift himself off the air seat to adjust his position when he felt his back pop.

Employee was using skidloader to clean-up around surge bin and conveyors. Impactor was empty and surge bin was empty. However, a rock emerged on conveyor, danced off, bounced off of surge bin and then landed on employee's leg inside skidloader cab.