Durbin Plant Metal/Non-Metal

While standing on the second to last step on a staircase, plant operator was washing down material from underneath a conveyor belt when EE fell backwards onto the ground. Emergency sustained a head laceration requiring sutures.

While performing repairs on screens, maintenance employee cut themselves with a utility knife sustaining a thigh laceration. Emergency personnel dispatched to facility where the employee was transported via ambulance for further medical treatment. Employee received sutures and was discharged later that day.

On 10/16/2023 employee was assisting in a pit move relocating a 2.5" electrical cord. Employee reports EE began to experience discomfort in EE's right shoulder the following day 10/17/23 but did not notify management until 10/18/23. On 10/23/23 employee requested medical evaluation where EE was diagnosed with a strain to EE's right shoulder and placed on modified work duty.

While performing daily clean up of the sweeper truck, employee experienced slight discomfort in right shoulder while removing the suction hose.

Employee was operating the water truck when EE began experiencing gradually increasing back pain. On 4/12/21 EE requested medical treatment, and was prescribed physical therapy.

EE diagnosed with a sinus infection. Symptoms experienced were sinus pressure, heartburn and light headedness. EMS was summoned for precautionary assessment due to underlying health condition. EMS decided to transport EE to hospital for evaluation. EE was off work on 8/6 and 8/7/20. This was a personal medical, non-occupational event.

On 1/15/19 employee was taken to the company clinic and received stitches for a bursting laceration. Employee's left hand, while performing clean-up duties, was caught between a metal spray bar and the side wear plate of the loader bucket, resulting in a bursting laceration to the left middle finger.

Walking away from a piece of equipment employee stepped into a soft spot of dirt and twisted knee. Emphasized to all employees at safety meeting to watch step on uneven ground.

On 11/28/18, Vulcan was informed by its third-party insurance administrator through the litigation process that an alleged 9/13/16 continuous trauma claim to the back and neck due to physical stress and strain of job duties and activities are occupational.

EE was sitting in the haul truck waiting for the excavator operator to finish EE's truck. While loading the haul truck the excavator bucket clipped the tail end of the haul truck. EE stated that the haul truck shook, several witnesses stated that truck did not move at all.

The employee was treated at the company clinic on 5/22/12 and was placed on restricted duty. While exiting the water truck, the employee failed to maintain 3 points of contact. This resulted in a fall and a fracture to her left wrist.

The employee went to the company clinic on 7/28/08 and was placed on restricted duty. The employee attempted to install a V-belt on a feeder sheave when the counter weight of the feeder rotated resulting in a R-index finger laceration (required 4 sutures) and contusions to R-index, middle and ring fingers.

The employee went to the company clinic on 5/29/2007 and was placed on restricted duty. While attempting to remove the inner race of a double inter lock bearing with a hammer, a piece of steel became embedded in the employee's L-forearm.

The employee went to the company clinic on 4/6/07 and was placed on restricted duty. The employee missed footing platform while stepping from one VMC loader to another, causing him to slip down several steps while holding onto the handrails, which resulted in a laceration to L-knee.

The employee went to see the company doctor on 10/23/2006 and was taken off work by the doctor. While performing a pre-trip inspection, the employees R-leg fell between the left side track and push bar, resulting in a dislocated R-knee.

The employee went to see the company doctor on 3/7/2006 and was placed on restricted duty. The employee slipped and fell while transferring a roller bearing from the service truck to the workboat, causing the roller bearing to crush the employee's L-hand.

The employee went to see the company doctor on 10/3/2005 and was placed on restricted duty. When loosening cable clamps holding a cable loop in place, the cable sprung loose and struck the employee on the top of L-hand, causing a contusion and puncture wound

The employee went to see the company doctor on 9/23/05 and was placed on restricted work. While descending stairs, the employee lost his footing and twisted his R-ankle, resulting in a sprain.

Employee went to see company doctor on 2/16/2005 and was placed on restricted work. Employee had an alleged strain to L-shoulder and L-wrist while cleaning decks on plant with a shovel.

Employee was taken to Kaiser Permanente on 7/17/04 and was taken off work. High-pressure water hose was tangled in the head pulley and gravity take-up snubber pulley, causing it to pull employee's right arm between idler and the moving conveyor belt resulting in two compound fracturers.

Employee went to see company doctor on 4/3/04 and prescription medication was issued for right eye. While cleaning eccentric tube of shaker, particle of sand, from unknown source, entered right eye which caused an abrasion.

EE WENT TO SEE COMPANY DOCTOR ON 1-24-04 AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. EE SLIPPED OFF STEP WHILE ASCENDING CRANE WHICH CAUSED AN ABRASION AND CELLULITIS TO HIS LEFT LEG.

EE WENT TO SEE COMPANY PHYSICIAN ON 2-11-02 AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. WHILE USING CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A PIECE OF STEEL, IT FLIPPED OVER FROM A TWIST IN THE HOSE CAUSING A BURN TO EE' S LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE, WHILE DRIVING A COMPANY TRUCK DURING WORKING HOURS, WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND ALLEGEDLY STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE WENT TO THE COMPANY PHYSICIAN ON 12/31/02 AND WAS PLACED O N RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS TAKEN TO THE COMPANY DOCTOR ON 7-12-02, STITCHES WERE APPLIED, AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK. WHILE INMSPECTING SCREEN FOR PROBLEMS, EE NOTICED A LEAK AND STUCK HIS FINGER IN SCREEN TO LOOK FOR MISSING BOLT. THE HEADBOX AND SIDE OF SCREEN LACERATED AND FRACTURE HIS L INDEX FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WENT TO SEE COMPANY DOCTOR ON 2/7/02 AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A WATER TANK TO RAISE IT UP 4' AND WHEN HE LIFTED A STEEL PIPE, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER B ACK.

EE WENT TO SEE CO.DR. 10/11/01 PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. EE WA LIFTING 5 GALLON BUCKETS STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK

EE WENT TO SEE CO. DR. 8/8/01 & PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. STEPPING FROM WORKBOAT ONTO FLOATING CONVEYOR EE STUMBLED & STRUCK HIS L KNEE AGAINSTAN OBJECT WHICH CAUSED A CONTUSION

EE WENT TO SEE COMPANY DR ON 6/25/01 AND PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. EE DROVE WATER TRUCK AROUND CORNER TOO FAST & TRUCK ROLLED OVER

EMPLOYEE WENT TO SEE A DR ON 11-28-00 AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING A GUARD AND WHEN HE PUT YHIS HAND DOWN ON THE GUARD, A HAMMER, FROM ABOVE, FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND AND FRACTURED HIS LEFT PINKY FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WENT TO SEE DOCTOR ON 9-27-00 WHO PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY. WHEN UNPLUGGING CONVEYER JUNCTION BOX, A PIECE OF ASPHALT FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT TWO FINGERS.

EE WAS ON THE TIRE OF A 988B SKIP LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF AND SCRAPED HIS LEG AGAINST THE HOIST RAM CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT LEG. EE WAS GIVEN SUTURES AND ANTIBIOTICS. AS WELL AS A FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT WITH DOCTOR.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING OLD SCREEN FROM SHAKER, HE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING LACERATION TO HIS SKULL.

LIFTING OXYGEN BOTTLE ONTO WELDING TRUCK, FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT STOMACH AREA. EE DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 5/20/99

STEPPED DOWN FROM ONE CONVEYOR ONTO ANOTHER AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

EMP WAS SHOVELING #5 PIT CONVEYOR AND SOMETHING POPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK.

BEATING ROCKS OUT OF GRIZZLY. ROCK CAME FROM TOPOF GRIZZLY & PINCHED LEFT INDEX FINGER ON SLEDGEHAMMER HANDLE.

WHILE WASHING OFF DECKS, EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT WITH A LINOLEUM KNIFE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS RIGHT THIGH.

WHILE SHOVELING CONVEYORS STEPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

INJURED REPORTED UNTIL 5-20-92. WHICH THE EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP ON A BACKHOE, TTHE BACKHOE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A BOTTOM DUMP TRUCK. EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE THEN INJURED HIS LWOER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING ROCKS ON GRIZZLY WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. ROCK CAME DOWN AND HIT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HANDLE OF CHIPPING HAMMER TO PUSH DOWN RUBBER SKIRTING UNDER CRUSHERS WITH MACHINES IN MOTION.HANDLE OF HAMMER SLIPPED CATCHING HAMMER BETWEEN SHIRTING AND MOVING BELT.

SITTING INSIDE TRUCK WINDOW DOWN ONSIDE ROCK BOUNCED FROM OUTSIDE WHERE TRUCK BEING LOADED HIT EMP IN EYE

SLIPPED OFF THE OUTER FRAME WHEN DESCENDING FROM SCREEN FELL ABOUT 8 FEET.

EMPL HAD BEEN SHOVELING ALL DAY. WENT TO DR NEXT DAY 3/154. SORE LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING & WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP BACK SUDDENLY POPPED OUT DID NOT THINK AT THE TIME THAT BACK WAS THAT BAD & CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 03-14-90 EMPLOYER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF INJUR Y UNTIL 03-27-90 WHEN DRS REPORT WAS RECEIVED

EMPL STANDING GRIZZLEY PULLING COUNTER WEIGHT CABLE BY HAND TO GET SLACK ON.TO CLOSELY INSPECT FRAYED AREA OF CABLE.1" WIRE ROPE CABLE TWISTED CATCHING EMPL RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

EMP WAS WALKING OVER TO GREASE BEARING AND TRIPPED OVER AN EXPANDED METAL CAT WALK.

NON-EMPLOYEE - TRANSIENT WANDERED ONTO PLANT AND FELL INTO POND. DISCOVERED BY EMPLOYEE ON 5-31-89. NOT CHARGEABLE NOT EMPLOYEE.

WHILE LIFTING ROLLER FRAME, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. *EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL INJURY UNTIL 4/18/89, ALTHOUGH HIS LAST DAY AT WORK WAS 4/10/89.

STEPPING OFF SKIPLOADER,SHARP PAIN IN BACK.

HOSING DOWN DECK ON DREDGE LIFTING UP PLATES TO CDLEAN OUT FROM UNDER

WHILE LOADING TRUCKS UNDER THE MILL A HINGED DOOR,OVER SWITCHES CAME DOWN AND HIT EMPLOYEE.KNOCKED OUT TOOTH.

WHILE KNOCKING ROCKS OUT OF GRIZZLY WITH SLEDGE HAMMER A ROCK CAME OUT OF THE JUNCTION BOX AND HIT WRIST

YARD TRUCK HIT BY SKIPLOADER WHO HAD STARTED FOR WASH CON PILE WHILE BUCKET MOMENTARILY BLOCKING OPERATORS VISION.

WHILE SHOVELING CONVEROR, CONVERYOR BELT CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN HAND SHOVEL AND KICKED BACK CATCHING METAL PART OF SHOVEL AND CONVEYOR CATCHING LITTLE FINGER OF LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN.