Gleason Mills & Mines Metal/Non-Metal

An employee felt a pull in right calf while walking between railcars. Employee was diagnosed with a pulled muscle with no restrictions. On 11-15-23 they went for a sonogram. On 11-17-23 they were prescribed physical therapy. The first PT appt. was 11/21/23 for 6 sessions. We were informed today that their appts had started.

On 11/5/20 an employee was throwing sample bags into a dump hopper and felt EE's knee pop. EE's knee hurt for the remainder of EE's shift. At this point, EE feels EE does not want to seek medical care. The employee was taken on 5/26/2021 to Occ Med at Jackson TN. EE has been referred to an Orthopedic Physician in Paris for an MRI. EE received a prescription for Prednisone.

Employee was to load a bulk truck trailer at approximately 8:00 am. The employee stated that they opened the hatch with right hand. The left hand was resting on a rail or bar. The lid dropped onto a finger causing a laceration. The employee was taken to a local ER where they received 3 stitches.

An employee tried to dislodge a large cley knot, it spun and lightly pinned a hand against a beam. The leather glove bunched up and "pinched" the skin on the back of the right hand. When they pulled the hand away holding the knot the skin ripped away approx. 2 inches wide.

Employee was stacking bags from a bagging machine to a pallet. As the employee stacked a bag, EE felt a pop in EE's back. EE initially thought that EE had just turned the wrong way. After stacking two more bags the pain increased the employee reported to the supervisor and requested medical care. EE was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was operating an industrial vacuum cleaner when an actuator failed, causing his index and middle finger to be smashed between the vacuum and the collection hopper. His index and middle finger on his right hand were broken between the fingernail and knuckle. He was treated at the ER and released the same day.

Employee was driving a Mack road tractor with a dump trailer out of a clay pit when the truck lost traction and slid down the haul road incline. The dump trailer jack-knifed and lifted the tractor off the ground. When the tractor dropped back down to the ground the jarring from the wheels hitting the ground caused a compression fracture in his lower back.

EE left hand fingers were cut by a closing door while installing bags in the drier dust collector. EE received 3 sutures in 3 of his fingers.

EE went to the doctor on his own time with back pain. The diagnosis was a bulging disk in his lower back. EE was off work on doctors orders from 6/22/2011 to 8/28/2011. On 9/7/2011 the doctor deemed EE's condition as work related. The doctor attributed the condition to vibrations from operating a dozer.

EE cut his index finger on his left hand. EE was coming down the stairs from a silo when he caught his finger on a jagged edge on the metal handrail. EE was treated at East Wood Clinic Urgent Care in Paris and received 7 sutures.

EE was helping change a tire on a John Deere 1812C pull scraper, when the wheel hub slipped and cut his right index finger. EE was taken to a local clinic where he received 5 stitches.

Loader operator suffering from a repetitive motion injury in his left shoulder.

On 12/11/2007 a haul truck leaving the mine travling to the mill was involved in a one vehicle accident. The driver of the haul truck swerved to miss a dog in the road and over corrected causing the truck to leave the highway and come to rest in a field. The driver suffered a broken foot and the truck recieved damage to the front hood and cab area.

Miner went to the doctor,on his own time, because of shoulder discomfort. The Dr. diagnosed his conditon as a form of carpal tunnel requiring surgery.

Putting up light fixture on outside of building and fell to ground.

EMPLOYEE WAS LYING ON HIS LEFT SIDE USING A CUTTING TORCH TO BURN A HOLE IN THE GROUND. AS HE WAS BLOWING THE HOLE, A PIECE OF HOT SLAG GOT IN HIS EAR.

USING LARGE INDUSTRIAL VACUUM TO CLEAN PLANT. WHILE PULLING HOSE DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CATCHING AND PLACING 50 LB BAGS OF CLAY ON WOOD PALLETS. BEGAN TO HAVE PAIN IN NECKAND DOWN WAIST TO THE BELT LINE.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING TESTING RIG, DRILLING FORCLAY SAMPLES. WHILE SHOVELING WASTE SAND FROM DRILL AUGER, EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT ELBOW.

EE WAS CONSTRUCTING STEPS FOR A CAT WALK, A CROWBAR FELL OFF THE CAT WALK AND THE EE CAUGHT IT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO KEEP IT FROM HITTING HIM

WHILE STACKING 50 LB BAGS ON PALLETS EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER BEGAN TO HURT HIM.

EE WAS WORKING AS A HELPER ON A MOBILE TESTING RIG. HE WAS LIFTING 3 INCH AND 5 INCH HOLLOW STEM AURGER OFF THE RIG AND HOOKING THEM UP. SOMETIME WHILE PREFORMING THIS WORK HE SAID HE PULLED M USCLES IN LOWER BACK. HE SAID HIS BACK HURT HIM SOME THE REST OF WEEK. HE REQUESTED TO GO TO THE DR SEPT 13, 1993.

EMPLOYEE WAS HLEPING PUT A MASTER LINK IN D-6 DOZER TRACK. HE WAS HOLDING HT EPIN WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING IT IN. A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF HTE PIN AN HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEFT SIDE OF NECK. PUNCTURE WOUND IN LEFT SIDE OF NECK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SCREW CONVEYOR IN UPPER PART OF PLANT. CAME DOWN STAIRS AND BECAME WEAK & DIZZY. WAS CARRIED TO HOSPITAL E.R. & WAS DIAGOSNED AS HEAT EXHAUSTION & TOLE HE COULD RETURN TO WORK. 7-19-93 EMPLOYEE TOLE FOREMAN HE DID NOT FEEL BETTER. HE WENT TO DOCTOR & HE HAD A MILD BACK STRAIN AS WELL AS HEAT EXHAUSTION. WAS TOLD TO BE OFF WORK FOR ONE WEEK.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING CYLINDER ON BOOM OF CATERPILLAR EXCAVATOR, HAD CHAIN AROUND CYLINDER LOWERING ONTO BOOM. CHAIN BROKE ALLOWING CYLINDER TO FALL AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND BETWEEN C YLINDER AND BOOM. CONTUSION TO BACK OF LEFT HAND

EMPLOYE EWAS OPERATING DOZER PUSHING UP CLAY. EMPLOYEE GOT OFF DOZER AND WAS WALKING OT PLANT. HE STEPPED ONA SOFT SPOT AND TURNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EE WAS GOING UP AND DOWN ON A LADDER ATTACHED TO A DUST COLLECTOR CHANGING BELTS ON DUST COLLECTOR. WHILE COMING DOWN LADDER EE BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE ON LADDER.

EE WORKING ON HAY STACKER USING CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A PIECE OF METAL. AFTER CUTTING TORCH OFF, EE LAID THE PEICE OF METAL ON A TABLE AND RAISED HOOD ON HELMET. A PIECE OF HOT SLAG POPPED OFF METAL AND HIT EE ON LEFT EYE LID AND SIDE OF NOSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT THE BED OF DUMP TRUCK SHOVEL WHERE CLAY HAD BUILT UP IN CORNERS. HE WAS BENDING OVER TO DO THIS AND WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP STRAIGHT, HE HAD PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK.. HE WAS NOT LIFTING.

79969 TO THE SALLEGED INJURY EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING FLOOR WITH PUSH BROOM HE CAME TO HIS FOREMAN & SAID WHILE SWEEPING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK & ASKED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR

MOVING 55 GAL OF MATERIAL BY HAND FROM ONE PALLET TO ANOTHER. THE DRUM SLIPPED OFF PALLET AND CUT THE SHIN ON HIS LEFT LEG. FIRST AID GIVEN ON DATE OF INJURY. IT DID NOT HEAL AND EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO DOCTOR ON 8-12-91.

HELPING TO REMOVE ELECTRIC MOTOR FROM DRYER. USING A BOARD TO SLIDE THE MOTOR DOWN 18" TO FLOOR. WHEN MOTOR REACHED THE FLOOR, THE BOARD KICKED UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE ABOVE LEFT EYE CAUSING A CON TUSION ABOVE THE LEFT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE DRAIN PIPE UNDER FINISH SCREEN AND WHILE LOWERING THE PIPE, IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPL USING DOZER TO PUSH FILL DIRT OFF DUMP IN CLAY MINE.EDGE OF BANK CAVED OFF,DOZER SLID DOWN SIDE OF BANK & CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE.AS DOZER BEGAN SLIDE,EMPL JUMPED OFF,HIT BUTTOCKS AND BA CK ON TRACKS OF DOZER AND LANDED ON GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE BANK OF A WATER TREATMENT POND TO PUT A PLUG IN THE DRAIN PIPE THE BANK OF THE POND WAS MUDDY & EMPLOYEE FELL & INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING RAIL CAR.AFTER LOADING FINISHED HE WAS WALKING BACK TO PLANT AND STEPPED ON LUMP OF CLAY ALONGSIDE RAILROAD TRACK, AND TURNED LEFT ANKLE CAUSING A SPRAIN.EMPLOYEE CONTINUE D TO WORK OUT THIS SHIFT AND WORKED THE NEXT TWODAYS.HIS ANKLE WAS CONTINUING TO HURT HIM AND HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON NOV 6,1989.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON PIPE IN DRY PLANT.AFTER HE HAD FINISHED WELDING AND HAD PUT AWAY HIS EQUIPMENT AND REMOVED HOOD,HE LATER TURNED TO PUT CLAMP ON PIPE AND WHILE DOING SO,A SMALL PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OFF INTO EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE PUPIL.

MOVING A 100 LB. BAG OF SODA ASH FROM PALLET, WHILE PULLING BAG OFF TOP OF STACK THE BAG FELL TO THE FLOOR JERKING EMPLOYEE FORWARD AS HE HELD ONTO END OF BAG CAUSING LOWER BACK STRAIN.

EMPL WAS OPERATING D-4 CATERPILLAR DOZER TO PULL FUEL TRUCK INTO MINE. WHILE CLIMBING OFF DOZER HE LOST FOOTING & FELL TO GROUND ON BACK & TAILBONE. EMPL REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR 6/12/89 HE WAS INJURED & CAME TO OUR OFFICE ON 6/20/89 TO FURNISH INFORMATION FOR THIS REPORT.

REMOVING ROLLER FROM MILL USING ELECTRIC FORK LIFT TO LIFT ROLLER. WITH ROLLER ON FORKS OPERATOR BACKED FORK LIFT BACK AND CAME TO A STOP THENF ORK LIFT BECAME OVERBALANCED AND TILTED FORWARD. FORK LIFT TILED FORWARD BATTERY BRACKET BENT ALLOWING BATTERY TO SLIDE FORWARD AND PIN EMPLOYEE S LEFT LEG BETWEEN BATTERY AND DASH OF FORK LIFT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CA7CHING BAGS OF CLAY FROM END OF CONVEYOR BELT AND STACKING THEM.

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 STACKING BAGE OF CLAY & WHILE IN THE PROCESS SAID HE PULLED SOMETHING IN H IS BACK

HELPING MAINENT5NCE PUT BATTERIES ON 950 TRACTOR LOADER WHEN BATTERIES SHORTED OUT AND EXPLODED THROWING ACID INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYES AND FACE. SAFETY PERSONELL IMMEDIATELY WASHED OUT EYES AND OF F FACE AND EMPL2YEE WENT TO EYE DOCTOR.

EE USING A SCRA1ER TO REMOVE OVERBURDEN SCRAPER BEING PUSHED BY DOZER & DOZER BLADE SLIPPED OFF SCRAPER BLOCK & DOZER BUMPED SCRAPER CAUSING EE TO SLIDE FORWARD ON SEAT, CAUSING BODY TO SLID E OVER SCROTUM.3EE DID NOT FO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 1-10-87.

HELPING OPERATE CORE DRILLING RIG, WHILE DRAWING AUGERS OUT OF TEST HOLES AUGER SLIPPED AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN AUGER AND PIPE CASING.

CHECKING V BELT ON MOTOR TO SEE IF WAS LOOSE, CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN MOTOR PULLEY AND BELT.

EMP HELPING TO MOVE RR HOPPER CAR IN POSITION TO CLEAN STANDING ON BOTTOM RUNG OF LADDER FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL UNDER CAR

CLIMBING OFF R/R HOPPER CAR STEPPED OFF LAST RUNG APPROX 2\ OFF GROUND ONTO A ROCK & TURNED LEFT ANKLE.